CBD may refer to:

• Cannabidiol, a cannabinoid found in cannabis
• Cellulose-binding domain, former name for carbohydrate-binding module
• Car Nicobar Air Force Base, the IATA code for the airport in India
• CBD-FM, a radio station in Saint John, Canada
• CBD Media, the directory and advertising division of Cincinnati Bell
• Cecil B. DeMille, film director and producer
• Center for Biological Diversity, an organization advocating for the protection of endangered species
• Central business district
• Chemical bath deposition, a technique for depositing thin films onto surfaces
• Common bile duct, a structure in the human gastrointestinal tract
• Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição, the trading name of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, a Brazilian company
• Component-based development or component-based software engineering
• Compulsive buying disorder
• Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (Brazilian Sport Confederation), predecessor of the Brazilian Football Confederation, the national governing body for soccer in Brazil
• Convention on Biological Diversity, an international legally binding treaty promoting biodiversity
• Corticobasal degeneration, a Parkinson plus syndrome

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Lawrence Arabia is the musical guise of New Zealand artist James Milne.^[1] In 2006, Lawrence Arabia released his self titled debut album and the debut album his band The Reduction Agents, The Dance Reduction Agents. Both albums were nominated for several Bnet awards, New Zealand's public voted alternative radio awards.

Milne has been involved in the internationally successful pop group The Brunettes and toured as bass player for American band Okkervil River and toured with Feist. He has also produced music for film and theatre including songs that appeared in Taika Waititi's Eagle vs Shark.

In August 2009, Lawrence performed with a new band called BARB on a small New Zealand tour with a band consisting of Connan Hosford (Connan and the Mockasins), Liam Finn, Eliza Jane Barnes, Seamus Ebbs, Jol Mulholland and Wild Bill Rickets. Their album (recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland) will be released 24 August 2010.^[2]

Toured with Crowded House in 2010.

Solo discography[link]

External links[link]

• Lawrence Arabia's MySpace page

References[link]

1. ^ Fox, Killian (10 January 2010). "Lawrence Arabia: Chant Darling". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/10/lawrence-arabia-chant-darling-milne. Retrieved 27 January 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=14179&page=newsArticle&articleId=6813

Waving to supporters at Greenridge Secondary School, the nomination centre for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC during the 2011 general election, on 27 April

Dr. Vincent Wijeysingha (born 1970) is a politician and civil activist from Singapore. He is currently the Treasurer of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and was a candidate in the 2011 Singaporean general election. Dr Wijeysingha's father is highly-respected educator, Eugene Wijeysingha, who is the former principal of Temasek Junior College (1980-1985) and Raffles Institution (1986-1994). ^[1]

Dr Wijeysingha studied at Victoria School in Singapore, before heading to the United Kingdom where he studied at the University of Lincoln and received his doctorate from the University of Sheffield. Vincent lived in England for almost 16 years before moving back to Singapore. He is presently the Executive Director of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a non-government organization advocating the rights of low-waged migrant workers. Vincent also lectures and publishes scholarly papers on social work.^[2]

He joined the SDP because he realized he had a responsibility as a Singaporean to work for change. "I cannot look the other way as more and more people experience the adverse effects of current PAP policies," Vincent said when he joined the SDP.^[3]

In the first pre-election forum of this nature in Singapore since the 1988 General Election, Channel NewsAsia invited the main parties to record an hour-long programme. The programme, in English entitled, A political forum on Singapore's future, brought together the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and four opposition parties to discuss long and short-term challenges for the country. Dr Wijeysingha represented SDP in the discussion.^[4]

2011 General Election[link]

Just days before Nomination Day on 27 April 2011, the PAP team from Holland-Bukit Timah GRC led by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, revealed that the SDP was "suppressing" a video which would "raise some awkward questions" about the party's agenda. Dr Wijeysingha's response was that he was unsure about which video Dr Balakrishnan was referring to and that the SDP was "an open party." ^[5]

A Singapore tabloid, The New Paper, ran a cover story on 26 April 2011, just a day before Nomination Day, with the heading, "Is Singapore ready for a gay MP?" ^[6][7]

The issue of the video was put to rest on 25 April 2011, two days before Nomination Day, with both the PAP and the SDP issuing statements about the issue. ^[8]

At the 2011 General Elections, the SDP team led by Dr Vincent Wijeysingha polled 39.92% of the valid votes cast, compared to the People's Action Party's 60.08%.^[9]

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