Tu'u Maori (22 November 1988 – 3 January 2022) was a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played as a er or . He played in the Australian National Youth Championship (Toyota Cup) for the Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters.

Playing career
Maori was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He was then named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Maori was part of the 2007 Papua New Guinea Tour of Wales and France. He played against Wales on the wing at the Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales. He represented the Sydney Roosters in the Toyota Cup in 2008. Maori also played for the Newtown Jets, the Roosters' feeder club in the NSWRL Cup competition, in 2009. He was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.

He would be part of the Melbourne Storm trial squad ahead of the 2011 NRL season, scoring a try in the club's trial match against the Canberra Raiders in Bega. He played for the Cronulla Sharks in the 2011 NSW Cup.

Personal life and death
Maori died from motor neurone disease at his home in Ipswich, Queensland, on 3 January 2022, at the age of 33.

References

External links
Newtown Jets profile

1988 births
2022 deaths
Newtown Jets NSW Cup players
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
People educated at St Paul's College, Auckland
New Zealand people of Papua New Guinean descent
Rugby league centres
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Auckland
Neurological disease deaths in Queensland
Deaths from motor neuron disease


Douchy may refer to the following places in France:

 Douchy, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Douchy, Loiret, a commune in the department of Loiret
 Douchy-lès-Ayette, a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais
 Douchy-les-Mines, a commune in the department of Nord


Cope is an unincorporated community in Green Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Cope in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Cope is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Douchy () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Crown Center is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Crown Center was originally called Mount Tabor when it was founded. A post office was established at Crown Center in 1891, and remained in operation until 1905.

Geography
Crown Center is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Eminence is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Adams Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Eminence was laid out in July 1855 by William Wigal. The name possibly is commendatory; but according to some accounts it is topographically descriptive.

The post office at Eminence has been in operation since 1857.

Geography
Eminence is in western Morgan County at the intersection of State Roads 42 and 142. SR 42 leads northeast  to Monrovia and west  to Cloverdale, while SR 142 leads east 10 miles to SR 39,  north of Martinsville, the Morgan county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eminence CDP has an area of , all land. The community drains northwest to the valley of Mill Creek, which runs southwest to the Eel River, a tributary of the White River.

Education
Eminence is served by the Eminence School Corporation.

Eminence has a public library, a branch of the Morgan County Public Library.

Notable people
Glenn M. Curtis, four-time Indiana state champion basketball coach (Lebanon & Martinsville) and coach at Indiana State and the high school coach of John Wooden.

References

Census-designated places in Morgan County, Indiana
Census-designated places in Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Dury () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Exchange is an unincorporated community in Green Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Exchange in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Exchange is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Habib-Jean Baldé (born 8 February 1985 in Saint-Vallier, Saône-et-Loire) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent all of his career in France and Romania. A dual French-Guinean national, represented the Guinea national team at international level between 2007 and 2013, making 21 FIFA-official appearances and scoring 1 goal.

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Saône-et-Loire
Men's association football defenders
Citizens of Guinea through descent
Guinean men's footballers
French men's footballers
Guinea men's international footballers
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Liga I players
FC Gueugnon players
Stade de Reims players
US Ivry players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
French sportspeople of Guinean descent
Guinean expatriate men's footballers
Footballers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Black French sportspeople
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Romania


Épagny may refer to the following places in France:

 Épagny, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Épagny, Côte-d'Or, a commune in the department of Côte-d'Or
 Épagny, Haute-Savoie, a commune in the department of Haute-Savoie


Épagny () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Piotr Zborowski (died 13 September 1580) was a Polish voivode () of Sandomierz (since 1568), voivode and starosta of Kraków (since 1574), castellan (kasztelan) of Biecz (since 1565) and castellan of Wojnicz (since 1567). He made an essential role in Polish–Lithuanian negotiations about elections of Henryk Walezy and Stefan Batory.

See also
Zborowski family

References

16th-century births
1580 deaths
Piotr Zborowski


Épieds () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Gasburg is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Gasburg in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Gasburg is located on Indiana State Road 42 between Monrovia and Mooresville, at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Amaurobius erberi is a species of spider in the family Amaurobiidae, found in Europe and the Canary Islands.

A. erberi is very similar to A. similis and A. fenestralis in general appearance. The epigyne is separated from that of A. fenestralis by the outlines of the spermathecaa which extend well ahead of the anterior margin. The male palps are similar to that of A. similus but, from above, the thin apophysis is longer. The males are mature in autumn and the females are probably mature throughout the year.

It is generally found under stones and logs and in leaf litter.

References

External links
 http://data.gbif.org/species/14456336
 https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054737/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Amaurobius_erberi.asp
 fauna-eu.org

erberi
Spiders of Europe
Spiders of the Canary Islands
Spiders described in 1863


Hall is an unincorporated community in Gregg Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Hall was laid out in 1861. A post office was established at Hall in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.

The Hall School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography
Hall is located at .

Notable person
Hall is the birthplace of former Indiana State & UCLA coach and Purdue player John Wooden.

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area
1861 establishments in Indiana


Hyndsdale is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Hyndsdale had its start by the building of the railroad through that territory. The community was named after a local family of settlers.

A post office was established at Hyndsdale in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Hyndsdale is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Eppes () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Little Point is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Little Point in 1876, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1908.

Geography
Little Point is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Tiberius Claudius Maximus (died after AD 117) was a cavalryman in the Imperial Roman army who served in the Roman legions and Auxilia under the emperors Domitian and Trajan in the period AD 85–117. He is noted for presenting Trajan with the head of Dacian king Decebalus, who had committed suicide after being surrounded by Roman cavalry at the end of Dacian Wars (AD 106).

Sources

The sole source for Maximus' career is inscription Année Épigraphique (1985) 721, engraved on the memorial Maximus erected to himself while still alive, found at Philippi, Greece:

Translation:

Origin
If the location of his tombstone represents his home-town (as it often did with retired veterans), Maximus was born in Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis, a colony of Roman military veterans founded in 42 BC (at Philippi, northern Greece) and much expanded under emperor Augustus (ruled 30 BC – AD 14). He was a Roman citizen at birth, as evidenced by his name and initial enlistment in a Roman legion, for which citizenship was required (at this time, only 10-20% of the Roman empire's inhabitants held citizenship). It is thus possible that Maximus was a descendant of an Italian veteran settled at Philippi by Augustus. Maximus was probably born around AD 65.

Early military career

Maximus joined the army not later than AD 85. He served as an eques (cavalry trooper) in the cavalry contingent (just 120-strong) of the legion VII Claudia, which was stationed at Viminacium (Moesia) from at least AD 66. He claims to have held three higher positions in the contingent, although it is unclear whether all of these were formal military ranks or simply roles that Maximus had performed.
 quaestor equitum, probably meaning treasurer of the cavalry contingent. This post is only attested in this inscription. There is an attested fisci curator ("financial manager") in the Praetorian cavalry.
 singularis legati legionis (member of the legion commander's personal cavalry guard): presumably a select detail, probably one of the 4 turmae (squadrons of 30 men) in the contingent. It is unclear whether a particular turma performed this role (thus according its troopers special status), or whether the turmae simply took turns to guard the general. In the latter case, it was not a rank.
 vexillarius (standard-bearer). This is the only one of the three positions which was certainly a military rank, a junior officer. In terms of pay, a legionary infantry vexillarius was probably a sesquiplicarius ("one-and-a-half pay man"), i.e. entitled to 50% more pay than a ranker.

Maximus fought in the Dacian War (AD 86–88) of emperor Domitian (ruled 81–96). It is thus probable that he was present at the First Battle of Tapae (86) and Second Battle of Tapae (88). He was decorated for bravery by Domitian.

Roman conquest of Dacia (AD 101–106)

Maximus served in the emperor Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–2 and 105–6). It was probably during these that Maximus was promoted by Trajan out of the legionary cavalry, whose role was limited to escort and communications, into the alae, the elite combat cavalry of the Auxilia corps. Maximus was gazetted as a duplicarius ("double-pay man"), a junior officer in the regiment Ala II Pannoniorum. This move probably resulted in a significant pay-rise for Maximus.

In AD 106, in the closing stage of the conquest of Dacia, Maximus, serving as an explorator (scout) with his unit, was involved in the pursuit of the defeated Dacian king Decebalus, by then a fugitive with only his personal bodyguard of Dacian noblemen left to him (the rest of the Dacian nobility had surrendered to Trajan). It appears that Maximus and his men cornered Decebalus in a mountainous location. However, before Maximus could reach him, Decebalus committed suicide by cutting his own throat, an incident shown on Trajan's Column. Maximus severed Decebalus' head and presented it to the emperor Trajan at his campaign-base at Ranisstorum. As reward, Trajan decorated Maximus and promoted him to the rank of decurion (leader of a turma), the cavalry equivalent of centurion in the infantry.

Trajan's Parthian War (AD 114–6)

Maximus later served in Trajan's Parthian War (114–6) and was again decorated for valour by the emperor. Probably Maximus was already a voluntarius ("volunteer") in this time, like he describes himself at his subsequent missio, because his contracted term of service (25 years) should have expired some years before (in c. 110).

Retirement

Maximus was finally granted an honourable discharge (honesta missio) in AD 116–7 by Decimus Terentius Scaurianus, one of Trajan's top generals and then commander of Roman forces in the newly established (and soon relinquished) province of Mesopotamia Nova.

He died after AD 117. While still alive, he designed his own tombstone, which was found at Philippi in Greece (now in the museum at Drama). This bears a representation of 2 torcs that he was awarded for valour and states his claim to have captured Decebalus.

Death of Decebalus

There are two depictions of the incident that made Maximus famous, the pursuit and suicide of king Decebalus.

(A) The bas-relief on his tombstone depicts Maximus, on horseback, bearing a sword as well as shield and two spears, approaching king Decebalus, shown wearing a Phrygian cap, the typical headgear of Dacian noblemen (hence their Roman name of pileati, "the capped ones"). Decebalus is shown lying on his back, holding a curved Dacian sword (known to the Romans as a falx, literally "sickle"). This image seems stylised to reflect the Thracian Heros stereotype (normally showing a rider spearing an animal or human on the ground, although in this case, Maximus is shown approaching Decebalus holding a sword in his front hand).

(B) Another, much more detailed and less stylised (i.e. probably more factually accurate), depiction of Decebalus' capture is provided by a panel on Trajan's Column (Spiral 22, Panel B; Cichorius 106, above). This should be viewed together with the two preceding panels, which show the sequence of events leading to Decebalus' death.

 In the first panel, Roman cavalry ride out in hot pursuit of Decebalus and his personal mounted bodyguard of select pileati. (Due to artistic conflation, each rider represents dozens, if not hundreds, of troopers). Three of the Roman troopers are shown wearing mantles: in line with the stereotypes of military units as portrayed on the Column, these were probably members of the Emperor's own horseguards, the equites singulares Augusti, the cavalry arm of the Praetorian Guard, most of which had accompanied Trajan from Rome to Dacia. The rest of the troopers do not wear mantles, so their mail cuirasses and neck-kerchiefs are visible: these were presumably troopers of Maximus' own regiment, the Ala II Pannoniorum. It thus appears that the operation to capture Decebalus was entrusted to a joint task-force of elite Praetorian and Ala cavalrymen.
 The second panel shows the Roman cavalry catching up with and intercepting Decebalus' riders (and possibly Decebalus himself). The Roman troopers' weapons (spears and swords) have disappeared due to stone erosion by pollution. The sequence of events (conflated in order to fit the panels) shows that Decebalus' bodyguards were destroyed: note the one trampled under the Roman horses' hooves (right foreground).
 According to the third panel, after the last of his bodyguards fell (left foreground), the king escaped alone to a rocky place, where he was apparently reached by a Roman trooper who had dismounted and was leading his horse on foot, presumably because the terrain was too steep or rough to ride (right foreground). This trooper may represent Maximus, given his role as scout-leader. An alternative view, supported by Speidel, is that the mounted trooper shown nearest to Decebalus was Maximus, as this figure appears replicated in Maximus' own funerary monument.

Most likely, troopers were under orders to capture Decebalus alive if possible, so that he could form the centrepiece of Trajan's forthcoming Triumph in Rome, to celebrate his Dacian victory. (The traditional format would have the defeated enemy leader dragged in chains before the triumphator's chariot. The climax of the show was when the Emperor decided the captive's fate: in some cases, the captive's life was spared e.g. Claudius' reprieve for the British king Caractacus, who had led the fierce resistance (AD 43–51) to the Roman invasion of Britain. Otherwise, the captive would be executed by garrote, and his corpse thrown down the Gemonian Steps and left to rot). In this case, it was Decebalus' head that ended up at the foot of the Steps.

As a result of these images, it has been suggested by some scholars that Decebalus was still alive (although mortally wounded) when seized by the Romans. Maximus himself claimed to have "captured" Decebalus. But a passage in the Epitome of the History of Rome of Cassius Dio makes clear that he was already dead: "Decebalus, when his capital had been destroyed and his whole territory occupied, and he was himself in danger of being captured, killed himself. His head was brought to Rome".

Citations

References
Boris Rankov: Singulares Legati Legionis: A problem in the interpretation of the Ti. Claudius Maximus inscription from Philippi, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 80, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habel GmbH, 1990, p. 165–175. (JSTOR)
J. B. Campbell: The Roman Army, 31 BC-AD 337: A Sourcebook. Routledge 1994, , pp. 32–33 (has a full translation of the Philippi Monument and also a photograph of it.)
Michael Alexander Speidel: Roman army pay scales, in The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 82, Cambridge : Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1992, p. 87–106.
Michael P. Speidel: The Captor of Decebalus. A New Inscription from Philippi, in Mr. Speidels' Roman Army Studies, Vol. 1, Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 1984, p. 173–187.
Yann Le Bohec: Die römische Armee. Franz Steiner Verlag 1993,  ()

External links
Philippoi.de (detailed pictures of the inscription)

1st-century Romans
2nd-century Romans
Ancient Roman soldiers
Ancient Philippians


Étrépilly is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


James Nightingale (born 25 September 1986) is a former Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played as a  forward for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

Background
James Nightingale was born in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. James' eldest brother Matthew Nightingale (b. 23 July 1981) represented Papua New Guinea, played for the Penrith Panthers, Wests Tigers and the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career
He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He was then named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Nightingale was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.

He was also added as a replacement player in the PNG rugby league squad for the Four Nations tournament in 2010.

References

1986 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Redcliffe Dolphins players
Rugby league players from Penrith, New South Wales
Rugby league locks
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Windsor Wolves players


Plano is an unincorporated community in Ashland Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Plano in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Plano is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Faverolles () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Literature
Faverolles is the village in which the protagonist of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Jean Valjean lived before he was arrested.

Here is a quote from Victor Hugo's novel:

"Jean Valjean came from a poor peasant family of Brie. He had not learned to read in his childhood. When he reached man's estate, he became a tree-pruner at Faverolles."

The village of Faverolles is situated in the Department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France, in the country of France. An area of the department of Aisne was historically part of the  region of Brie. This northern part of Brie was also called 'Brie pouilleuse'.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Alberto Arilla (24 December 1937 – 5 September 2021) was a Spanish tennis player. He usually partnered with his younger brother José Luis, Manuel Santana or Andrés Gimeno in Davis Cup competition, in which he played a total of 8 matches.

Arilla was born in Barcelona.

References

1937 births
Tennis players from Barcelona
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from Catalonia
French Championships junior (tennis) champions
2021 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles


Luigi Arcangeli (1902 - 23 May 1931) was an Italian motorcycle and car racer.

Biography
Arcangeli was born at Forlì in 1894.

A factory rider for Sarolea, Sunbeam, Bianchi and Moto Guzzi, he turned  to four wheels in the wake of his friend Tazio Nuvolari. His first appearance was a win in 1928 at the Circuito di Senigallia with a 2-litre Bugatti. After Bugatti he drove Talbot-Darracqs, winning at Cremona in 1928, continuing with Maserati Tipo 8C-2500, with a first place at the Rome Grand Prix in 1930. Later he moved to Alfa Romeo and joined Enzo Ferrari's scuderia with Nuvolari as team mate. Arcangeli died the following year at Monza, during the tests for the Italian Grand Prix, while driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo A.

Arcangeli was killed in Monza while driving Alfa Romeo Tipo A. A Scuderia Luigi Arcangeli was created to honor Luigi Arcangeli name. The Scuderia is active nowadays, building ArcangeliMoto regolarità race bikes in limited numbers.

References

External links

Bio page at ruoteclassiche website

Year of birth uncertain
1931 deaths
Sportspeople from Forlì
Racing drivers who died while racing
Italian motorcycle racers
Italian racing drivers
Grand Prix drivers
Sport deaths in Italy
Isle of Man TT riders


Wakeland is an unincorporated community in Ashland Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Wakeland in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.

Geography
Wakeland is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


The Syrian passport () is a travel document issued by Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports to Syrian citizens for international travel. Syrian passports are normally valid for six years; however, for men about to perform military service, they are valid for two years, and they have to get permission from the conscription department for a renewal for another two years.

The passport has a navy blue cover with the Syrian coat of arms. The information on the cover page and the inside is written in three languages: Arabic, English and French. Each page has a unique watermark depicting a famous Syrian monument, castle, or ancient building, these include the Krak des Chevaliers, a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world, Umayyad Mosque and others.

Passport Application Fees differ inside the country and outside:

Outside the country:

$800 for urgent passport(7,200,00 SYP).

$300 for normal speed passport(2,700,000 SYP).

Inside the country:

1002270 SYP(~$111) for instant passport.

93160 SYP(~$10) for expedited passport.

63160 SYP(~$7) for normal passport.

In April 2015, Syria changed its passport requirements so that Syrians outside Syria, including refugees who have fled the Syrian Civil War, are eligible for passports without an intelligence service review. Passports will be issued to Syrians "even if they left in an illegal manner or they hold non-official passports or travel documents", referring to passports issued by Syrian opposition representatives in Qatar. At the same time, fees required for passports were doubled to $800 for a new passports and $300 for a renewal.

During the European migrant crisis, fake Syrian passports were found being used by non-Syrians to apply for asylum in Europe.

History

Biometric passport
In late 2016, Syria's Department of Immigration and Passports announced that it is planning to change to biometric passports. In early 2019, Syria announced that it is getting ready to release its new passport. In August 2023, Syria officially issued biometric passport and French language has been removed.

Types of passport
There are four different types of Syrian passports: service passport (green cover), diplomatic passport (red cover), special passport (light brown cover), and regular passport (dark blue cover). The passport is 48 pages and is in ICAO format. It's 88mm in width and 125mm in height (5 inches by 3.5 inches).

Identification page
 Photo of the passport holder
 Type ("P" for passport)
 Country Code
 Passport serial number
 Given name and surname of the passport holder
 Father name and mother name
 Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)
 Place of birth (but concerning at least only one of the 14 governments in Syria)
 Sex

Visa requirements

As of 2 July 2023, Syrian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 29 countries and territories, ranking the Syrian passport 110th in the world which is the second worst passport in the world, only behind Afghanistan, according to the Henley Passport Index.

See also
Visa requirements for Syrian citizens
Syrian nationality law

References

Passports by country
Government of Syria


Whitaker is an unincorporated community in Ray Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Whitaker in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.

Geography
Whitaker is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Wilbur is an unincorporated community in Gregg Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Wilbur was founded in the 1830s. A post office was established at Wilbur in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

The Wilbur School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Geography
Wilbur is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Wiser is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Geography
Wiser is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Fayet may refer to:
 Fayet, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Fayet, Aveyron, a commune in the department of Aveyron
 Fayet-le-Château, a commune in the department of Puy-de-Dôme
 Fayet-Ronaye, a commune in the department of Puy-de-Dôme
 Gustave Fayet, French painter


The Australian Police Rugby Union is a volunteer, not for profit organisation aimed at promoting the sport of rugby union and the fostering of relations amongst serving police officers from across Australia and other rugby union playing nations.

History
The Australian Police Rugby Union Association Inc. (A.P.R.U.) was first established in 1998 with a view to travelling to the 1999 IRB Rugby World Cup in Wales, Ireland and England.  A team comprising representatives predominantly from New South Wales and the Australian Federal Police departed and played a number of games against the London Metropolitan Police, Irish Garda, Welsh and Combined British Police sides, with mixed success.  Shortly after this Tour, the A.P.R.U. was disbanded.

After a number of years in the wilderness, the A.P.R.U. were re-established in 2006, with a view to selected players from across Australia competing in several representative matches each year.

In 2007, the A.P.R.U. again travelled to the United Kingdom and Ireland in a Tour to coincide with the 2007 IRB Rugby World Cup.  The players on this Tour represented all states and territories of Australia.  Matches were played against the London Metropolitan, Welsh, Scottish, Irish Garda and Combined British Police teams.  The A.P.R.U. were highly competitive winning two games and being narrowly defeated in two others.

Following the 2008 National Championships, a representative was chosen to travel to New Zealand for a Tour coinciding with the Bledisloe Cup.  The A.P.R.U. were unfortunate to be beaten by better sides in their first 2 encounters, but bounced back to take the third game against Northland Police.

The Blue Tongues team undertook a short two-game tour of Fiji in 2011, playing the Fiji Police in Nadi and Suva.

National Championships

The A.P.R.U. National Championships are held bi-annually, with Police teams from states and territories within Australia competing.

See also

Australian Defence Force Rugby League

References

External links
 APRU website
 NSW Police Council of Sport
 Victorian Rugby League and Union site

Rugby union teams in Australia
Australian rugby union governing bodies
1998 establishments in Australia
Organizations established in 1998
Australian Federal Police
Police sports clubs and teams


Young is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Geography
Young is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Fayet () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


is a passenger railway station located in the city of  Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture,  Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Yonekawa Station is served by the JR West Gantoku Line, and is located 24.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History
Yonekawa Station was opened on 1 December 1934. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 10 passengers daily.

Surrounding area
Yamaguchi Prefectural Route 144 Kokuga Line

See also
List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

 0801806 JR West Station Official Site

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934
Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Gantoku Line
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi


Candide Rochefort (February 8, 1904 – June 24, 1971) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born on February 8, 1904, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.

City politics

Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.

Death

He died on June 24, 1971, in Montreal.

References

1904 births
1971 deaths
Action libérale nationale MNAs
Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
People from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery


Miller is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Geography
Miller is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Astarabadi was a 15th-century Persian physician from Astarabad, Golestan, Persia.

In 1427, he wrote his well-known commentary on Jaghmini's summary of The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna. Astarabadi dedicated it to Prince Murtada.

Little else is known of his life.

See also
List of Iranian scientists

Sources
For information on his only known treatise, see:
Carl Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, 1st edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1889–1936). Second edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1943–49). Page references will be to those of the first edition, with the 2nd edition page numbers given in parentheses. vol. 1, p. 457 (598)
Carl Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Supplement, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1937–1942), vol. 1, p. 826.
A.Z. Iskandar, A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), pp. 56–57 and 184.
A.Z. Iskandar, A Descriptive List of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (Leiden: Brill, 1984), p. 73.

References

Founder of the Horufi sect.

15th-century Iranian physicians
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
People from Gorgan


Steven Franciscus (born 21 August 1982) is a former Papua New Guinea rugby league player who for played the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He had also played for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team.

He was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but did not make the final side.

He has represented Queensland for under 19's, the Queensland Rangers and 47th Battalion side in the Toowoomba Rugby League.

He currently plays for the Dalby Diehards in Dalby Queensland and lives with his wife, Naomi and their three children.

References

1982 births
Living people
Expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean expatriate rugby league players
Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Papua New Guinean sportsmen
Place of birth missing (living people)


Filain may refer to the following places in France:

 Filain, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Filain, Haute-Saône, a commune in the department of Haute-Saône


Filain () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
The river Ailette forms all of the commune's northern border.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Pacanów , sometimes referred to as the European Capital of Fable, is a town in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in south-central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Pacanów. It had a population of 1137 in 2003. In modern times the village is partly noted for its connection to the fictional character Koziołek Matołek. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately  east of Busko-Zdrój and  south-east of the regional capital Kielce.

History
Pacanów was first mentioned in a document from 1110 – 1117, issued by the Bishop of Kraków Maur, in which the erection of St. Martin's church was confirmed. At that time, the village probably belonged to a man named Siemian, who is mentioned in the document. The existence of the parish church was confirmed on August 1219 by the incumbent Bishop of Kraków Iwo Odrowąż, and in 1265, the village was granted Magdeburg rights by Prince Bolesław V the Chaste. In the same period, a number of local villages were also granted town charters (Połaniec, Nowy Korczyn, Koprzywnica and Opatowiec). The original charter of Pacanów has not been preserved, but in a document issued on February 26, 1603, King Sigismund III Vasa reconfirmed its town status.

Pacanów remained a private Bailiwick, belonging, among others, to a man named Piotr of Mokrsko and Pacanów, Castellan of Małogoszcz, (1306–1310), Wiślica (1315), and Sandomierz (1317–1328). By 1417, the town already had a parish school, and in 1433 in Nowy Korczyn, King Władysław Jagiełło recognized its Magdeburg rights, allowing a number of fairs to be held there. In 1502, during a Tatar raid, in which the invaders crossed the Vistula, Pacanów was successfully defended. The significance of the town was further enhanced when Nicholas of Cusa included Pacanów on his map of Central Europe. In 1583 and 1585 King Stefan Batory stayed there briefly. The town's prosperity came to an end during the Swedish invasion of Poland. On April 9, 1657, the town was captured by the Transilvanian army of George II Rakoczi. The invaders burned it to the ground, and that marked the decline of Pacanów, which never quite recovered its former importance.

As a result of the Partitions of Poland, having been for centuries in the Sandomierz Voivodeship, Pacanów became part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire. Between 1815 and 1915, it belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. On August 24, 1813, the town was completely flooded by the Vistula River. In 1820, Pacanów had circa 1,000 residents, half of whom were Jewish. In 1869, following the failed January Uprising, the Imperial Russian authorities revoked the town status and reduced it to a village.

In 1918, with Poland regaining independence, Pacanów became part of the Second Polish Republic, within Kielce Voivodeship. By 1928 the population had increased to 2,500, with the majority of inhabitants being Jews who owned most local businesses and stores. When the Germans occupied the town in September of 1939, the Jewish population was around 1,800, more than two-thirds of the total population. Soon they were conscripted for forced, usually unpaid, labor. During the Second World War, Jews from Radom were forcibly resettled into Pacanów resulting in a widespread lack of housing and severe overcrowding. In April 1942, a ghetto was set up with an average of 12 or 13 people per room. Jews were not allowed into the marketplace and some local Christians smuggled food for trade. In October, 1942, some of the younger Jews were sent to labor camps, some were killed in Pacanów, and the rest taken to the  Treblinka extermination camp where they were murdered by the Nazis.  The number of survivors among Pacanów's Jews is unknown.

Personalities associated with the town
 Feliks Paweł Jarocki 19th century zoologist
 Kornel Makuszyński and Marian Walentynowicz, creators of
 Koziołek Matołek mythical goat-hero associated with Pacanów

Koziołek Matołek
The fictional character Koziołek Matołek, or Matołek the Billy-Goat in English, was from Pacanów and it was where his adventures were set. He was created by Kornel Makuszyński (story) and Marian Walentynowicz (art) in one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in 1933.

Once when Makuszyński and Walentynowicz were sitting in a coffee house in Kraków, they spotted a sad looking man sipping a drink at a nearby table. They asked him why he looked so gloomy, and he told them that he came from the small town of Pacanów and was wondering how to help the town prosper. Makuszyński and Walentynowicz decided then to help him by popularizing the small town in their books.

It became a cult classic, popular since its creation till today, and becoming an important part of canon of Polish children's literature. The comic has influenced many generations of Poles, and some of its phrases have penetrated into the Polish language itself, with expressions like 'w Pacanowie kozy kują' (In Pacanów, they shoe goats), 'pacan' and 'matoł' (slowpoke, dummy). Later it was made into a children's cartoon.

To this day Koziołek Matołek remains Pacanów's claim to fame, and images of him can be seen all around the village.

There exists a Fairy Tale Center in the town.

References

External links
 Pacanów official site
 Pachanower Young Men's Benevolent Association

Villages in Busko County
Sandomierz Voivodeship
Kielce Governorate
Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Holocaust locations in Poland


The 1993 Torneo Godó was the forty-first edition of the Torneo Godó and it took place from April 5–12, 1993.

Seeds

Draw

Key
WC - Wildcard
Q - Qualifier
r - Retired

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Singles


La Flamengrie may refer to the following places in France:

 La Flamengrie, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 La Flamengrie, Nord, a commune in the department of Nord


La Flamengrie () is a commune in the Aisne department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Fleury () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Abington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Abington, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line, and is located off Center Avenue (MA 123). It serves as a park and ride stop for the towns of Abington, Rockland, and Hanover.

History
The Old Colony Railroad opened through Abington in November 1845. Construction of a new brick station building began in 1887 and was completed around August 1888. Passenger service on the line ended on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.

The modern station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 29, 1997.

References

External links

MBTA - Abington

Former Old Colony Railroad stations
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997
Abington, Massachusetts


Kevin Prior (born 9 June 1980) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a  or  forward for Wentworthville in the A Grade Sydney Competition, he is also captain. He also plays for Wentworthville in the Jim Beam Cup.  He has also played for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in 2007 and played for All Whites (now Brothers) in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition. Standing at 197 cm and weighing 104 kg.

Background
Kevin Prior was born in Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Playing career
He made his International debut for PNG in 2007 against Wales coming off the bench. He also featured for PNG in their final Pool match against Australia in Townsville in the 2008 World Cup.

He has been named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He has been named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Papua New Guinean emigrants to Australia
Papua New Guinean rugby league players
People from Morobe Province
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Wentworthville Magpies players


The Basel Paper Mill (German: Basler Papiermühle), also known as the Swiss Museum for Paper, Writing and Printing (German: Schweizerisches Museum für Papier, Schrift und Druck) in Basel, is primarily dedicated to papermaking, the art of book printing and writing in general. Through a combination of pictures and objects, visitors gain insights into the old artisanal techniques of dipping paper, printing and bookbinding.

The museum is located in a carefully restored building that began its life as a paper mill 500 years ago. It is a heritage site of national significance.

Footnotes

See also
Museums in Basel

External links

 Basel Paper Mill website

Museums in Basel
Technology museums in Switzerland
Book arts
Cultural property of national significance in Basel-Stadt
Historic house museums in Switzerland
Papermaking in Switzerland
Printing press museums
Literary museums in Switzerland
Papermaking museums


Mahalasville is an unincorporated community on the border of Jackson Township and Washington Township in Morgan County, Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Mahalasville in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1928.

Geography
Mahalasville is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area


The Legbar is a rare British auto-sexing breed of chicken. It was created in the early twentieth century by Reginald Crundall Punnett and Michael Pease at the Genetical Institute of Cambridge University. They cross-bred American barred Plymouth Rock birds with brown Leghorns and created the gold and silver colour varieties. Pease created a cream Legbar by cross-breeding these with white Leghorns; later crossing with Araucanas caused this to have a crest and to lay blue or blue-green eggs.

History
The Legbar was the second auto-sexing chicken breed created by Reginald Crundall Punnett and Michael Pease at the Genetical Institute  of Cambridge University, after the Cambar, which was created in 1929 by crossing barred Plymouth Rock with gold Campine birds.

The Legbar arose from cross-breeding of Plymouth Rock birds with brown Leghorns, which at that time were two of the principal egg-laying breeds. As with the Cambar, they set out to breed a bird that would both have brown down and carry the barred gene (B), so that chicks would have sex-linked plumage differences that could easily be distinguished. Standards for the gold and silver colour varieties were drawn up in 1945 and 1951 respectively.

The cream Legbar was created by chance. Through cross-breeding of gold Legbars with white Leghorn stock, Pease had obtained some cream-coloured birds; their eggs were white, and they had no crest. An experimental crossing of these with some cream-coloured Araucanas from Punnett's laboratory led to the creation of the cream Legbar, a crested layer of coloured eggs for which a standard was drawn up in 1958. Within a short time it became very rare, but has since recovered. It is treated by the Poultry Club of Great Britain as a colour variety of the Legbar, but is considered by the Rare Breed Survival Trust to be a separate breed. Both the Legbar and the Cream Legbar are listed among the UK breeds on the watchlist of the trust; neither is considered "priority".

Characteristics

The Legbar has three colour varieties: gold, silver and cream. The cream variant has a crest and lays blue, olive or green eggs. The Legbar is considered a rare breed by the Poultry Club of Great Britain and, until the Autosexing Breeds Association was re-formed, fell under the Rare Poultry Society.

Use

The Legbar was bred as an auto-sexing layer breed. Hens may give 180 eggs or more per year.

References

Chicken breeds
Chicken breeds originating in the United Kingdom
Animal breeds on the RBST Watchlist
Auto-sexing chicken breeds


Fontaine-Notre-Dame may refer to:

 Fontaine-Notre-Dame, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne in France
 Fontaine-Notre-Dame, Nord, a commune in the department of Nord in France


Ade is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Ade was laid out as a town in 1906.  It was named for John Ade, the first recorder of Newton County and the father of George Ade, an American author and playwright.   A post office was established at Ade in 1904, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1912.

Geography
Ade is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana


Effner is an unincorporated community on the border of the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana.  It lies principally in Iroquois County, Illinois and partially in Newton County, Indiana.

History
Effner was founded ca. 1860 and originally known as Haxby. A post office was established at Effner in 1899, but closed shortly thereafter in 1901.

Geography
Effner is located at  along US Routes 52 and 24 just east of the town of Sheldon.  Most of Effner lies along the eastern edge of Sheldon Township in Iroquois County, Illinois; the local grain elevators and the defunct railway station are across the border in Jefferson Township in Newton County, Indiana.  A line of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway connecting Sheldon and Kentland passes through town just south of the highway.

References

Unincorporated communities in Iroquois County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Indiana
U.S. Route 24
U.S. Route 52


Fontaine-Notre-Dame is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Mummer's Day, or "Darkie Day" as it is sometimes known (a corruption of the original Darking Day), is a traditional Cornish midwinter celebration that occurs every year on Boxing Day and New Year's Day in Padstow, Cornwall. It was originally part of the pagan heritage of midwinter celebrations that were regularly celebrated throughout Cornwall where people would take part in the traditional custom of guise dancing, which involves disguising themselves by painting their faces black or wearing masks.

The dark face paint, masks and dark clothing are symbols of the celebration of the winter solstice, and is in contrast to the "white" summer solstice festivals of Cornish towns such as the 'Obby 'Oss festival in Padstow and the Golowan Festival which started in Penzance in 1991. The Montol Festival in Penzance which started in 2007 is a modern recreation of a winter solstice celebration, during which people guise dance with darkly painted skin or masks to disguise themselves.

There has been controversy in the British media regarding Mummer's Day, due to the blackened faces and the term Darkie Day, with commentators interpreting the festival as racist. The name Darkie Day is actually a corruption of the original Darking Day, which refers to the "darking" (darkening) of the faces.

Darkie/Darking Parties
Throughout the 19th century, especially in the east of Cornwall, Darkie Parties (originally Darking Parties) were common Christmas celebrations held in Cornish homes and public houses.  People would have performed traditional Cornish and other seasonal music and seasonal folk drama such as Mummers plays.
"Blacking up" was also a way of preventing the labourer's Lords and Masters from recognizing who they were. Having a good time and enjoyment was frowned upon and not seen to be "God-fearing".

Controversy over Mummer's Day
Once an unknown local charity event, the day has recently seen controversy due to increased media coverage. While the original celebration had no connection with black people, in modern times, it is usually considered racist for white people to "black up" for any reason. Although some commentators have linked the day with racism, Padstonians insist that this is not the case and deny both the description and the allegations.

1970s review
Long before the controversy, Charlie Bate, a noted Padstow folk advocate, recounted that in the 1970s the content and conduct of the day were carefully reviewed to avoid potential offence. The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary have taken video evidence twice and concluded there were no grounds for prosecution. Nonetheless protests resurface annually. The day has now been renamed "Mummer's Day" in an attempt to avoid offence and identify it more clearly with established British tradition. The debate has now been subject to academic scrutiny. It is hoped that some of the more untraditional Minstrel songs that were incorporated in favour of traditional Cornish songs will soon be discontinued.

Minstrel songs
Although Mummer's Day is a centuries-old tradition, the act of performing minstrel songs owes its origins to the late 19th and early 20th century. Either as a result of confusion as to the real origins of disguise in the festival, or as a way of introducing more popular tunes in place of the well-preserved and still-performed Padstow carols, songs connected with jazz and the blacked-up minstrel craze of the era (which ultimately created huge stars such as Al Jolson) became associated with the guise dancing practices of the festival. The works of American songwriter Stephen Foster particularly featured.

Other researchers claim that the spirituals sung by followers of Blue 'Oss in advance of May Day originate in the groundswell of support for American black people that was extremely strong in areas of the UK where Methodism was predominant. Among other events, this led to the Manchester textile workers voting to refuse to make uniforms for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Minstrel songs and spirituals were performed to gain support for American black people, and the researchers claim the "blacking up" of traditional guise dancing was adapted to show this support.

Regardless of its origins, the minstrel songs contributed to the recent controversy over the festival due to the association with black people, despite the face painting having no connection. In order to revert to the original meaning of the festival, and recognising the offence that can be caused in the 21st century, the minstrel songs are being phased out of the festival, and the alternative name of Mummer's Day is now preferred.

See also
Golowan festival
Mummers Parade
Tom Bawcock's Eve

References

External links

Tewkesbury's Millennia of Mummers' Heritage kept alive - United Kingdom

December observances
Cornish culture
Festivals in Cornwall
Cornish nationalism
Cornish festivals
Winter events in England


Fontenelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Whitman station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Whitman, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is located off South Avenue (MA 27). Parking is available on the south side of South Avenue on both sides of the tracks. The station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 26, 1997.

History

The Old Colony Railroad opened through Abington in November 1845. South Abington station opened with the line or shortly thereafter. The Old Colony opened its Bridgewater Branch from South Abington to Bridgewater in 1847. Mergers resulted in changes to the railroad's name in 1854 and 1863; it became simply "Old Colony Railroad" again in 1872.

In 1881–82, the Old Colony built a brick passenger station and an engine house at South Abington. A freight yard and buildings were constructed, and a new wye with the Bridgewater Branch was added south of the station. The station was renamed Whitman on May 10, 1886, following the town's name change a week earlier. The Old Colony was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.

Passenger service on the Bridgewater Branch ended in 1925. The portion from Whitman to East Bridgewater was abandoned in 1937. The four-stall engine house was destroyed by the 1938 New England hurricane. All Old Colony Division passenger service ended on June 30, 1959, though freight service continued to use the line. The former station building was destroyed by fire on November 23, 1972.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) purchased many of the former New Haven Railroad lines, including the Old Colony mainline (Plymouth Secondary) between Braintree and Plymouth, from Penn Central in 1973. By 1985, the MBTA also owned the former platform area at Whitman. The engine house foundations were uncovered in 1990 during an archeological survey prior to the restoration of service on the Old Colony Lines. The site was turned into a park at a cost of $100,000. The new station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 26, 1997. Whitman Roundhouse Park opened in October 1999.

References

External links

MBTA – Whitman

MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997
Whitman, Massachusetts
Railway stations in the United States closed in 1959


Fontenoy () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Fintown (officially known by its Irish name, ) is a small village and townland on the banks of Lough Finn in County Donegal, Ireland. It is within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is , the Fintown Railway (Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway), which runs along the length of Lough Finn. The village was named after a mythological woman, Fionngheal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.

Demographics

As of the 2016 census, there were 88 people in the townland of Fintown, and 280 people in the electoral division of  (the surrounding hinterland). Of these, 59% were Irish speakers.

Gallery

See also
 List of populated places in Ireland

References

External links
Fintown Railway

Gaeltacht places in County Donegal
Gaeltacht towns and villages
Towns and villages in County Donegal
Townlands of County Donegal


Franqueville () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Beaver City is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
Beaver City was founded in 1893, and was named after the local Beaver Prairie. A post office was established at Beaver City in 1866, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1913.

Geography
Beaver City is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana


Fresnes-sous-Coucy (), formerly called Fresnes until 22 December 2017, is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Gland () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Hanson station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hanson, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line, It is located off Main Street (Massachusetts Route 27) in the South Hanson village. It has one full-length high-level platform serving the line's single track and is fully accessible.

History

The Old Colony Railroad opened through South Hanson in November 1845, with Hanson station located at Main Street. The station burned two weeks later, and an exact replica was constructed.

The station was renamed South Hanson on June 24, 1878. A new wooden station building was constructed that year; it was split in half in 1886 and a new middle section added. The original station was converted to a freight house and may have survived as late as the 1990s.

The New Haven Railroad ended its remaining Old Colony Division service, including commuter service to South Hanson, on June 30, 1959. The former station building remains intact, though unused.

On September 29, 1997, the MBTA restored commuter rail service on the two Old Colony Lines, part of the former Old Colony Railroad system. Hanson station was opened at the former South Hanson station site.

References

External links

MBTA – Hanson

MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1845
Hanson, Massachusetts


LCR Team is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name LCR Honda Castrol with rider Álex Rins and LCR Honda Idemitsu with rider Takaaki Nakagami, as well as the MotoE World Cup under the name LCR E-Team. The team was founded in 1996 by rider Lucio Cecchinello.

History

1996–2003: Lucio Cecchinello era
The team was established by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello in 1996, (LCR being an initialism for Lucio Cecchinello Racing). He set up his own team for the 125cc World Championship using Honda motorcycles, earning several top ten finishes. Similar results followed in the 1997.

In the 1998 season the team recruited two-time 125cc runner-up Noboru Ueda to ride alongside Cecchinello. In only his second race for the team, Ueda got the team their first Grand Prix victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Johor Circuit. Cecchinello's first win for his own team came later that year in Madrid Grand Prix at Jarama. Cecchinello finished 5th in overall standings while Ueda only managed to finish 13th after missing half of the season due to injury. Hiroyuki Kikuchi was drafted as Ueda's replacement during his absence.

The Cecchinello-Ueda partnership continued in 1999 and 2000, yielding another win by Ueda in 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix as well as numerous podiums for both riders. Ueda finished both seasons in 5th position while Cecchinello struggled to match his teammates performance and was only able to finish in 9th and 11th position in those seasons.

In 2001 the team switched to Aprilia motorcycles. The team also recruited the Spanish youngster Raúl Jara as Cecchinello's teammate. Cecchinello's performance improved and he took the first win with Aprilia at the Catalan Grand Prix and finished the season 4th in overall standings.

In 2002 the team expanded their operation into 250cc class. San Marinese rider Alex de Angelis was recruited to partner Cecchinello in 125cc, while the young Australian rookie, Casey Stoner and the Spanish David Checa were recruited to compete in 250cc class. Cecchinello managed to repeat the last years performance and once again finished the season 4th in overall standing with 3 wins while De Angelis has his first career podium and finished 9th overall. In the 250cc class, Stoner and Checa were able to achieve several top ten finish in the team's 250cc debut season.

In 2003 the team continued their double assault in 125cc and 250cc. Casey Stoner switched to the 125cc class to partner with Cecchinello, while French rider Randy de Puniet was recruited to ride in 250cc. Both teams had a successful season with 3 race wins in each class. De Puniet, was also in contention for the World Championship. However, he only managed to finished 4th overall with three wins and nine podiums. In 125cc, Cecchinello achieved two wins including a win in his home Grand Prix while Stoner achieved both his first career podium and his first career win with the team. At the end of 2003, Cecchinello decided to end his racing career and concentrate in team management.

2004–2005: Post-Cecchinello era
In 2004 the team retained de Puniet to ride an official Aprilia factory bike in 250cc. In the 125cc class, the team recruited two Italian riders, Roberto Locatelli, a former 125cc World Champion and rookie Mattia Pasini. Both de Puniet and Locatelli had successful season and were in contention for the World Championship although they were only managed to finish the season 3rd in overall standings. De Puniet had 1 win and 8 podiums while Locatelli had two wins and six podiums.

For the 2005 season the team only competed in the 250cc class on Aprilia factory bikes. Roberto Locatelli moved up to 250cc and Casey Stoner returned from his one-year stint at KTM. Stoner managed to record five wins, 10 podiums and finished the season as runner-up to Dani Pedrosa. Stoner's runner-up was the best result so far in the team history. Stoner was also the first LCR rider to have more than 3 race wins in a season.

2006–present: Move to MotoGP

Casey Stoner (2006) and Carlos Checa (2007)
In October 2005, the team, along with Casey Stoner, reportedly had an agreement to move to the MotoGP class in the upcoming season with support from Yamaha. After the season ended, Stoner received an offer from the Honda Pons team and tested the Honda RC211V bike with them at Valencia. With Stoner leaving the team, LCR had to put their MotoGP project on hold. However, in December 2005, Stoner unexpectedly became available again after Honda Pons failed to secure sponsorship for the upcoming season. LCR immediately re-signed Stoner and made an agreement with HRC to run the RC211V in 2006.

Stoner recorded the team's first pole position in only their second MotoGP race at the Qatar Grand Prix. The subsequent race in Turkey saw LCR and Stoner record their first podium in MotoGP. Stoner competed with Marco Melandri the entire race, until Melandri managed to beat him to the line. Stoner went on to finish the season in 8th position with a series of top 10 results. Stoner left the team for a Ducati factory ride in . Veteran Spanish rider Carlos Checa replaced him at the team, riding the new 800cc Honda RC212V. However, the team was not able to repeat their 2006 results, as Checa struggled to adapt to the new 800cc bike and his best finish was a sixth place at the Spanish and San Marino Grands Prix.

Randy de Puniet (2008–10) and Toni Elias (2011)
Randy de Puniet rejoined the team in . Again, the team struggled with the satellite bike and Michelin tyres. De Puniet's best finish was only sixth position at the United States Grand Prix. De Puniet returned for the  season, once again with the RC212V, but with Bridgestone tyres, as MotoGP shifted to a single tyre manufacturer rule. In the British Grand Prix, De Puniet finished third, his best result with the team, and the team's first podium in the premier class since Stoner's 2006 podium. In , De Puniet finished the season in ninth place aboard a Honda RC212V, with his best result being a fourth place at the Catalan Grand Prix. After the departure of de Puniet to the Pramac Racing team, the team signed reigning Moto2 world champion Toni Elías for the 2011 season, and Elías finished 15th in the championship, finishing five races in the top ten.

Stefan Bradl (2012–14)
At the end of 2011, the team signed German rider Stefan Bradl, who had just won the Moto2 championship. Bradl rode the all-new Honda RC213V, and had a good season, finishing consistently in the top-10. His best result was a fourth-place finish at Mugello. He won the Rookie of the Year award, finishing eighth in the championship.

2013 was even better for Bradl, as he was consistently fighting for top five places. Bradl took his first premier class pole position at the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. He finished second in the race, his first MotoGP podium. However a broken ankle sustained in a crash in Malaysia cost him a top five finish in the final championship standings. Bradl eventually finished the season in seventh place.

2 bikes expansion (2015)

Midway through the 2014 season, it was announced that LCR would expand to a two-bike satellite Honda team in 2015. The team's second bike is an open-specification Honda RC213V-RS, "replacing" Gresini Racing, as they will become an Aprilia factory team. The team also announced a partnership with foreign exchange trading company CWM FX, and they were represented by British rider Cal Crutchlow on a factory-specification Honda RC213V bike, and Australian rookie Jack Miller, riding the open-specification RC213V-RS.

After the 2015 Czech Republic Grand Prix, CWM pulled out of the team due to fraud allegations following a police raid in March 2015. The sponsorship was run by their long-term sponsor, Givi. At Sepang, Crutchlow's bike represented a new livery from Castrol.

Cal Crutchlow and first MotoGP victory (2016–2017)

Miller left the team in 2016 to join Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS, leaving Crutchlow as the sole rider for LCR in 2016. Crutchlow started the season poorly, with four DNFs and one finish outside the points in the first eight races, leaving him outside the top 15 of the standings. He then finished second in the German Grand Prix before taking his first victory in Brno just two races later. This was LCR's first ever win in the premier class, and also was the first race win by a British rider in the 500cc/MotoGP class since Barry Sheene at the 1981 Swedish Grand Prix. His victory in Brno was also part of MotoGP's record of eight different riders winning in eight successive races, with Crutchlow's Brno victory being the sixth in the streak. He then scored another podium in Silverstone before taking another victory at Phillip Island, making him the first Briton ever to win the Australian Grand Prix. He ended the year with 141 points, finishing seventh in the championship.

In 2017, Crutchlow scored one podium finish and was ninth in the riders' world championship.

Re-expansion to two bikes, MotoE (2018–present)

For 2018, LCR Team signed Japanese rookie Takaaki Nakagami to partner Crutchlow. The team ran separate liveries with different main sponsors for each rider, Castrol for Crutchlow and Idemitsu for Nakagami. Nakagami's best finish was sixth place at the season finale in Valencia, ultimately finishing 20th in the riders' championship. Crutchlow started the year with a win in Argentina and scored podium finishes in Misano and Motegi. He had to finish the season early after a crash at the Australian GP, fracturing his leg and missing the final three races of the season. Crutchlow finished the season with 148 points and seventh in the riders' championship. Former LCR rider Stefan Bradl replaced Crutchlow for the final two races.

In 2019, Crutchlow achieved three podiums and finished 9th in the championship. Nakagami improved to 13th place, despite missing the final three rounds of the season to undergo surgery. He was replaced in the final three rounds by Johann Zarco. Nakagami and Crutchlow defended the LCR colours in 2020, and at the end of the year the British decided to retire. In 2021, Álex Márquez joined Nakagami and repeated experience in 2022, both riders struggling to show their true potential. For the 2023 season, Alex Rins has joined forces with Nakagami.

As a satellite team in MotoGP, LCR was invited to enter the inaugural MotoE season with Niccolò Canepa and former LCR 250cc and MotoGP rider Randy de Puniet. In 2020, de Puniet was replaced on the MotoE team by Belgian Xavier Siméon. For 2021, 2022 and 2023, the LCR E-Team is competing in the electric series with the duo set by Eric Granado and Miquel Pons, both showing strong performances on board their bikes.

Results

By season

* Season still in progress.

MotoGP results

By rider

By year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

* Season still in progress.

Notes

References

External links

Motorcycle racing teams
Motorcycle racing teams established in 1996
1996 establishments in Europe


The 2005 Torneo Godó  was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2005 ATP Tour. It was the 53rd edition of the Torneo Godó tennis tournament and it took place from 18 April until 24 April 2005 at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Eighth-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

 Rafael Nadal defeated  Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–1, 7–6, 6–3
 It was Nadal's 4th singles title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Doubles

 Leander Paes /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Feliciano López /  Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–3

References

External links
 ITF tournament edition details

2005
2005 ATP Tour
2005 in Catalan sport
Godo


Marco António Burigo Balthazar (born 14 May 1983) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Esporte Clube Cruzeiro.

He also holds an Italian passport.

Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Balthazar signed a 5-year contract with RS Futebol Clube in January 2002. He scored 12 goals in Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão in 2004, as team top-scorer. In September 2004 he was loaned to Swiss Super League club Servette.

After a short spell back to Brazil, he was signed by Lausanne in February 2006, along with Mauro. He was released by Lausanne at the end of the 2009 season.

In May 2010 he signed a 1-year contract with Caxias, rejoining former teammate Mauro and Marcos Rogério. He played twice in 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and also played at 2010 Copa FGF.

References

External links

Brazilian men's footballers
Servette FC players
FC Lausanne-Sport players
Esporte Clube Cruzeiro players
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
Swiss Super League players
Men's association football forwards
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Footballers from Porto Alegre
1983 births
Living people


Gouy may refer to:

Places

Belgium
Gouy-lez-Piéton

Communes in France
 Gouy, Aisne, in the department of Aisne
 Gouy, Seine-Maritime, in the department of Seine-Maritime
 Gouy-en-Artois, in the department of Pas-de-Calais
 Gouy-en-Ternois, in the department of Pas-de-Calais
 Gouy-les-Groseillers, in the department of Oise
 Gouy-Saint-André, in the department of Pas-de-Calais
 Gouy-Servins, in the department of Pas-de-Calais
 Gouy-sous-Bellonne, in the department of Pas-de-Calais

Other uses
Louis Georges Gouy, a French physicist
Gouy balance


Gouy (; also Gouy-en-Arrouaise) is a commune in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Grisolles may refer to the following places in France:

 Grisolles, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Grisolles, Tarn-et-Garonne, a commune in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne


Grisolles () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Hargicourt may refer to the following places in France:

 Hargicourt, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Hargicourt, Somme, a commune in the department of Somme


Hargicourt is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Kurt Kuhlmey (19 November 1913 – 30 April 1993) was a general in the West German Air Force. During World War II, he served as ground-attack aircraft pilot in the Luftwaffe, commanding two air wings. Kuhlmey flew over 500 combat missions, and in July 1942 was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Career
Kuhlmey began his career as a pilot at the age of 15, when he began flying gliders. In 1934 he joined the Luftwaffe, which trained him as a pilot. He was commissioned and transferred in 1936 to the 162nd dive bomber division in Schwerin, where he began flying Stukas.

Kuhlmey was Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (StG 1) at the outbreak of war and participated in the German campaigns in Poland, Norway, France, and the Battle of Britain. He also took part in operations against Malta, including the 10 January 1941 Stuka attack on Illustrious.

As part of I./StG 2 Kuhlmey participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. He served in North Africa, becoming Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of II./StG 3 in April 1942. On 18 October 1943 he was promoted to Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander), Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3).

On 9 June 1944 the Soviet Union launched a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. The Soviet Army forced the Finns to abandon their defensive lines and on 20 June took Viipuri, the second largest city of Finland. As a reinforcement SG 3 was posted to Finland in June 1944, forming Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey (Detachment Kuhlmey) with Oberst Kuhlmey commanding a composite unit comprising elements of I./SG 3, I./SG 5, II./JG 54 and NAGr.1.

Detachment Kuhlmey's actions in Finland during 16 June and 21 July 1944 was hugely influential in the final outcome of the offensive and of the Finnish Continuation War. Together Finnish Air Force units and Detachment Kuhlmey made 1,020 bombing sorties against the Soviet troops and armour. The Soviets lost some 300 tanks, 120-280 aircraft and over 20,000 troops. As a result, the Soviet advance stalled, and ensuing peace talks led to a cease-fire between the Soviet Union and Finland on 4 September. Finland was therefore not invaded.

Leaving SG 3 in December 1944, by March 1945 Oberst Kuhlmey was Geschwaderkommodore of SG 2 "Immelmann", and in the last weeks of the war was on the staff of the General der Schlachtflieger.

After being released from American captivity in July 1945, he rejoined the military in November 1955, as a colonel. Attending courses at Williams and Luke Air Force Base in the US, he received flying training on the F-104 "Starfighter". On 11 September 1959 he was promoted to Brigadier General
and retired a major general. He died on 30 April 1993. At his funeral there was also a wreath "from a grateful Finland".

Awards

 German Cross in Gold on 5 November 1941 as Hauptmann in the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1
 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1942 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3

References

Citations

Bibliography

1913 births
1993 deaths
People from Insterburg
Military personnel from East Prussia
Major generals of the German Air Force
Bundeswehr generals
Luftwaffe pilots
German World War II pilots
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty


Hauteville () is a commune in the Aisne department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Iron () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

The Iron 12
On 25 February 1915 during the First World War there was a massacre of British soldiers in Iron. The soldiers' regiment had gotten cut off from the rest of the army, causing the regiment to split up and wait until the other British regiments came back. A French civilian named Vincente Chalandre and his family let eleven soldiers shelter in their attic, and the mill owner let them stay in the town's mill. A neighbour tipped them off to nearby German soldiers. The mill owner's daughter saw forty German soldiers entering the town and warned the soldiers they needed to leave. The soldiers hid outside the mill and thus were not captured.

Clovis, Chalandre's son, was having an affair at the time with the 22-year old woman named Blanche Griselin, whose husband, a member of the French military, was not in Iron at the time. Griselin was actually holding a double affair involved with her husband Clovis, and a Franco-Prussian War veteran named Louis Bachelet. Bachelet became aware of Clovis and how the Chalandre family was hiding British soldiers in their attic. He tipped off the German military, which arrested all eleven soldiers and Vincente Chalandre. The Germans burned the mill owner's mill to the ground to punish the mill owner for helping Chalandre, and Chalendre's daughter was ordered to burn down their family home. On 25 February Chalandre and the eleven soldiers were forced to dig their own graves, and they were shot by firing squad. Three riflemen were sent to kill each soldier, two of which aimed for the heart and the third for the legs. Of the eleven soldiers who died, five were English and the other six Irishmen. The remaining members of the Chalandre family were rounded up and sent to jail in Germany, except for the three youngest children, who were forced to live homeless by themselves, where they grew weak and neglected. When the war ended Mrs. Chalandre came back to Iron, weak and very sick with Tuberculous meningitis, back to her three young children, who caught the disease from her. All four died in 1919, too weak to survive. Clovis, struck by grief, turned to alcoholism, which eventually killed him in 1948, when he was 50 years old.

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
World War I massacres
World War I crimes by Imperial Germany
Prisoner of war massacres
Massacres in France
Massacres in 1915
Massacres committed by Germany


Jussy () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Nomads R.F.C. are a Hong Kong rugby union club, who play in G4S League Divisions 2,5 and 7 and are based in the Tai Hang Tung area in New Kowloon. Between 2008/09 the club has won over 6 different league and 7's trophies.

History
Nomads was formed in 1989.  They were set up as a local club to bring through local Chinese players, although the dynamic has changed in the last few years as westerners have become more involved.  The previous chairman, Aric Kay-Russell (2005–2007), said "We like to think we are one of the most integrated clubs in Hong Kong and we have a broad catchment area from the northern New Territories all the way down to Hong Kong Island.

In 2008 the club took a significant leap by stepping into Division 2. To help ease this change, the club invested in two overseas imports- Craig Wilson (captain and asst. coach) and Steve Jones (head coach). After a difficult season, signs of improvement started to show. Nomads II won the league and the club regisitered the largest playing base to date. By the start of the 2009/10 season, Nomads now had 3 teams in the Hong Kong divisions.

The 2009/10 season was very successful. Nomads I finished 3rd in the league (only their second season), Nomads II were edged out in the D5 Grand Final and Nomads Development won the league. As well as this, Nomads II won the D5 Union 7's. Playing numbers were also at an all time high.

Youth rugby
Nomads do not have a mini or colts section, so they have forged links with the Flying Kukris RFC.  In 2005 Kay-Russell said "we entered an agreement with the Kukris at the beginning of last season and it has gone from strength to strength, some of our players are going up to Sheung Shui to help coach the Kukris and, eventually, we aim to see Kukris players progress up the ladder and join us when they are old enough. The long-term plan is that we give them the opportunity to move seamlessly between the two clubs. The association with the Kukris will hopefully bring in new blood, along with other recruitment. There has been a lot of discussion at Nomads about how the club should grow but, essentially, we should be concentrating on bringing through players at the grassroots level, so we need to utilise the local talent that is available. We will also consider starting up an U18s team at some stage. If we can get the foundations right then we will look to develop upwards as well."

See also
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Hong Kong national rugby union team
Nomads Rugby:
England Nomads RFC
Toronto Nomads RFC
Isle of Man Nomads RFC

References

External links
Nomads R.F.C. – Official site
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union – Official site
G4S League Division 4 – Fixtures & Results
Flying Kukris RFC – Liaison youth club

Rugby clubs established in 1989
Rugby union teams in Hong Kong
Sham Shui Po District


Juvigny () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Landricourt may refer to the following places in France:

 Landricourt, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Landricourt, Marne, a commune in the department of Marne


Landricourt () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
The river Ailette forms all of the commune's southern border.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 29 March and ended 2 November. Brann were the defending champions, having won their third Tippeligaen championship in 2007. The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Overview

Summary
Stabæk secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round. From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen. To accommodate this expansion, only one team faced automatic relegation to the 1. divisjon, as opposed to the regular two, while the three best teams in the 1. divisjon were awarded automatic promotion. As in previous years, there was a two-legged playoff at the end of the season, this time between the thirteenth-placed team in the Tippeligaen and the fourth best team in the 1. divisjon.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from 1. divisjon.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Managerial changes

League table

Relegation play-offs
By finishing 13th, Aalesund competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Sogndal, who finished 4th in the 2008 1. divisjon, for the right to play in the 2009 Tippeligaen. Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF. Aalesund won 7–2 on aggregate, thereby securing a new season in the Tippeligaen. Sogndal remained in the 1. divisjon.

Results

Season statistics
Sources: fotball.no , TV 2 Sporten

Top scorers

Discipline

Player
Most yellow cards: 7
 David Nielsen (Strømsgodset)
 Vidar Riseth (Lillestrøm)
Most red cards: 2
 Abgar Barsom (Fredrikstad)
 Jan Michaelsen (HamKam)
 Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (Brann)

Club
Most yellow cards: 48
Strømsgodset

Most red cards: 5
HamKam

Attendances

Source: VG Nett

References

Eliteserien seasons
1
Norway
Norway


Munjuku Nguvauva II (January 1, 1923 – January 16, 2008) was a Namibian traditional paramount chief and leader of the Ovambanderu people, a subtribe of the Herero. Nguvauva was also deputy chief of Namibia's Traditional Leaders Council.

Early life and ascension to chieftaincy
Nguvauva, a great-grandson of Mbanderu Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva, was born in Maun, Botswana, on January 1, 1923. He did not receive any formal education but was raised to be a leader of his clan and introduced to traditional and cultural knowledge and skills. He was formally inaugurated as Chief of the Botswana Mbanderu group in 1951, and when he returned to South-West Africa in 1952 he was appointed Chief of the Mbanderu at Epukiro and Aminuis. On 10 October 1960 he was promoted to Paramount Chief.

Political activities

Nguvauva II supported future Namibian president Sam Nujoma on his escape into exile in 1960. When he was invited to talks with the United Nations in 1962, he requested Namibia to become independent from South Africa. This opinion angered the administration, his status as Paramount Chief was removed, and Nikanor Hoveka, formerly Chief at Epukiro, was installed as Paramount Chief of the Ovambanderu. This move is the root of a long dispute about Mbanderu paramount chieftaincy.

Nguvauva II subsequently turned down any attempt of the South African administration to win him over again by offering him positions in government and Advisory Council. When the Multi-National Council of South-West Africa was established on 1 March 1973, he refused to become a member of that body. He nevertheless was invited speaker at the end of the third and last session of the Council where he again rejected the idea of a half-hearted involvement of Namibia's indigenous population in the administration of their own affairs:"One cannot rebuild a cracked house on weak foundations - one must first tear the building down before one starts anew."

Dirk Mudge, leader of the National Party, attempted to include Nguvauva II as representative of the 1975–1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Conference in the delegation of Clemens Kapuuo, Paramount Chief of the Herero. Nguvauva rejected this because he did not accept Kapuuo's superiority; he would only join as part of an independent delegation. He instead attended the Okahandja Conference, a congregation of parties barred from entering the official talks at Windhoek's Turnhalle building.

Munjuku Nguvauva II rejected further offers to join the South-West African administration and subsequently convinced the Mbanderu Council to form an alliance with SWAPO.

Death and succession debate
Nguvauva's health began to decline after a series of strokes in November 2004 and again in 2005. Complications from the strokes left Nguvauva's with impaired speech. He spent long periods of time in the Gobabis State Hospital and the Roman Catholic Hospital in Windhoek over the next few years as his health continued to deteriorate.

Nguvauva was rushed from his home in Ezorongondo in the Epukiro Constituency to Windhoek Central Hospital on 14 January 2008. He died two days later at the age of 84. Immediately after his death a power struggle developed over the succession to the Mbanderu throne. One potential candidate was Namibia's Fisheries Deputy Minister Kilus Nguvauva, who is Munjuku II Nguvauva's son from a previous relationship. Kilus Nguvauva, like his father, was born in Botswana, another claimant was his half-brother Keharanjo Nguvauva, the then 23-year-old son of Munjuku II Nguvauva and his wife. Keharanjo Nguvauva was born in Namibia but grew up in Botswana together with his older half-brother. Keharanjo was at that time attending law school in South Africa.

Keharanjo Nguvauva was made chief in 2008. The choice was confirmed by a government enquiry commission in 2009. When Keharanjo took his life in 2011 the succession battle reignited, this time between Kilus Nguvauva and Aletha Nguvauva who was crowned queen by one OvaMbanderu faction. Only late in 2014 was a decision reached when government decided not to appeal a 2013 Supreme Court decision in favor of Kilus Nguvauva, who was scheduled to be inaugurate on 21 November.
Members of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority had before called for a change of the tribal constitution to allow for a smoother transition and greater say in who becomes Chief. This position was opposed by others who call themselves the "Concerned Group".

References

External links
 The Namibian: President mourns passing of Chief Munjuku Nguvauva

1923 births
2008 deaths
Namibian chiefs
Botswana royalty


Goffredo 'Freddie' Zehender (Reggio Calabria, Italy, 27 February 1901 - 7 January 1958) was an Italian racing driver.
He started his driving career with Chrysler, then Bugatti and most of his career with Alfa Romeo as works or private driver. He won the 1932
Grand Prix du Comminges with private Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 'Monza'.
From 1934 he raced also for Maserati.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Notes
 – Zehender was co-driver with Minoia at the French GP and with Campari at the Belgian GP, therefore rules excluded him from the championship.

References

1901 births
1958 deaths
Sportspeople from Reggio Calabria
Italian racing drivers
Grand Prix drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
European Championship drivers


Liez may refer to the following places in France:

 Liez, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne
 Liez, Vendée, a commune in the department of Vendée


Liez () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Aisne department

References

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tartu), was one of Estonia's most notable poets.  She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu.

Writing
She began as a prose writer. She became known for being a member of the Arbujad ("Soothsayers"), a small group of influential Estonian poets including Bernard Kangro, Uku Masing, Kersti Merilaas, Mart Raud, August Sang, Heiti Talvik and Paul Viiding. After the war her husband Heiti Talvik was imprisoned by the Soviets and died in Siberia. For two or three decades she was silent as a poet as protest of Soviet rule, but renewed activity in the 1960s. Of note in this second period is the 1966 collection Tähetund or "Starry Hour." She also wrote novels and did translation work. On the hundredth anniversary of her birth a museum was dedicated to her in Jõgeva.

References

External links
 Betti Alver at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary

1906 births
1989 deaths
People from Jõgeva
People from Kreis Dorpat
20th-century Estonian novelists
20th-century Estonian poets
Estonian women novelists
Estonian women poets
20th-century women writers
20th-century translators
People's Writers of the Estonian SSR
Honoured Writers of the Estonian SSR
Burials at Raadi cemetery