Wiechers-Sport is a German auto racing team which is based in Nienburg. The team was first established in 1999, competing in German touring cars. The team currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship.

World Touring Car Championship

BMW 320i (E46) (2005–2006)
Since its inaugural year in 2005, they have entered cars in the FIA World Touring Car Championship as an independent team with BMWs. In that first year, Marc Hennerici won the Independents Trophy for the team.

European Alfa Challenge driver Emmet O'Brien tested for the team at Oschersleben in December 2005. In February 2006, O'Brien along with Diego Romanini were confirmed as the first two drivers for the 2006 season. The team would hope to switch to the new BMW 3 Series (E90) chassis before the end of the season. O'Brien left the team after the Race of Brazil having endured a difficult start to the year, preferring to search for a drive elsewhere.

BMW 320si (E90) (2007–2010)
In 2007, Italian driver Stefano D'Aste won the WTCC independents trophy again as a Wiechers-Sport driver.

For the 2008 season, a total of six drivers drove for the team in selected rounds including Olivier Tielemans, Duncan Huisman and Matthew Marsh.

After a year at Proteam Motorsport, D'Aste returned to Wiechers-Sport for the 2009 season. D'Aste crashed out of the first race of the season at the Race of Brazil and finished 20th in the second race. He broke through into the top five of the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy at the second round. French GT Championship driver Laurent Cazenave joined Wiechers-Sport for the Race of France alongside D'Aste. D'Aste came close to securing the race two pole position at the Race of Spain after a battle with Sergio Hernández. The team did however go on to take the independents' victory in race two. D'Aste recorded two more independent victories at the Race of Portugal. The team scored their first points of the season at the Race of Germany when D'Aste finished seventh, this later became sixth when Nicola Larini was given 30–second penalty. D'Aste collided with Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Fabio Fabiani in free practice for the Race of Italy before going on to take the independents' pole position in qualifying and the independent victory in race two. Japanese driver Seiji Ara joined the team for the Race of Japan in a second car. Takayuki Aoki took over the second car for the Race of Macau season finale. D'Aste stopped on track during the first part of qualifying and on the narrow street circuit, Lada Sport driver James Thompson crashed into the stationary BMW. The extensive damage from the collision ruled D'Aste to sit out both races while Thompson was taken to hospital. This left Aoki is the team's only entry for the rest of the weekend, scoring a best result of sixteenth in race two. The team finished the season fourth in the Yokohama Teams' Trophy while D'Aste dropped to fourth in the drivers' trophy having missed the final round.

With D'Aste returning to Proteam, Mehdi Bennani joined the team as their main driver for the 2010 season. Bennani dropped for seventh to ninth on the last lap of race two at the Race of Morocco but still took the team's first independent victory of the season. Bennani originally finished tenth and took the independent victory in race one of the Race of Italy but after the race was given a 30-second penalty for cutting the first chicane on the opening lap, handing tenth place and a first Independents' Trophy victory to Harry Vaulkhard. He was then given a driver–through penalty in race two for jumping the start. The Race of UK saw Bennani black flagged in the second practice session for repeatedly exceeding the track limits before going on to have an eventful race two. He tapped Franz Engstler into a spin before later putting Darryl O'Young into the gravel. Benanni was penalised again after the second race of the Race of the Czech Republic having caused a collision. He was then one of twelve drivers to receive a post race 30–second penalty for breaking the speed limit during the rolling start at the team's home race in Germany. The team added an extra car for the Race of Japan to run local driver Masataka Yanagida. After the Race of Macau, Wiechers-Sport finished fifth in the teams' standings while Bennani also finished fifth in the independents' championship having been as high as third earlier on in the season.

BMW 320 TC (2011–)

Wiechers switched to the BMW 320 TC for the 2011 season, using the new 1.6 litre turbocharged engine with former SEAT León Eurocup racer and WTCC debutant Urs Sonderegger at the wheel. The team started their season at the Race of Belgium after they tested the new car. Sonderegger sustained minor injuries in the second practice session for the Race of Hungary and missed the rest of the weekend. The team returned to action in the Czech Republic but Sonderegger left the team after the event having failed to be competitive, his replacement for the Race of Portugal was the team's former driver Stefano D'Aste. D'Aste finished tenth in the first part of qualifying to secure the reversed grid pole position on his return to the championship. D'Aste led three laps of race two before he started to drop down the field, eventually finishing eleventh. D'Aste was unavailable for the Race of UK due to commitments in the GT4 European Cup, his replacement for the round was Scandinavian Touring Car Championship driver Colin Turkington. Turkington was fifth in qualifying and therefore the quickest independent driver. The team then had an eventful first race as Turkington clashed with Tarquini at the Craner Curves and dropped down to tenth, he then managed to get back to ninth place before locking up on lap seven and rejoined the track in sixteenth place. He finished the first race in ninth place and then scored another point in race two to finish tenth. D'Aste returned for the Race of Germany where he took the independent victory in both races. Wiechers-Sport finished the season sixth in the teams' trophy and Turkington was their best placed driver in the overall drivers' championship in 13th place.

The team returned for 2012 running a BMW for D'Aste. D'Aste finished fifth in race two of the season opener to take the independents' victory, he left the round at the top of the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy tied on points with Pepe Oriola and Alex MacDowall. D'Aste started from pole position for race two at the Race of Spain and led until lap seven until running wide allowing Alain Menu to take the lead. The leading pair then hit oil and D'Aste dropped down to his eventual finishing position of third. Despite his podium finish, D'Aste lost the lead of the independents' trophy to Tuenti Racing Team's Oriola. D'Aste started on the reversed grid pole again at the Race of Slovakia and maintained his lead at the start before running wide and losing places. During race two of the Race of Hungary, D'Aste spent the second half of the race behind the factory Chevrolet of Yvan Muller. D'Aste finished eighth after Muller ran wide on the final lap. D'Aste took his and the team's first win in race two of the Race of Austria in a race plagued with tyre issues. D'Aste was running fourth on the final lap when race leader Muller went off with the puncture. Robert Huff inherited the lead but then got a puncture at the final corner, second placed Tom Coronel tried to overtake up the inside while D'Aste pulled off a move around the outside to take the win. A last lap coming together with Franz Engstler in the first race at the Race of Brazil landed D'Aste with a 30–second penalty after the race, dropping his to seventeenth. He finished thirteenth in race two in what had been a difficult weekend for the team. The team had mixed fortunes at the Race of the United States, D'Aste was one of a number of drivers to be caught out by a first lap pileup in race one. He then started on pole position for race two before spinning out of the lead halfway around the first lap. D'Aste took his third reversed grid pole of the year at the Race of Japan and led from lights to flag to claim Wiechers–Sports' second win of the season. D'Aste claimed another podium result by finishing third at the Race of China in race one. He ran as high as second in race two and eventually took the independents' victory despite the BMW's drivers' door hanging loose. D'Aste was in with a chance of securing the independent drivers' title going into the final round of the season. He could only manage eleventh in qualifying while all his title rivals made it through to Q2. Race one saw the Yokohama Trophy rivals caught out by an incident at Lisboa on the first lap, D'Aste's car was damaged and he returned to the pits for repairs but his race was ended when he was issued with a black and orange flag. D'Aste ended the season third in the independent drivers' trophy while the team were the highest place single car entry in the teams' championship with sixth.

With the departure of D'Aste to his own team, Fredy Barth joined Wiechers–Sport for the 2013 season.

Results

World Touring Car Championship

References

External links

WTCC official website

Auto racing teams in Germany
World Touring Car Championship teams
Auto racing teams established in 1999


Stopiņi Municipality () is a former municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, and the Riga Planning Region in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2005 through the reorganization of Stopiņi Parish, the administrative centre being Ulbroka. The municipality consisted of the following villages and settlements: Ulbroka, Saurieši, Upeslejas, Dreiliņi, Vālodzes, Līči, Dzidriņas, Rumbula and Cekule. The population in 2020 was 11,458.

On 1 July 2021, Stopiņi Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged to Ropaži Municipality as Stopiņi Parish.

The municipality derived its name from the estate Stopenhof, founded in the area in the 16th century by the city doctor of Riga, Zacharias Stopius. The coat of arms of the municipality also incorporates parts from the coat of art of Zacharias Stopius.

The only IKEA store in Latvia was completed here in July 2018.

See also
 Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

External links

Former municipalities of Latvia


Buston may refer to:

Buston, Mastchoh District, a town in northern Tajikistan
Buston, Shahriston District, a village in northern Tajikistan
Buston, Sughd, a city in northern Tajikistan
High Buston,  a small hamlet on the Northumberland coast of England situated between Alnmouth and Warkworth
Buton Rinchen Drub, often (Bu-ston), an early Tibetan scholar

See also

Boston (disambiguation)
Buxton (disambiguation)


The National Defence Volunteer Forces or NDVF ( [], previously  []) is a branch of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Volunteer forces were officially established on 17 January 1991 by the law of the Supreme Council of Lithuania on the National Defence Volunteer Service providing basis for establishing Voluntary National Defence Service. This decision made legal already existing volunteer formations that began appearing as early as 1990. Voluntary National Defence Service was reorganised into the National Defence Volunteer Force.  In 2003 Volunteer Force was integrated into the Lithuanian Land Force. Tasks of volunteer soldiers were inevitably altered when Lithuania became a full-fledged member of NATO: approach of territorial defence was changed into territorial defence and training of modern active reserve. There are around 5000 volunteers and around 800 professional soldiers in the force.

History

Origins
The NDVF's history is somewhat linked to the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union, which was the largest self-defence forces organization with official status in Lithuania before the Soviet occupation in 1940. Also Territorial dragoon service can be considered an indirect predecessor of today's NDVF (according to the way military service is performed).

During 1991 all units of the National Defence System were formed on a voluntary basis.

On 11 January 1991 several hundred of the Parliament defenders took an oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania and with support from the public began preparing for a possible attack against the Lithuanian Supreme Council building (presently the Parliament of Lithuania). Other volunteers joined units to protect facilities of the Press Palace, Vilnius Television Tower, and other strategic assets when the Soviet Union was attempting to overthrow the legal government of Lithuania and reintroduce an occupational regime in January 1991.

On 17 January 1991 the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania passed the law on the National Defence Volunteer Service, which became the basis for the establishment of the then Voluntary National Defence Service (VNDS).

In March 1991 the VNDS staff, an operational platoon, the VNDS Training Centre were formed as well as 200 company-size units were organized into eight territorial defence regions. In accordance with an order issued by Director General of Department of National Defence, Colonel Jonas Gečas was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Voluntary National Defence Service.

1991 Soviet coup attempt
During the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, volunteer serviceman Artūras Sakalauskas lost his life in the line of duty when defending the Lithuanian Supreme Council on 21 August.

Once the coup d'état was defeated, NDVS units received an order to block the Soviet forces in order to prevent them from bringing replacement troops from Russia into Lithuania. At that time forty-four guard posts were installed where 201 NDVS members would simultaneously stand on duty. At the end of 1991, the Volunteer Forces embarked upon the protection of national strategic assets.

Current duties

Volunteer units provided support to civilian authorities in the event of natural or industrial disasters. In the summer of 1992, thousands of volunteers assisted in fighting fires in wooded areas and peat lands; they participated in cleaning hazardous spill on the Nemunas River subsequent to an ecological disaster in Belarus. They also took part in relief activities during the flood of the Nemunas Delta in the Western part of Lithuania. In 1993, during a visit of Pope John Paul II to Lithuania, thousands of volunteers helped the police maintain public order.

The Volunteer units took part in the first military exercises organised by the Lithuanian Armed Forces including the first joint military exercises Safeguard '93, Wind of Spring (1997–1998), Baltic Challenge (1998), Amber Hope series.

Starting in 1994 members of the Volunteer Forces began participating international peacekeeping missions.

In 1998 the Voluntary National Defence Service (SKAT in Lithuanian) was reorganised as the National Defence Volunteer Forces, KASP – in Lithuanian) and became an integral part of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

Organization 2023
As of May 2023 the organization of the National Defence Volunteer Forces is as follows:

  National Defence Volunteer Forces, in Vilnius
 1st Territorial Unit Dainava District, in Alytus
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Alytus
 9× infantry companies, in Alytus, Varėna, Lazdijai, Vilkaviškis, Marijampolė, Druskininkai, and Kalvarija
 2nd Territorial Unit Darius and Girėnas District, in Kaunas
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Kaunas
 9× infantry companies
 3rd Territorial Unit Žemaičiai District, in Klaipėda
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Klaipėda
 9× infantry companies, in Klaipėda (2×), Gargždai, Plungė, Skuodas, Šilutė, Kretinga, Tauragė, and Šilalė
 5th Territorial Unit Vytis District, in Panevėžys
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Panevėžys
 9× infantry companies, in Panevėžys (2×), Pasvalys, Biržai, Kupiškis, Rokiškis, Anykščiai, Utena, and Zarasai
 6th Territorial Unit Prisikėlimo District, in Šiauliai
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Šiauliai
 9× infantry companies Šiauliai (2×), Mažeikiai, Telšiai, Kelmė, Joniškis, Pakruojis, Radviliškis, and Naujoji Akmenė
 8th Territorial Unit Didžioji Kova District, in Vilnius
 Headquarters & Supply Company, in Vilnius
 9× infantry companies Vilnius (2×), Nemenčinė, Trakai, Ukmergė, Molėtai, Ignalina, Švenčionys, and Šalčininkai
 Non-kinetic Operations Company, in Vilnius

Functions
Tasks of the NDVF are training volunteers and other members of active reserve, units of NDVF for conducting territorial and collective defence tasks, preparing and participating in international operations, guarding important objects of defence infrastructure, state and municipal administration, and render assistance in case of natural disasters and catastrophes.

provide trained personnel for regular units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, by transferring them to a higher readiness level or deployment to multinational operations;
prepares specialists of various fields and infantry units of up to company size for international deployment;
participates in providing host nation support to NATO or the Allied forces;
conducts peacetime tasks defined in legislation;
plans and conducts warfare training of volunteer soldiers;
develops cooperation with corresponding organisations in other countries regarding matters of warfare training of NDVF;
provides support for governmental and municipal institutions according to the order set by legal acts;
performs tasks of guarding vital objects of defence infrastructure, state and municipalities;
represents Lithuanian Armed Forces in the community: strengthens connection between the community and the armed forces, organises and conducts military patriotic education of youth, maintains close relations with local community, participates in public life, festivals and events within its scope;
is responsible for delivering technical provision and supplies for subordinate units, controls consumption of supplies;
organises maintenance, and effective and economical usage according to the purpose of the NDVF military and other equipment and other assets;
trains soldiers of NDVF and provides them with appropriate service conditions;
Performs other functions related to the tasks of NDVF if so designated by laws or other legal acts.

Equipment

 Colt M1911
 Heckler & Koch G36 KA
 AK 4MT
 FN SCAR
 /  M14 L1
 FN MAG
 MG 3
 M72 LAW
 Carl Gustav
 AT4
 Mercedes Benz 1213
 Mercedes Benz GD
 Unimog 4x4

References

Sources
 Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania
 Military of Lithuania

Lithuanian Land Force
1991 establishments in Lithuania
Military units and formations established in 1991
Military units and formations of Lithuania


Filipe Gomes Ribeiro (born 25 May 1987 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Albanian club Partizani.

Career
Filipe started his football career playing with Vasco da Gama. In 2005, he was noted by Fiorentina director of football Pantaleo Corvino, and joined the Primavera squad. However, three consecutive knee injuries in two years did not allow him to ever become part of the first team, and he left Fiorentina by mutual consent in 2008. After his third knee injury, Filipe moved to Rome to start his rehabilitation, where he was allowed to use the AS Roma training facilities for such purposes, where Francesco Totti and Alessio Cerci were recovering from similar injuries. He was later noted by the AS Roma coaches and, after a trial period, he was offered a one-year contract with the giallorossi. On February 21, 2009 he finally made his Serie A debut, entering in the final minutes of a league match against Siena. On March 21, due to an injury crisis which saw the Capital club missing 10 first team players, Filipe made his first start for the first team in a 1–4 home defeat to Juventus.

In July 2009, after his contract with AS Roma was not extended, Filipe agreed a permanent deal with Serie A club Siena. Filipe wore no.23 shirt in 2010–11 pre-season, which later given to Franco Brienza.

He spent the 2010–11 season on loan to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Como, playing 26 games and scoring twice. In July 2011 he was loaned out again, this time to Serie B club Varese.

In January 2016, Felipe agreed to a 6-month loan to play with the Albanian team of FK Partizani Tirana till the end of the season.

References

AS Roma players
1987 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Kategoria Superiore players
ACR Siena 1904 players
Como 1907 players
SSD Varese Calcio players
AC Perugia Calcio players
FK Partizani Tirana players
Calcio Padova players
US Lecce players
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)


Conradina is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Its common name is false rosemary, or rarely, short leaf rosemary.  There are 7 species of Conradina, all native to the southeastern United States. Conradina verticillata grows on the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky and Tennessee.  The other five grow mainly in Florida. All of the species are closely related and there is some doubt about whether they are all separate.  Most species occupy xeric habitats with well-drained soils composed of white sand. The genus Conradina was established by Asa Gray in 1870. It was named for the American botanist Solomon White Conrad.

False rosemary is adapted to dunes and open, scrubby areas.  It is a woody perennial shrub, often with masses of white to lavender blooms in the early spring or fall.  These blooms attract several species of bees.  Conradina often has a scrubby appearance; however some plants seem to have a denser habitus.  Conradina is found growing in association with sand pines and oaks, and may be a pioneer species in disturbed areas. Terpenes released from false rosemary are allelopathic, and suppresses the growth of grasses. This is thought to help prevent wildfires.  The plants are commonly up to  in height.

False rosemary has been suggested as a landscaping plant for xeriscaping because it is drought tolerant and grows well with little water, even in poor soils.

False rosemary has flowers and scent similar to those of Rosmarinus officinalis.

Until recently, limited scientific study had been published on culinary, medicinal or other properties of Conradina, but it has been shown to be a potential source for numerous essential oils and other compounds.

Apart from Conradina verticillata, which is a triploid, all of the species of Conradina are diploid and have a haploid chromosome number of 12. Conradina has been the subject of genetic research.

Species

Affinities
Conradina is one of the southeastern scrub mints. This group consists of Dicerandra, Stachydeoma, Piloblephis, Conradina, and four species of the polyphyletic genus Clinopodium that will eventually be transferred out of that genus. All are shrubs except Dicerandra. They are indigenous to the southeastern United States. Conradina is distinguished from the others by a sharply bent corolla tube.

References

Sources
 (1) FNAI. 2000. Field Guide to the Rare Plants and Animals of Florida online. Florida Natural Areas Inventory.
 (2) Godfrey, R. K. 1988. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines of northern Florida and adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

External links

 Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia
 Conradina In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences At: Biodiversity Heritage Library
 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C At: Botany & Plant Science At: Life Science At: CRC Press
 Compounda from Conradina etonia
 Homepage of Christine E. Edwards
 U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Database
 Florida Plant Atlas
 Center for Plant Conservation National; Collection of Imperiled Plants

Lamiaceae genera
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Asa Gray


Christian Henrik Glass (18 May 1821 - 12 August 1893) was a Danish composer, organist and pianist.  He was a student of Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann.  His son was the composer and pianist Louis Glass.

Male composers
Danish classical pianists
Danish classical organists
Male classical organists
1821 births
1893 deaths
19th-century Danish composers
19th-century classical pianists
Male classical pianists
19th-century male musicians
19th-century organists


Alternative Investment Strategies Limited () was a large British investment fund dedicated to investing in hedge funds. Established in December 1996, the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Chairman was Nicholas Wilson. It returned all its assets to investors and closed down in February 2014.

References

External links
 Official site

Investment trusts of the United Kingdom


Allaži Parish () is an administrative unit of Sigulda Municipality, Latvia.

References

Sigulda Municipality
Parishes of Latvia


Michael Hutcheon is a Canadian medical doctor and author. In addition to his medical specialization in respirology, Hutcheon has published widely, predominantly with Linda Hutcheon, on the subject of the representation of medicine in cultural texts.

Select bibliography
Four Last Songs:  Aging and Creativity in Verdi, Strauss, Messiaen, and Britten (2015) (with Linda Hutcheon).
Opera: The Art of Dying. Harvard University Press, 2004 (with Linda Hutcheon).
Bodily Charm: Living Opera. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000 (with Linda Hutcheon).
Opera: Desire, Disease, and Death. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 (with Linda Hutcheon)

References

External links
 Linda and Michael Hutcheon at the University of Toronto's website

Living people
Canadian pulmonologists
Year of birth missing (living people)


Babīte Parish () is an administrative unit of Mārupe Municipality, Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Babīte Municipality. Latvian law defines Babīte Parish as belonging partly to the region of Vidzeme and partly to Semigallia.

References

Parishes of Latvia
Mārupe Municipality
Vidzeme
Semigallia


James Philbrook was an American actor who appeared in several major films, including I Want to Live! (1958), Woman Obsessed and as Colonel Tall in the 1964 war picture The Thin Red Line. He had supporting roles on television, including The Islanders (1960–61) and The New Loretta Young Show (1962 - 1963).

Early years
Philbrook was born on October 22, 1924, at Davenport, Iowa, the son of Roland F. Philbrook, a clergyman. He attended St. Ambrose University and the University of Iowa, eventually completing an electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1946.

A December 26, 1962, newspaper article reported on Philbrook's varied occupational experiences: "At various times, he's been a miner, a rodeo performer, a gym instructor, a writer, a photographer — you name, he's done it with various degrees of success."

Military service
Philbrook was an aviation electronics specialist for the Navy for four years during the Korean War. He was stationed in Africa, the Aleutian Islands, China, Europe, and India.

Personal life
Philbrook was married to the former Frances Cassling. They had four children.

Death
Philbrook died on October 24, 1982, at Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Notes

References

External links

American male television actors
American male film actors
Actors from Davenport, Iowa
Male actors from Los Angeles
20th-century American male actors
MIT School of Engineering alumni
1924 births
1984 deaths


"Nothin" is the lead single from American rapper N.O.R.E.'s third studio album, God's Favorite (2002). The song was produced by the Neptunes and features Neptunes member Pharrell Williams performing the song's hook. "Nothin" reached  10 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing his 1998 hit "Superthug" (also produced by the Neptunes) as his biggest solo hit. At the end of 2002, "Nothin" was ranked No. 37 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002.

Composition
Produced by the Neptunes, "Nothin" was recorded by N.O.R.E. for his third studio album God's Favorite (2002), with songwriting being credited to N.O.R.E. and Neptunes members Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. Williams performs the song's hook. The lyrics contain a nod to Smash Mouth's 1999 song "All Star"; the song's writer, Smash Mouth guitarist Greg Camp, was later credited as an additional songwriter on "Nothin".

Remix
The official remix was later released and features Pharrell Williams, P. Diddy, Foxy Brown, Capone, Final Chapter, & Musaliny-N-Maze.

Legacy
In 2022, Spin listed "Nothin" as the 44th best song of 2002. The same year, it was sampled on rapper Armani White's song "Billie Eilish". White and N.O.R.E. performed a medley of both songs at the 2022 edition of the BET Hip Hop Awards.

Track listing
A-side
 "Nothin" (album version)
 "Nahmeanuheard" (remix) (featuring Cam'ron, Capone, Cassidy and Fat Joe)

B-side
 "Nothin" (instrumental)
 "Nahmeanuheard" (remix instrumental)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2002 singles
2002 songs
Def Jam Recordings singles
N.O.R.E. songs
Song recordings produced by the Neptunes
Songs written by Greg Camp
Songs written by Chad Hugo
Songs written by N.O.R.E.
Songs written by Pharrell Williams


This page shows the results of the Gymnastics Competition at the 1991 Pan American Games, held from August 2 to August 18 in Havana, Cuba.

Medal table

Artistic gymnastics

Men's competition

All-around

Floor exercise

Parallel bars

Pommel horse

Rings

Horizontal bar

Vault

Team

Women's competition

All-around

Floor exercise

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Vault

Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Women's competition

All-around

Rope

Hoop

Ball

Clubs

Group

Team

See also
Pan American Gymnastics Championships
South American Gymnastics Championships
Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References
 Sports 123

Events at the 1991 Pan American Games
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Daugmale Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Ķekava Municipality, Latvia. It was an administrative unit of Riga District. The administrative center is Daugmale village. The territory of Daugmale Parish is defined by law as a part of the region of Semigallia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Daugmale Parish
 Daugmale

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Ķekava Municipality
Semigallia


Krimulda Parish () is an administrative unit of Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of Riga District.

Towns, villages and settlements of Krimulda Parish

References

Parishes of Latvia
Sigulda Municipality
Vidzeme


Living Streets Aotearoa Inc.  is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities.  Living Streets Aotearoa is the national walking advocacy group with the vision of "more people choosing to walk more often."

It promotes the concept of living streets, the use of roads for functions other than just vehicle access. The organisation is a voting member of the International Federation of Pedestrians.

History
Celia Wade-Brown, the inaugural President from 2002 to 2009, noticed that drivers, cyclists and government agencies met to discuss road safety, modal shift and funding but that pedestrians and trampers were not part of the discussion. The organisation was founded to ensure that the voice of people on foot was heard, and evolved from Walk Wellington which was set up in 1998 by a group of Wellingtonians with an interest in the rights of pedestrians and the benefits of walking. Living Streets Aotearoa was incorporated in 2002.

The joint advocacy of Living Streets Aotearoa and cycle groups was pivotal in creating Getting there - on foot, by cycle - the New Zealand Walking and Cycling Strategy in 2005 and its subsequent (although at present only partial) implementation.

There is a national executive committee and several local groups which advocate walking.

The organisation received direct government funding until a change of government in 2008. It now relies entirely on subscription and grants.

Funding for walking and pedestrian improvements is only available at local government level in New Zealand, and competes with many other priorities. The Local Government New Zealand discussion of the complex arrangements for funding transport sets out some of the issues.

Main activities
Living Streets works to develop walking-friendly communities throughout New Zealand and to promote the social, environmental, health and economic benefits of walking as a means of transport and recreation. Living Streets exists because the diverse needs and aspirations of people on foot are often overlooked.  Walking is not consistently or fully integrated into decision-making in transport, urban design, public health and community development planning. Submissions on many policies and plans are a key activity and are made to national, local and other agencies to promote walkability and pedestrian friendly environments.

Promotion of the International Walking Charter has resulted in several local government councils adopting it and agreed Walking Policies or plans.

A biennial walking conference has been held in 2006, 2008 and 2010. The conference was combined with the cycle conference in 2012, 2014 and will be in 2016.

Biennial Golden Foot Awards have been presented at the biennial conferences.

Several campaigns to improve walkability include calls to

- change the legislation to make vehicle users give way to pedestrians when turning

- re-signpost roads so that pedestrian exits are clearly marked

Living Streets Aotearoa supports the proposed new walkway across the Auckland Harbour Bridge - Skypath.

See also
Public transport in New Zealand
CCSDisability - includes mobility for the physically disabled
Blind Foundation - includes mobility for people who are blind or have low vision
Te Araroa national walkway
Walking Access Commission for Access Maps
Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ

References

External links
Living Streets Aotearoa

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Ķekava Parish () is an administrative unit of Ķekava Municipality, Latvia. The administrative center is Ķekava village. Ķekava Parish is defined by Latvian law as belonging partly to the region of Vidzeme and partly to Semigallia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Ķekava Parish
 Alejas
 Bērzmente
 Dzērumi
 Katlakalns
 Ķekava
 Misas
 Plakanciems
 Rāmava
 Valdlauči
 Vimbukrogs

References

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Ķekava Municipality
Vidzeme
Semigallia


Georg Gerson (also George; 14 October 1790 – 16 February 1825) was a Danish composer and banker.  Most of his works are orchestral.

Life

Gerson was the son of the Königsberg banker Heyman Gerson (1765–1839), who bore the title Chaijm Kenigsberg on his the letter of escort to Copenhagen in 1789, and Sprinzche Esperance Melchior (1771–1797). He was born into a soon-to-be-prosperous Reform Jewish family, who, like most Jewish residents in Copenhagen, spoke German. He had a sister, a half-brother, and a half-sister.

Georg Gerson showed business talent as a teenager in his classes at the philanthropic . At the age of 15, he was sent to Hamburg to apprentice at Fürst, Haller & Comp. He was also very talented musically. In 1807 his teacher  introduced him to amateur musicians who performed string quartets on domestic salon music evenings. In this way, during his time in Hamburg, not least because he was a popular guest with the merchant families Fürst and Haller, he came into close contact with two virtuosos at that time, the violinist Andreas Romberg, who soon took over Gerson's training as a composer, and the cellist Bernhard Romberg (a cousin of Andreas). Andreas Romberg remained Gerson's compositional consultant for life. Gerson also studied music theory.

When he returned to Copenhagen in 1812, he joined the banking company Hambro og Søn, becoming a co-owner in 1816. Gerson played in a quartet and was also an active member of some notable music associations in Copenhagen, such as  around 1814 and the Selskabet for musikkens Udbredelse around 1820.

He went on several business trips to London and wrote songs there in English, including two on poems by Thomas Moore. After brokering a loan to the Danish Treasury from England, Gerson and his business partner Joseph Hambro were appointed "Hofråd" in 1821 by King Frederik VI. On the way home from one of his trips to London, Gerson suffered a stroke in Hamburg that paralyzed his left hand, ending his activity as a musician. He died in 1825 of another stroke at the age of 34, just four months after marrying Adelaide Nathan-David (1796–1891), a niece of his stepmother Emilie Nathan David (1777–1855).

Works
 Concert Overture in D major (1813)
 Symphony in E flat major (1817)
 Concert Overture in E Flat Major (1818)
 Violin concerto (1821)
 5 string quartets
 1 string quintet
 2 Italian scenes (for orchestra)
 Paternoster for male choir
 numerous vocal works

Notes

References
 Dansk biografisk leksikon. 1980
 Carl Frederik Bricka (ed.). "Georg Gerson." In Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. 1st ed., vol. 6: Gerson–H. Hansen. Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Kopenhagen 1892, p. 1–2.

External links

 Entry on klassika.info

Danish composers
Male composers
Danish bankers
1790 births
1825 deaths
19th-century male musicians


Dermatothlasia is a cutaneous neurosis characterized by a person's uncontrollable desire to rub or pinch him/herself to form bruised areas on the skin, sometimes as a defense against pain elsewhere.

References

Neurocutaneous conditions


Olaine Parish () is an administrative unit of Olaine Municipality, Latvia. The territory of Olaine Parish is defined by Latvian law as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region and partly to Semigallia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Olaine parish

References

Parishes of Latvia
Olaine Municipality
Vidzeme
Semigallia


Sala Parish () is a territorial unit of Mārupe Municipality in Latvia . From 2009 until 2021, it was part of Babīte Municipality. Prior to 2009, it was part of Riga District. Sala Parish is defined by Latvian law as a part of the region of Vidzeme.

Villages
 Spuņciems (parish centre)
 Gātciems
 Kaģi
 Kūdra
 Pavasari
 Pērnciems
 Silmalas
 Sīpolciems
 Straupciems
 Varkaļi

References

Parishes of Latvia
Mārupe Municipality
Vidzeme


Lars Graugaard (born Copenhagen, 10 February 1957) is a Danish composer of contemporary classical music and a laptop performer of improvised music and experimental techno music.

Education
Graugaard studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Music between 1977 and 1983. He studied composition with Niels Viggo Bentzon, flute performance with , and supplementary studies with Michel Debost. Graugaard graduated in 1983 with an MA in flute performance. In the early 1980s he briefly sought compositional advice from leading Danish composers before pursuing self-guided studies in composition and other forms of musical creation. He received a PhD from Oxford Brookes University in 2006 with his dissertation Gesture And Emotion In Interactive Music – Artistic and Technological Challenges, under the supervision of Robert Rowe and Paul Dibley.

Career
Since the late 2000s he has used empirical studies from cognitive musicology into the correlation between emotion and score notation to guide musical discourse and development. This allows him to preserve his compositional materials and procedures, while at the same time attending the music's expressive dimension, as manifested in works such as "Three Places" (2011), "Venus" (2013) and "Engage And Share" (2014).

Implementing aspects of his compositional procedures in computer code has allowed him to use empirical models of pitch sequences.

References

External links
clang
Discography
List of writings
Cognitive musicology
Official homepage
Academia.edu profile
DaCapo profile
Edition S profile

1957 births
Living people
Danish composers
Danish flautists
Male composers
Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni


Clarkia arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name glandular clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodlands of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. It is an annual herb producing a slender, erect stem often exceeding half a meter in height. The leaves are narrow, usually linear or lance-shaped, and up to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears a few flowers, which dangle when they are buds and grow erect as they open. The sepals stay fused as the petals open and emerge from one side. They are coated in glandular hairs. The petals are up to 3 centimeters long, pink-lavender in color, sometimes with a reddish blotch at the base. They form a bowl-shaped corolla. There are 8 stamens and a protruding, four-chambered ovary. The fruit is an elongated capsule which may reach 3.5 centimeters long.

External links
Jepson Manual Profile
Photo gallery

Endemic flora of California
arcuata
Plants described in 1855
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


A total lunar eclipse will take place on June 6, 2058. The Moon will pass through the center of the Earth's shadow.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

Tritos series

Inex series

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 138.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

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2058 in science
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Tsala Apopka Lake is a chain of lakes located within a bend in the Withlacoochee River in Citrus County in north central Florida. This area is known historically as the Cove of the Withlacoochee.

Tsala Apopka Lake is composed of a number of lakes, swamps and marshes interspersed with islands, with a total open water surface area of about . It is spread through an area of about , bounded by State Road 200 to the north, State Road 48 to the south, the Withlacoochee River to the east, and US 41 to the west. About one-quarter of the area is in mesic hammocks or live oak scrub.

Modern water control

Modern water control structures manage the water flow and divide the chain of lakes into three pools, Floral City, Hernando and Inverness. Historically, water flowed between the Withlacoochee River and Tsala Apopka Lake through wetlands. The main source of water flow into the chain of lakes today is through canals from the Withlacoochee River into the Floral City Pool. Water from the Floral City Pool flows partly into the Inverness Pool, and partly back into the Withlacoochee through canals. Most of the outflow from the Inverness Pool goes to the Hernando Pool, and thence into the Withlacoochee River. Tsala Apopka Lake lies in an area that has been labeled by geologists as the Tsala Apopka Plain of the Western Valley and the Tsala Apopka Basin of the Ocala Uplift Physiographic District.

Early settlers
The Cove of the Withlacoochee was occupied by Indigenous peoples of Florida for many centuries. As of 1984, 30 archaeological sites had been identified in the area, with evidence of occupation by people of the Deptford, Weeden Island, and Safety Harbor cultures. The de Soto expedition crossed the middle section of the Cove in 1539 before reaching the Timucua town of Ocale. The Duval Island archaeological site (8Ci5), at the southern end of the Cove, is a likely location for the town of Tocaste named in the chronicles of the de Soto expedition. Another archaeological site, Tatham Mound (8Ci203), contained burials of a few people killed by sword blows, and of at least 77 individuals who apparently died at close to the same time, perhaps from an epidemic disease introduce by the de Soto expedition. The area supported a large Seminole population before and during the Second Seminole War. The Wild Hog Scrub archaeological site (8Ci198) has been tentatively identified as Powell's Town, Osceola's home at the beginning of the Second Seminole War. The Cove was a focus of military activity in the first year of the Second Seminole War, with large U.S. forces attacking the Seminoles there in December 1835, February–March 1836 and October–November 1836.

Notes

References

Lakes of Citrus County, Florida
Lakes of Florida
Archaeological sites in Florida


Caranga is one of eight parishes in Proaza, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 87 (INE 2005).

Villages
 Caranga d'Abaxu
 Caranga d'Arriba

Parishes in Proaza


Charles Suckling Arthur (1863 – 12 December 1925) was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Arthur was one of the Wales team to face the first Southern Hemisphere touring parties, the 1888 New Zealand Natives.

Rugby career
Arthur came to prominence as a rugby player while playing for first class team Cardiff. His first international cap was in the second game of the 1888 Home Nations Championship, when George Bowen was moved to cover the absent Arthur Gould, and Arthur took Bowen's normal position. Under the captaincy of Tom Clapp, Wales lost the game against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. Despite the loss, Arthur was chosen for the Wales team to face the touring Māoris. Played at St. Helen's on 22 December 1888, the Swansea crowd was very hostile towards their own team. The crowd believed that the Swansea backs had been overlooked and booed the Welsh players from other clubs, Arthur and Newport's George Thomas were picked out for specific ill treatment. Even without the full support of the Welsh crowd, Arthur ended on the winning side with tries from Thomas, Towers and Hannan.

A week later Arthur was part of the Cardiff team to face the same touring Māoris, who had come back from the Welsh defeat to beat both Swansea and Newport in the last five days. Captained by Frank Hill, the Cardiff team faced the tourists on a wet, heavy ground which turned the match into a game controlled by the forwards. Arthur was in the thick of the action, and after a quick line-out he set of on a deceptive run before feeding Norman Biggs who scored a try. Later on Arthur set up another try when he dodged several players to feed Nicholls and Morgan, who scored a rare joint try. Although the Māoris scored a try, Cardiff finished the match victorious. When the 1889 Championship began just six weeks later, Arthur was not part of the team, but was given one more cap in the 1891 tournament. With Gould away on business in the West Indies and Dickie Garrett unavailable, Arthur was brought in to fill the centre role for the England game. Wales were outplayed by England, and lost 3–7. Although Arthur would never play for Wales again, he was still a major part of his club side, and after Hill, Arthur was made captain of the Cardiff senior side.

Arthur was also an early enthusiast in rugby history. Compiling one of the first rugby union books The Cardiff Rugby Football Club, History and Statistics 1876–1906.

International matches played
Wales
  1891
  1888
  1888

References

Sources

1863 births
1925 deaths
British sportswriters
Cardiff RFC players
English rugby union players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from King's Lynn
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players


Peter Malcolm Pyke (born 15 November 1950) is an Australian politician. Pyke was born in London and served with the Queensland Police Service for 16 years before entering parliament, heading the first dedicated police unit to focus on violence against women and serving as an instructor at the Queensland Police Academy. He came to public attention as a campaigner against corruption in the service, making a 100 page submission to the Fitzgerald Royal Commission of Inquiry and commenting regularly to the media on the inquiry's proceedings.

Pyke was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for the newly created seat of Mount Ommaney at the 1992 state election. Mount Ommaney was predominantly based on the former safe Liberal seat of Sherwood which had been held for 11 years by former barrister and Liberal Party leader Angus Innes. Pyke lost his seat at the 1995 state election, at which he was defeated by Bob Harper of the Liberal Party.

In 1993, members of the Queensland Police Service launched an unsuccessful prosecution against Pyke, accusing him of assaulting and depriving the liberty of Brentus Noel Whittaker. The expense of contesting the proceedings forced Pyke to sell his home. Pyke claimed the episode left him in fear for his family's safety after he was threatened by a stranger at a bottle shop on 28 June 1996, shortly after he discussed lodging a complaint with the Crime and Justice Commission over the fabrication of charges against him by police officers.

Pyke attempted a political comeback by standing as an independent at the 2009 state election for the district of Toowoomba South. In June 2010 he announced the formation with former journalist and Liberal Party adviser Graham Higgins of a new political party, the Republican Democrats. In May 2011, Pyke announced his intention to join forces with and run for the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the district of Toowoomba North for Queensland Party which was formed by former Liberal parliamentarian Aidan McLindon in 2010.

In 2012 Peter Pyke ran for the seat of Toowoomba North for Katter's Australian Party and didn't succeed. Pyke was the third most popular candidate following Kerry Shine and Trevor Watts.

Pyke is a qualified electrician and currently operates his own business as a data and communications contractor.

References

1950 births
Living people
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland


Kotten is a hamlet in the municipality of Winterswijk, in the Netherlands.

It was first mentioned in 1302 as Katen or Koten, and means "little farms/houses".

Kotten was home to 677 people in 1840. Kotten always had good relations with neighbouring  in Germany and both villages used to known for their smuggling activities.

Notable people
  (born 1992), model and television presenter. Miss World Nederland in 1998.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Gelderland
Winterswijk


Säkkipilli is the generic Finnish term for bagpipes, but is also applied to the formerly extinct traditional Finnish bagpipes which are currently being revived.

History
Images of a bagpipe appear in painting dating to the 15th century at a church in Taivassalo, though is not definite as to whether the image is intended to depict a local Finnish tradition. Later 17th century sources make mention of the bagpipes in Turku.

Revival
One prominent proponent of the revival of the Finnish pipes is the musician Petri Prauda.  Prauda began playing the Estonian torupill, and later had a Finnish bagpipes reconstructed based on museum examples.

References

External links
 Säkkipilli at Etno.net

Reconstructed musical instruments
Finnish musical instruments
Bagpipes

fi:Säkkipilli


Louise Boyd Dale (March 30, 1913 – December 15, 1967) was a philatelist of the first rank, and the daughter of fellow philatelist Alfred F. Lichtenstein.

Born in New York City, she was raised as a stamp collector from an early age in the environment of her father’s rare collections and numerous prominent philatelic friends, she herself became a highly regarded collector of stamps and a recognized figure in the field of philately.

Serious philatelic research and collecting, up to the early 20th century, was generally regarded as a field for "men only" to enjoy.  Louise Boyd Dale was prominent in breaking this cultural mold, and establishing women in the ranks of philately. She became a "first woman" in a number of positions previously held only by men.

Collecting interests
Louise Dale was responsible for building a number of valuable philatelic collections, some based on the collections of her father, Alfred Lichtenstein. One of her principal collections was that of the postage stamps of British Africa and Asia. Some of her other philatelic acquisitions included very rare items, such as imperforate pairs of the 1875 government reprints of the 1857 issue of the United States and the Bordeaux issues of France.

After she inherited Alfred Lichtenstein's stamp collection and, as the years and decades passed, the Buenos Aires “barquitos” tete-beche pair was never seen again, nor was it offered in the series of Dale-Lichtenstein public auctions held by the H. R. Harmer firm. After the last of the Dale-Lichtenstein collection was sold, any hope for the tete-beche pair’s survival was lost.

Philatelic activity
Dale became a member of the Collectors Club of New York in 1931 and served the club in various capacities. From 1955 to 1967 she served as Trustee to the club.

At the Philatelic Foundation she was Chairman of the Board and of the Expert Committee from 1953 to 1967. While working with the Philatelic Foundation, she continued to build up the Foundation's Reference Library and Reference Collection.

Honors and awards
Louise Boyd Dale was honored for her service to the field of philately in a number of ways. She was:
 the first woman to serve as a judge at an international philatelic exhibition (FIPEX)
 first woman to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (in 1956)
 appointed to the jury of the London International Stamp Exhibition in 1960
 awarded the Lichtenstein Medal in 1962
 entered into the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1968.

Personal life
Louise Boyd Lichtenstein married John Denny Dale (May 16, 1916 - April 20, 1993). They lived in New Canaan, CT, and Red Bank, NJ. They had two children: Anne Boyd Dale (born January 4, 1941), and John Denny Dale Jr (born October 23, 1947)

Legacy
After her death at the early age of 54 in 1967, many of the collections were held by the Anne Boyd Lichtenstein Foundation and made available to students and philatelic organizations to further philatelic research.

References

External links
  APS Hall of Fame, 1968: Louise Boyd Dale
 The Philatelic Foundation – Louise Boyd Dale

1913 births
1967 deaths
Philatelic literature
People from New York City
Vassar College alumni
American philatelists
Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
American Philatelic Society
Women philatelists


Ernest Christopher Memos (October 28, 1932 – July 14, 2019) was an American television broadcaster known by his stage name Ernie Mims. He hosted the WOC-TV children's show Cap'n Ernie's Show Boat from 1964 to 1974.

Life and career

Mims grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire and served as a trumpet player in the United States Air Force Band. His first broadcasting job was at WQUB radio in Galesburg, Illinois, and he adopted his stage name there. He moved to WOC-TV and performed several on-air duties. His first cartoon show aired on Sundays, and he played Uncle Ernie, the station's janitor.

Mims took over the Show Boat hosting duties following runs by Cap'n Ken Wagner, Cap'n Verne Gielow and Cap'n Don Warren. The show featured cartoons intercut with segments on his riverboat the Dixie Belle, where Cap'n Ernie would chat with his puppet friend Sidney (voiced and animated by Craig Frogley), would give away prizes from his treasure chest, or interact with the children in the audience. The show ran until August 1974. None of the 2,600 live episodes were archived.

References

External links
Captain Ernie’s Showboat (March 14, 2010), on TV Iowans Grew Up On, Iowa Public Television

1932 births
2019 deaths
American television personalities
American children's television presenters
People from Nashua, New Hampshire
Military personnel from New Hampshire
United States Air Force Band musicians


Llinares is one of eight parishes in Proaza, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 28 (INE 2005). The postal code is 33114.

Villages
 Las Veigas
 La Polea
 La Rebellada
 Llinares
 El Cantu
 El Cantu Solailesia
 El Carbayón
 La Esquina
 La Fonte Beninu
 L'Oral
 Los Pedreiros
 La Portiella
 La Raya
 El Valle

References

Parishes in Proaza


Mazera is an adventure game created by Cold River Studios and published by Astraware for Palm OS and Pocket PC. The player plays Ix, who as a boy was captured by an alien race called the Mazerians and imprisoned in their zoo, until one day something happens that gives him a chance to escape. As Ix makes his escape, he must solve a large variety of puzzles and challenges so that he can return to his home planet Ixus.

Gameplay

Mazera is essentially a puzzle-solving game, with elements of adventure games and even bit of action games mixed in, sporting a large variety of challenges ranging from Sokoban-style puzzles to memory games (such as a variation on Concentration) to rudimentary Chess to a humorous take on Pong. Each puzzle or challenge appears in its own "room" or area, which are integrated into a larger game world. These areas are often revisited later in the game, thus adding the element of adventure and exploration to the puzzles. If Ix is killed while trying to solve a particular puzzle or challenge, the puzzle is reset and the player is given the chance to retry. The player may also voluntarily restart the room if it reaches an unsolvable state. There are no penalties for failure and no limits to retries, thus making the game primarily one of puzzle-solving.

The game controls are straightforward, and control Ix's movement. Actions are performed by touching the object in question (for example, touching an NPC to initiate conversation). There is also a function for viewing a map of the current game area.

The game does not come with any extensive documentation; the player learns how to interact with the game world as he progresses through it. In some areas, part of the challenge is to figure out what exactly is the puzzle Ix must solve.

The world of Mazera

At the beginning of the game, Ix breaks out of his imprisonment in the Mazerian zoo and finds himself in the Mazerian city, filled with lush gardens and odd denizens such as laser-toting Mazerians, crabs, giant worms, and the Uthi, another alien race on the planet who are opposed to the Mazerians and often willing to lend Ix a helping hand. Later on, Ix must travel to other parts of the alien planet and encounter many interesting and often humorous denizens and situations.

There are also a number of secrets, some very well hidden, sprinkled throughout the adventure that, if all discovered, opens the way to a bonus level. The bonus level appears to be a testing ground for the game developers, and contains a number humorous references to such real-world things such as the Spirit rover and John Carmack, a renowned game programmer.

External links
 Official Mazera page

References

2004 video games
Adventure games
Astraware games
Palm OS games
Puzzle video games
Single-player video games
Video games about children
Video games about extraterrestrial life
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by Yannis Brown
Video games set in zoos
Windows Mobile Professional games
Windows Mobile Standard games


Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine is located on Thompson's Point in Portland, Maine, and features a wide variety of interactive exhibits and activities for children and families.

History

Children’s Museum of Maine
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine was founded by the Junior of Portland in 1970, opening in just a few rooms in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. In 1980 the Museum moved to a Victorian home on Stevens Avenue in Portland. After more than a decade of successful exhibits and programs, the Museum once again needed a new space to accommodate growing interest. In 1991 a capital campaign was launched, and two years later in 1993 the Museum opened to the public in a grand new home, the former Chamber of Commerce building on Free Street in downtown Portland. Has since been home to dozens of large-scale interactive exhibits, both permanent and rotating. In 2001, after careful assessment of community needs, the Museum chose to direct programming and exhibits toward children 6 months to 10 years of age, and selected three areas of focus: science education, early childhood education and multicultural education.

Children’s Theatre of Maine

The history of the Children's Theatre of Maine dates back to 1923, when the Junior League of Portland began producing small shows for young audiences under the name Children's Theatre of Portland (adopting the name Children's Theatre of Maine in 1974). In the 1930s, the shows began to incorporate children as performers, and the tradition of shows for and by kids was born. The Children's Theatre rehearsed and performed in donated locations all over Greater Portland, and in the summer of 1944 debuted their Trailer Theatre, a traveling fold-out stage that brought outdoor shows to parks and playgrounds throughout the city. In the 1950s, actors Bette Davis and Gary Merrill took the Children's Theatre under their wing; Davis arranged to premiere her film The Virgin Queen in Portland as a benefit for the cause. Throughout the latter half of the century, the Children's Theatre experimented with many locations, models, and creative strategies.

Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine celebrated the merger in 2008 by producing The Twelve Dancing Princesses in the Dress-Up Theatre followed by The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet. After many months of developing a new brand, the new "kitetails" logo was revealed in April 2009 at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine Annual Auction. The Museum & Theatre saw many changes over the next few months. The DinoTracks exhibit opened in May 2009 in the main gallery, the fifth in a series of science exhibits the Museum & Theatre had been creating since 2006 with the Environmental Exhibits Collaborative (EEC). Shortly afterwards, the rainy month of July 2009 crippled many businesses in Portland but the Museum & Theatre thrived and welcomed over 14,000 visitors. The record number of visitors had a chance to explore the Have a Ball! exhibit, which was given a permanent home in the front gallery. In the drier month of September, Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine held its 4th Annual Golf Tournament at Nonesuch River Golf Course and the Kids on the Block educational puppet program started rehearsals and performances in the Dress-Up Theatre. The 2009-2010 theatre season began with Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like and included The Polar Express at Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, The Emperor's New Clothes, Cinderella and The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings. Today, The Youth Ranger program continues to employ high school students as environmental educators and outreach programs bring the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine experience to nearly 2,000 children and caregivers each year.

Awards and recognition
Awards and recognition received include:
Winner of the Nickelodeon Parents' Pick Award for the Best Museum for little kids and big kids (2008) and the Best Museum in Portland (2009)

References

Museums in Portland, Maine
Children's museums in Maine
Museums established in 1970
1970 establishments in Maine


Marcus Darrel Ginyard (born May 8, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels after a high school career at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington County, Virginia.

High school career
Ginyard attended Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School where he was coached by Joseph Wootten.   Ginyard started all four years while there, leaving with 116 wins to only 19 losses during his tenure there.  His accolades include 3 Virginia Independent Schools Division I state champions (2002, 2003, 2005), MVP of Alhambra Invitational, MVP of the 2004 GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational, first-team All-Metro by the Washington Post, first-team All-Northern Virginia, Virginia Independent Schools Player of the Year, and Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball in Virginia.  Ginyard's high school statistics include 1,615 points (14.2 per game), 520 rebounds (4.6 per game), 298 steals, and 289 assists.

College career
While at the University of North Carolina, Ginyard became known as a defensive specialist.  During his career, he was defensive player of the game 20 times out of the 107 games that he played.  He started 55 of those 107 games.  In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, Ginyard was voted the University of North Carolina's defensive player of the year.  In addition, he was voted to the media and coaches' Atlantic Coast Conference all-defensive teams in the 2007–08 season, as well as Atlantic Coast Conference All-Tournament Team honors for the same year.  Ginyard's game was not restricted to his defensive abilities either, evident in the fact that he scored over 600 points in his career.  His versatility was useful as wellwhile in college, and he played four out of  five positions.  However, early in his senior season (2008–2009) Ginyard sustained a stress fracture in his left foot that forced him to take a medical redshirt.  The Tar Heels men's basketball team won the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with Ginyard supporting the team as the "No. 1 Cheerleader," according to teammate Bobby Frasor.

Career highs
Points: 17 vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/22/07)
Field Goals: 8 vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/22/07)
Three-Pointers Made: 2 at Virginia (1/19/06), vs. Maryland (1/19/08), Duke (2/6/08), Florida State (3/14/08)
Free Throws Made: 8 vs. Duke (2/6/08)
Rebounds: 10 at Clemson (1/6/08)
Offensive Rebounds: 5 vs. Ohio State (11/29/06), at Ohio State (11/28/07)
Assists: 6 vs. Wake Forest (2/24/08), Arkansas (3/23/08)
Turnovers: 6 vs. Wake Forest (2/24/08)
Blocks: 2 at Davidson (11/14/07)
Steals: 4 vs. Gardner Webb (11/19/05), Illinois (11/29/05), Davidson (1/3/06)

College Stats

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06
| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina
| 31 || 14 || 19.1 || .407 || .244 || .721 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .9 || 0 || 6.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina
| 37 || 2 || 16.9 || .473 || .273 || .792 || 3.2 || 1.5 || 1.1 || .1 || 4.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08
| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina
| 39 || 39 || 28.2 || .441 || .400 || .649 || 4.5 || 2.2 || 1.1 || .1 || 6.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09
| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina
| 3 || 0 || 12.3 || .250 || – || .500 || 2.7 || 1.3 || .7 || 0 || 1.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10
| style="text-align:left;"| North Carolina
| 33 || 31 || 30.6 || .406 || .309 || .671 || 4.9 || 2.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 7.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 143 || 86 || 23.5 || .426 || .307 || .696 || 3.8 || 1.9 || 1.1 || .1 || 6.1

Professional career

Bayreuth (2010–2011)
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Ginyard joined the Charlotte Bobcats for the 2010 NBA Summer League.

On July 17, 2010, he signed with BBC Bayreuth of Germany for the 2010–11 season.

Ironi Nahariya (2011–2012)
On October 5, 2011, Ginyard signed with Ironi Nahariya of Israel for the 2011–12 season.

Anwil Włocławek (2012–2013)
On July 23, 2012, Ginyard signed with Anwil Włocławek of Poland for the 2012–13 season.

Azovmash (2013–2014)
On August 12, 2013, Ginyard signed with Azovmash Mariupol of the Ukraine for the 2013–14 season.
On March 3, 2014, he parted ways with Azovmash due to the Ukraine's military conflict with Russia.

Zielona Góra (2014)
On March 28, 2014, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra for the rest of the season.

Westchester Knicks (2014–2015)
On November 3, 2014, Ginyard was acquired by the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. On February 13, 2015, he was waived by Westchester after a season-ending injury.

Panionios (2015)
On March 13, 2015, he signed with Greek club Panionios for the rest of the 2014–15 Greek Basket League season.

Hermine Nantes (2015–2016)
For the 2015–16 season, he signed with Hermine de Nantes Atlantique of the French LNB Pro B.

Czarni Słupsk (2016–2017)
On August 19, 2016, Ginyard signed with Polish club  Czarni Słupsk for the 2016–17 season.

Rabotnički (2017–2018)
On August 22, 2017, Ginyard signed with Macedonian basketball club Rabotnički.

Limoges CSP (2019–2021)
On June 21, 2019, Ginyard signed a deal with Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.

On January 5, 2022, Ginyard announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Personal life
Ginyard was born in Rochester, New York to parents Ronald Ginyard Sr. and Annise Ginyard. At a young age, the Ginyards moved to the northern Virginia area, specifically Woodbridge and Alexandria.

Annise provided an early basketball introduction to her son. She played basketball in the Marine Corps basketball league until her career was ended due to an injury. Annise continues to stay involved with basketball; she is a strength and conditioning coach for Bishop O'Connell High School.

Ronald Ginyard Sr. was a Marine in the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

At Bishop O'Connell High School, Ginyard was a National Honor Society member and a National Merit Scholar, and at the University of North Carolina, he majored in communications.

References

External links

 LNB Pro B profile
 Polish League profile
 FIBA.com profile

1987 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Alexandria, Virginia
Basket Zielona Góra players
BC Azovmash players
Ironi Nahariya players
KK Rabotnički players
KK Włocławek players
Limoges CSP players
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
People from Woodbridge, Virginia
Sportspeople from Prince William County, Virginia
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Basketball players from Rochester, New York
Westchester Knicks players


Proacina is one of eight parishes in Proaza, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size, with a population of 19 (INE 2005).

References

Parishes in Proaza


Fan Yang Mai I or Pham Duong Mai I (Chinese: 范陽邁, Middle Chinese: buam’-jɨaŋ-maɨjh/mɛ:jh) was briefly the king of Champa, an area populated by the Cham ethnic group in present-day Vietnam. He overthrew the previous dynasty and seized the throne in 420, following years of internal trouble. According to the Chinese Book of Jin and Book of Song, after launching an unsuccessful raid in Tonkin, he requested investiture from China in 421. He died in the same year.

His name means "Prince of Gold", and before his death, the Chinese Court recognized him as the King of Champa.  He was succeeded by his son Tou, who assumed his father's name.

Bibliography

References

Kings of Champa
5th-century monarchs in Asia
5th-century Vietnamese people


Edinburgh UK Tracker Trust () is a large British investment trust dedicated to investing in a portfolio which tracks the FTSE All-Share Index. Established in 1990, the company is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. The Chairman is Tom Ross. It was renamed to Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust PLC in April 2013.

References
 Official site

Investment trusts of the United Kingdom


Gleniffer Lake also known as Gleniffer Reservoir or originally Lake Gleniffer
 is an artificial lake in central Alberta, Canada created in 1983  by the construction of the Dickson Dam which impounded the Red Deer River, a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River which flows into the Saskatchewan River Basin.

It lies at an elevation of , and is approximately  long and  wide.  The lake is south of Highway 54 and east of the Cowboy Trail,  west of Innisfail, Alberta and  east of Caroline.

The lake has a surface of , and a watershed of . It has an average depth of , and reaches a maximum of .

Gleniffer Lake has day-use areas, cottages, a campground and resort developments including Carefree Resort and Gleniffer Lake Resort.

The lake reservoir is a source of drinking water for the surrounding area.

Dickson Dam
Dickson Dam regulates the flow of the Red Deer River to control for floods and low winter flows, to improve quality of the river, to create a recreational resource and to provide a reliable, year-round water supply sufficient for future industrial, regional and municipal growth.

Gleniffer Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area
Gleniffer Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area (PRA) is a recreational area with a beach, various fishing areas, boating, camping and resorts. In the summer of 2009, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation consolidated six provincial recreation areas at Dickson Dam and around Gleniffer Lake  (Dickson Dam–Cottonwood PRA, Dickson Dam–Dickson Point PRA, Dickson Dam–North Dyke PRA, Dickson Dam–South Dyke PRA, Dickson Dam–North Valley PRA, Dickson Dam–South Valley PRA) into one provincial recreation area renamed Gleniffer Reservoir PRA. Motorboating, waterskiing, swimming, and sailboarding are allowed. There are rainbow trout in a trout pond. Pike, Walleye, Rockies, and Brown Trout are also found nearby.
Gleniffer Reservoir PRA has trout ponds including one at Dickson Point which is popular for ice fishing.

Environmental concerns

Pipeline leaks
Increased water flow of the Red Deer River system during heavy rainfall in June 2008 eroded supporting soil, freely exposing a section of Pembina Pipeline Corporation's  Cremona crude oil pipeline to the Red Deer River currents. About  of crude oil flowed upstream from the breakpoint under a Red Deer River channel,  leaving an oily sheen on Gleniffer Reservoir and  of oil-soaked debris. The remediation was completed in 2011.

Rangeland pipeline incident

Heavy rains in early June 2012 caused a similar but larger leak on a Plains Midstream Canada 46-year-old pipeline at Jackson Creek which spilled between  of light sour crude into the Red Deer River.

References

Lakes of Alberta
Reservoirs in Alberta
Red Deer County


Nasibu Zeamanuel, also Nasibu Zamanuael  or Nasibu Emmanual in some texts (Amharic: ነሲቡ ዘአማኑኤል; 1893 – 16 October 1936), was an army commander of the Ethiopian Empire. Along with his brother Wasane, historian Bahru Zewde groups Nasibu "among the most colourful of the first-generation intellectuals" of Twentieth-century Ethiopia. His maternal grandfather, Azaz Emmanual Wolde Malakot, whose name both brothers came to adopt, was a notable courtier of Emperor.

Biography
Nasibu Zeamanuel was educated at the Menelik II School (Ecole Imperiale Menelik II) in Addis Ababa with his brother Wasane, where they received a Western-style education. Nasibu's early career "closely replicated his brother's", as Bahru Zewde points out. Like Wasane he was successively Consul in Asmara then mayor of Addis Ababa, but unlike Wasane his tenure as mayor was much longer (1922-1932). Bahru agrees with Eshetu Assen that Nasibu was a reforming mayor, pointing out his reforms included "the registration and categorization of urban land, the institution of traffic police and sanitation guards, a ban on the custom of firing shots during festivities, the proscription of the capricious system of leba shay, the burying of the bodies of dead animals, road-building, granting loans to people building houses along the main roads so that the construction would add to the beauty of the city, the institution of night guards to curb mugging and the municipal certification of contracts." After visiting Berlin in 1929, Nasibu made investigations into introducing a modern water supply system to Addis Ababa.

Being in command of the municipal police, which he organized along modern lines, Nasibu played a key role in the political power struggle of 1928, supporting Ras Tafari (the later Emperor Haile Selassie) against first Dejazmach Balcha Safo then against Dejazmach Abba Weqaw. In 1930, Nasibu Emmanual was appointed as the Director of the Ministry of War by Emperor Haile Selassie.  He was considered by many to be un-Ethiopian because he was  mission educated.  He was also considered un-Ethiopian because he spoke Italian and French and because he dressed in modern European clothing and uniforms. In 1931, Nasibu Emmanual was named Dejazmach and Shum of Gurage Province and Soddo Province.  In 1932, he became Shum of Bale Province.

Ras Nasibu fought on the "southern front" during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.  He became the Commander-in-Chief of the Ethiopian forces on this front upon the death of Grazmach Afawarq Walda Samayat.  Nasibu's headquarters was initially at Degehabur, but later he moved to Jijiga.  Nasibu specifically commanded the Ethiopian forces fighting against the forces of Italian General Rodolfo Graziani during the Battle of the Ogaden.  When Graziani started the large scale use of mustard gas on Nasibu's men, Nasibu responded:
"The League of Nations! We fight and die while the League talks. ... If only we could fight men in the manner of men! But we are facing an invader who uses the most fiendish methods known to warfare all because he is angered that we protect our homes and land. Our lands are being laid barren by gas; our mules, sheep, and cattle are dying in the fields."

In May 1936, Nasibu accompanied the Emperor and the Royal Court into exile.  He briefly served as the leader of the Ethiopian delegation to the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.  He delivered two draft resolutions to the General Secretary.  But, due to illness, he soon left the Royal Party. On 16 October, Nasibu Emmanual died of the sequels of exposure to mustard gas in Davos, Switzerland.

See also
 Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
 List of field marshals
 Desta Damtew
 Wehib Pasha

Notes
Footnotes

Citations

References

External links
Time Magazine, Monday, 21 October 1935, Between Rounds
Ras Nasibu of the Ogaden, poem by Marcus Garvey

1936 deaths
Nasibu
Nasibu
Mayors of Addis Ababa
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
1893 births
Tuberculosis deaths in Switzerland
20th-century Ethiopian politicians


The Republic of Texas Biker Rally (R. O. T Biker Rally) is the largest motorcycle rally in Texas and the largest turnstile (ticketed admission) motorcycle rally in the United States. Similar events in Sturgis, South Dakota, and Daytona Beach, Florida, draw more attendees, but they are not ticketed events. A simple majority of attendees arrive on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, but the rally is open to everyone and all brands of bikes. Many attendees arrive in motor homes and stay on the premises.

The four-day event is held on the first, second, or third Thursday-through-Sunday after Memorial Day at the Travis County Exposition Center on the east edge of Austin. The City of Austin blocks off the downtown area for a massive biker street party on Congress Avenue on Friday night. The first R. O. T. Rally was held in 1995, continued to 2019 & will resume in 2021. It constitutes one of the largest annual tourist events in Central Texas, with an estimated economic impact of 30–35,000,000 dollars per year.

The event has drawn as many as 35,000 paying customers to the event grounds. City officials have estimated that the Friday night street party downtown draws as many as 200,000 spectators thus making it one of the largest motorcycle rallies of any kind in the country.

There was no rally in 2020 on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.
Musical entertainers who have appeared at the rally include: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Daniels, George Thoroughgood, Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr, Brett Michaels, Ted Nugent, Joan Jett, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, Edgar Winter, Steppenwolf, the Georgia Satellites, Joe Ely, David Allan Coe,             Ray Wylie Hubbard, Asleep At The Wheel, Mitch Ryder, and many more. Additional attractions typically include motorcycle stunt shows, celebrity bike builders, stage acts, and acres of motorcycle related vendors.

References

External links

Shocked at ROT! Round Up the Usual Suspects!, Austin Chronicle, July 18, 2008

Motorcycle rallies in the United States
Culture of Austin, Texas
Recurring events established in 1995
1995 establishments in Texas


Clarkia australis is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Small's southern clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the forests of the central Sierra Nevada. It is an uncommon species threatened by such forest activities as logging. This annual herb produces a slender, erect stem approaching a meter in height. The leaves are widely linear in shape and borne on short petioles. The top of the stem is occupied by the tall inflorescence, which bears hanging buds that open from the lowest upward so that there are several closed buds above open flowers. The sepals do not remain fused as the flower opens. The petals are diamond-shaped and sometimes lobed and curling at the tip. They are mottled or spotted lavender, purple, and reddish in color, and each is up to 1.5 centimeters long. There are 8 long stamens tipped with large anthers bearing blue-gray pollen. The stigma protrudes past the anthers.

This species of Clarkia is very closely related to Clarkia virgata, and it has been suggested that it is not actually a separate species, but hybridization studies have demonstrated that there has been sufficient reproductive isolation to produce hybrid incompatibility between the two taxa, confirming that they should be treated as separate species.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Profile
Photo gallery

Flora of California
australis
Plants described in 1971


Les Canadiennes de Montréal  were a professional women's ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2007 as the Montreal Stars (Stars de Montréal), they competed in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in every season. The team appeared in and won the Clarkson Cup the most times out of any CWHL teams with four championships.

In 2015, the team became an affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, with the franchise providing resources and marketing support to the team as part of their efforts to help promote women's hockey. This affiliation also led to its re-branding as Les Canadiennes for the 2015–16 CWHL season, adopting colours and jerseys resembling those of their men's counterpart. In December 2015, the Canadiennes and the Boston Pride played the first outdoor game in women's hockey as part of festivities for the 2016 NHL Winter Classic in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

In 2019, the CWHL ceased operations, as well as all teams that it directly owned including Les Canadiennes.

Team history

Team origins
The Montreal Stars joined the CWHL during its formation in 2007. The Stars were formed from players from the Montreal Axion, a team that played in the National Women's Hockey League before its demise.

In their first season, 2007–08, Montreal won 23 games out of 30 regular season contests and finished first overall in the regular season, but lost to Mississauga Chiefs in the playoffs that year in a two-game contest.

In 2008–09, the Stars won the Clarkson Cup on March 19, 2009, in Kingston, Ontario, the first year that the Clarkson Cup was openly played for between competitive professional women's hockey clubs rather than national teams such as before with Team Canada and Team Sweden in 2006. The Clarkson Cup was won by Montreal by defeating the Minnesota Whitecaps in the final. Initially, the game was tied at one goal apiece until Montreal scored two goals. Sabrina Habrec ultimately scored the game winner, in a 3–1 final score. Former Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson was on hand to present the trophy to team captain Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux. It was Adrienne Clarkson's hope that the Clarkson Cup be the women's equivalent to the Stanley Cup. That same season, three players were named to the First and Second team all stars: Caroline Ouellette, Kim St.Pierre and Sabrina Habrec.

The team had early success with league awards to its players. Kim St. Pierre won the CHWL's award for top goaltender in back-to-back seasons, 2007–08 and 2008–09. Caroline Ouellette was the CWHL MVP for the 2008–09, Marie-Phillip Poulin was the CWHL's rookie of the year in 2007–08 at the age of 16 scoring over 40 points in 16 games, and Sabrina Harbec led the CWHL in scoring with 54 points in 29 games that into the 2009–10 season. In 2009–10, the team finished in first place but did not defend the Clarkson Cup in the playoffs.

During the 2013–14 CWHL season, three members of the Stars reached the milestone of 100 career points during the season. It marks the first time in CWHL history that three players from the same franchise reach the century mark in the same season. It began on January 11, when CWHL co-founder Lisa-Marie Breton registered the 100th point of her career. On February 8, Vanessa Davidson earned the 100th point in her CWHL career and Emmanuelle Blais became the third in a March 8 match against the Boston Blades.

Montreal Canadiens partnership
In March 2015, the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League entered into a resource-sharing and marketing partnership with the Stars. Team CEO Geoff Molson explained that given the Canadiens' support of minor hockey in Quebec and the growth of Women's hockey, he felt that it "[was] the right time to concretely support women who play professional hockey, and, at the same time, promote the sport among up-and-coming players". Brenda Andress, commissioner of the CWHL, also stated that the partnership "affords the CWHL an opportunity to grow women's hockey hand in hand with one of the most storied franchises in professional sport."

In September 2015, the team unveiled a new identity as Les Canadiennes, adopting a rounded "C" and star as its logo (alluding to the Canadiens' logo, and the team's former name), and a blue-white-red kit similar to that of the Canadiens.

In a game against the Brampton Thunder on December 13, 2015, Noemie Marin registered the 200th point of her CWHL career. She would record two assists in the game, including one on the game-winning tally, to reach the milestone.

On December 10, 2016, Les Canadiennes played a regular season game against the Calgary Inferno at the Bell Centre. They beat the Inferno 1–0, with the goal by captain Marie-Philip Poulin, in regulation in front of nearly 6000 spectators, marking a great success for the first ever CWHL hockey game to be played at the home of the Montreal Canadiens.

On December 11, 2016, Caroline Ouellette, already the league's all-time leader in points and assists, registered her 300th career point. She then tied Jayna Hefford's league record of 130 goals on January 29, 2017, finishing the season with 309 career points and 130 career goals.

In 2018, Les Canadiennes moved team operations to the home arena of the Montreal Canadiens' American Hockey League affiliate, the Laval Rocket. Les Canadiennes then scheduled some of their home games at Place Bell for the 2018–19 season.

2016 Outdoor Women's Winter Classic
On December 31, 2015, the Canadiennes participated in an outdoor game, the 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic, against the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The game was held as an undercard to the following day's NHL Winter Classic, which featured their teams' NHL counterparts—the Canadiens and the Boston Bruins, and was the first ever outdoor professional women's hockey game.

Olympics

The team included notable forwards Caroline Ouellette, Sarah Vaillancourt and goaltender Kim St. Pierre, all members of the 2010 Canadian Women's Hockey Olympic team who won the Olympic gold medal in Vancouver.

For the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Stars players Ouellette, Haley Irwin, Charline Labonté and Catherine Ward competed for Team Canada, while Julie Chu was a member of Team USA.

After the 2018 Winter Games, Hilary Knight signed as a free agent with Les Canadiennes on March 8, 2018, joining the team for the 2018 Clarkson Cup playoffs.

Social work
Les Canadiennes support the fight against breast cancer with a Breast Cancer Fundraising event. For the occasion, Les Canadiennes play with pink jerseys at their annual breast cancer fundraiser. Les Canadiennes are also committed to supporting amateur girls' hockey teams and take their role as examples to the young girls growing up playing the sport, very seriously. The "Canadiennes Camps" are just one way that these athletes connect with young players. They are also available to meet the girls at the autograph sessions following most of their games, they are accessible through social media, and many of them are involved in various community outreach events and school girls' hockey teams.

Seasons
Les Canadiennes won a total of eight regular season championships and four Clarkson Cups in 12 seasons. From 2012 to 2019, the Clarkson Cup has been awarded to the CWHL playoff champion after previously being awarded to the top women's hockey team in Canada when there was multiple leagues.

Season-by-season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

2018-19 roster
Updated October 2, 2018.

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Awards and honours
 CWHL Chairman's Trophy: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16.
 Jayna Hefford Trophy:
 2015–16, 2016–17: Marie-Philip Poulin
 CWHL Most Valuable Player:
 2008–09, 2010–11: Caroline Ouellette
 2009–10: Sabrina Harbec
 2011–12: Meghan Agosta
 2013–14: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 2015–16, 2016-17: Marie-Philip Poulin
 Angela James Bowl :
 2009–10: Sabrina Harbec
 2010–11: Caroline Ouellette
 2011–12, 2012-13: Meghan Agosta
 2013–14: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 2015–16, 2016–17 (co-winner): Marie-Philip Poulin
 CWHL Coach of the Year:
 2014–15: Dany Brunet
 CWHL Goals Leader:
 2009–10: Noémie Marin
 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 2015–16: Marie-Philip Poulin
 CWHL Assists Leader:
 2008–09, 2010-11: Caroline Ouellette
 2009–10: Sabrina Harbec
 2011–12, 2012-13: Meghan Agosta
 2013–14, 2015-16: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 2016–17: Marie-Philip Poulin
 CWHL Top Forward:
 2009–10: Sabrina Harbec
 2010–11: Caroline Ouellette
 2011–12: Meghan Agosta
 2013–14: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 2015–16, 2016–17: Marie-Philip Poulin
 CWHL Top Defender:
 2009–10: Annie Guay
 2011–12, 2012-13: Catherine Ward
 2013–14: Cathy Chartrand
 CWHL Top Goaltender:
 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11: Kim St-Pierre
 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17: Charline Labonté
 CWHL Outstanding Rookie:
 2007–08: Marie-Philip Poulin
 2010–11: Sarah Vaillancourt
 2012–13: Ann-Sophie Bettez
 Humanitarian of the Year Award:
 2015–16: Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux
 Cathy Chartrand, 2012–13 and 2013–14 leading scorer among CWHL defenders

Captains

Scoring leaders

Season-by-season

See also
 2010–11 Montreal Stars season
 2011–12 Montreal Stars season
 Montreal Axion

References

Other sources
 Montreal 2011 Clarkson Cup Champions, March 27, 2011.
 Montreal wins Clarkson Cup. March 28, 2011.
 St-Pierre backstops Montreal to Clarkson Cup title  in CBC news, March 27, 2011.
 Montreal Stars win women's national hockey championship, in CBC news, March 21, 2009.
 First Clarkson Cup stays in Canada, Slam sports, March 22, 2009.
 McGill grads help Stars capture Clarkson Cup McGill newspaper, March 21, 2009
  Stars de Montréal old blog

External links

Montreal Canadiens
Canadian Women's Hockey League teams
Defunct women's ice hockey teams in Canada
Stars
Women in Quebec
2007 establishments in Quebec
2019 disestablishments in Quebec
Ice hockey clubs established in 2007
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2019


Norman Hollis Robinson (born 1951 in Toomsuba, Lauderdale County, Mississippi) is a former journalist in New Orleans, where he served as reporter for WVUE-TV from 1976 to 1978 and WWL-TV from February 1979 through July 1989, and later news anchor for WDSU-TV Channel 6 (NBC), where he worked in the news department from July 1990 until his retirement in May 2014.

Career
After service as a musician in the United States Marine Corps, he began his career in broadcast journalism on radio in Southern California and then worked successively in television in Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans prior to being awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard University. After completing the Nieman Fellowship he joined CBS Network News in New York, and the District of Columbia (where he served on the White House Press Corps for CBS) before moving back to New Orleans. Robinson is known for his tough straight forward interviewing skills. It was on the news program which Robinson anchors that New Orleans City Councilwoman Stacy Head was interviewed as she started posting her e-mails online during the height of the 2009 New Orleans e-mail controversy.

1991 Louisiana gubernatorial debate
Robinson received significant national and international attention in 1991 when he questioned Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Duke, a Republican State Representative and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, during the state's runoff debate. Robinson, who is African-American, told Duke that he was "scared" at the prospect of Duke winning the election because of his history of "diabolical, evil, vile" racist and anti-Semitic comments, some of which he read to Duke. He then pressed Duke for an apology and when Duke protested that Robinson was not being fair to him, Robinson replied that he didn't think Duke was being honest. Jason Berry of the Los Angeles Times called it "startling TV" and the "catalyst" for the "overwhelming" turnout of black voters that helped former Governor Edwin Edwards defeat Duke.

Post Katrina
In June 2008 Robinson was furloughed by WDSU after being arrested for driving while intoxicated but returned to work a month later. Robinson promised that he would never again drive while under the influence of alcohol. In an April 2009 testimony concerning the role of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Robinson said that post-Katrina trauma, including loss of his home:
I ended up going to a psychologist because I wanted to commit suicide, and I ended up in a drunken stupor most of the time.

Personal life
He is a member of Golden Key International Honour Society and a deacon at  Central St. Matthew United Church of Christ in New Orleans.

References

External links
  (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

1951 births
Living people
African-American journalists
Our Lady of Holy Cross College alumni
People from Gaithersburg, Maryland
People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Television anchors from New Orleans
United States Marines
African-American television personalities
Journalists from Alabama
Journalists from Mississippi
Nieman Fellows
Military personnel from Mobile, Alabama
Military personnel from Mississippi
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people


Nunnahitsunega, or "Whitepath", was a full-blood traditionalist leader and member of the Cherokee National Council who lived at Turnip Town (Ulunyi), near the large Ellijay (Elatseyi) in the early 19th century.  In 1824, influenced by the teachings of the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake, he began a rebellion against the acculturation then taking place in the Cherokee Nation, proposing the rejection of Christianity and the new constitution, and a return to the old tribal laws.  He soon had a large following, whom his detractors referred to as "Red Sticks", and they formed their own council, electing Big Tiger as their principal chief.

The more progressive leaders on the national council—such as Pathkiller, Charles R. Hicks, Major Ridge, and John Ross—deposed him from his seat in 1826, but when he submitted to their authority in 1828, he was returned to his seat.

He died sometime in 1838 in the vicinity of Hopkinsville, Kentucky during the Cherokee removal.

Whitepath is a character in Unto These Hills, an outdoor drama that has been performed in Cherokee, NC since 1950. He is currently played by John Tooni in the 2023 season.

Sources
Brown, John P.  Old Frontiers: The Story of the Cherokee Indians from Earliest Times to the Date of Their Removal to the West, 1838.  (Kingsport: Southern Publishers, 1938).
McLoughlin, William G. Cherokee Renascence in the New Republic. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).
Mooney, James. Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee. (Nashville: Charles and Randy Elder-Booksellers, 1982).

References

Cherokee Nation politicians (1794–1907)
1838 deaths
Year of birth missing
19th-century Native American politicians


San Martín is one of eight parishes in Proaza, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

It is  in size with a population of 138 (INE 2005).

Villages
 Samartín
 Serandi
 Villamexín

External links
 Photo

Parishes in Proaza


Polar Capital is a large British investment trust dedicated to investing in a portfolio of technology companies around the World. Established in December 1996, the company is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The chair is Sarah Bates.

References

External links
 Official site

Investment trusts of the United Kingdom


Balkh District () is a district in Balkh province, Afghanistan.

References

Districts of Balkh Province


Palmers Cross is a district in south-central Jamaica, located to the east of May Pen in the parish of Clarendon.  The approximate population of Palmers Cross is 26,262.

Palmers Cross is the home of The Container Project, a non-profit UNESCO project bringing technology and self-sustainable media training to 'hard-to-reach' young people in Jamaica.

History
On the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of 1973, two small, neighbouring communities are shown in this vicinity, both centred on minor road junctions:
 a village called The Cross with a school and postal agency
 a hamlet called Palmers

It seems that in the years since they have grown and merged, their names being combined in the process.

Amenities
There is a Junior High School formerly called Cross All-Age School. The name of the school is currently Cross Primary School.
The closest health center is the Sandy Bay Health Center which is located in Sandy Bay. A doctor's office is also located at the Moments Plaza in the district. Residents can also visit the May Pen Hospital and the Main Street Health Center for medical assistance.

References

External links
 Aerial view
 Palmers Cross, Maps and facts from TravelingLuck.com
 Jarman's ark - Palmers Cross resident clicks with at-risk youth in computer hub, Shelly-Ann Harris, Jamaica Gleaner, 2008-06-28.

Populated places in Jamaica


Ambeļi Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Ambeļi Parish
 Ambeļi

References

Parishes of Latvia
Latgale