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This bird averages 13 cm (5 inches) long with a tiny bill. The adult Cliff Swallow has an iridescent blue back and crown, brown wings and tail, and buff rump. The nape and forehead are white. The underparts are white except for a red face. The tail is square-ended.
Young birds are essentially brown above and whitish below, except for the buff rump and dark face. The only confusion species is the closely related Cave Swallow, which is richer in colour and has a cinnamon rump and forehead.
Like all swallows pie and martins, Cliff Swallows subsist primarily on a diet of insects which are caught in flight. - wikipedia
The Cliff Swallow nests in large colonies on buildings, cliffs, and under bridges. The gourd-shaped mud nests can number up to several hundred or thousand in a single location.
When a Cliff Swallow has had a hard time finding food, it will watch its neighbors in the nesting colony and follow one to food when it leaves. Although sharing of information about food at the colony seems unintentional, when a swallow finds food away from the colony during poor weather conditions it may give a specific call that alerts other Cliff Swallows that food is available. By alerting other swallows to a large insect swarm an individual may ensure that the swarm is tracked and that it can follow the swarm effectively.
Although the Cliff Swallow can nest solitarily, it usually nests in colonies. Colonies tend to be small in the East, but further west they can number up to 3,700 nests in one spot.
Within a Cliff Swallow colony some swallows lay eggs in another swallow's nest. Sometimes the swallow may lay eggs in its own nest and then carry one of its eggs in its bill and put it in another female's nest.
When young Cliff Swallows leave their nests they congregate in large groups called creches. A pair of swallows can find its own young in the creche primarily by voice. Cliff Swallows have one of the most variable juvenal plumages, and the distinctive facial markings may help the parents recognize their chicks by sight too.
The average Goldfinch is 12–13 cm long with a wingspan of 21–25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are broadly similar, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings. On closer inspection male Goldfinches can often be distinguished by a larger, darker red mask that extends just behind the eye. In females, the red face does not reach the eye. The ivory-coloured bill is long and pointed, and the tail is forked. Goldfinches in breeding condition have a white bill, with a greyish or blackish mark at the tip for the rest of the year. Juveniles have a plain head and a greyer back but are unmistakable due to the yellow wing stripe. Birds in central Asia (caniceps group) have a plain grey head behind the red face, lacking the black and white head pattern of European and western Asian birds.
not your average, ordinary bakery
SAN ANTONIO -- Skins of animals and hooves nailed to a tree, those were just some of the bizarre things found right next to a bakery. When code-compliance officers arrived they noticed a number of things that didn't look right. That included around 15 animals in the back of the business.
We spotted several birds, a dog and turtle behind the West Side building. We also saw where animals had clearly been killed and left outside.
When News 4 WOAI asked Jesse Mercado, the owner of Celia’s Bakery, about what was going on, he explained “this is part of the religion, you need to eat the animals, you need to eat it."
Mercado says the religion is called Yoruba, and it's similar to voodoo. When we were out there, he demonstrated some of the rituals that are part of his religion.
He told us he’s “capable to cure anybody with cancer, any disease."
Mercado practices in the building next to the bakery. And inside that building a cat head.
However, Mercado says, "I don't have nothing to do with cat."
There had been complaints of animal abuse, drug activity, and prostitution. Code compliance found sick animals in the bakery next door, bad wiring throughout the building and a mattress in the vacant building on the end.
Savita Rai, who's with the city says, "It's been alleged that occupants of that building, the building at the end, will rent out a little mattress in the back for prostitutes, uh, to apply their trade."
Mercado is not facing any charges for that. But he was arrested on animal cruelty charges. And for now the place has been shut down.
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Model's Name: Mariana Rodriguez
Model's Age: 18
Date Of Birth: March 18th
Model's City and Country: Stilesvilles,California,USA
Personality Traits: Mariana has the average life. She is fun, spunky and a little weird. She can be known for going after one guy, to another. Instead of being girly, she is tomboyish and weird. Sometimes Mariana can get really crazy and get a little bit severally mad, but she understands how to keep control.
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Mariana is in love with Holt Hyde, but is he tricking her? Does he really love Mariana?
WILL BARROWS
Ink on paper
This cartoon was drawn back when populism was a good thing that improved the lives of average Americans. Its message is as true today as it was when it appeared in the Chinook Observer over a century ago. What's different is that today almost everyone has stopped caring because they're helpless to improve their lives.
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Will Barrows was a pioneer of Pacific County. Born in Nevada in 1867, his family moved to
Knappton, Washington while Will was still a child.
In 1890, he moved to Oysterville, then the county seat, and was deputy treasurer under his father George Barrows for one term.
In 1893, he married Ellen Tanger and moved to South Bend.
Barrows held many typical Northwest Coast jobs. He went steam boating as a marine engineer, and in 1896 went to Alaska. He returned the following year and settled with his family in Chinook, where he opened a general store.
They lived there for the next 18 years. Ellen Tanger Barrows was postmistress of Chinook for 14 years.
In the early 1900s Barrows also worked for the Chinook Observer as an illustrator.
Photographs were not able to be printed in newspapers at that time so it was Barrows who
documented the important issues of the day.
He clipped his finished drawings from the published paper and collected them in this scrapbook. It is both a record of the artist's work and also a record of the important events and issues of the day from the execution of Lum You in South Bend to the controversies of water quality in Seaview and fish traps in Chinook.
After his years in Chinook, Barrows continued his job seeking. For a time, he engaged in the logging business. From 1916 to 1917, he was a Marine engineer on whalers. He then entered the service of the U.S. Bureau of Education and was in charge of the Indian school at Kake, Alaska for four years. He resigned in 1924 and from then until 1927, again worked in
newspapers.
In 1927, he went to Seattle where he purchased a chicken ranch, and where he died in 1931.
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The Heart of the Museum Part II: Seeing Local History Through Scrapbooks
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, Ilwaco, Washington.
January 5 @ 10:00 am - March 9 @ 4:00 pm PST
Free
The idea of saving information in an orderly way to revisit, share and remember can be traced back to the Middle Ages when noblemen and women kept journals to record activities and events. While the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum does not have items from the Medieval era, we do have excellent examples of how scrapbooks were used by local residents.
This exhibition will present hundreds of scrapbooks from the permanent collection of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. From family bibles that are an early form of scrapbook, to modern collections of photographs and keepsakes, the scrapbook has served as an aid to memory and each one tells a story.
Presented will be a variety of scrapbooks including institutional examples from The American Legion Don R. Grable Post 48, Modern Travelers, Long Beach Peninsula Business and Professional Women’s Club, and the Sandpipers Square Dance Club among others.
Personal Scrapbooks are a fascinating look into the lives of their creators. Many scrapbooks represent a slice of time. Several examples of High School scrapbooks will be on view from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some individuals kept extensive scrapbooks that document decades of time. Jay Hardin kept meticulously detailed scrapbooks of the night skies that he photographed and painted from his home on Baker Bay. Theresa Potter was a local historian who kept information about all aspects of Peninsula history in dozens of scrapbooks. Sydney Stevens, another well-known local, documented years of her life in Oysterville through her photo scrapbooks.
One of the largest collections of scrapbooks was made by Gordon Schoewe, who after a successful career as a graphic designer for Boeing, relocated to the Long Beach Peninsula with his partner Roy Gustafson. Together they renovated the Gull Motel (now Boardwalk Cottages), owned and operated the Book Vendor and were active members of the local community.
Heart of the Museum: Seeing History through Scrapbooks will open January 5th and will be on view until March 9, 2024
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The average wind speed should be over 20 m/s, but before the storm got strongest.
December 2016.
Thorsminde, Denmark.
Kavalcare Solar System for Jhpiego Mid-Wife Clinic Dec8, 2014
Every year, 12,000 women in Pakistan die of birth complications. The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Services Component, implemented by MCHIP/Jhpiego, aims at preventing maternal, newborn, and child deaths by ensuring skilled birth attendance (SBA) through a total market approach, empowered community, timely referral of obstetric and neonatal complications to an emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) facility, and improved access to child care.
Lack of electricity in remote areas is a major issue that often leads to obstetric complications and newborn deaths. Refrigerated storage is vital for the effectiveness of life saving drugs and vaccines. Ice boxes are used in remot areas of this purpose but it is an ineffective method especially when easy availability of ice is a problem. To overcome these issues, Lodhie Foundation in association with Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program/JHPIEGO, extended its Kavalcare program and provided a Solar Powered System to a remote clinic located at village Haji Usman Jhakro near Makli, District Thatta. System provides sufficient power to operate a small refrigerator, a fan and 3 lamps 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It was designed, manufactured and installed by Shaan Technologies private Limited Karachi. After installation of Solar System in August 2014, this small remote clinic is serving a community of 10,000 plus persons who lives in village Haji Usman and surrounding areas. On an average 10 patients visits this clinic each day. Clinic also provides up to 15 birth attendance and new born care in a month.
Name of Village HAJI USMAN JAKHRO, MAKKLI, District Thatta
Name of Midwife. Zoriyat.
Surrounding population 10,000. (Ten Thousand)
Delivery in Solar Light 10 to 13 per month.
OPD patient / day 10.
System Installation Date Aug/12/2014
Food court. It was average, with slightly-better-than average tennants (Arthur Treacher's!!!).
Stroud Mall, Stroudsburg, PA - 3/1/10
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From Michael Ferner - a post at Autosport Nostalgia Forum:
"Perhaps the best place to post an Addendum to "Langhorne! No Man's Land", the excellent 2008 book by Spencer Riggs - excellent, but for the unfortunately sub-standard coverage of the early years, mainly the 1920s. Perhaps Riggs's sources or interest ran low for these events, but unlike the latter years which contain the pretty much usual, inevitable (and mostly inconsequential) small inaccuracies here and there, the first four or five chapters are almost riddled with factual errors and omissions which need to be addressed. Some of this was apparent to me right from the start, but only very recent research has provided a lot of additional insight, even including a number of additional race dates, so here goes:
To start with, Langhorne was not "officially known as the New Philadelphia Speedway" (p5), it was plain "Philadelphia Speedway" instead, to which the adjective "new" was sometimes added. Only a small and perhaps insignificant difference, but in the same way the term "Langhorne speedway" (refering only generally to a speedway at that location) transformed into "Langhorne Speedway" by the last event of 1927, which was also the last time that the term "Philadelphia Speedway" was used.
More important, if slightly more difficult to make accurate observations, is the business of average speeds, of both the "advertized" and "achieved" variety! At the time, and in fact for many decades thereafter, the 1-mile dirt track "world record" was an almost mythical subject; a most prominent feather in the "war bonnet" of drivers, car owners and manufacturers, track owners and promoters alike. In actual, practical matters, however, it wasn't much more than a chimaera, as dirt tracks in general are notoriously difficult to compare, what with their inconsistent surface, to say nothing of the various different shapes and (whisper it quietly) actual track lengths.
Be that as it may, when Langhorne opened in May of 1926, the "official" AAA mile-dirt-track record still stood at 42.28" (85 mph), established by Tommy Milton at Syracuse in 1923, not Ralph de Palma's 41.38" (87 mph, p7) established at Syracuse in September of 1926, three months after the Langhone opener, but even that wasn't the fastest time ever achieved, because the AAA accepted only electrically timed speeds as "official", and so Frank Lockhart's hand-timed lap of 39.2" (91 mph) at Bakersfield in October of 1925 went unrecognized as far as AAA "world records" go (not "due to a faulty timer", p6). And, to be sure, many independent clubs had their own "world records" of sometimes quite fanciful imagination, but let us not tread in the twilight zone here! Important in regards with Langhorne here is the fact that no electrical timing equipment was used at Langhorne before May 3, 1930, and so any achieved (or imagined!) times and speeds were quite inconsequential for the purpose of the "world record", which by that time was finally held by Lockhart at 38.94" (92 mph), achieved at Cleveland in September of 1927.
So, while it is true that the initial minimum speed to qualify for the inaugural Langhorne race was set at 85 mph, equal to the then current world record, and even raised to 90 mph before the trials actually began, that was just the usual ballyhoo that was deemed necessary to attract the attention of the potential race goers, and when the qualification trials were finally over, the fastest recorded time was just 42.4" (84 mph), and the "minimum speed" quickly forgotten. The whole minimum speed saga is, however, an indication of the ambitious nature of the NMRA, whose members had purchased quite a few very potent racing cars over the last few months, and this was a way of communicating this fact to the public - the AAA board tracks often published minimum qualifying speeds of way over 120 mph, and the NMRA was trying to match this "class" of racing, and in fact almost did as we will see.
Which brings us neatly to the story of Pete de Paolo's Duesenberg, the 1925 Indy winner (p7). Yes, it's true that it was purchased by the director of the Eastern Penitentiary, although most period sources have him by the name of Herbert (not Fred) Smith, but it was not the car that won the first Langhorne race!! This has been written so many times in secondary sources that I nearly took it for granted, even if it necessitated a somewhat convoluted story to explain how de Paolo used it again after that initial Langhorne race, but only now have I realized that the period sources mention the "de Paolo Duesenberg" for the first time in August - I had to go back and through all the available documents to be sure, but it's true! And it makes the history of that particular so much more straightforward, with de Paolo's last race in it on July 17. Instead, Freddie Winnai drove a 1920 Duesenberg Straight 8 of 183 CID owned by Fred Garnet, and listed in the programme (p10) as #8, which was the number of the Indy winner in 1927, while it raced as #9 in the few races it did in late '26!
A few words about the drivers: Tommy Dawson was not "a relatively unknown local driver" (p6), at least not more so than Russ Snowberger or Ray Keech - it is easy to fall prey to warped perception with the passage of so much time, and even more so with the knowledge about later achievements of some of those drivers. In fact, Dawson was one of the most consistent frontrunners within the NMRA for years, and had occasionally dipped a toe into AAA water, even with some success. Likewise, Bill Strickler had not been a retired driver/owner in 1926, like the text on p7 suggests; he had been around consistently for several years before and after the Langhorne opener, both as an owner and driver. If anyone really deserved the sobriquet "underdog" in 1926, it was Freddie Winnai, who was all of 21 years old and a racing sophomore, with no wins to speak of (if any) as yet. His career really started on June 12, 1926, together with Langhorne's, and it's quite fitting that he turns out to be the one driver with the most individual main event wins ever in the history of the track! More of that later on.
A few details from the description of the opening races are not entirely correct, too, mainly that Malcolm Fox won the third class B heat (not Lew Shingle, who was second), and that his crash in the B main meant that he couldn't start the 50-mile feature event - as it is, sources are not entirely clear, but there were probably no more than nine or ten starters, not the fifteen mentioned on p8. Another omission is that the second meeting on July 10 followed another rain-out on July 5, showing that the track had a bit of a weather problem in its inaugural season - in the end, none of the three holiday meetings (Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day) happened on schedule! As for the delayed Independence Day meet, Ray Keech did win in a Miller that once belonged to Ira Vail, but Vail was no longer involved with it and most certainly not present, while the car was now owned by Ed Yagle who would go on to enjoy much success over the next three years with Keech and a number of different Millers. And the story about Russ Snowberger "christening" Puke Hollow is very nice and probably true, but it can't have happened during the July meeting because Russ was out during early practice with a massive engine failure. In fact, one report of the opening meet back in June mentioned Snowberger retiring from the main event "visibly ill" and unable to leave his racer without much help of several bystanders...
Now to the "Twilight Races" (p10/11): this was basically a sound idea, probably gleaned from the successful Night Races that Ascot Speedway had been running in California during 1924, and once in 1926 on the very same date of the last Langhorne race! Langhorne, however, did not have any lighting system, but with Daylight Saving Time on a long Summer evening it was feasible to stage a full meeting on a weekday, and the meetings do appear to have been a success even if the press almost ignored them. Published attendance figures are anything but reliable, yet they do show a 7,000 crowd for the last of the Twilight Races against a meagre 500 for the July 10 meet! By the way, all three Twilight Races were held, on consecutive Wednesday evenings from July 21 to August 4. The first main event was advertised for 25 laps, but run over only 10 due to approaching darkness, so the crowd had reason to be "taken aback" (p11), while there was little publicity about the other two meets, won by Jimmy Gleason (10 miles on July 28) and Russ Snowberger (over only 5 miles!), with Riley Cumberland and Steve Penjuke the respective class B winners over like distances. One little incident of interest from the second of those meetings is that Ray Keech reportedly lost count of the laps driven, and stopped at the pits one lap early, thus forfeiting second place money!
For the August 7 meeting, the press finally announced the arrival of a new car, running at the track "for the first time": the 1925 Indy winner, complete with its original 122 CID engine which makes sense, as de Paolo had wrecked the 91 CID unit at his last race with it, and that engine was a dud anyway besides there being no capacity limits in independent dirt track racing. Interestingly, though, the car was entered for Al Aspen, not Winnai, and the reports about race day make no mention of Aspen or the famous car. That in itself is not really unusual, but for the Labor Day races it was announced that Winnai was now taking over the de Paolo car, while Jack Desmond was to drive "the Duesenberg in which Winnai broke the track record at the last meet", or words to that effect - yet the Duesenberg ad pictured on p11 states that the record was made with the former Indy winner! An interesting conundrum, but anyway the ad shows the correct time of 38.8" (92 mph) for the record, not 38.2" as in the text on p12. By the way, there's much confusion about the car Lou Fink fatally crashed in - earlier that season, he usually drove a Frontenac that had reputedly "killed" two drivers before, while on that fateful day reports vary between Duesenberg, Peugeot and Hispano-Suiza!
The October 3 meet is, indeed, a bit of a mystery, but it was definitely an event to itself, not the original date for the 100-miler the next week which was already announced in late September. Part of the October 3 mystery is that it was a Sunday, the first and for a long time only event at Langhorne run on a Sunday. Apart from advertizing the race as a 15-miler and naming half a dozen entries, the only thing known is that Jimmy Gleason won, plus there was a photograph in the "pictures of the world" section of a newspaper during the following week, purporting to show four cars during the running of that race. Which leaves us with the final event of the 1926 season... and I don't mean the 100-miler! For late October, announcement was made for a "Louis Fink Family Benefit" race at Langhorne, which was at least twice rained out and advertized for the last time for November 7, but whether it actually took place I can't say!
Before we move on to 1927, one word to the statistics section on p536 which lists the main event winners under the NMRA heading for 1926, including three of the "B main" winners which is not only incomplete, but also an inaccurate way to describe the format of these races. Generally, there were class A and class B heats over 3 or 5 laps, and then 10-lap "semi-mains" for both classes before the real feature, usually called the "championship race". More accurately and complete, the list should look like this:
6/12: Winnai (50 laps), Winnai (A 10) and Rowland (B 10)
7/10: Keech (50), Gleason (A 10) and Horace Hunter (B 10)
7/21: Winnai (10), Winnai (A 10) and Everette (B 6)
7/28: Gleason (10), Gleason/Keech (A 5 dead heat) and Cumberland (B 10)
8/4: Snowberger (A 5) and Penjuke (B 5)
8/7: Winnai (25), Winnai (A 10) and Desmond (B 10)
9/11: Gleason (25), Gleason (A 10) and Dawson (B 10)
10/3: Gleason (15), etc?
10/9: Snowberger (100"
"Admittedly, so far these these addenda have been mostly of a somewhat arcane nature, but the errors and omissions are getting progressively worse over the next three chapters. There were only three events in 1927, and all three as described in the book contain one major error each: the first one was not sanctioned by the NMRA (p16), but already a AAA event; in fact all the major NMRA players switched to AAA licences that year and did not need to drive on temporary permits (p17)! The second race was not a 50-miler, but ran over only half that distance, while the third race was neither on September 3 nor on Labor Day, which was September 5 that year - in fact, the original date of September 5 was changed to the following Saturday, September 10, to avoid a clash with the National Championship race at Altoona the same day, which had a support race for "semi-professionals" that attracted a few of the Langhorne regulars.
Things get totally out of hand in chapter 4, dealing with the 1928 season: I can find no trace of an NMRA race on May 12 (p20), instead the AAA opened Langhorne two weeks later with another Winnai win, this time over 10 miles. During this meeting, Winnai also lowered the AAA track record to 40.0" (90 mph) from the 41.8" (86 mph) achieved by Frank Farmer in May of 1927 - typically, the AAA ignored track records of independent clubs such as the NMRA. A planned series of five AAA races (exact dates not mentioned) at Langhorne did not, however, materialize, as the track conditions were found to be wanting, and so an independent club took over for the summer months, although it is not exactly clear which club that was! To wit, the last mention of the NMRA as a sanctioning body for any race that I have is from October 29 in 1927 at a meeting in Lehighton/PA, while the name of its "successor", the United Automobile Association (UAA) does not appear in print anywhere that I can see before October 6, 1928 at Pottstown/PA! Both clubs were always keen to see their name mentioned in press blurbs, so it's kind of strange that there is no reference to either club to be found for this period of close to a full year.
There is, however, the possibilty of an involvement by a third local club by the name of Eastern States Motor Racing Association (ESMRA) which was apparently founded in late 1926 as yet another NMRA offshoot. This came about because of a "territorial conflict" within the NMRA, which had held a big end-of-season 100-mile race at Pottstown annually since 1920, but with the opening of Langhorne the focus had shifted away from the small town some thirty miles west of Philadelphia, and the good people of Pottstown broke with the NMRA, scheduling the "7th Eastern States Championship" race for the same date as the Langhorne 100-miler in 1926! Not surprisingly, that backfired badly, as did a match race three weeks later between the Pottstown winner Horace Hunter and Freddie Winnai which the young star from the Langhorne track won easily. How things developed from here is anybody's guess, especially in the light of the mass walkout of NMRA stars to the AAA in 1927, but one of these three clubs was likely sanctioning those Langhorne meetings in the summer of 1928, of which there were at least six.
Before proceeding, one must make reference to the previously discussed matter of the MacKenzie cousins again in order to avoid further confusion. Quite how Riggs imagined that both cousins were known as "Doc" MacKenzie is simply beyond me, as it is one of the prime purposes of a nickname to differentiate between persons with like names. As already stated elsewhere, there is evidence that the 1928 fatality was named "Speedy" by his peers, but most papers simply refered to George MacKenzie for either man, to the point that it appears as if it was one person driving different cars! Nevertheless, since "Speedy" mostly drove an "F & J Special" while "Doc" mainly wheeled a Hudson, it is possible to keep them apart, but not without some doubt. Speedy, who was a couple years younger than Doc, appears to have been the leading figure of the two, probably starting a little earlier and landing the first results, e.g. two thirds in the first three independent main events at Langhorne that year, but by summer the two of them appear to have been pretty evenly matched.
Ben Shaw won the first of these races on June 10 over 25 laps, then Malcolm Fox took the flag the next week in a race stopped after only 16 laps because of excessive dust - this was the meeting with the accidents as described on p20. On July 1, the distance was reduced to 15 laps, and Fox was unavailable for some reason, so his car owner Bill Neapolitan stepped in and won in what was reportedly his very first race! Fox was back for wins over 25 miles on July 15, and then in another event postponed from August 12 to the following Sunday, August 19 which was the one in which Speedy MacKenzie crashed fatally (not August 26, p21). Apparently, that race was shortened also to 15, maybe even 10 laps. A fortnight later, September 2, and Doc MacKenzie won over 10 laps - again, it was the dust which turned out to be a major problem that summer. That was it for the independents, but not for Langhorne as the AAA came back for a series of fall season races!
September 30 was apparently rained out, but on October 7 it was old crowd favourite Freddie Winnai again over 25 miles, with Ray Keech second from Frank Farmer and Rick Decker, all of them Indianapolis bound the following year. More of the same three weeks later, when Chet Gardner came over from Colorado to completely dominate events, including a new track record at 38.4" (93 mph), finally beating Winnai's old mark, and then leading every lap in his heat and the main event which was cut short when Deacon Litz pulled in from third place complaining that he couldn't see in the falling dusk! Still, another event was scheduled for November 4 and postponed to the 11th, with Larry Beals from Massachusetts winning the main event over only ten laps, while a match race between Keech, Winnai and Gardner ended ignominiously: first, the latter pulled out upon hearing of the postponement, selling his car and returning home, and then Keech's engine failed on the penultimate lap of the final 10-lap heat, causing Winnai to crash into him, and flagman Doc Gerner to wait in vain for a car to finish the race - uh-oh!
Thus ended the busiest season with regards to number of race meets in the entire history of Langhorne Speedway, yet the definite book about the track fails to find even one correct date for those meetings, and glosses over the on-track happenings in a most pitiful way - the low point of an otherwise excellent book, sad to say! And unfortunately, it doesn't get much better in chapter 5, concerning the 1929 season: like with Labor Day in 1927, Riggs fails to perform a simple check of the calendar, and astonishes with a sentence like "while many records have the date for this event as May 12, a Tuesday, this race was actually held on Saturday, May 16" (p 23) - the proof reader must have called in sick, too!! The subject of the sentence is the inaugural event of 1929, which was indeed held on May 12 - a Sunday!!! - after both April 28 and May 5 had been rained out. And yet again, it was a AAA race, not NMRA, an organisation which almost certainly did no longer exist at that time.
The errors continue with the mentioning of Chet Gardner and his 38.4" lap which, as we have learned, had been achieved more than half a year earlier. In fact, Gardner wasn't even entered on May 12, and fast time of 43.0" (83 mph) was recorded by the local society scion, Harold B. Larzelere junior, whose eponymous father had once finished second to the great David Bruce-Brown at the Giant's Despair hill climb in 1909. Young "HBL" had driven an Auburn stock car in a support race for the last independent meet at Langhorne in September, found that he liked it, and gone on to compete at the Pottstown 100 only to crash out after giving a good account of himself. Joining AAA over the winter, he was already making a big impression, and would be a main event winner within two months! A number of accidents, however, soon dampened his spririts, and after taking three years to achieve his second win, he simply faded away during the mid thirties. Freddie Winnai, on the other hand, scored his seventh Langhorne main event win that day, a record that would never be surpassed. Only one Anthony Joseph Foyt junior, who wasn't even yet a glint in the eye of Anthony Joseph Foyt senior, would eventually equal this feet by adding a couple of stock car victories to his tally of five Big Car wins, and over a period of four and a half years as compared to Fast Freddie's three years!
After that one AAA race, the UAA took over for the rest of the year, and held at least three meetings - well, one could say three-and-a-half! The first programme on May 26 went ahead as planned, with Malcolm Fox driving Ben Shaw's Fronty to a win in the 25-mile main from such names as Frank Castell, Mike Golasky and Jimmy Kearns - really, class B stuff. Still, the UAA was making a lot of noises about challenging the best the AAA could offer for a match race, which does not seem to have had the desired effect: attendance figures dropped steadily, from 5,000 for the AAA opener, over 3,500 for the first UAA event to 1,500, and finally a mere 1,000 in July. A June 15 event was stopped by rain during or after time trials, and was repeated the following Saturday with Ben Shaw now driving his own car to another 25-mile victory. Golasky was second this time, with Tom Buler third and Harry Reeves fourth - another collection of no-names. Finally, after a pause of four weeks, another 25-miler was scheduled, but for unexplained reasons cut to ten laps, with Neapolitan taking his second win at a very slow 56 mph - presumably, because the track was in very poor shape! The most interesting thing about this win is that he likely drove the same car, namely Ben Shaw's Frontenac, which thus may have been a winner in three consecutive races, with three different drivers aboard!
And I can't let that photo caption on p24 slip by without a word: to anyone familiar with Miller engines it really jumps out at you that the loud bit in this car is not a Dodge, but a 183 CID Miller Straight 8! The car is actually the somewhat strange offset single-seater which Ira Vail had built in 1924 after accepting the fact that he could no longer drive on the board tracks because of a particular sickness which regularly befell him (doctors call it "self preservation instinct"!), and which he had used to good effect in dirt track races in the East until he bought the Lockhart/Miller in the summer of 1926. This Vail/Miller then passed on to Charlie Ganung of Katonah/NY who ran it himself and for a number of different drivers well into the thirties, it seems. The actual owner, however, seems to have been one George Taytor, a Dodge dealer from South Salem/NY, between Katonah and the Connecticutt stateline, and this is presumably where this picture was taken. But yes, this particular car raced at Langhorne, too.
One or two words should be allowed concerning chapter 6, and the 1930 Langhorne opener in particular: Riggs asserts that Bill Cummings fnally brought the world dirt track record to Langhorne in Karl Kizer's Century Tire Fronty-Ford at 38.03" (94 mph, p26) - unfortunately, only the car owner's and sponsor's names are correct! Kizer had purchased a 91 CID Miller Straight 8 for Cummings's AAA debut from Cliff Woodbury's Boyle Valve-sponsored team, and had his own company's name inscribed into the old triangular Boyle logo, even leaving the #9 painted on its tail, to which he simply added a "2" to make it #29, had it then sent to Langhorne for the bright young dirt track prospect from Indianapolis who astonished the crowd and his peers by breaking Fred Frame's electrically timed 39.68" (90 mph) track record of a few minutes before with a 38.97" (92 mph) lap that came within 0.03" of Lockhart's still standing "world record" from Cleveland in 1927, before going on to lead all 100 laps of the main event (not "swapping positions back and forth", p27) to win by more than half a lap - one proper long sentence to close this post! Thanks for listening.
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The Bundi Palace is situated on the hillside adjacent to the Taragarh Fort and is notable for its lavish traditional murals and frescoes. The Chitrashala (picture gallery) of the palace is open to the general public.
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Bundi is a city with 104,457 101,000 inhabitants (2011) in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris. It is the administrative headquarters of Bundi District.
GEOGRAPHY
The town of Bundi is situated 35 km from Kota and 210 km from Jaipur. It is located at 25.44°N 75.64°E and an average elevation of 268 metres. The city lies near a narrow gorge, and is surrounded on three sides by hills of the Aravalli Range. A substantial wall with four gateways encircles the city. The town of Indragarh and nearby places are famous for the renowned temples of Bijasan Mata and Kamleshwar. The Indargarh step well is considered as one of the most attractive places in the Bundi district, especially during the rainy season.
DEMOGRAPHICS
In the 2001 Indian census, Bundi had a population of 88,312. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bundi has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 57%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the 2011 Indian census Bundi has a population of 104,457 people.
HISTORY
In ancient times, the area around Bundi was apparently inhabited by various local tribes. Bundi and the eponymous princely state are said to derive their names from a former Meena tribe man called Bunda Meena. Bundi was previously called “Bunda-Ka-Nal", Nal meaning “narrow ways”. Later the region was governed by Rao Deva Hada, who took over Bundi from Jaita Meena in 1342, and established a princely state Bundi, renaming the surrounding area called Hadoti, the land of great Hada Rajputs.
MUGHAL ERA
Rao Surjan (1554–85) given Ranthambore Fort to Akbar in 1533. He was subsequently rewarded by Akbar with additional territory which expanded his kingdom. Both he and his successors entered the service of the Mughals and became one of their closest allies. From this time the rulers of Bundi bore the title of "Rao Raja".
One of the most notable rulers was Rao Ratan Singh Hada (1607–31) who saw service during the reign of the Emperor Jahangir. When Mughal Prince Khurram rebelled against his father, and gained the support of 22 Rajput princes, Rattan Singh stayed loyal to Jahangir. He defeated Prince Khurram at the battle of Burhanpur during which two of his sons were badly wounded. As a reward for his service Jahangir gave Ratan Singh many honours. With his 14 year old son Madho Singh having proven himself during the suppression of the rebellion as a courageous warrior Ratan Singh carved out of Bundi in 1580 sufficient land to create for Madho Singh the independent principality of Kota. Part of Kota was later used to create the separate Jhalawar State in 1838. Despite the loss of land to the new kingdom Ratan Singh retained sufficient territory and revenues to begin construction of the Garh palace.
Rao Chhattra Sal (1632–58) built the temple of Keshavarao at Patan and Chattra Mahal at Bundi. He saw service with the Mughal forces in the Deccan and was trusted by Dara Shikoh with governorship of Delhi, a rare privilege for a Rajput. He remained loyal to Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh during the rebellion of Aurangzeb despite many temptations and died fighting at the head of his troops at the battle of Samurgarh in 1658 along with his youngest son Bharat Singh. Rao Bhao Singh (1658–78) the eldest son of Chhattar Sal succeeded his father to the throne of Bundi. When after the defeat of Dara Shikoh and his imprisonment of Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb became the Mughul emperor he dispatched troop under the command of Atmaram Gaur and Barh Singh Bundela to conquer Bundi. When they failed Aurangzeb made peace with Bhao Singh. Bhao Singh became sufficiently reconciled to Aurangzeb that he fought for him against Shivaji and at one time served as governor of Aurangabad. When his own son died during his lifetime he adopted Kishan Singh, the son of his brother Bhim Singh. When Kishan Singh too died early his 15 year old son Anirudh Singh (1682 to 1696) succeeded Bhao Singh on the throne.
Anirudh Singh served Aurangzeb in the Deccan and in the northwest under Prince Muazzam where he died. He was succeed by his eldest son Budha Singh, whose service to Muazzam (later Emperor Bahadur Shah I) in the war of succession to the Mughul throne saw the Bundi become dominate over Kota those ruler had backed the losing side.
During the reign of Rao Budh Singh (1696 to 1735) despite him being married to the sister of Jai Singh II of Jaipur, a bitter feud broke out between Bundi and the Kachwaha rulers of Amber (later called Jaipur) which led to him being expelled from his kingdom by surprise attack by the Kachwaha forces in 1702. He regained and lost his kingdom four times before he died in exile while Jaipur and Kota annexed large portion of his territory. It wasn’t until 1739 before the Bundi rulers were able to regain control of their kingdom after enlisting the aid of the Maratha general Malhar Rao Holkar who kept the estate of Patan for his services.
Relations became uneasy with Mewar after Prince Ajit Singh the heir to the Bundi throne killed Rana Ari Singh of Udaipur during the annual Aheria (Bundi’s ritual spring hunt) in 1773. Through claimed to be an accident Mewar historical records consider that it was an assassination which removed an unpopular ruler.
According to an ancient prophecy made by a dying sati it was said that if the rulers of Bundi and Mewar should ever meet at the event one of the two would die. According to legend, over the centuries such a meeting took place four times and on each occasion one of the rulers was killed by the other. Mewar sources indicate that there was only one other occasion when a Mewar ruler died when in 1531 Maharana Ratan Singh II of Mewar, accompanied Prince Surajmal of Bundi on a hunt. The two men despised each other. During the hunt the Maharana attacked Prince Surajmal which ended with both dying within minutes of each other.
BRITISH ERA
In 1804 Rao Raja Bishan Singh (1773–1821) gave valuable assistance to Colonel Monson in his disastrous retreat before Holkar, in revenge for which the Maratha Empire and Pindaris continually ravaged his state and forced the kingdom to pay tribute up to 1817 This led to Bishan Singh signing a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company on 10 February 1818, which bought him under its protection. Bishan Singh was responsible for the creation of the pleasure palace of Sukh Niwas on the outskirts of Bundi.
Bishan Singh when dying of cholera entrusted James Tod with guardianship of his 11-year old son, Ram Singh. Maharao Raja Ram Singh (1821–89) grew up to be a much respected ruler who initiated economic and administrative reforms as well as establishing schools for the teaching of Sanskrit. On the throne for 68 years he was described as a grand specimen of the Rajput gentleman and "the most conservative prince in conservative Rajputana." His rule was popular and beneficial; and though during the mutiny of 1857 his attitude was equivocal, he continued to enjoy the confidence of the British, being created G.C.S.I. and a counsellor of the empire in 1877 and C.I.E. in 1878. He was succeeded by his adopted son Raghubir Singh (1889–1927), who was made a K.C.S.I. in 1897 and a G.C.I.E. in 1901. His reign was blighted by two disastrous famines which despite his best attempts to alleviated saw the population of his kingdom reduced from some 258,000 to 171,000 by 1901 due to death and immigration. Raghubir Singh supported the British during the World War I.[citation needed]
Maharao Bahadur Singh (1945–77) also supported the British and served in the Burma campaign where he earned the Military Cross for his gallantry before succeeding to the throne. He was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
ACCESSION TO INDIA
At the time of the partition of India in 1947, the British abandoned their suzerainty over the princely states, which were left to decide whether to remain independent or to accede to the newly independent Dominion of India or to Pakistan. The ruler of the state of Bundi decided to accede to India, which later became the Union of India. This brought the internal affairs of Bundi under the control of Delhi.
RULERS
The hereditary rulers of Bundi used the title ‘Rao’ before being granted the prefix ‘Raja’ by the Mughals. A Raja is a ruler of exalted rank but inferior to Maharana or Maharawal.
- Rao Deva (1343 to 1342).
- Rao Napuji.
- Rao Hamuli (1384 to 1400).
- Rao Birsingh (1400 to 1415).
- Rao Biru (1415 to 1470).
- Rao Bandu (1470 to 1491).
- Rao Narayan Das (1491 to 1527).
- Rao Suraj Mal (1527 to 1531).
- Rao Surtan Singh (1531 to 1544).
- Rao Raja Surjan Singh (1544 to 1585).
- Rao Raja Bhoj Singh (1585 to 1608).
- Rao Raja Ratan Singh (1608 to 1632).
- Rao Raja Chhattar Sal Singh (1632 to 1658).
- Rao Raja Bhao Singh (1658 to1682).
- Rao Raja Anirudh Singh (1682 to 1696).
- Rao Raja Budh Singh (b. ... - d. 1739) (1696 to 1735).
- Rao Raja Dalel Singh (b. 1729 - d. 1804) (1735 to 1749).
- Rao Raja Umaid Singh (1749 to 1770) and again (1773 to 1804).
- Rao Raja Ajit Singh (b. ... - d. 1773) (1770 to 1773).
- Rao Raja Bishen Singh (b. ... - d. 1821) (1804 to 14 May 1821).
- Maharao Raja Ram Singh Sahib Bahadur (b. 1811 - d. 1889) (1821 to 28 Mar 1889).
- Colonel HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Raghubir Singh Sahib Bahadur (b. 1869 - d. 1927) (12 April 1889 to 28 Jul 1927).
- Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Iishwari Singh Bahadur (b. 1893 - d. 1945) (8 Aug 1927 to 3 Apr 1945).
- Col. HH Maharao Raja Shri Bahadur Singh Bahadur (1945 to 1977).
- HH Maharao Raja Ranjit Singh (b. 1920 - d. 1977) (1977 to 07-01-2010).
COAT OF ARMS
Bundi’s coat of arms is a shield depicting Garuda, the mount of Vishnu, flanked by winged griffins. The shield is flanked by bulls representing dharma or righteousness; it is crowned by a warrior emerging from flames, signifying the creation-legend of the ruling Chauhan clan, which was supposedly created from fire.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
- The Taragarh Fort, or 'Star Fort' is the most impressive of the city's structures. It was constructed in AD 1354 upon the top of steep hillside overlooking the city. The largest of its battlements is the 16th century bastion known as the Bhim Burj, on which was once mounted a particularly large cannon called Garbh Gunjam, or 'Thunder from the Womb'. The fort is a popular tourist viewpoint of the city below. The fort contains three tanks which never dry up. The technique with which they were built has been long since lost but the tanks survive as a testament to the advanced methods of construction and engineering in medieval India.
- The Bundi Palace is situated on the hillside adjacent to the Taragarh Fort and is notable for its lavish traditional murals and frescoes. The Chitrashala (picture gallery) of the palace is open to the general public.
- The largest of Bundi's baoris or stepwells is the intricately carved Raniji ki Baori. Some 46 m deep, it was built in 1699 by Rani Nathavatji. The steps built into the sides of the water-well made water accessible even when at a very low level. The baori is one of the largest examples of its kind in Rajasthan.
- The Nawal Sagar is a large square-shaped artificial lake in the centre of Bundi containing many small islets. A temple dedicated to Varuna, the vedic god of water, stands half-submerged in the middle of the lake. the lake feeds the numerous bavdis in the old city by creating an artificial water table.
- The Nagar Sagar twin step wells are identical step wells crafted in pristine masonry on either side of the main spine of Bundi town. The kunds (pools) are currently full of waste from the ancient vegetable market in the vicinity.
- The Dabhai Kund also known as the jail kund, is the largest of the kunds in Bundi. Though slightly overgrown, it is well worth a visit for the spectacular carvings on the numerous steps leading down to the water level.
THE STEPWELLS
There are over 50 stepwells in Bundi, of which only a handful have been maintained. They used to be the only source of water for the town until a piped water system was introduced. After that these stepwells were abandoned and the monuments fell into disrepair. Most of the former stepwells inside the town have become garbage dumps, and are slipping out of the public consciousness.
FESTIVALS
Festivals of Bundi
1. Kajali Teej
2. The Gangaur Festival
3. Bundi Festival - started by Rajmata Sahiba Daulat Kanwar Of Dugari & Shri Madhukarji Gupta which was inaugurated by Shreeji Arvin singhji Mewar & Kunwar Shivam Singh Dugari in !998.
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PersonalDate and Place of Birth: March 17-1962 – Tehran – IRAN
Marital Status: Single
ObjectiveSearching, learning and teaching
Education
Research work
Ph. D in Molecular Microbiology
1994-1998 The University of Warwick ,U.K. ENGLAND
-Thesis: The molecular and physiological effects of starvation and other stresses on
Flexibacter chinensis
Average grade: A+
For many years physiological, morphological and particularly molecular studies on
gliding bacteria were impossible due to the lack of a suitable technique for the genetic
manipulation of this group of bacteria including Flexibacter chinensis. Our study has focused
on the physiological and morphological changes in molecular level in this organism during
the transition from the exponential to stationary phase of growth, and during long -term stress
condition. Our data demonstrate that there is a dramatic change in respiration activity and
enzymes during the stationary phase which can not be seen in the exponential phase.
Parallel to this bacterial morphology changes with a particularly noticeable size
reduction in this usually filamentous bacterium. With the collaboration of Wisconsin
University in USA we have developed a method for the molecular study of this group of bacteria.
We have constructed two mutants for the genes which produce two novel sigma factors, KatF(sS)
and RpoH(s32), and have investigated the effect of these mutants with respect to cell size
changes during the transition from growth to starvation conditions and under heat stress.
The mutants were unable to change from the filamentous to coccoidal form and consequently
were unable to survive stress as effectively as the parental strain which could undergo
morphological changes. Our data have demonstrated the importance of cell division in
Flexibacter chinensis for the survival of this bacterium under stress conditions.
Master of Science (M.Sc) in Bacteriology
1987-1991, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, IRAN
Average grade: 17.62 / 20
-Thesis: Investigation of fastidious E. coli in the urinary tract infections
Thesis Grade: 19.50 / 20
Bachelor of Science in Biology (B.Sc) in Microbiology
Aug. 1983 – Jul. 1987, Tehran University , Tehran, IRAN
Average grade: 17.60 / 20
The Microbial sulfur-specific transformation which selectively desulfurize organic sulfur compounds in fossil fuels, has been identified. We have Identified, Isolated, cloned and sequenced a 4kb gene locus from a newly isolated Iranian strain Rhodococcus FMF(4S pathway genes) on a broad host range plasmid with integration ability in chromosome of gram negative bacteria. This was reported for the first time as chromosomal conserved dsz genes from 4S pathway in Rhodococcus which these genes recorded in EMBL(1,2,3,4). This organized as one operon with three genes (dszA, dszB and dszC)under the control of single promoter. The dsz gene from this new strain has been cloned under control of tac promoter in different pseudomonas solvent tolerant species(ATCC 9027). We have applied an industrial microorganism , with the ability in biological desulfurization. In this way, using molecular and microbiological techniques we successfully constructed a manipulated bacterium with two relevant industrial application, that is biosurfactant production and desulfurization of fossil fuel. I have selected a strain of pseudomonas. Sp. which is producing biosurfactants which can help the desulfurization process by accelerating phase separation. In this regard I have cloned Rhodococcus Erytheropolis(IGTS8) desulfurization operon with a heterologues promoter(tac) in this pseudomonas strain. The resulted construct has three industrial traits. First, it has an enhanced desulfurization activity due to the exchange of native promoter with heterologues tac promoter. Second, it can produce biosurfactants which in turn help to desulfurization process by enhancing phase separation. Third, as pseudomonas Sp. is the most known solvent tolerance bacteria, this construct has the advantage to be used in industrial operation. In further step I am going to conduct a research on likely interactions between Rhamnolipid biosurfactants and oil components. Further researches is in progress to find out the influence of the biosurfactants on DBT desulfurization. By the way I am to appreciate the close cooperation of Dr Diaz from Spain. This is the new alternatives to commercialize the biodesulfurization of crude oil processes.
LanguagesEnglish, Turkish and Farsi.
Skills
Molecular cloning, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, Southern hybridization, Northern hybridization, Western blots, DNA separation techniques, Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D Gels) DNA library, Over-expression of proteins, MALDI-TOF.
Work Experience
National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) of IRAN. March 1998 – 2007 (Dept. of Microbiology), Member of Faculty Board ,
Principal Investigator (PI) several research projects
Teaching the course units related to Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
Workshop attended“Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)”, NIGEB, Sep.(17-19) 2000, Tehran-IRAN
“Cloning in bacterial expression system for production of recombinant protein” Organized by
NIGEB, Jan (18-22) 2003. Tehran- IRAN
“Application of Enzymes in Biotechnology” Organized by NIGEB, Dec (23-27)
2006. Tehran – IRAN
Papers1- Raheb, J. and Yakhchali, B. (2002). Genetic analysis of biodesulfurizing bacteria isolated
in IRAN. Journal of Sciences IslamicRepublic of Iran, 11, No 3 and 4, 1-12.
2- Akbarzadeh, A., Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. and Karkhane, A. (2003). Study ofDesulfurization rate
in Rhodococcus FMF Native Bacterium, Iranian Journal of Biotechnology , 1, 1, 36-40.
3- Kazemi, M and Raheb, J. (2004), Isolation and Identification of a Sulfide/Sulfoxide
Monooxigenase Gene from a Newly Isolated Rhodococcus Sp, Strain FMF. Journal of Sciences,
Islamic Republic of Iran, 15, 2, 119-126.
4- Naghdi, S., Raheb, J., Yakhchali, B. and Aghaei, E. (2004). Cloning of Desulfurization Operon
of 4S pathway in Pseudomonas.(In Persian Language), Journal of Science ( Tehran University),
30, 389-391.
5- Akbarzadeh, A., Raheb, J., Rastegar, Jazi, (2004). Cloning and sequencing of desulfurization
Operon from a Newly Isolated Bacterium Rhodococcus FMF, Iranian Journal of Biotechnology ,
Vol 2, No.1, 19-24
6- Raheb, J., Yektamaram, L., Shaabani, A., Akbari, M and Aghaei, E.(2004), Isolation and
cloning of Glocose oxidase gene from Aspergillus niger In Ecoli. Koomesh Journal of semnan
University of Medical Sciences, 5, 1&2, 29-36.
7- Akbarzadeh, A., Raheb (2004). Identification and Cloning of desulfurization Operon (dszAB)
from a Native Bacterium Rhodococcus FMF, . Koomesh Journal of semnan University of
Medical Sciences, Spring & Summer 2004,Vol.5, No. 3&4, 171-178.
8- Raheb, J., Mohaghegh. A., Akbari, M., Shabani,and Aghaee, E (2005). Cloning of
Glucose oxidase gene in pkk233-3. . Koomesh Journal of semnan University of
Medical Sciences, Vol 6, No 3, 217-222.
9- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S., Yakhchali, B., (2005). Designing a new Recombinant strain with
additional copy number to enhance biodesulfurization activity in Pseudomonas
aeruginosa ATCC9027. Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, 29, 195-199.
10- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A.A., Naghdi, S., Flint, K., (2005). The mutation of the rpoS gene,
the central regulator of stationary phase, affects the cell division in Flexibacter chinensis,
Journal of Sciences,16, 209-215.
11- Raheb, J. Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.P. (2006). "De novo protein production under long
term starvation in Flexibacter chinensis". Mendez-Vilas, Proceedings Book titled "Modern
Multidisciplinary Applied Microbiology, 50-54.
12- Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. S., Ghorbanli, M., Khanyeki, G., and Naghdi,(2006).
Identification and cloning of oxidoreductase gene from Rhodococcus erythropolis in
E.coli. Koomesh Journal of semnan University of Medical Sciences, 6, 4, 325-334.
13- Raheb, J. Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.P. (2006). Alkaline phosphatase activity of Flexibacter
chinensis under starvation stress in strile water microcosoms. special issue of the Enzyme and
Microbial Technology journal, 40, 13-16.
14- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.(2006). The effect of starvation factor on the survival
characteristics of Flexibacter chinensis, Iranian Journal of Science & Technology.
Transaction A. Vol. 31, No. A1, 117-121
15- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.(2006). The effect of some environmental factors
on the survival characteristics of Flexibacter chinensis. Journal of Sciences.
Islamic Republic of Iran, 17, 2, 317-322.
16- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.(2007). Respiration Activity in Flexibacter chinensis under
Starvation Stress, Iranian Journal of Science & Technology. Transaction A, Vol. 31, No.A3, 1-10
17- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. Karkhane, A.A., Yahkchali , B., and Flint, K.P. (2004).
nucleotide sequence of dszC Gene from a Newly Isolated Rhodococcus FMF, Shiraz
E -Medical Journal, 5, 2.
18- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. and Flint, K. (2006). Heat-Induced Synthesis of δ32 in Flexibacter
chinensis: The Role and Function in cell division, Journal of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, 18, 2, 115-121.
19- Raheb, J., Naghdi, S. and Flint, K.(2008). The effect of starvation stress on the protein profiles in
Flexibacter chinensis. Iranian biomedical Journal .12, 2, 67-77
20- Akbari Noghabi, K., Shahbani Zahiri, H., Raheb, J., Nasri, S. and Chul Yun, S.(2007).
The Survey of Mercury Obsorption by pseudomonas flourescens BM07 grown at two different
Temperature, Microbiological Research, 56, NO 2, 111-117.
21- Raheb, J., khoshroo., H , Nasernejad., B, Sanati., M,H, Azimi., A, Naghdi., S. and
Arabnezhad., M..(2006). Isolation and Characterization of a new Acidothiobacillus
Thiooxidans from the Aliabad copper mine in Yazd using 16s-23s spacer gene nucleotide
sequencing method, Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
22- Raheb, J., khoshroo, H., Nasernejad, B., Sanati, MH., Azimi, A., Naghdi,
S. and Arabnezhad, M..(2007). Isolation and Characterization of a new Acidothiobacillus
Ferrooxidans from the Aliabad copper mine in Yazd using 16s-23s spacer gene nucleotide
sequencing method, Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 18(3): 209-213
23- Barzegar, F., Raheb. J. and Mosavi, M.L. (2007). Cloning and expression of SOX(dsz A B, C)
Operon in Ecoli Strain DH5a and comparison its desulfurization activity with pseudomonas aeroginosa
EGSOX, Pseudomonas putida EGSOX and Ecoli cc118 lambda pir,. Koomesh Journal of semnan University
of Medical Sciences, Spring & Summer 2007,Vol.8, No. 2, 1-15.
24- Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. S. and Behzadi, H,(2008), Enhansment of Biodesulfurization activity via the overexpression of the oxidoreductase gene from R.Eytheropolis IGTS8 using pet21a vector, Koomesh Journal of semnan University
of Medical Sciences, Winter 2008,Vol.9, No. 2, 1-15, 99-105.
25- Shourian, M., Akbari Noghabi, K., Shahbani Zahiri, H., Bagheri, T., Karballaei, G.,
Mollaei, M., Rad, I., Ahadi, S., Raheb. J. and Abbasi, H. (2008). DES 5233 Efficient
Phenol-degradation by a newly characterized Pseudomonas sp. SA01 isolated from pharmaceutical
Wastewaters. Desalination Journal
Presentations1- Raheb, J., Aghaei, E., Naghdi, S. and Yakhchali, B. (2001). Cloning and Expression of
desulfurization Operon in Pseudomonas aeroginusa to Enhance Biodesulfurization Rate in Fossil
Fuels, 2th National Biotechnology Congress IslamicRepublicof Iran, Oct. 9-11 2001, Karaj
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
2- Hosseini, Sayyedabolfazl., Yakhchali, B., Sattari. Morteza and Raheb, J. (2001). Cloning of
DNA Fragment Encoding NSP4 Epitope of Rotavirusin CS3Fimberial Subunit Gene of
Enterotoxigenic E.coli, 2th NationalBiotechnology Congress IslamicRepublicof Iran, Oct.
9-11 2001, Karaj Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
3- Raheb, J. and Yakhchali, B. (2002). Genetic analysis of biodesulfurizing bacteria isolated in
IRAN. Ninth Iranian Biology Conference, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, 15-17 August 2000.
4- Raheb, J., Akbarzadeh, S. and Flint, K.P. (2003). Consevation of chromosomal-Encoded
Dibenzothiophene desulfurization genes in a newly Isolated Bacterium Rhodococcus FMF.
10th Iranian Researchers seminar in Europe (IRSE2003), Gonville and Cauis college University
of Cambridge Cambridge 31 May, 2003
5- Akbarzadeh, A., Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. and Karkhane, A. (2003). Study and Compare of
Desulfurization rate in Rhodococcus FMF Native Bacterium, 7th National Iran chemical
Engineering Congress, University of Tehran 28-31 October, 2002
6- Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. and Naghdi, S. (2004). Identification and Cloning of
Oxidoreductase gene from Rhodococcus Erytheropolis, Proceedings of The 12th Iranian biology
Conference.
7- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). Alkaline phosphatase activity of Flexibacter
chinensis under starvation stress in strile water microcosoms. 1tst International Conference on
Environmental , Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005). March
5-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain
8- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). The effect of stress on the protein profiles in
Flexibacter chinensis. 1tst International Conference on Environmental , Industrial and
Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005). March 15-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain.
9- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). Heat-Induced Synthesis of δ32 in
F. chinensis: The Role and Function in cell Division . 1tst International Conference
on Environmental , Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005).
March 15-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain.
10- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). Respiration Activity in Flexibacter chinensis
under Starvation Stress 1tst International Conference on Environmental , Industrial and
Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005). March 15-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain.
11- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). The mutation of the ropS gene, the central
regulator of stationary phase, affects the cell division in F. chinensis 1tst International
Conference Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005). March
15-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain.
12- Raheb, J., Karkhane, A. and Flint, K.P. (2004). The effect of environmental factors on
the survival characteristics of Flexibacter chinensis. 1tst International Conference
on Environmental , Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2005).
March 15-18th 2005, Badajoz, Spain.
13- Raheb, J., Aghaei, E., Khaniki, GH.. Ghorbanly, M. and Naghdi, S. (2005). Identification
and Cloning of Oxidoreductase gene from Rhodococcus erythropolis in E.coli .
The 4th National Biotechnology Congress Islamic Republic of Iran, 15-17 Auguest 2005,
Kerman (Mahan).
14- Nazari. B., Haghbeen. K., Raheb, J., Arab Najafi. S. and Fatemi, S.S. (2005).
Optimization Cholesterol Oxidase production by Rhodococcus erythropolis ATCC 4277
by using Taguchi Statistical Nethod. The 4th National Biotechnology Congress Islamic
Republic of Iran, 15-17 Auguest 2005, Kerman (Mahan).
15- Behzadi. H., Raheb, J., Aghaei, E. and Akbarzadeh, S. (2005). Cloning and Expression of
Oxidoreductase gene from Rhodococcus erythropolis IGTS8 for Enhancement of Biological
Desulfurization. The 4th National Biotechnology Congress Islamic Republic of Iran,
15-17 Auguest 2005, Kerman (Mahan).
16- Mohaghegh. A., Raheb, J., Khaniki, GH.. Akbari, M., Shabani, A and Aghaei, E., (2005).
Cloning of Glucose oxidase Aspergillus Niger in Prokariotic Host. The 4th National
Biotechnology Congress Islamic Republic of Iran, 15-17 Auguest 2005, Kerman (Mahan).
17- Ghaffari. S., Raheb, J., Akbarzadeh, S. and Ebrahimi, GH. (2005). Desulfurization Process
of Pesudomonas aeroginosa in presence of Biosurfactant . The 4th National Biotechnology
Congress Islamic Republic of Iran, 15-17 Auguest 2005, Kerman (Mahan).
18- Behzadi. H., Raheb, J., Aghayemoghadam, E. and Akbarzadeh, S. (2005). Increasing The
copy Number of Oxidoreductase gene for Importante the Expression of Desulfurization
Genes. 13th Iranian biology Conference and the first International Conference of Biology
Guilan University, Rasht, I.R.Iran, 23-25 august 2005.
19- Raheb, J., Mohaghegh. A., Akbari, M., Shabani, A., Khodabandeh, M and Karkhanei,
A. (2005). Cloning and Expression of Glucose Oxidase Aspergillus niger in E.coli.
13th Iranian biology Conference and the first International Conference of Biology Guilan
University, Rasht, I.R.Iran, 23-25 august 2005.
20- Rasehk, B., Mosavi, MT. and Raheb, J.(2006). Investigation of Biodesulfurization operon
activity in the Rhodococcus Erytheropolis IGTS8 influence of Oxidoreductase gene.
14th National and 2th InternationalConfrence of Biology Tarbiat Modares University,
Tehran, Iran, 2006.
21- Yektamaram, L., Raheb, J., Akbari, Shaabani, A., M and Aghaei, E.(2004), Isolation
and cloning of Glocose oxidase gene from Aspergillus niger In Ecoli. The 3th National
Biotechnology Congress Islamic Republic of Iran, 11-13 September 2004, Mashhad
21- Akbarzadeh, A., Raheb, J.,(2004),Determination of genetic map and Nucleotide sequences
of dszAB in Rhodococcus FMF a native bacteria in IRAN. The 3th National Biotechnology
Congress Islamic Republic of Iran, 11-13 September 2004, Mashhad
23- Jamshid Raheb; Hasan khoshroo; Ali Azimi; Bahram Nasernejad; Mohammad
hossein Sanati; Mahmood Arabnezhad (2007). Isolation and Characterization of a new
Acidothiobacillus Ferrooxidans from the Aliabad copper mine in Yazd using 16s-23s
spacer gene nucleotide sequencing method. II International Conference Environmental
Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2007). 28 November -1December 2007,
Seville , Spain.
24- Jamshid Raheb; Hasan khoshroo; Ali Azimi; Bahram Nasernejad; Mohammad
hossein Sanati; Mahmood Arabnezhad (2007). Isolation and characterization of novel
fastidious, acidophilic species from the Aliabad copper mine in Yazd using 16s-23s
intergenic, spacer gene nucleotide sequencing method . II International Conference
Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld-2007). 28 November –
1December 2007, Seville , Spain.
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The average person may not think this is of any significance, and indeed they were seen on just about every street corner not so long ago. However, they are fast disappearing and it's extremely unusual to see one in this condition. Absolutely immaculate from every angle. The owner uses an anti-theft steering lock.
"the first Instagram book by ale di gangi" now available on blurb for you to order, own and cherish.
Kavalcare Solar System for Jhpiego Mid-Wife Clinic Dec8, 2014
Every year, 12,000 women in Pakistan die of birth complications. The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Services Component, implemented by MCHIP/Jhpiego, aims at preventing maternal, newborn, and child deaths by ensuring skilled birth attendance (SBA) through a total market approach, empowered community, timely referral of obstetric and neonatal complications to an emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) facility, and improved access to child care.
Lack of electricity in remote areas is a major issue that often leads to obstetric complications and newborn deaths. Refrigerated storage is vital for the effectiveness of life saving drugs and vaccines. Ice boxes are used in remot areas of this purpose but it is an ineffective method especially when easy availability of ice is a problem. To overcome these issues, Lodhie Foundation in association with Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program/JHPIEGO, extended its Kavalcare program and provided a Solar Powered System to a remote clinic located at village Haji Usman Jhakro near Makli, District Thatta. System provides sufficient power to operate a small refrigerator, a fan and 3 lamps 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It was designed, manufactured and installed by Shaan Technologies private Limited Karachi. After installation of Solar System in August 2014, this small remote clinic is serving a community of 10,000 plus persons who lives in village Haji Usman and surrounding areas. On an average 10 patients visits this clinic each day. Clinic also provides up to 15 birth attendance and new born care in a month.
Name of Village HAJI USMAN JAKHRO, MAKKLI, District Thatta
Name of Midwife. Zoriyat.
Surrounding population 10,000. (Ten Thousand)
Delivery in Solar Light 10 to 13 per month.
OPD patient / day 10.
System Installation Date Aug/12/2014
A year ago I made a little Processing script to average sets of photos (examples one, two, and three), and a few weeks before that I started a photo-a-day project, where I was careful to get as close to the same angle as possible. It didn’t take much thought to combine those two projects. Anyway, this is the result averaging a year of self portraits.
I’ve got a few more ideas for things to give the ol’ averaging treatment to, so we’ll see where this projects picks up a bit later down the line.
I am still keeping with the photo-a-day project, so maybe next year (same Bat-time same Bat-channel) we’ll get to see year one vs year two comparison and a two year average.
For a little more about this: www.alexjacque.com/work/average
DAY 2 Of Legends Of Brands Hatch Superprix And it was time to see who could Brave the Grand Prix Circuit and Take Home Victory in The First Few Races held Thought Saturday.
After A Very Busy Day Yesterday with Qualifying it will be Interesting to see Which Drivers from each Support Race can take home Victory and The Win for their Respective Teams.
Classic Formula Ford With Historic Formula 3-(Race 1 Results)
Classic Formula Fords And Historic Formula 3 were up and After an Exciting Race and Qualifying Yesterday Lets See who Emerged in the First Race As The Winner.
In First Place and Taking Victory was (Cam Jackson) in his Winkelmann WDF2 with A Lap Time Of 1:52.141 and an Average Speed of 76.65mph.
An Amazing Drive from Cameron Jackson Showing the Speed and Commitment It takes to Race A Classic Formula Ford around the Grand Prix Loupe. Awesome Work Cam.
In Second Place was (Henry Chart) in his Van Diemen RF81 with A Lap Time Of 1:52.396 And An Average Speed of 75.86mph.
A Super Drive and A Really Good Battle with Cam Henry. Well Done
In Third Place was (Ben Tinkler) in his Van Diemen RF80 with a Lap Time of 1:57.181 And an Average Speed of 73.80mph.
A Fantastic Drive by Ben and a well Controlled Drive to take Third Place. Brilliant Work.
Fantastic Work to Cam, Henry And Ben for putting on one Hell of a Race and showing the Power of the Formula Ford Engine.
Looking forward to seeing more Race action from Thease Guys and the Rest of The Formula Ford And Historic Formula 3 Racing Drivers Tomorrow.
A Big Congratulations to all Three Drivers on First Second and Third.
HGPCA Historic Pre 66 Grand Prix Cars-(Race 1 Results)
Historic Pre 66 Grand Prix cars were Up Next and Featuring some very Big Names of Cars Racing such as Maserati Ferrari and Cooper.
Lets see what Happened and Who Managed to take Victory in the Pre 66 Grand Prix Cars Race.
In First Place and Taking Victory was (John Spiers) In His Maserati 250F with A Lap Time of 1:50.306 and An Average Speed of 77.84mph.
A Storming Drive From John to take The victory and Really showed Off just how Capable and Powerful Thease Pre 66 Grand Prix Cars can be. A Fantastic Victory John.
In Second Place was (Rod Jolly) in His Lister Jaguar Monza with A Lap Time of 1:51.705 and An Average Speed of 77.50mph.
Pushing His Jaguar to the Limit and Nearly Taking Victory Away from John on a Couple of Corners. Amazing Drive.
In Third Place was (Eddie McGuire) In His Scarab with A Lap Time of 1:52.196 and An Average Speed of 75.64mph.
A Well and Truly Earned Third Place for Eddie After Fighting Hard with Others Drivers for the Spot and Taking Third Place. A Very Committed Drive Eddie.
A Fantastic Result for The First Race for Pre 66 Grand Prix Cars and Three very Talented Drivers in John, Rod And Eddie. Good Luck to All Other Drivers Racing and Lets See What Tomorrow Brings for You. Hopefully A Podium Finish.
HSCC / FJHRA Silverline Historic Formula Junior-(Race 1 Results)
It Was Time For HSCC And Historic Formula Junior To Take to the Track and See who Could Take Victory in their Respective Race.
With Junior Drivers Involved Anything Is Possible. Lets See who put the Pedal to the Metal and Made History in This One.
In First Place was (Chris Goodwin In His Lotus 22 with A Lap Time of 1:42.576 And an Average Speed of 65.29mph.
A Spirited Drive from Chris has allowed him to take The Victory. Congratulations Chris and an Amazing Drive from Pole Position. Keep up The Fantastic Performance And Commitment.
In Second Place was (Richard Wilson) in his Brabham BT6 with A Lap Time of 1:45.325 And An Average Speed of 65.02mph.
Another Triumphen Drive from Richard to Take Second Place Well Done Richard.
In Third Place was (Adrian Russel) in His Lotus 22 with A Lap Time of 1:45.853 And An Average Speed of 64.94mph.
Very Well Driven Adrian and a Close Finish with Richard for Second Place in the Process. That was One Incredible Charge.
Another Fantastic Race from The Historic Formula Junior Racing Drivers. Each One showing the Skill and Commitment To Taming Thease Little Beasts.
Congratulations to Chris, Richard and Adrian And Good Luck to all Other Drivers Work Hard And Keep Pushing for That All Important Victory.
HSCC Classic Formula 3 -(Race 2 Results)
Historic Formula 3 was about to Take on the Might of The Brands Hatch GP Loop Featuring Cars from the Classic Formula 3 Era Such as The March 783 The Chevron B43 and The Royal RP27.
Thease Machines May Look Docile but When Racing they put on a Huge Display of Both Power and Speed to Rival even that of their Formula 1 Counterparts of the Era.
Let's See How The Race went and Who was Able To take Victory and Stand on the Top Step of the Podium.
In First Place was (Andy Smith) In his March 783 with A Lap Time of 1:42.113 and An Average Speed of 82.64mph.
Very Fast and Very Consistent Driving from Andy to Take Victory and End Up on the Top Step of the Podium. Congratulations Andy Well Deserved.
In Second Place was (Murray Shepherd) in His Van Diemen RF82 with A Lap Time of 1:44.583 And an Average Speed of 81.75mph.
Another Fantastic Drive from Murray to keep The Pace up and Defend Second Place from the Others Drivers All Fighting to take it away. Well Done Murray.
In Third Place was (Ben Tilley) In His March 743 with A Lap Time of 1:43.571 And an Average Speed of 81.75mph.
Matching The Speed of Murray and Still Keeping Him on His Toes in order to Try and Take that Second Place Away from Him.
A Very Well Driven Race from Ben and Keep Working towards that Second Place Finnish. Outstanding Drive.
Classic Formula 3 Has Shown us Three Capable Drivers who Battled it out and Came out Victorious in the Race. Andy Murray and Ben will have to Keep Working Hard to Defend Their Respective Places.
Could anyone Else Take those Victories from them? Only Time will Tell.
HSCC Historic Formula Ford 2000
Its Time for Historic Formula Ford 2000 and To see who Can Take The Victory in This Race. With Cars that Are capable of Nearly 100mph Around The Grand Prix Circuit it will be Interesting to see who is Brave Enough to Push Their Ford to its Limits.
In First Place was (Graham Fennymore) in His Reynard SF81 with A Lap Time of 1:35.793 And an Average Speed of 89.99mph. A Fierce Drive with Speedy Reactions to Claim the Victory. Incredible Work Graham.
In Second Place was (Ian Pearson) in His Royal RP30 with A Lap Time of 1:36.029 And an Average Speed of 89.74mph.
Another Super Drive From Ian with Speeds and Performance Very Close to Graham. Both Drivers Pushing Hard and Not giving an Inch Thought the Race.
In Third Place was (Andrew Storer) in his Reynard SF79 with A Lap Time of 1:37.187 and An Average Speed of 88.64mph.
Awesome Work from Andrew Despite Finishing Second in the Previous Race. Keep Pushing Hard.
A Fantastic Day for The Formula Ford 2000 and An Excellent Set of Victories for Graham Ian and Andrew.
Well Done to all other Drivers who Took Part as well Work Hard and Always Keep Pushing to Your Limits And Beyond.
HSCC Thundersports -(Race Results)
Finally it was the turn of the Thundersports High Powered Machinery Versus The Grand Prix Loop. With Close Qualifying from Yesterday.
Lets find out who the Final Three Drivers are for Saturday who took too The Podium.
In First Place was (James Claridge) in his Chevron B23 with A Lap Time of 1:31.148 and An Average Speed of 84.64mph.
A Fantastic Job from James in a Machine that is so fast And Yet Looked so At Home on the Race Track with Him Behind the Wheel.
Congratulations James A Fine Job Indeed.
In Second Place was (Mark Richardson) in His Lola T290 with A Lap Time of 1:30.458 and An Average Speed of 84.62mph.
Another Drive by A True Racing Driver and Even Eric Broadly would Have been Proud To see that One. Fantastic Work Mark.
In Third Place was (Robert Shaw) in His Chevron B19 with A Lap Time of 1:33.032 And an Average Speed of 82.62mph.
Very Well Done from Robert Who Defended Third Place Like his Life Depended on it.
A Wonderful Way to End Saturday at The Superprix Of Brands Hatch with Many New and Rising Talents Still Left to show what they can do Come Sundays FINALE.
Congratulations to all of the Race Winners and Good Luck to Those still fighting for that all Important Podium Spot.
See You All on Sunday.
The Bundi Palace is situated on the hillside adjacent to the Taragarh Fort and is notable for its lavish traditional murals and frescoes. The Chitrashala (picture gallery) of the palace is open to the general public.
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Bundi is a city with 104,457 101,000 inhabitants (2011) in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris. It is the administrative headquarters of Bundi District.
GEOGRAPHY
The town of Bundi is situated 35 km from Kota and 210 km from Jaipur. It is located at 25.44°N 75.64°E and an average elevation of 268 metres. The city lies near a narrow gorge, and is surrounded on three sides by hills of the Aravalli Range. A substantial wall with four gateways encircles the city. The town of Indragarh and nearby places are famous for the renowned temples of Bijasan Mata and Kamleshwar. The Indargarh step well is considered as one of the most attractive places in the Bundi district, especially during the rainy season.
DEMOGRAPHICS
In the 2001 Indian census, Bundi had a population of 88,312. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bundi has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 57%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the 2011 Indian census Bundi has a population of 104,457 people.
HISTORY
In ancient times, the area around Bundi was apparently inhabited by various local tribes. Bundi and the eponymous princely state are said to derive their names from a former Meena tribe man called Bunda Meena. Bundi was previously called “Bunda-Ka-Nal", Nal meaning “narrow ways”. Later the region was governed by Rao Deva Hada, who took over Bundi from Jaita Meena in 1342, and established a princely state Bundi, renaming the surrounding area called Hadoti, the land of great Hada Rajputs.
MUGHAL ERA
Rao Surjan (1554–85) given Ranthambore Fort to Akbar in 1533. He was subsequently rewarded by Akbar with additional territory which expanded his kingdom. Both he and his successors entered the service of the Mughals and became one of their closest allies. From this time the rulers of Bundi bore the title of "Rao Raja".
One of the most notable rulers was Rao Ratan Singh Hada (1607–31) who saw service during the reign of the Emperor Jahangir. When Mughal Prince Khurram rebelled against his father, and gained the support of 22 Rajput princes, Rattan Singh stayed loyal to Jahangir. He defeated Prince Khurram at the battle of Burhanpur during which two of his sons were badly wounded. As a reward for his service Jahangir gave Ratan Singh many honours. With his 14 year old son Madho Singh having proven himself during the suppression of the rebellion as a courageous warrior Ratan Singh carved out of Bundi in 1580 sufficient land to create for Madho Singh the independent principality of Kota. Part of Kota was later used to create the separate Jhalawar State in 1838. Despite the loss of land to the new kingdom Ratan Singh retained sufficient territory and revenues to begin construction of the Garh palace.
Rao Chhattra Sal (1632–58) built the temple of Keshavarao at Patan and Chattra Mahal at Bundi. He saw service with the Mughal forces in the Deccan and was trusted by Dara Shikoh with governorship of Delhi, a rare privilege for a Rajput. He remained loyal to Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh during the rebellion of Aurangzeb despite many temptations and died fighting at the head of his troops at the battle of Samurgarh in 1658 along with his youngest son Bharat Singh. Rao Bhao Singh (1658–78) the eldest son of Chhattar Sal succeeded his father to the throne of Bundi. When after the defeat of Dara Shikoh and his imprisonment of Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb became the Mughul emperor he dispatched troop under the command of Atmaram Gaur and Barh Singh Bundela to conquer Bundi. When they failed Aurangzeb made peace with Bhao Singh. Bhao Singh became sufficiently reconciled to Aurangzeb that he fought for him against Shivaji and at one time served as governor of Aurangabad. When his own son died during his lifetime he adopted Kishan Singh, the son of his brother Bhim Singh. When Kishan Singh too died early his 15 year old son Anirudh Singh (1682 to 1696) succeeded Bhao Singh on the throne.
Anirudh Singh served Aurangzeb in the Deccan and in the northwest under Prince Muazzam where he died. He was succeed by his eldest son Budha Singh, whose service to Muazzam (later Emperor Bahadur Shah I) in the war of succession to the Mughul throne saw the Bundi become dominate over Kota those ruler had backed the losing side.
During the reign of Rao Budh Singh (1696 to 1735) despite him being married to the sister of Jai Singh II of Jaipur, a bitter feud broke out between Bundi and the Kachwaha rulers of Amber (later called Jaipur) which led to him being expelled from his kingdom by surprise attack by the Kachwaha forces in 1702. He regained and lost his kingdom four times before he died in exile while Jaipur and Kota annexed large portion of his territory. It wasn’t until 1739 before the Bundi rulers were able to regain control of their kingdom after enlisting the aid of the Maratha general Malhar Rao Holkar who kept the estate of Patan for his services.
Relations became uneasy with Mewar after Prince Ajit Singh the heir to the Bundi throne killed Rana Ari Singh of Udaipur during the annual Aheria (Bundi’s ritual spring hunt) in 1773. Through claimed to be an accident Mewar historical records consider that it was an assassination which removed an unpopular ruler.
According to an ancient prophecy made by a dying sati it was said that if the rulers of Bundi and Mewar should ever meet at the event one of the two would die. According to legend, over the centuries such a meeting took place four times and on each occasion one of the rulers was killed by the other. Mewar sources indicate that there was only one other occasion when a Mewar ruler died when in 1531 Maharana Ratan Singh II of Mewar, accompanied Prince Surajmal of Bundi on a hunt. The two men despised each other. During the hunt the Maharana attacked Prince Surajmal which ended with both dying within minutes of each other.
BRITISH ERA
In 1804 Rao Raja Bishan Singh (1773–1821) gave valuable assistance to Colonel Monson in his disastrous retreat before Holkar, in revenge for which the Maratha Empire and Pindaris continually ravaged his state and forced the kingdom to pay tribute up to 1817 This led to Bishan Singh signing a subsidiary alliance with the British East India Company on 10 February 1818, which bought him under its protection. Bishan Singh was responsible for the creation of the pleasure palace of Sukh Niwas on the outskirts of Bundi.
Bishan Singh when dying of cholera entrusted James Tod with guardianship of his 11-year old son, Ram Singh. Maharao Raja Ram Singh (1821–89) grew up to be a much respected ruler who initiated economic and administrative reforms as well as establishing schools for the teaching of Sanskrit. On the throne for 68 years he was described as a grand specimen of the Rajput gentleman and "the most conservative prince in conservative Rajputana." His rule was popular and beneficial; and though during the mutiny of 1857 his attitude was equivocal, he continued to enjoy the confidence of the British, being created G.C.S.I. and a counsellor of the empire in 1877 and C.I.E. in 1878. He was succeeded by his adopted son Raghubir Singh (1889–1927), who was made a K.C.S.I. in 1897 and a G.C.I.E. in 1901. His reign was blighted by two disastrous famines which despite his best attempts to alleviated saw the population of his kingdom reduced from some 258,000 to 171,000 by 1901 due to death and immigration. Raghubir Singh supported the British during the World War I.[citation needed]
Maharao Bahadur Singh (1945–77) also supported the British and served in the Burma campaign where he earned the Military Cross for his gallantry before succeeding to the throne. He was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
ACCESSION TO INDIA
At the time of the partition of India in 1947, the British abandoned their suzerainty over the princely states, which were left to decide whether to remain independent or to accede to the newly independent Dominion of India or to Pakistan. The ruler of the state of Bundi decided to accede to India, which later became the Union of India. This brought the internal affairs of Bundi under the control of Delhi.
RULERS
The hereditary rulers of Bundi used the title ‘Rao’ before being granted the prefix ‘Raja’ by the Mughals. A Raja is a ruler of exalted rank but inferior to Maharana or Maharawal.
- Rao Deva (1343 to 1342).
- Rao Napuji.
- Rao Hamuli (1384 to 1400).
- Rao Birsingh (1400 to 1415).
- Rao Biru (1415 to 1470).
- Rao Bandu (1470 to 1491).
- Rao Narayan Das (1491 to 1527).
- Rao Suraj Mal (1527 to 1531).
- Rao Surtan Singh (1531 to 1544).
- Rao Raja Surjan Singh (1544 to 1585).
- Rao Raja Bhoj Singh (1585 to 1608).
- Rao Raja Ratan Singh (1608 to 1632).
- Rao Raja Chhattar Sal Singh (1632 to 1658).
- Rao Raja Bhao Singh (1658 to1682).
- Rao Raja Anirudh Singh (1682 to 1696).
- Rao Raja Budh Singh (b. ... - d. 1739) (1696 to 1735).
- Rao Raja Dalel Singh (b. 1729 - d. 1804) (1735 to 1749).
- Rao Raja Umaid Singh (1749 to 1770) and again (1773 to 1804).
- Rao Raja Ajit Singh (b. ... - d. 1773) (1770 to 1773).
- Rao Raja Bishen Singh (b. ... - d. 1821) (1804 to 14 May 1821).
- Maharao Raja Ram Singh Sahib Bahadur (b. 1811 - d. 1889) (1821 to 28 Mar 1889).
- Colonel HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Raghubir Singh Sahib Bahadur (b. 1869 - d. 1927) (12 April 1889 to 28 Jul 1927).
- Major HH Maharao Raja Shri Sir Iishwari Singh Bahadur (b. 1893 - d. 1945) (8 Aug 1927 to 3 Apr 1945).
- Col. HH Maharao Raja Shri Bahadur Singh Bahadur (1945 to 1977).
- HH Maharao Raja Ranjit Singh (b. 1920 - d. 1977) (1977 to 07-01-2010).
COAT OF ARMS
Bundi’s coat of arms is a shield depicting Garuda, the mount of Vishnu, flanked by winged griffins. The shield is flanked by bulls representing dharma or righteousness; it is crowned by a warrior emerging from flames, signifying the creation-legend of the ruling Chauhan clan, which was supposedly created from fire.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
- The Taragarh Fort, or 'Star Fort' is the most impressive of the city's structures. It was constructed in AD 1354 upon the top of steep hillside overlooking the city. The largest of its battlements is the 16th century bastion known as the Bhim Burj, on which was once mounted a particularly large cannon called Garbh Gunjam, or 'Thunder from the Womb'. The fort is a popular tourist viewpoint of the city below. The fort contains three tanks which never dry up. The technique with which they were built has been long since lost but the tanks survive as a testament to the advanced methods of construction and engineering in medieval India.
- The Bundi Palace is situated on the hillside adjacent to the Taragarh Fort and is notable for its lavish traditional murals and frescoes. The Chitrashala (picture gallery) of the palace is open to the general public.
- The largest of Bundi's baoris or stepwells is the intricately carved Raniji ki Baori. Some 46 m deep, it was built in 1699 by Rani Nathavatji. The steps built into the sides of the water-well made water accessible even when at a very low level. The baori is one of the largest examples of its kind in Rajasthan.
- The Nawal Sagar is a large square-shaped artificial lake in the centre of Bundi containing many small islets. A temple dedicated to Varuna, the vedic god of water, stands half-submerged in the middle of the lake. the lake feeds the numerous bavdis in the old city by creating an artificial water table.
- The Nagar Sagar twin step wells are identical step wells crafted in pristine masonry on either side of the main spine of Bundi town. The kunds (pools) are currently full of waste from the ancient vegetable market in the vicinity.
- The Dabhai Kund also known as the jail kund, is the largest of the kunds in Bundi. Though slightly overgrown, it is well worth a visit for the spectacular carvings on the numerous steps leading down to the water level.
THE STEPWELLS
There are over 50 stepwells in Bundi, of which only a handful have been maintained. They used to be the only source of water for the town until a piped water system was introduced. After that these stepwells were abandoned and the monuments fell into disrepair. Most of the former stepwells inside the town have become garbage dumps, and are slipping out of the public consciousness.
FESTIVALS
Festivals of Bundi
1. Kajali Teej
2. The Gangaur Festival
3. Bundi Festival - started by Rajmata Sahiba Daulat Kanwar Of Dugari & Shri Madhukarji Gupta which was inaugurated by Shreeji Arvin singhji Mewar & Kunwar Shivam Singh Dugari in !998.
WIKIPEDIA
A graph showing the change in average surface temperature on Earth between 1880 and 2007. / График, показывающий изменение средней температуры воздуха на Земле между 1880 и 2007 гг.
English version here.