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Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Meet Kim, The Newest LANTA Board Member Martin is commonly ignored as an SEC integration pioneer because Tulane left the SEC instantly after the 1966 baseball season. The Vanderbilt Commodores men’s basketball team represents Vanderbilt College in the Southeastern Convention (SEC). Vanderbilt has won five conference season championships, three conference tournament championships, and one division season championship. At the time of the gym’s development, there was a critical dialogue inside the Vanderbilt community about whether or not the school ought to de-emphasize intercollegiate athletics and refocus on its academic program. In addition, every purpose was anchored by two far-reaching beams hooked up to assist columns, with extra support coming from cables stretching all of the technique to the gym’s ceiling. Laos obtained a partial independence from France in 1949, gaining full independence in 1953, with the boundary then turning into one between two sovereign states. The Lao kingdoms have been at this point tributary states of the Kingdom of Siam (the outdated name for Thailand), however all areas east of the Mekong had been annexed to French Indochina in 1893 following the Franco-Siamese disaster.

Thailand occasionally made claims on the territories ceded to Laos during the French colonial period, with tensions rising following the victory of the Communist Pathet Lao in the Laotian Civil Conflict in 1975, supported by Chairman Mao and the People’s Liberation Army as a part of Maoist government backing towards not simply the French, however the American imperialism. Following Japan’s invasion of French Indochina in 1940, the ceded areas west of the Mekong and south-western Laos had been returned to Thailand after it was occupied by Vichy France, however this association was annulled following Japan‘s defeat and the pre-warfare border reinstated. In 1902, Siam was pressured to cede areas west of the Mekong to France, encompassing the modern province of Sainyabuli and the western half of Champasak Province. 8 Nam Hueang, Kenethao district, Sainyabuli Ban Na Kraseng, Tha Li district, Loei 0700 – 1800 Border across the Nam Hueang Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.

18 Mittaphab 2, Kaysone Phomvihane district, Savannakhet Mukdahan, Mueang Mukdahan district, Mukdahan 0600 – 2200 Border across the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. 16 Mittaphab 3, Thakhek district, Khammouane Nakhon Phanom, Mueang Nakhon Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom 0600 – 2200 Border across the Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. 2 Mittaphab 4, Ban Don, Houayxay district, Bokeo Chiang Khong, Chiang Khong district, Chiang Rai 0600 – 2200 Border across the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Border throughout the first Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Friendship treaties have been signed in 1976 and 1979 in try and calm tensions, with both sides recognising the territorial integrity of the other. 9 Kenethao, Kenethao district, Sainyabuli Ban Pak Huai, Tha Li district, Loei 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. 11 Ban Wang, Xanakharm district, Vientiane Province Ban Khok Phai, Pak Chom district, Loei 0800 – 1600 Ferry border crossing. Three Tonpheung, Ton Pheung district, Bokeo Chiang Saen Pier, Chiang Saen district, Chiang Rai 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing.

14 Pakxan Pier, Pakxan district, Bolikhamsai Bueng Kan Pier, Mueang Bueng Kan district, Bueng Kan 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. 10 Xanakharm, Xanakharm district, Vientiane Province Chiang Khan, Chiang Khan district, Loei 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. 19 Paktaphan, Lakhonepheng district, Salavan Ban Pak Saeng, Na Tan district, Ubon Ratchathani 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. Thirteen Mittaphab 1, Ban Dongphosy, Hadxayfong district, Vientiane Prefecture Nong Khai, Mueang Nong Khai district, Nong Khai 0600 – 2200 Street and railway border crossing. 12 Tha Dua, Hadxayfong district, Vientiane Prefecture Tha Sadet, Mueang Nong Khai district, Nong Khai 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. Practice services operational between Nong Khai railway station and Khamsavath railway station. 17 Xayaphoum Pier, Kaysone Phomvihane district, Savannakhet Mukdahan Pier, Mueang Mukdahan district, Mukdahan 0600 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. 4 Golden Triangle, Ton Pheung district, Bokeo Golden Triangle, Ban Sop Ruak, Chiang Saen district, Chiang Rai 0600 – 2000 Ferry border crossing. 15 Thakhek, Thakhek district, Khammouane Nakhon Phanom Pier, Mueang Nakhon Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom 0600 – 1800 Ferry border crossing. 1 Houayxay, Houayxay district, Bokeo Chiang Khong Pier, Chiang Khong district, Chiang Rai 0800 – 1800 Ferry border crossing.