Dudley Pond is an 84 acre Great Pond in Cochituate, Massachusetts. The Pond is a shallow glacial landform fed primarily by rain.

Dudley Pond was used in the mid-1800s as a stand-by water source for Boston. At the time it was connected by pipe to the nearby and much larger Lake Cochituate. In the 1920s and 30s the Pond became a center for nightlife and Prohibition-breaking, with a concomitant decline in habitat and sanitation. Efforts to restore the environment beginning in the mid-century returned the Pond to a high standard of water quality.

More recently Dudley Pond has been primarily a vacation spot, residential area, and community recreation site. Notable residents of the Pond area include the late Ted Williams and current resident George Howell. The Pond currently has one eatery, The Dudley Chateau. Recreation activities include public fishing and boating.

The Pond is owned by the Town of Wayland, on a long-term lease. Since 1968 its health and habitat have been monitored by the Dudley Pond Association, a non-profit corporation.

References

External links
 The Dudley Pond Association website
 A history of Dudley Pond
 The Dudley Pond Association Facebook page

Wayland, Massachusetts

Dudley Pond, Cochituate Massachusetts


The Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC), better known as the CSLC, is a research centre at Kuvempu University located in the rural village Shankaraghatta in the Shimoga district of Karnataka (India). It was founded in 2004-2005.

The study of local cultures in India has so far been confined to the traditional approach of the departments of folk culture, English literature and socio-anthropological studies. There is a need to release the study of local cultures from these confines and to put it in a broader framework of interdisciplinary studies. Recognizing this, some of us, from within the Kuvempu University and the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap in Belgium came together to set up the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC). Financial assistance for this project is provided by the Flemish Interuniversity Council – VLIR. The long-term goal of the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures is to become an internationally renowned research centre on South-Indian culture and society, which cultivates deep links with the local society and its cultural traditions.

Brief history

There are four phases in the elaboration of the idea to develop a Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC): (a) In the course of 4 years from 2004–2007, a joint research project on caste and community in the rural areas of Karnataka was set up at Kuvempu University. Its success generated the idea of developing a research centre at the University. The collaboration also revealed some major problems afflicting the social sciences: a virtually non-existent social scientific research culture; the detachment of the dominant 'theories' from local society; absence of research training; the limited access to relevant literature; and so on. (b) In 2005, A VLIR Zuidinitiatief, was initiated which trained some of the faculty from the School of Social Sciences at the Kuvempu University. This project resulted in the creation of a research group and a small library in the CSLC, which now has separate rooms at the University. Ghent and Kuvempu University also collaborated on writing a VLIR-IUC proposal, which included the plan of developing the CSLC. Even though it was not selected, the VLIR Bureau UOS valued the social sciences component of the proposal and suggested the transformation of this component into an Own Initiative. In November 2005, several meetings took place at Kuvempu to discuss the nature of this proposal and the future development of the CSLC. Here, the team launched the idea to create an Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities (ASHA, formerly KASSH), which would address the crisis of the social sciences at the state level. These discussions laid the foundations for the Letter of Intent. (c) In June 2006, an EC Asia-Link project regarding the stereotypical images and cultural differences between Europe and South-Asia began. The EC project aimed to establish a large-scale educational network between 5 universities, including Kuvempu University. 5 research scholars belonging to the CSLC team were trained to teach and do research. (d) In August 2006, the first activity of the Asia-Link project brought the entire Kuvempu University team to Ghent. This enabled discussions about the future of the CLSC, the idea of the ASHA, and the full-fledged VLIR Own Initiatives proposal. The then Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of the Kuvempu University visited Ghent to discuss the content of the final proposal and to negotiate an MoU and a Cooperation Agreement. The Ghent team organised a PCM workshop with the Kuvempu team, where detailed stakeholder, problem and objective analyses took place. Thus, a modified logical framework and the final formulation of the proposal came into existence.

Research scholars and their research areas

1. Santhosh Kumar PK, Castes and Rituals

2. Praveen TL, Novels and Social Sciences

3. Mahesh Kumar CS, Sufi Tradition

4. Kavitha PN, Problems of Caste Classification

5. Shankarappa NS, Dalit Consciousness

6. Shivu Kumar, Kannada Literature and the Representation of Society

Scholars and faculty working in the institution
Chief Promoter: Prof. S.N. Balagangadhara, Ghent University,

Local Promoter: Prof. J.S. Sadananda, Professor of Political Science, Kuvempu University

Director: Prof. Rajaram Hegde, Professor of History, Kuvempu University

Deputy Director: Dr. Shanmukha A, Lecturer in Political Science, Kuvempu University

Research Coordinator: Dr. Dunkin Jalki, University of Pardubice

Programme Officer: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Shetty, India Platform, Bangalore

Administrator: Mr. Indudhara

Sources

External links
 http://cslcku.wordpress.com/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20080311060010/http://www.cultuurwetenschap.be/PROJECTS.htm
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721150216/http://www.kuvempu.ac.in/ac-dpt-cslc.htm
 A documentary about the Centre

Research institutes in Karnataka
Education in Shimoga district
Research institutes established in 2004
2004 establishments in Karnataka

Centre for the Study of Local Cultures


Zamfara is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. It is in the northwest of the country. Its capital is Gusau.

Zamfara is badly affected by the Nigerian bandit conflict. That includes a mass kidnapping in Jangebe in February 2021, a massacre in Zurmi in June 2021 and a series of massacres in January 2022.

Zamfara State


The Kingdom of Sussex, (Suth Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons), was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, its area was more or less that of the later county of Sussex. A large part of that district, however, was covered in early times by the forest called Andred.  It was ruled by the kings of Sussex.

History

According to the traditional account given in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was in 477 that a certain Ælle led the invaders ashore at a place called Cymenes ora and defeated the inhabitants. A further battle at a place called Mearcredes burne is recorded under the year 485, and in the annal for 491 we read that Ælle and his son Cissa robbed Anderitum (Pevensey Castle) and killed all the inhabitants.

Based on a 1911 encyclopedia article.

Anglo-Saxons
Petty kingdoms of England

Kingdom of Sussex


James Dennis Kelly (July 3, 1893 – July 11, 1972) was an American football, basketball and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He coached at DePaul University and the University of Minnesota and was head coach of the United States track and field team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Kelly was born on a farm near Fonda, Iowa on July 3, 1893; he was the third of five children in the family. In high school, he was a hurdler and middle-distance runner and played football and basketball. He studied at Buena Vista College, Morningside College and the University of South Dakota; after graduating from South Dakota, he returned to Fonda as an all-sports high school coach, and then to Buena Vista as a collegiate basketball, football and track coach. His teams at Buena Vista put up good records in all three sports, including winning the 1925–26 Iowa Conference basketball championship; he left in 1926, moving to DePaul University. From 1929 to 1936 he served as DePaul's head basketball coach, compiling a 99–22 record; he was also the head football coach and athletic director.

In 1937 Kelly moved to the University of Minnesota as the head track coach. Kelly's start at Minnesota was slow, but he eventually built a successful program; the Minnesota Golden Gophers won the NCAA team championship in 1948, the only time they have won the title. At Minnesota, Kelly introduced an improved discus throw technique based on speed and good footwork; two of his pupils, Bob Fitch and Fortune Gordien, set new world records in the discus with the "Minnesota Whip". The technique eventually became the new standard. In 1956 he was head coach of the United States men's track and field team at the Summer Olympics in Melbourne; the Americans topped the medal table with 15 gold medals.

Kelly retired as Minnesota's track coach in 1963, but remained active in track and field as an official. He died in Woodland Hills, California on July 11, 1972, aged 79.

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1893 births
1972 deaths
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People from Pocahontas County, Iowa

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