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Bruny Surin


In 2009, Surin became the new Canadian 50 metres record holder (40-45 age group) with a time of 6.15s at the McGill Open. In 2016, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 2009, a biography cowritten by Bruny Surin and Saïd Khalil entitled "Bruny Surin, le lion tranquille" was published by "Éditions Libre Expression" in Montreal. The book covers Bruny Surin recounting 17 years of his sports career. In the book, Surin criticizes doping, describing it as
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Bruny Surin


Bruny Surin (born July 12, 1967) is a Canadian track and field athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team. In the 100 metres, he has broken the 10-second barrier multiple times and holds a personal record of 9.84 seconds. Surin was born in Cap-Haïtien, Haïti, and moved to Canada with his family in 1975. He made
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his debut for Canada at the 1987 Pan-American Games, placing fifteenth in the long jump, a result he repeated at the 1988 Olympics. After the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, manager Enrico Dionisi brought Surin to Siena and he was trained by the Italian coach Franco Barucci. Barucci persuaded Surin away from his favoured long jump event, in favour of the 100 m. Barucci predicted he could run 10.10 seconds for the event. Surin won the following Canadian championships in 10.14 seconds. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Surin
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Bruny Surin


won a bronze medal in 100 m and was seventh in the long jump. At the 1991 World Championships, Surin was eighth in the 100 m, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics he was 4th in the 100m and reached the semifinals as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 1993 World Championships, Surin was fifth in 100 m and won a bronze medal as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Surin won the gold medal in 4
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United States by almost half a second, establishing itself the best relay team in the world. Surin also reached the semifinal of 100 m in the same competition. Surin and the Canadian team won a gold medal again at the 1997 World Championships and at the 1998 Goodwill Games. He was also seventh in 100 m at the 1997 World Championships and won a silver medal in 100 m at the 1999 World Championships. His time matched Donovan Bailey's Canadian record of 9.84. At the time, this was the fastest losing time
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Donovan Powell


stimulant ephedrine. He was disqualified from participating in the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. In January Powell finished second by .01 s to Donovan Bailey in the 60 m at the Montreal Grand Prix. He had previously finished second to Bailey in the 50 m one week prior in Hamilton, and second again two days later in the 60 m behind Bruny Surin. Later in January, he won the 60 m at the Boston Indoor Games, in 6.64 s. He won the 60 m at the Atlanta US Indoor Championships in 6.55s in
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in a 100 m race. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Surin, one of the gold medal favorites, had not fully recovered from a leg injury sustained at the Canadian championships earlier that summer, and was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100m after slowing down visibly in pain and walking the rest of the way through the finish line. His last major championship race was in the semifinals of the 100 m at the 2001 World Championships, where he injured himself again and was pushed off the track in a wheelchair.
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wind-aided time of 10.14 seconds, 0.02 seconds behind bronze medallist Bruny Surin. He then won the 200 metres with a wind-aided time of 20.10 seconds, ahead of his fellow English athletes John Regis and Ade Mafe, who finished second and third. Adam would never run faster than these two wind-aided times at the Commonwealth Games. He went on to win a second gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay (together with Clarence Callender, John Regis and Linford Christie). Adam also participated in
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Kim Jong-il (athlete)


. His series of 7.36, 7.68 and 7.70 metres placed him sixteenth in total, thus he failed to reach the final round this time. The last qualifier for the final was 7.77 metres; the only Asian athlete who reached the final round was Chinese Pang Yan. Among those who failed to reach the final were Chen Zunrong, Junichi Usui (with three fouls) as well as two Canadians who would become 1996 Olympic champions in the relay: Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert. Kim then participated without success at the 1989 World
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× 100 m relay and was eliminated in the semifinal of 100 m. At the 1995 World Championships, Surin won a silver medal in 100 m and a gold medal as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team. At the Atlanta Olympics, the Canadian relay team were not favoured, although they had won almost all of the titles available during the previous two years, but they had done it in absence of the United States team. However, in the 4 × 100 m relay final, the Canadian team beat
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Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie


the total overall medal count by France which won 27 events. Morocco performed particularly well in the middle- and long-distance track events. Newcomer Poland made an impact in its debut, taking nine golds with most of its athletes succeeding in the field events. Among the other nations competing, Romania and Mauritius managed four gold medals each. The competition attracted higher level performances and participation than in previous editions, in part due to the 2001 World Championships in Athletics which was also held in Canada some two weeks later. Bruny Surin
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Stéphan Buckland


the 200m event and continued to specialize in it. In 2001, Buckland became the first athlete in history to win the 100m, 200m and the 4 × 100 m relay at the Francophone Games in Ottawa, Canada. In the 100m, he beat Canadian Bruny Surin, one of the fastest man on Earth, in a time of 10.13, setting a new national record. He then won the 200m final in 20.33 after winning his qualification and semifinal races in 20.62 and 20.66 respectively. He then
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Dan Pfaff


within the UKA programme. Pfaff is currently one of the coaches at the World Athletics Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Pfaff has coached: Donovan Bailey—The 1996 Atlanta Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100m; As well as Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert—who teamed with Bailey to win the 4 × 100m relay in Atlanta ; Greg Rutherford who won the London 2012 Olympics in the men's long jump. His career in track and field has seen incredible success over the past four decades. He is considered a leader
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Manon Rhéaume


she was approached to pose for "Playboy Magazine", which she refused. In 2011, she took part in the Quebec TV show "Le défi des champions" (Champions' Challenge), a show that trained eight Quebec athletes (such as Isabelle Charest, Bruny Surin, Marc Gagnon, Marie-Andrée Lessard, Étienne Boulay, Nathalie Lambert and Mathieu Dandenault) to the art of the circus. Rhéaume performed very well in each of her disciplines. Rhéaume was married to Gerry St. Cyr, a roller hockey player
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Andre De Grasse


for a lane infringement by Gavin Smellie. The 2015 World Championships in Athletics took place in Beijing. At the event De Grasse ran sub-10 second times in the heat and semifinal on his way to the eighth lane in the final. There, De Grasse tied for the bronze medal with American Trayvon Bromell in the 100m, running a 9.92. He became the first Canadian to win a medal in track's marquee event since Bruny Surin raced to silver in 1999. After the final De Grasse said "I didn't know
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Carlton Chambers


m team of Chambers, Frempong, Dave Tomlin and Chris Robinson won Bronze in 39.90. That same summer he was selected to run the third leg of the Commonwealth 4 × 100 m relay where he handed the baton off to Bruny Surin who ran it in for Gold. After two years at Clemson, Carlton went to the 1996 NCAA championships and ran to a fourth place in the 100m with a time of 10.19. Ato Boldon of UCLA won the race and later went to the 1996 Olympic Games and ran a 9.90
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of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin. Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote. In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the Action democratique du Quebec's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region. He is currently Vice-President of Montreal Impact; he was
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Trayvon Bromell


9.84 seconds, tying him as the tenth fastest 100m runner of all time with Canadian legends Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin. He won his semi-final in a wind-aided 9.76 seconds (+3.7 m/s) to improve his all-conditions best, before going on to finish second in the final to Tyson Gay in 9.96 seconds. This qualified him for the 2015 World Championships in both the 100m and 4 × 100 metres relay. Bromell made his Diamond League debut at the 2015 Herculis meeting in Monaco
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Dwain Chambers


the barrier. In spite of this, Chambers remained some distance behind his North American counterparts. In his first major outing on the world stage, Chambers attained a new personal best at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, registering a time of 9.97 s for third place in the 100 m final. This made the 21-year-old the youngest ever World Championships 100 m medallist. North Americans dominated the event as Maurice Greene and Bruny Surin took first and second place respectively, with record runs of 9.80 s and 9.84 s,
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Donovan Bailey


Commonwealth record from 1996 until 2005, when it was broken by Asafa Powell, and is the current Canadian record holder (shared with Bruny Surin since 1999). His Olympic record was broken by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In May 1997 he raced against Michael Johnson in a 150 m race at Toronto's SkyDome in a bid to truly determine who the world's fastest man was. Earlier in the spring of 1997, Johnson began performing television promotions in which he billed himself as "the world's fastest man
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Perdita Felicien


inspired by Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin of Canada, later adding the 200m dash and long jump. Felicien dedicated herself to hurdling at Pine Ridge Secondary School and won the Ontario high-school hurdling championship in 1998. That year she added the first of two consecutive Canadian junior championships. Her performance at a scholastic meet in Ohio brought offers of athletic scholarships from a number of U.S. universities from which she chose the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she enrolled in the study of kinesiology. Coached by Gary Winckler,
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Anson Henry


Japan. This was the best finish by a Canadian sprinter at any major championships in the 100m since Bruny Surin won bronze at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. In Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behind Francis Obikwelu, Obinna Metu and Walter Dix. He improved his time to 10.33 in the quarter finals, but failed to qualify to the semi finals as he finished only in seventh place. Together
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Carlton Chambers


Carlton Chambers (born June 27, 1975) is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He ran in the preliminary heats, however a groin injury prevented him from running in the final race which was won by Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Donovan Bailey. He had a personal best of 10.19 in the 100 metres. Chambers first started track when he entered grade nine at Malton's Ascension of our Lord Catholic
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Robert Esmie


Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a Canadian retired sprinter and member of the 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medal 4 × 100 m relay. He runs his sport training program need for speed. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Esmie was part, along with Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey, of a 4 × 100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. They were number one in the world from 1994 to 1999. Esmie placed seventh (10.23) in the second semi
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Glenroy Gilbert


Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1967 in Port of Spain) is a Canadian former track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4×100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and head coach of Athletics Canada. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Glenroy Gilbert formed along with Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the best 4 × 100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. He was a member of the Louisiana State University track and field team. Gilbert made his major international championships debut at the 1988
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Jean-Joseph Surin


Jean-Joseph Surin (9 February 1600, Bordeaux – 21 April 1665, Bordeaux) was a French Jesuit mystic, preacher, devotional writer and exorcist. He is remembered for his participation in the exorcisms of Loudun in 1634-37. Surin was reared in a cloister. At the age of eight he took a vow of chastity, and at ten he was taught to meditate by a Carmelite. He entered the novitiate with the Jesuits in 1616. From 1623 to 1625 and from 1627 to 1629 he studied at the
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Nicolas Macrozonaris


m time, behind Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey who both share the national record with a 9.84 clocking, along with Andre De Grasse (9.91), Aaron Brown (9.96) and Gavin Smellie (10.01). In 2004, he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 28th out of 80 in the 100 meter event, thus improving his position from his previous Olympic Games in Sydney where he finished 42nd. Nicolas has represented Canada in many international competitions and has qualified for six World Championships, three Francophone Games
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Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)


indoor Canadian track and field event. More than 17,000 people saw him finish second in the 50 metres in 5.77 seconds. He failed to qualify for the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo but made the Canadian Olympic team again in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain after finishing second at the Canadian Olympic trials to Bruny Surin. He missed the 100 metre finals at the Olympics, however, finishing last in his semi-final heat after stumbling out of the blocks. In 1993, he won the 50 metres on January 7 in Grenoble,
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Carla Bruni


, but Cristicchi stated in an interview for Italian television weekly "TV Sorrisi e Canzoni" "I use sarcasm to explain our Italian way of always wanting to follow any type of gossip without being interested in real problems." Bruni was to be a guest singer at the 2010 San Remo festival but withdrew from participating. In April 2013, Bruni's fourth album "Little French Songs" was released. In September 2017, Bruni, along with models Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Cindy Crawford, closed the
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SEP-IRA


deducted from the net profit. The result is then multiplied by 20% to arrive at the maximum SEP deduction, $9,293. SEP contributions and earnings are held in SEP-IRAs and can be withdrawn at any time, subject to the general limitations imposed on Traditional IRA. A withdrawal is taxable in the year received. If a participant makes a withdrawal before age 59½, generally a 10% additional tax applies. SEP contributions and earnings may be rolled over tax-free to other Individual retirement account and retirement plans.
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Surin Elephant Round-up


. Nowadays, elephants and their trainers travel 100 km to Surin to participate in the festival. The ritualistic elements and traits of the festival have all but disappeared and the festival has become a pure tourist festival. The Kuy hunters who are singled out to perform in the round-up perform a morning ritual called the "Pak Kum Luang" almost an entire week before the festival. This ritual includes praying at the Pakam shrine, which is sacred to the lasso, as their elders had done in ancient times and then offering
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Bruni family


Bruni family was an Albanian medieval family dating back to the 13th century in Shkoder. The family fled when the city was occupied by the Ottomans. Part of the family was located in modern day Koper. Giovanni Bruni is mentioned as the archbishop of Ulcinj in 1581. He became the archbishop in 1551 and participated in the council of Trent in 1563. He died from the Spanish who boarded his ship and killed him after the Battle of Lepanto despite yelling ”"I am a Christian, I am a bishop"”.
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Surin Province


Surin. As the Khmer prefer jasmine rice, much of Surin's rice production is geared toward this crop. The culture of Surin is also strongly influenced by the Kuy people, most visibly in the activity surrounding elephants that is so prominent in the province. Surin is the source of approximately a quarter of all domesticated elephants in Thailand and the capture, training, and raising of these elephants is conducted by people of Kuy ethnicity. This is such an important activity to Surin and a source of pride to the Kuy people,
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Air Malawi


(2012) Limited, as a step towards selection of a competent strategic equity partner (SEP) to acquire new shares in Air Malawi through a recapitalisation scheme, said PC chief executive officer Jimmy Lipunga. He said to sustain the country's Bilateral Air Services Agreements, the level of participation within the SEP should bring the participation of Malawian nationals, both with the SEP and government shareholding, to 51 per cent. For this purpose, the new company would exclude its existing wholly owned subsidiaries, Air Cargo Limited and Lilongwe Handling
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Surin Islands


as the 29th national park of Thailand on 9 July 1981. The park is closed during rainy season, 1 May-31 October, every year. The five islands are Ko Surin Nuea, Ko Surin Tai, Ko Ri, Ko Kai, and Ko Klang, with Ko Surin Nuea and Ko Surin Tai being the two main islands of the group. The Thai-Burmese oceanic border is a few kilometers north of the park. Christie Island, Burma's southernmost point, lies 18 km to the north of Ko Surin Nuea and
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Surin, Thailand


Surin (, ) is a town in Thailand, capital of Surin province, east-northeast of Bangkok. It is the site of the annual Surin Elephant Round-up. , Surin has an estimated population of 39,179. The first part of the name "Sur-" originates from the Sanskrit word "Sura" (Devanagari: सुर) meaning "God" (cf. Asura), and the second part "-in(thara)" from Sanskrit is "Indra" (Devanagari: इन्द्र). Hence the name of the
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Mueang Surin District


Mueang Surin (, ) is the capital district ("amphoe mueang") of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chom Phra, Khwao Sinarin, Sikhoraphum, Lamduan and Prasat of Surin Province, Krasang and Satuek of Buriram Province. The district is divided into 21 sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 292 villages ("mubans"). The town ("thesaban mueang") Surin covers the whole "tambon" Nai Mueang. Mueang
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Surin Province


Surin (, ; Northern Khmer: , ; Kuy: เหมองสุลิน) is one of the northeastern provinces ("changwat") of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from west clockwise) Buriram, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, and Sisaket. To the south it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia. Surin covers a total area of from the Mun River in the north to the Dangrek Mountains in the south. The capital, Surin city, in the western central region province is from Bangkok. The area of present-day Surin
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Sangkha District


. "Mueang" Sangkha was under the Surin Section, together with "Mueang" Surin. "Mueang" Sangkha at that time was subdivided into three districts: Sangkha, Si Khonphum, and Changkan. In 1912 Monthon Isan was split into Monthon Roi Et and Monthon Ubon Ratchathani. "Mueang" Surin was included in Monthon Ubon Ratchathani. Mueang Sankha continued to be under Mueang Surin. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Kap Choeng, Prasat, Lamduan, Si Narong of Surin Province, Khukhan of Sisaket Province
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percent of all the elephants in the kingdom are raised in Surin, predominantly by the ethnic Kuy people. Tourism is also important to the Surin economy. Elephants and scenery are increasingly seen as potentially lucrative by the provincial government which has attempted to make Surin a popular destination for international ecotourism. Domestically, Surin has a reputation for its fine silk and silver beaded ornaments produced in tourist-focused villages such as Khwao Sinaring Handicraft Village. Local traders also conduct cross-border commerce with Cambodians through a border crossing at Chong Chom,
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Surin Elephant Round-up


The Surin Elephant Round-up is a cultural festival held every year in Surin Province, Isan, Thailand. Usually the event is organized during the third week of November on the weekend. The festival has its origins in the royal hunts which were conducted in Surin Province during medieval times. The indigenous residents of Surin, the Kuy, have been traditional practitioners of corralling elephants and training them as working animals. When the Ayutthaya Kingdom came into power these hunts were converted into a public extravaganza and wild elephants were replaced with tame
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south of Surin city. According to legend, the province was given its current name in 1786 in honor of its royal governor, Chiangpum, whose royal title was "Luang Surin Phakdi". The "Surin" portion of the title is a compound of two words, สุระ and อินทร์, derived from the Sanskrit words "sura" (Devanagari: सुर), meaning "god" (cf. Asura), and "Intar" (Devanagari: इन्द्र), "Indra". Prior to the fourteenth century,
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Sikhoraphum District


Sikhoraphum (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the central part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Sanom and Samrong Thap of Surin Province, Prang Ku of Sisaket Province, Si Narong, Lamduan, Mueang Surin, Khwao Sinarin and Chom Phra of Surin. The district is divided into 15 sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 226 villages ("mubans"). Ra Ngaeng is a township ("thesaban tambon"
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Surin Pitsuwan


. Surin was a member of the Commission on Human Security, a member of the Advisory Board of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, and a member of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. Surin's eldest son, Fuadi Pitsuwan, announced the formation of the Surin Pitsuwan Foundation in 2019. The foundation will focus on three areas: education, diplomacy, and human security. The foundation will provide scholarships to ASEAN students to study abroad, within and without the region, to spur ASEAN integration and
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Prasat District


Prasat (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the southern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Surin, Lamduan, Sangkha, Kap Choeng, and Phanom Dong Rak of Surin Province, Ban Kruat, Prakhon Chai, Phlapphla Chai, and Krasang of Buriram Province. The area of the district was originally part of Mueang Surin District. It was split off as a separate district on 4 March 1938, consisting of the seven "tambon": Kang
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Tha Sawang Subdistrict


Tha Sawang (, ) is a subdistrict ("tambon") of Mueang Surin District, Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring subdistricts are (from the north clockwise) Na Di, Kae Yai, Nok Mueang and Kho Kho of Mueang Surin, Surin Province and Nong Teng, Chumsaeng, and Lamduan of Krasang District, Buriram Province. Agriculture is the main activity of the sub-district, with rice and vegetables as the main products. The second job of the people in the area is silk weaving. The brocade
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of Surin all the way to the confluence with the Thap Than Creek () that forms the eastern border of Surin with Sisaket Province. Due to its position in the Khorat Plateau, the climate of Surin is largely affected by the surrounding mountains which block much of the rain that would otherwise be carried to the province by the monsoons. This results in lower annual rainfall totals and greater differences between the rainy and dry seasons than areas outside the plateau. Archaeological sites in the Khorat Plateau have provided some of the earliest evidence of
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Surin Province


According to tradition, the move was due to better water at the new site. In 1786 the name was changed to Surin in honor of its royal governor. The province slowly grew as people returned to the area. Although there was a continual influx of people from the surrounding areas, Surin was largely self-sufficient and remained somewhat isolated until the arrival of the railroad in 1922. Chinese and Indian merchants settled in the city, manufacturing increased, and Surin gradually became a modern metropolis. In Thailand's 2000 census it
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Surin Islands


The Surin Islands (, ) is an archipelago of five islands in the Andaman Sea, 60 km from the Thai mainland. Administratively, the islands are part of Tambon Ko Phra Thong, Khura Buri District, in Phang Nga Province, Thailand. Mu Ko Surin National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติหมู่เกาะสุรินทร์) encompasses the islands and their surrounding waters. The park covers an area of approximately 141.25 km. It contains the Surin Islands and the surrounding waters. Of the protected area, 108 km or 80 percent is ocean. The park was gazetted
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this time a Kuay local leader named Chiangpum became the royally appointed ruler of the region. According to legend he presented a rare white elephant to the Chao Phaya Chakri, future King Rama I. In gratitude, Chiangpum was awarded the royal title "Luang Surin Phakdi" and appointed the village headman. When Rama I became the Thai monarch, he appointed Luang Surin Phakdi as the province's governor. In 1763 the village was moved to the location of the modern city of Surin, and was upgraded to a city with the name
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Surin (Nestorian patriarch)


century) and Sliba (fourteenth-century). The following account of Surin's reign is given by Mari: Surin bribed Abanus, the emir of al-Madaïn, to send his henchmen to compel the people to consecrate him on the fifth Sunday of Easter. Some took the eucharist, while others broke the fast. Abanus sent his satellites against those who remained. They rounded them up and, standing by the very gates of the altar with drawn swords, forced them to consecrate Surin, which they did with tears
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Surin Pitsuwan


Surin is different in that he seeks an activist role in member states. Surin Pitsuwan was the first ASEAN Secretary-General with significant political experience. On 1 January 2013, he handed over his post to Le Luong Minh, the next ASEAN Secretary-General. On 17 January he announced that he would be ready to take over Thailand's education ministry "if given the chance". Surin's tenure at ASEAN saw the rise of the regional organization into an important global player in international affairs. "He will be a
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Mario Trevi


in the "Premio Carosone 2009", held at the Arena Flegrea, Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples, where he sang "Indifferentemente", "Scalinatella" and "Giacca Rossa 'e Russetto". On November 4, Mario participated in the show "Omaggio a Sergio Bruni" ("Tribute to Sergio Bruni") where he sang the songs "Lusingame" and "Carmela", and paired with Enzo Gragnaniello in singing "Indifferentemente". On April 17, 2010 Mario Trevi starred a new beginning with Luna Bianca,
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Namtok Mae Surin National Park


Mae Surin was designated Thailand's 37th National Park. The park's main attraction is its namesake waterfall, Mae Surin, a single-tier waterfall in height. Another large waterfall is Pa Bong, a two-tier waterfall with a height of . Many of the park's streams eventually join the Pai River, which flows through the park. Nam Hu Haichai Cave is notable for being the site of a water jet erupting from the cave's interior walls at a regular interval of every 25 minutes. Namtok Mae Surin features
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School voucher


percentage of priority students in the student body. When SEP was started, it covered preschool to fourth grade, and an additional school-year of coverage was added each subsequent year. Almost every public school chose to participate in SEP in 2008, as well as almost two-thirds of private subsidized elementary schools. There were three important requirements attached to the program. The first requirement stipulated that participating schools could not charge fees to priority students, although private schools in the voucher system could do so for non-priority students
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Namtok Mae Surin National Park


Namtok Mae Surin National Park () is a national park in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. Home to mountains, waterfalls and caves, the park is best known for its namesake Mae Surin waterfall. Namtok Mae Surin National Park is located east of Mae Hong Son town in Mae Hong Son and Khun Yuam districts. The park's area is . The highest point is Doi Pui peak at . Doi Pui is part of the Thanon Thongchai Range, whose various peaks within the park range from to . In 1981, Namtok
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west of the provincial capital of Surin city, and forms most of the western provincial border between Surin and Buriram. The Mun river valley forms the southern provincial border of this panhandle before extending somewhat diagonally northeast, opening up into a large lake near Tha Tum. Leaving the lake, the Mun continues on to meet the provincial border with Roi Et province just west of Road 215, effectively cutting off the mainly agricultural panhandle area from the rest of Surin. From there, the Mun River continues eastward forming the northern provincial boundary
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Surin Province


southern Isan region of Thailand. This period covers the 7th–13th centuries CE. Surin was an important part of the ancient Khmer empire. Temple ruins and a substantial ethnic Khmer minority remain part of Surin. Khmer stone inscriptions date from c. 600 CE. Over the next several centuries a growing number of Khmer sites were constructed in the province, most notably Prasat Sikhoraphum. These sites would have formed part of the network of Khmer infrastructure centred on Prasat Phanom Rung. With the collapse of the Khmer empire in the 13th century, Surin
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Social Christian Party (Italy)


The Social Christian Party () was a political party founded and led by the Italian philosopher and librarian of the Vatican Library Gerardo Bruni. Born at the beginning as a movement of Christians during the Resistance, partisans participated with other groups in their initial meetings to help form Christian Democracy. The founder, however, occurred an irremediable conflict between Bruni and other groups and Christian Democrats, who he felt were too moderate and supportive of capitalism, and they separated. The movement was transformed into a party for elections for the Constituent Assembly
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South Bruny National Park


The South Bruny National Park is a national park located on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, about south of Hobart. The park contains the Cape Bruny Lighthouse. The highest point of the park is Mount Bruny at . The park also embraces the Labillardiere Peninsula, named in honour of the French botanist Jacques Labillardière, author of the first general flora of Australia and a member of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's expedition. The Nuenonne people once occupied South Bruny and there are several cultural sites around the national park, all of which are protected
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Louis H. Bruni


and Bruni Energy, Inc. Bruni set forth to dismantle two institutions linked with his family: (1) the entrenched political machine of former Laredo Mayor J. C. "Pepe" Martin, Bruni's uncle, and (2) the Independent Club, an unofficial gathering of South Texas power brokers, sometimes called "patróns", of which Martin and Bruni’s father were original members. Bruni described the phenomenon as "like some bizarre novela, isn’t it? A real family feud." Bruni quarreled with his cousin,
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Bruni Glass


Bruni Glass is a supplier of glass packaging for the spirits, wine and beer. The company was founded in Milan, Italy in 1974. Bruni Glass is well known for manufacturing the glass skulls for Crystal Head Vodka, as well as for running the Bruni Glass Design Award, an international design contest that celebrates glass packaging design. In 2016, Berlin Packaging acquired the company. At the time, Bruni Glass had sales of $150 million across 7,000 customers and 100 countries. Bruni Glass is now operated as Bruni Glass,
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Tha Tum District


Tha Tum (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the northern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Rattanaburi, Sanom and Chom Phra of Surin Province, Satuek of Buriram Province, Chumphon Buri of Surin, Kaset Wisai and Suwannaphum of Roi Et Province. The district is divided into 10 sub-districts ("tambons"), which are further subdivided into 165 villages ("mubans"). Tha Tum is a township ("thesaban tambon"
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Surin (Nestorian patriarch)


Surin was an Iranian aristocrat from the Suren family, who briefly served as the Patriarch of the Church of the East in 753. Although he was not recognized as a legitimate patriarch by his contemporaries, he is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. Brief accounts of Surin's reign are given in the "Ecclesiastical Chronicle" of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus ("floruit" 1280) and in the ecclesiastical histories of the Nestorian writers Mari (twelfth-century), Amr (fourteenth-
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Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux


Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux () (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor. He is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792, while searching for the La Pérouse expedition. Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux is commonly referred to simply as Bruni d'Entrecasteaux or Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, which is a compound surname (derived from his father's surname, Bruni and the family's origins in Entrecasteaux). Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was born to Dorothée de Lestang-
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Rattanaburi District


Rattanaburi () is a district ("amphoe") in the northeastern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Rattanaburi was a "mueang" under "Mueang" Surin, which was converted into a district in the "Thesaphiban" administrative reforms at the end of the 19th century. Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Non Narai, Sanom and Tha Tum of Surin Province, Suwannaphum and Phon Sai of Roi Et Province, and Rasi Salai, Bueng Bun, Pho Si Suwan and Mueang Chan of Sisaket Province
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Sea. "He was the most active, open and globalized ASEAN secretary-general ever", he said. An editorial in the "Jakarta Post" lauded Surin as the most effective of the 12 secretary-generals in the group's history. Since 2003, he was a member of the board of trustees for The Asia Foundation. Since October 2013, Surin served as on the board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a private diplomacy organization whose mission is to prevent armed violence through mediation and dialogue
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Surin, Thailand


earliest known historical period is the Dvaravati. This was an Indian-based culture, which diffused through the north-east region of what is now Thailand. Evidence of this culture is found in Surin region dating to between the 7th to 11th centuries CE. It was in this period that Buddhism became the dominant religion of the region. Following the Dvaravati period, the powerful Khmer Empire expanded its influence throughout what is now the southern Isan region of Thailand. This period covers the 7th to 13th centuries CE. Surin was an
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Khwao Sinarin District


Khwao Sinarin (, , ) is a district ("amphoe") of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. The minor district ("king amphoe") was established on 15 July 1996 with area split from Mueang Surin District. On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts were upgraded to full districts. On 24 August the upgrade became official. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chom Phra, Sikhoraphum and Mueang Surin. The district is divided into five sub-districts ("tambons"), which
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Chom Phra District


Chom Phra (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the northern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Tha Tum, Sanom, Sikhoraphum, Khwao Sinarin and Mueang Surin of Surin Province, and Satuek of Buriram Province. The minor district ("king amphoe") Chom Phra was established in 1959, when it was split off from Tha Tum District. On 27 July 1965 it was upgraded to a full district. The district is divided into nine sub
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him, and finally al-Mansur threw him into prison. Yaqob was eventually released, and was asked by the faithful to send Surin to Basra, since its metropolitan had died. Yaqob granted their request, but Surin was hated by the people of Basra, and while he was received by some, he was shunned by others. Meanwhile, al-Mansur was now better informed about him, and ordered that he should be thrown into prison. He fled from Isa ibn Shahlafa, but the emir of al-Madaïn
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Surin Province


Surin are associated with Lao dress, Lao-influenced music (e.g., the khene and mor lam) and Lao-style cuisine, which includes sticky rice in contrast to the jasmine rice preferred by central Thais. Due to Surin's significant Khmer population, aspects of Northern Khmer culture are also common in the province including the Northern Khmer language and their kantrum and chrieng brunh music forms. The historical impact of the Khmer on the culture of the region is evident in the numerous Khmer temples and ruins that dot the landscape of
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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2001 Macau Grand Prix


Ryō Fukuda, Japanese series winner Benoît Tréluyer and Australian champion Peter Hackett. Three Macanese drivers were issued invitations from the Macau Grand Prix Committee to participate in the event: Jo Merszei, Michael Ho and Lei Kit Meng. British series driver Gianmaria Bruni elected to withdraw from the event and the Korea Super Prix because of a lack of car familiarisation time and he opted to test an International Formula 3000 vehicle. Bruni was replaced with Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship driver Heikki Kovalainen. Two practice sessions lasting half an hour were held before
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Surin (Nestorian patriarch)


in their eyes. Yaqob, metropolitan of Jundishapur, as he spoke the words of the consecration over him, raised his hands to heaven and prayed that no good would befall him. Then the fathers told Saffah what had happened and begged for his help, and he had Abanus flogged and told the fathers to hold a fresh election. And so Surin was deposed in Hira on the Sunday after Ascension. Then the fathers went to al-Madaïn with Yahya ibn Ibrahim and consecrated Yaqob. But Surin and his relatives ceaselessly attacked
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Lao languages and small tribal groups such as the Kuy and Nyah Kur. The northeast provinces have traditionally been isolated, both physically and culturally, from the rest of Thailand and Surin is no exception. The vast majority of the province is rural and relatively poor. There is little industrial development with rice farming being the primary industry. Rice farmers supplement their income by cutting sugar cane, as construction laborers, or working in the local silk weaving trade. Elephant capture and training is also an important industry in Surin. Approximately 25
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also forms the international border with Cambodia. The mountains, averaging approximately 500m in elevation, are not particularly high but the southward sides are steep cliffs rising rather abruptly from the northern plains of Cambodia significantly hindering any attempt at passing. The main pass in the region is in Surin and cuts through the mountains between Chong Chom and O Smach, Cambodia. The northern face of the mountain range slopes gently down leveling out into the rolling flood plains that make up the central and northern regions of Surin. These areas are drained
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Kuy people, also reside in Surin. Also spelled "Guay", "Suai" or "Kha" (pejoratively), the Kuy are a Mon-Khmer people distantly related to the Khmer and considered by many Thais to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the region. A 1985 study found that 9.6 percent of the people in Surin were Kuy, 9.2 percent were mixed Lao-Kuy, and 3.1 percent were mixed Khmer-Kuy. Kuy people speak the Kuy language and most traditionally followed animist beliefs although a syncretic blend
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that celebrations such as Thai Elephant Day () and the Surin Elephant Round-up are held annually on the second and third weeks, respectively, of November. The festivals include light and sound shows describing the legends of the Thai elephants and a fair at Si Narong Stadium featuring parades, floats, contests such as tug of war between elephants and men and demonstrations of war elephants. "Surin Jasmine Rice and Silk Cloth Fair." งานวันข้าวหอมมะลิอินทรีย์และมหกรรมผ้าไหมสุรินทร์. Held every January, the fair features agricultural product competitions, silk fabrics, and presentations
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วัดบูรพาราม. This ancient Buddhist temple was built by Surin's first mayor Phaya Surin Phakdi Si Narong Changwang. The wat houses a Buddha image of Luang Pho Phra Chi, which was built at the same time as the temple. "Huai Saneng." ห้วยเสนง. Huai Saneng Reservoir has a high and steep crest. Its southern area has a rich display of water lilies and flocks of birds. The palace of Mother Princess is at the headquarters of "Phanom Sawai Forest Park." วนอุทยานพนมสวาย. The park has a hill with three peaks.
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Surin Pitsuwan


his PhD in 1982. His dissertation was entitled, "Islam and Malay Nationalism". Surin Pitsuwan was elected member of parliament from Nakhon Si Thammarat for the first time in 1986 and became secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representatives the same year. In 1988, he was appointed assistant secretary to the Minister of Interior. From 1992 until 1995, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs before becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997, serving in this capacity until 2001. Surin Pitsuwan was chairman of the Association of
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Surin Islands


large pelagic species like manta rays. Due to marine conservation initiatives diving is not allowed in certain areas of the national park. The Surin Islands host two small communities of the small ethnic Moken minority, known as "chao lay" or "sea gypsies". The Moken population of the Surin Island averages around 150 persons. The Moken are three distinct tribes living on the Andaman Coast of Burma and Thailand: the Moken of the Mergui archipelago, the Moklen of Phang Nga Province, and the Urak Lawoi living from Phuket south
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Bruni, Texas


Bruni is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 379 at the 2010 census. Bruni was named after Antonio Mateo Bruni , a local Italian immigrant who owned a ranch and a general store. In 1937, Canadian aviators seeking to be the first to fly from Hudson Bay to Tierra Del Fuego crash-landed safely in Bruni. The population peaked at 800 in 1939 with the discovery of the South Bruni oilfield. The town is within the boundary of Webb Consolidated
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Antonio Bruni (merchant)


Antonio Bruni (c. 1550 - d. 1598) was an Albanian commander and spy from Ulcinj, part of the Albanian Bruni family, in the 16th century. He was the nephew of Bartolomeo Bruti. Members of the family worked for the Venetians, the Papacy and the Ottomans. In 1479 Antonio Bruni fled Shkoder when it fell to the Ottomans. Bruni was then educated by the Jesuits in May 1572 in Rome and he was a doctorate in Avignon. He also worked for one of his cousins in Moldavia. Brunis father was
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Surin, Thailand


important part of the ancient Khmer empire. Temple ruins and a substantial ethnic Khmer minority remain part of Surin. Khmer stone inscriptions date from c. 600 CE. Over the next several centuries a growing number of Khmer sites were constructed in the province, most notably Prasat Sikhoraphum. These sites would have formed part of the network of Khmer infrastructure centred on Prasat Phanom Rung. With the collapse of the Khmer empire in the 13th century Surin province faded from history. It is in the 18th century that it re-emerges. At
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Surin Elephant Round-up


of Denmark and his wife Ingrid, who visited Thailand in early-1962. Less than 34 years after the event lost royal patronage, it re-emerged as a prominent social festival with less ritual and more flair. According to some sources the first such round-up was organized and celebrated in 1955, while according to others the first event was celebrated in the 1960s. Either way, the first modern event was held on a modest scale in the Tha Tum subdistrict of Surin Province. The festival was then moved to Surin proper
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Chencho Gyeltshen


became the first Bhutanese footballer to play professionally for an international club. On 7 July 2015, it was revealed that the player had actually been signed by Buriram United along with two other players and was loaned immediately to Surin City. Gyeltshen made his league debut for Surin City on 5 July 2015 in a match against Kalasin. He was given the number 11 shirt. By 24 September 2015, he had scored eight goals in eight league matches for Surin City, including a hat-trick, after 33 rounds of the 34
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from governmental institutions. "Surin International Cultural Exchange.(formerly known as SIFF: Surin International Folklore Festival)" เทศกาลการแสดงแลกเปลี่ยนศิลปวัฒนธรรมนานาชาติ (เดิมชื่อ เทศกาลการแสดงศิลปวัฒนธรรมพื้นบ้านนานาชาติ). Held every January by Surindra Rajabhat University. The festival features performances from many countries. "Ascending Phanom Sawai Mountain Festival." งานประเพณีขึ้นเขาพนมสวาย. This annual festival is a parade of traditional art and culture to Phanom Sawai mountain, in order to pay respect to Phra Yai, the intimate Buddha's footprint, Luang Phu Dun, and Wat Phanom Silaram. This festival is held in March. "Si Khoraphum
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Surin Pitsuwan


Surin Pitsuwan (; ; Yawi: سورين عبدالحاليم بن اسماعيل ڤيتسووان; 28 October 1949 – 30 November 2017) was a Thai politician. He was a Thai Malay from Nakhon Si Thammarat. Surin studied at Thammasat University, Thailand, where he received his BA in political science. He graduated "cum laude" from Claremont Mens College, California, in political science in 1972. With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, he went on to pursue his studies at Harvard University, receiving his MA in 1974. He spent one and
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Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum from 1999 until 2000. In addition to his political career, Surin taught at Thammasat University and wrote for two English daily newspapers in Bangkok between 1980 and 1992. He was academic assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and later to the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at Thammasat University from 1985 to 1986. Between 2004-2006, Surin was widely touted as a possible successor to Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, by the international and Thai media, but he did
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hard act to follow", said Professor Amitav Acharya of the American University in Washington D.C. Under Surin's stewardship, Acharya said, ASEAN moved away from the principle of "non-interference in the internal affairs" of member states that had been used by some to deflect criticisms of their human rights records, and the grouping succeeded in setting up its own Human Rights Commission. The change in direction followed Surin's advocacy of a policy of "flexible engagement" towards Myanmar when he was Foreign Minister from 1997 through 2000.
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Louis H. Bruni


Louis Henry Bruni (born July 9, 1949) is a businessman, rancher, politician, and the scion of a pioneer family in his native Laredo, Texas. From 2003 to 2006, he was the elected administrative County Judge of Webb County in South Texas. Bruni is one of six children of a Roman Catholic couple, Frederick Martin Bruni, I, and Anita Gonzalez Bruni, who died in 2002 at the age of ninety. His siblings are the late Frederick Martin Bruni, Jr., and Joanne (Dr. Robert
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Bruny Island


two land masses—North Bruny and South Bruny—that are joined by a long, narrow sandy isthmus. Bruny Island has a total length of approximately . The holiday village of Dennes Point is located in North Bruny, while South Bruny is the site of the towns of Alonnah, Adventure Bay and Lunawanna. Outside its settlements the island is covered in grazing fields and large tracts of dry eucalyptus forest. Inland forests continue to be logged, but other large sections—mostly along the southeastern coast—are preserved as the South
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Loïc Bruni


Loïc Bruni (born 13 May 1994) is a professional downhill mountain biker. He is a student at Skema Business School. Going into the 2015 season Bruni was one of the favorites. For that season Bruni came 2nd in the world rankings on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Downhill Mountain Bike circuit. In that season Bruni qualified first three times, but did not win any of those World Cup races. At the end of the 2015 season Bruni won the UCI World Championships, which is a stand-alone event
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Giovanni Bruni


Giovanni Bruni (c.1530 - d.1571) was an Albanian Bishop of Bar from Ulcinj part of the Bruni family and related to Antonio Bruni and Gasparo Bruni. Giovanni Bruni confronted Ottoman rule and the Greek Orthodox Church working hard for the Catholic cause. In 1551 he became the bishop of Bar. In 1553, the Pope wrote to Giovanni in Bar and to the bishops of Ulcinj asking them to investigate the proposed grant of land by the Abbey f St. Nicholas to Antonio Bruti, whom had asked for the papal confirmation to secure the
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Leonardo Bruni


Medici families. Historian Arthur Field has identified Bruni as an apparent plotter against Cosimo de' Medici in 1437 (see below). Bruni died in 1444 in Florence and was succeeded in office by Carlo Marsuppini. Bruni's most notable work is "Historiarum Florentini populi libri XII" (History of the Florentine People, 12 Books), which has been called the first modern history book. While it probably was not Bruni's intention to secularize history, the three period view of history is unquestionably secular and so Bruni has been
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Agriculture in Thailand


fresh vegetables and fruit, grown by less than 0.2 percent of Thailand's farmers. Fifty-eight percent of the organic food sold at retail in Thailand is imported. Due to a program started over forty years ago by a local monk, Surin Province produces about 4,200 tons of organic jasmine rice per year. A local cooperative, the Rice Fund Surin Organic Agriculture Cooperative Ltd, exports its rice to France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. Surin organic rice farmers receive fifteen baht (US$0.43
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faded from history, not to re-emerge until the 18th century. According to legend, a local Kuay leader named Chiangpum presented a rare white elephant to Chao Phaya Chakri, the future King Rama I. In gratitude, he awarded Chiangpum the royal title "Luang Surin Phakdi" and appointed him village headman. When he became monarch, Rama I named Luang Surin Phakdi as the provincial governor. In 1763 Chiangpum's village moved 15 kilometers to its present location and was upgraded to a city named "Muang Prathai Saman".
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not receive support from the Thai government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra because Surin was affiliated with the Democrat Party, the main Thai opposition party. The Thaksin government endorsed the candidacy of its own foreign minister, Surakiart Sathirathai, who ended up third choice behind Shashi Tharoor of India and Ban Ki-Moon of South Korea, the eventual winner. Following the 2006 military coup in Thailand, there was speculation that the military government would switch Thailand's candidate from Surakiart to Surin. On 18 June 2007, the Thai cabinet unanimously endorsed
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