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lakes

n. (plural of lake English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: lake)

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Lakes, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 6706
Housing Units (2000): 2329
Land area (2000): 13.649080 sq. miles (35.350953 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.731552 sq. miles (4.484698 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.380632 sq. miles (39.835651 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42832
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.607440 N, 149.304056 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Lakes (state)

Lakes (al-Buhayrat) was one of the ten states of South Sudan. It has an area of 40,235 kmĀ². Rumbek was the capital of the state. Lakes was in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warrap states. Bahr el Ghazal itself was a former province which was split from the Anglo-Egyptian mudiriyat, or province of Equatoria in 1948. The eastern border was the White Nile with Jonglei on the opposite bank. To the northeast lied the Unity State. Other borders included Warrap State towards the northwest, Western Equatoria to the south and west, and Central Equatoria to the south.

In July 2011, Ramciel in Lakes state was under consideration by the federal government as a site for a new national capital, which would replace Juba.

Lakes (band)

Eager Seas (formerly known as Lakes) is an American indie rock band, formed in June 2006 in Atascadero, California, consisting mainly of the former band members of Watashi Wa. They are signed to The Militia Group and on September 5, 2006, released a five song EP named Photographs EP.

Seth Roberts, the lead vocalist of Watashi Wa, formed a new ensemble called Eager Seas after Watashi Wa's 2004 break-up, but the subsequent album was released under the name Watashi Wa in 2006. Roberts then left Tooth & Nail Records and signed with The Militia Group, with the new ensemble renamed Lakes.

Their first show was played at the Cornerstone festival in 2006, where they also sold a limited number (200 copies) of their EP. This was more than a month before the official release date. The EP, released in September 2006, featured guest appearances by Mike Herrera of MxPx and Aaron Marsh of Copeland. Lakes uploaded a new song on MySpace on August 24, entitled "The Heart Is An Anchor".

On August 11, 2010, Lakes announced the release of their full-length album, The Agreement. The album was released on September 3, 2010 and featured 14 tracks.

March 19, 2015, Lakes announced via the Facebook page that they would return to their original name, Eager Seas.

Lakes (restaurant)

__NOTOC__ Lakes is a former restaurant in Hilversum, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star for the period 2009-2014.

GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 14 out of 20 points.

Head chef of Lakes is Erik de Boer, who opened the restaurant 5 September 2007. On 12 November, it was reported that head chef Erik de Boer had left the restaurant by 1 November 2013 due to a change of course of the restaurant. On 27 November 2013 the restaurant was declared bankrupt.

The restaurant is located in the former "Paviljoen Wildschut", once the hospitality building of the adjacent marina. The whole complex, compassing of a boathouse, hospitality unit, 2 staff residences and a terrace, is build in the period 1936-1938 to designs made by the well-known architect Willem Marinus Dudok. All parts of this complex are now Rijksmonument.