Nypa or NYPA may refer to Nypa fruticans , a palm New York Power Authority Not Your Personal Army , a phrase commonly used by Anonymous group Anonymous See also Nipa disambiguation disambig ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Nypa fruticans fossil range fossil range 70 Late Cretaceous Recent image nipa maitum.jpg image caption Nipa palms along a tidal river br at Maitum , Sarangani , Philippines regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Arecales familia Arecaceae subfamilia Nypoideae genus Nypa genus authority Steck species N. fruticans binomial Nypa fruticans binomial authority Wurmb Nypa fruticans , commonly known as the nipa palm , is a species of Arecaceae palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian Ocean Indian and Pacific Ocean s. It is the only palm considered adapted to the mangrove biome . This species is a monotypic taxon , the only one in the genus Nypa and the subfamily Nypoideae . ref cite book title Australian Palms Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics author John Leslie Dowe url http books.google.com.vn books?id Fk5ud3uuLW8C&pg PA83&lpg PA83&dq Nypoideae&source bl&ots GLh89V2U04&sig rXN3kSbWv1 bOs8xgcDThEfC84&hl vi&sa X&ei ekWRT4iCJ4TeigfavvSJBA&ved 0CDIQ6AEwAg v onepage&q Nypoideae&f false page 83 accessdate April 20, 2012 ref Description multiple image direction vertical align left width 150 image1 XP Nepf D4092.JPG alt1 caption1 The trunk or stem of the nipa palm is under the mud. Only the leaves project upwards image2 XP Nepf D4091.JPG alt2 caption2 A globular flower cluster ... still water borne. Names Nypa fruticans is also known as attap Singapore , nipa Philippines , buah ... dated to 70 million years ago. Fossilized nuts of Nypa dating to the Eocene Eocene epoch occur in the sandbeds ... warmer climatic conditions in the British Isles at that time. References commons category Nypa fruticans references WestAfricanPlants Nypa fruticans Category Palms Category Flora of Indochina Category ... Category Endangered plants Category Mangroves ace Nipah bcl Nipa ca Nypa de Nipapalme es Nypa fr Nypa id Nipah ms Pokok Nipah nl Nypa fruticans ja pl Nipa krzewinkowa pt Nypa ru ... more details
NIPA , Nipa or nipah may refer to Nipa palm, Nypa fruticans Nipa grass, Distichlis palmeri Nipah virus, a Henipavirus Nipah virus Henipavirus National Income and Product Accounts United States National IT Industry Promotion Agency South Korea National Institute of Public Administration Malaysia National Institute of Public Administration Pakistan National Institute of Professional Accountants Nipa, a Barangay in Palapag , Philippine See also Nypa disambiguation disambig ... more details
File New York Power Authority logo.png right The New York Power Authority NYPA , officially the Power Authority of the State of New York PASNY , is a New York State public benefit corporation and the largest state owned power organization in the United States . NYPA provides some of the lowest cost electricity in New York State , operating 17 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit miles of transmission lines. It is based in White Plains, New York White Plains . The New York Power Authority sells electric power to government agencies, community owned electric systems and rural electric cooperatives, companies, private utilities for resale without profit to their customers, and to neighboring states, under federal requirements. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt established New York s model for public power through legislation signed in 1931 http law.justia.com newyork codes public authorities idx pba0a5t1.html . This effort to secure public control of New York s hydropower resources was the result of a bipartisan effort that began with Governor Charles Evans Hughes in 1907. NYPA operates hydro electric complexes at the Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station on the Niagara River , the Moses Saunders Power Dam St. Lawrence FDR Power Project on the St. Lawrence River and the Blenheim Gilboa Hydroelectric Power Station in the Catskill Mountains , producing a total of 4.2 million kilowatts of electricity. Each has a visitor center open to the public. In November 2000, Entergy Corporation purchased the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Generating Station Fitzpatrick and Indian Point Energy Center Indian Point Unit 3 nuclear power plants from NYPA. See also Greene County Nuclear Power Plant External links http www.nypa.gov New York Power Authority official website NYTtopic organizations n new york power authority Category Municipal electric utilities of the United States Category Hydroelectric power companies of the United States Category Public benefit corporations in New ... more details
Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary Extends over an area of 31,227 ha. Freshwater and Sundri Heritiera fomes dominate interspersed with Gewa Excoecaria agallocha and Passur Xylocarpus mekongensis with Kankra Bruguiera gymnorrhiza occurring in areas subject to more frequent flooding. There is an understory of Shingra Cynometra ramiflora where, soils are drier and Amur Amoora cucullata in wetter areas and Goran Ceriops decandra in more saline places. Nypa palm Nypa fruticans widespread along drainage lines. Sources http www.world wildlife adventures.com directory bangladesh wildlife park.asp?sanctuary Sundarban 28East 29 Wildlife Sanctuary&state Khulna Division Sundarban Adventure http books.google.co.uk books?id bs t9aOtIk0C&pg PA35&dq 22Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary 22&hl en&ei L8w1TenZEMPw4ga3q9zJCg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCkQ6AEwAA v onepage&q 22Sundarbans 20East 20Wildlife 20Sanctuary 22&f false IUCN Bangladesh geo stub coord missing Bangladesh Category Protected areas of Bangladesh ... more details
Image PalmetumHyderabad.JPG thumb 300px The Palmetum is a specialized botanical garden located in the Malakpet area, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh . The Palmetum is a botanical garden featuring only one family of plants, the palm tree palm . The collection contains all six subfamilies within the family Arecaceae , with a total of about 120 varieties of 250 trees. It was iniated in 2002 by Chandramohan Reddy, Director of Urban Forestry, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad . Some of the samples were obtained from Malaysia and Madagascar . List of Palm genera Aiphanes Archontophoenix Archontophoenix alexandrae Areca Areca catechu Arenga Bismarckia Bismarckia nobilis Borassus Borassus flabellifer Brahea Brahea armata Butia Calamus palm Calamus Calamus rotang Carpentaria Caryota Chamaedorea Chamaerops Chamaerops humilis Chambeyronia Chambeyronia macrocarpia Coconut Cocos Cocos nucifera Copernicia Corypha Corypha unbraculifera Cyrtostachys Dictyosperma Drymophloeus Drymophloeus oliviformis Dypsis Elaeis Elaeis guineensis Heterospathe Howea Hyophorbe Latania Licuala Livistona Nypa Nypa fruticans Phoenicophorium Phoenix plant Phoenix Phoenix dactylifera Pinanga Pritchardia Pseudophoenix Pseudophoenix sargentii Ptychosperma Ravenea Ravenea glauca Rhapis Rhapis excelsa Roystonea Sabal Sabal palmetto Serenoa Syagrus Trachycarpus Trachycarpus fortunei Trithrinax Veitchia Wallichia Washingtonia Washingtonia filifera Wodyetia Wodyetia bifurcata coord missing Andhra Pradesh Category Palms Category Gardens in India Category Parks in Hyderabad, India te ... more details
coord 45 15 11 N 73 52 10 W display title Refimprove date December 2008 Ch teauguay HVDC back to back station is the largest high voltage direct current HVDC back to back converter station in North America . Citation needed date December 2008 Situated near Ch teauguay , on the South Shore Montreal South Shore of Montreal , Quebec , it is an important plant for power exchange between Hydro Qu bec and New York Power Authority NYPA . Capacity The station, which was built by Brown, Boveri & Cie BBC and Siemens in 1983 84, can transfer a maximum power of 1000 megawatt s MW at a direct current DC voltage of 140 kilovolt s kV . The facility, which consists of two 500 MW units is fed from Hydro Quebec with a 315 kV line and from NYPA with a 120 kV line. In 2009 its control system is planned to be modernized. ref cite web author The ABB Group title Ch teauguay back to back upgrade url http www.abb.com cawp GAD02181 F94BDFA68F63AF59C125742A0058F4AC.aspx accessdate 2009 05 08 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References references See also Hydro Qu bec s electricity transmission system DEFAULTSORT Chateauguay Hvdc Back To Back Station Category Converter stations Category Converter stations Category Hydro Qu bec de Ch teauguay Gleichstromkurzkupplung ... more details
The TimesLedger Newspapers is a group of seven paid weekly newspapers formerly 16 centered around the borough of Queens, New York . ref cite web title About Us url http www.yournabe.com our newspaper about us work YourNabe.com ref The paper s headquarters is in Bayside, New York . It is owned by NewsCorp as part of the Community Newspaper Group along with Brooklyn s Courier Life and the Bronx Times Reporter . NewsCorp acquired the TimesLedger in 2008. ref cite web last Rubenstein Communications, Inc. title News Corporation Acquires Two New York City Neighborhood Newspaper Groups TimesLedger and Courier Life url http www.newscorp.com news news 314.html work News Corporation ref Editions currently published by the paper include the Bayside Times begun in the 1930s , the Little Neck Ledger, the Flushing Times, the Whitestone Times, the Jamaica Times, the Forest Hills Ledger and the Astoria Times. ref cite web title Areas of Circulation url http www.dayeandcompany.com circulation times.htm work Daye and Company ref TimesLedger won six New York Press Awards in 2009 ref cite web last Gustafson first Anna title TimesLedger wins six New York Press Awards url http www.yournabe.com articles 2009 04 09 astoria times news astoria times newsllihnro04082009.txt work TimesLedger Newspapers ref and 13 New York Press Association Awards in 2010. ref cite web last Bockmann first Rich title TimesLedger wins 13 journalism awards at NYPA url http www.yournabe.com articles 2011 04 18 queens qns nypa awards 20110414.txt work TimesLedger Newspapers ref h1 References h1 Reflist External links official http www.timesledger.com News Corporation Category Newspaper companies of the United States Category Companies based in Queens Category Newspapers published in New York City ... more details
An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the Village Southeast Asia kampong s of Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Singapore . Named after the Nypa fruticans attap palm , which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched, ref Normand Prunieres, p. 4 ref these dwellings can range from huts to substantial houses. Until the nineteenth century even significant public buildings such as temple s were built in this manner. The attap dwelling was used as the inspiration for the natural cross ventilation system for Newtown Suites , by WOHA Architects, Singapore. References references Sources http www.enhr2004.org files new papers Normand Prunieres.pdf Normand Prunieres, Helene. Malaysian Dwellings , Proceedings of ENHR International Housing Conference 2004 , Cambridge University, 2004 DEFAULTSORT Attap Dwelling Category House types Category Indonesian architecture Category Malaysian architecture Category Singaporean architecture architecture stub ms Atap nipah ... more details
The nihongo Itabashi Botanical Garden T ky to Itabashi Kuritsu Nettai Kanky Shokubutsukan 1,000 m is an indoor botanical garden located at 8 29 2 Takashimadaira, Itabashi, Tokyo , Japan . It is open daily except Mondays an admission fee is charged. The garden is a greenhouse containing more than 300 species of Southeast Asia n plants, with an aquarium of tropical fish, mangrove forest with Nypa fruticans , and other plants including Dipterocarpaceae , orchid s, and rhododendron s. See also List of botanical gardens in Japan References http www.itanetu.com Itabashi Botanical Garden Japanese http www.jardinsbotaniquesjaponais.fr ItabashiBotanicalGardens.htm Jardins Botaniques Japonais article http www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp icief Living Itabashi English pdf english10.pdf Living in Itabashi http www.yellowpagesjapan.com 1109 1 Yellow Pages Japan coord missing Tokyo Category Botanical gardens in Japan Category Gardens in Tokyo Category Greenhouses tokyo geo stub Japan garden stub es Jard n de plantas tropicales de Itabashi ... more details
Port Musgrave is a shallow, almost enclosed, estuary, forming a bay on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland , Australia . Two major rivers, the Wenlock River Wenlock and the Ducie River Ducie discharge into it. The surrounding area is rich in freshwater swamps, while the estuary itself has tidal flats and mangroves, including stands of the Nypa fruticans Nipa Palm . It is an important breeding area for Saltwater Crocodile s. The small Indigenous Australians Aboriginal community of Mapoon Aboriginal Mission Queensland Mapoon lies on the southern shore of the bay. ref http www.environment.gov.au erin cyplus lup chapter19.html Areas of conservation significance on Cape York Peninsula ref References reflist coord 11.953 S 141.924 E display title Category Ports and harbours of Queensland Musgrave Category Estuaries of Australia Category Far North Queensland Category Bays of Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub ... more details
italic title taxobox image Aglaodorum griffithi Pflanzenreich.png name Aglaodorum griffithi regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Alismatales familia Araceae subfamilia Aroideae tribus Aglaonemateae genus Aglaodorum genus authority Schott binomial Aglaodorum griffithii binomial authority Schott Schott Aglaodorum is a monotype biology monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family biology family Araceae . The only species that is a member of this genus is Aglaodorum griffithii . Aglaodorum is extremely similar to species in the genus Aglaonema . One main differences that distinguishes Aglaodorum from species in Aglaonema is that it produces green fruit whereas Aglaonema species produce red fruit. Also, Aglaodorum has a longer Peduncle botany peduncle and produces only one whorl of flowers instead of many as in Aglaonema . Aglaodorum are found growing in tidal mudflats in Borneo , Sumatra , southern Indochina , and Peninsula Malaysia . It is usually found growing alongside of Cryptocoryne ciliata and Nypa fruticans . An interesting feature of the plant is that the seeds germinate before it drops from the plant. The seeds themselves tend to be quite big. References Bown, Demi 2000 . Aroids Plants of the Arum Family . Timber Press. ISBN 0 88192 485 7. Category Araceae genera Category Monotypic plant genera Category Flora of Borneo Category Flora of Indochina Category Flora of Malaysia Category Article Feedback 5 Araceae stub es Aglaodorum pl Aglaodorum griffithi pt Aglaodorum ru Aglaodorum griffithii ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Distichlis palmeri regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Poaceae genus Distichlis species D. palmeri binomial Distichlis palmeri binomial authority Vasey Fassett ex I. M. Johnst. Distichlis palmeri Palmer s grass , or nipa grass , is a saltgrass of the family Poaceae , grows in the Sonoran desert of Western Mexico , and produces a grain with some similarities to wheat . Originally a major food source of the Cocopah tribe in the western United States , it was thought to be extinct. A search for remaining plants was successful, and was followed by a breeding program that increased yield from 5kg Ha to 2000kg Ha. The grain is currently also being bred for commercial use in Australia . ref cite web url http www.nypa.com.au Grain.html title NyPa Wild Wheat publisher NyPa Australia Ltd. accessdate 2006 11 26 ref It is drought resistant and can absorb seawater. ref cite journal url http www.miracosta.edu home kmeldahl articles crops.pdf journal Scientific American date August 1998 accessdate 2006 12 26 title Irrigating Crops with Seawater author Edward P. Glenn, J. Jed Brown and James W. O Leary ref As a halophyte , the salt it absorbs is excreted from specialised cells which are not stomata on the leaf surface. ref name Raven cite book last Raven first Peter H. authorlink title Biologie V g tale publisher DeBoek Universit year 2000 doi isbn 2 7445 0102 6 fr icon ref The United Nations Environment Report 2006 says of the plant It is a strong candidate for a major global food crop and could become this desert s greatest gift to the world. Some varieties of D. Palmeri have been the subjects of US patents. ref cite patent US 4767887 A variety, Yensen 1a, of Distichlis palmeri, characterized by vigorous growth in salty soils, high grain yield and ideal form for harvest, and for human consumption. ref ref cite patent US 4767889 A grain variety, Yensen 2a, of Distichlis palme ... more details
Wiktionary With a grain of salt , in modern English, is an idiom which means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally. ref Webster s New World College Dictionary ref It derives from the Latin phrase , cum grano salis . History The phrase comes from Pliny the Elder s Pliny s Natural History Naturalis Historia , regarding the discovery of a recipe for an antidote to a poison . ref cite web url http www.phrases.org.uk meanings take with a grain of salt.html title Take with a grain of salt work www.phrases.org.uk ref In the antidote, one of the ingredients was a grain of salt. Threats involving the poison were thus to be taken with a grain of salt, and therefore less seriously. An alternative account says that the Roman general Pompey believed he could make himself immune to poison by ingesting small amounts of various poisons, and he took this treatment with a grain of salt to help him swallow the poison. In this version, the salt is not the antidote. It was taken merely to assist in swallowing the poison. The Latin word salis means both salt and wit, so that the Latin phrase cum grano salis could be translated as both with a grain of salt and with a grain small amount of wit. In other languages The Dutch language has a similar phrase een korreltje zout ref cite web url http www.allwords.com word grain of salt.html title Definition of grain of salt work www.allwords.com ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Grain Of Salt Category English phrases Category Latin words and phrases Cum grano salis Category English idioms Category Article Feedback 5 da Et gran salt de Cum grano salis es Cum grano salis it Cum grano salis sv Med en nypa salt ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Nipa Hut taken at Magdalena Laguna Philippines on 2011 April photo 1.jpg left thumb A classic image a Nipa Hut under the cover of coconut trees The nipa hut also known as bahay kubo , is an indigenous house used in the Philippines . The native house has traditionally been constructed with bamboo tied together and covered with a thatched roof using Nypa fruticans nipa Arecaceae anahaw leaves. Nipa huts were the native houses of the indigenous people of the Philippines before the History of the Philippines 1521 1898 Spaniards arrived. They are still used today, especially in rural areas. Different architectural designs are present among the different ethnolinguistic groups in the country, although all of them conform to being stilt houses , similar to those found in neighboring countries such as Indonesia , Malaysia , and other countries of Southeast Asia . File Nipa Hut taken at Magdalena Laguna Philippines on 2011 April photo 21.jpg thumb Close up of a Nipa Hut A nipa hut is an icon of Philippine culture as it represents the Filipino value of bayanihan , which refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective. A famous folksong often sung in schools which mentions a small house surrounded by vegetables goes like this poem Bahay kubo, kahit munti, ang halaman doon ay sari sari singkamas at talong, sigarilyas at mani, sitaw, bataw, patani, Kundol, patola, upo t kalabasa, At saka mayroon pang labanos, mustasa, sibuyas, kamatis, bawang at luya. Sa paligid ligid ay puno ng linga. poem Philippines struct stub Architecture stub DEFAULTSORT Nipa Hut Category Houses in the Philippines Category House types nl Nipa hut tl Kubo ... more details
The Sunda Shelf mangroves ecoregion , in the Mangrove Biome , are on the coasts of the islands of Borneo and eastern Sumatra in Malaysia and Indonesia . They are home to the Proboscis Monkey . As well as being an important habitat for terrestrial and marine wildlife mangroves preserve the shape of the coastline. Flora There are more plant species here than in most mangrove forests in the world, with five different types of mangrove dominating parts of the region as follows Avicennia and Sonneratia species on the coast where water is saltiest and the tidal wash strongest Rhizophora s and Bruguiera s in the swampy areas just behind them and Nypa fruticans palms in the freshwater streams further inland still. Fauna Mammals of the mangroves include the proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus , which solely inhabits these swampy coastal habitats. There are also many species of birds. Threats and preservation Mangroves are vulnerable ecosystems as trees are cut for timber, firewood and to clear land for agriculture and urban development such as shrimp farming. This loss of habitat persists despite the mangroves being part of a large number of protected areas including on Borneo Bako National Park in Malaysia and Tanjung Puting and Gunung Palung National Park s in Indonesia, and on Sumatra Berbak National Park Berbak and Sembilang National Park s. ref cite web title Sunda Shelf mangroves IM1405 author publisher worldwildlife.org date url http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial im im1405 full.html accessdate October 3, 2010 ref References Reflist Category Mangrove ecoregions Category Ecoregions of Malaysia Category Ecoregions of Indonesia Category Flora of Indonesia Category Flora of Malaysia Category Indomalaya ecozone ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Tirathaba rufivena image Tirathaba rufivena ento csiro au cropped.png image width image caption image2 image2 width image2 caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Pyralidae genus Tirathaba species T. rufivena binomial Tirathaba rufivena binomial authority Busck, 1916 ref cite web url http www.tortricidae.com catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode 448 title tortricidae.com publisher tortricidae.com date accessdate 2011 10 18 ref synonyms Lamoria rufivena small Walker, 1864 small Harpagoneura acrocausta small Meyrick, 1897 small Mucialla fuscolimbalis small Snellen, 1900 small Harpagoneura distorta small Turner, 1937 small Melissoblaptes rufovenalis small Snellen, 1880 small Tirathaba ignivena small Hampson, 1917 small The Coconut Spike Moth , Greater Coconut Spike Moth or Oil Palm Bunch Moth Tirathaba rufivena is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found from south east Asia to the pacific islands, including Malaysia , the Cook Islands , the Philippines and the tropical region of Queensland . ref cite web url http lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au pyra rufivena.html title Australian Insects publisher Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au date 2010 11 06 accessdate 2011 10 18 ref Image Tirathaba rufivena female.jpg thumb left 200px Female Image Tirathaba rufivena male.jpg thumb left 200px Male Adults have dull green or brown forewings with thin red stripes running from the margin to the base. The hindwings are plain pale yellow. The larvae feed on Cocos nucifera and Nypa fruticans . They are considered a pest. References Reflist Category Tirathabini Pyralidae stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 refimprove date June 2011 Laoag Cathedral , canonically known as St. William Cathedral is a church in Laoag City , Ilocos Norte , Philippines. It was built in 1612 by Augustinians Augustinian friars to replace a wooden chapel. It is known for its Italian Renaissance design and its Sinking Bell Tower, which sinks into the ground at a rate of an inch a year. St. William Cathedral serves as the seat or central church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag . Since Most Rev. Sergio Utleg s transfer to the Archdiocese of Tuguerarao, the diocese at present is vacant. The diocesan administrator is Very Rev. Fr. Noel Ian Rabago and the cathedral rector is Very Rev. Fr. Policarpio M. Albano . The church has an unusual two storey fa ade, supported by two pairs of columns on each side of the arched entrance. The top of the fa ade holds a recessed niche that showcases the image of the city s patron saint , San Guillermo Saint William . It has windows made from Capiz window capiz with wrought iron screens. The cathedral was built to support a growing Christian population in Laoag, which was known as Ylaua at the time. The settlement was a mission detachment of Vigan City Vigan during the Spanish settlement in the Philippines Spanish era . The church was originally built using limestone lime mixed with molasses for strength, with big stones, gravel and sand. Wood was used for truss es to support the roof, which originally was made of Imperata cylindrica cogon grass and was later replaced with Nypa fruticans nipa . Much later the roofing was again changed to taleb , a corrugated galvanised iron sheet made with whole bamboo . The church was damaged by hurricane in 1640, by earthquake in 1706, by fire in 1843. The church was restored in 1880. Resources The 2010&ndash 2011 Catholic Directory of the Philippines published by Claretian Publications for the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, June 2010 coord missing Philippines Category Roman Cath ... more details
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File Islets in Phang Nga Bay.jpg thumb Islets in Phang Nga Bay Image James Bond island.jpg thumb Ko Tapu , also known as the James Bond Island, in the Phang Nga Bay Phang Nga Bay lang th , RTGS Ao Phang nga , IPA th w p a . a is a 400 km bay in the Andaman Sea between the island of Phuket Province Phuket and the mainland of the Malay peninsula of southern Thailand . Since 1981, an extensive section of the bay has been protected as the Ao Phang Nga National Park . The Park is situated in Phang Nga Province , at 08 17 N 098 36 E. Limestone cliffs with caves , collapsed cave systems and archaeological sites are found about Phang Nga Bay. Some 10,000 years ago, when sea levels were lower, one could walk from Phuket Province Phuket and Krabi . Ramsar site Phang Nga Bay Marine National Park was declared a protected Ramsar Site no. 1185 of international ecological significance on 14 August, 2002. Phang Nga is a shallow bay with 42 islands, comprising shallow marine waters and intertidal forest ed wetlands , with at least 28 species of mangrove seagrass beds and coral reefs are also present. At least 88 bird species, including the globally threatened Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii and Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus , can be found within the site, as well as 82 fish species, 18 reptile s, three amphibians , and 17 mammal species. These include the Dugong a vulnerable species , Lar Gibbon White hand Gibbon Hylobates lar , the endangered Mainland Serow Serow Capricornis sumatraensis , and the Black Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides . A number of diverse culture s co exist in local communities, which practice fishing , harvesting Nypa fruticans Nypa palm fronds for thatch , and catering to an international tourist presence drawn both by the natural beauties and by the archaeological sites, which have painting s more than a thousand years old. ref http www.ramsar.org profile profiles thailand.htm The Annotated Ramsar List Thailand , Th ... more details
collapse ref In order to replace the Schoellkopf Power Stations, the New York Power Authority NYPA ... Niagara Power Station, after Robert Moses, the NYPA head at the time. In 1957, the United States Congress approved the project and construction began that year. The NYPA had to gain the right to convert ..., a refurbishment of the Robert Moses Plant was completed in 2006. ref cite web title NYPA to upgrade ... nypa to upgrade lewiston pump generating plant publisher Niagara Frontier Publications accessdate ... more details
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