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"Bald Island is an island that is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The island is offshore from Cheynes Beach and is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The island is a World Conservation Union Category IA nature reserve. (A Class A Nature Reserve, No 25869, managed by Parks and Wildlife was created in 1964.) With an area of the island is one of the largest off the South Coast. Composed almost entirely of granite the island rises steeply from the ocean to a maximum height of . The island was isolated around 10,000 years ago by rising sea levels. Flora The island contains 104 species of plants. Large stands of peppermint trees (Agonis flexuosa) are found on the sheltered upper slopes of the island, while forested stretches of Rottnest Island teatree (Melaleuca lanceolata) grow on the lower slopes. The Bald Island marlock (Eucalyptus conferruminata) forms dense thickets on parts of the island. More exposed areas are covered by open heath and tussock species, as well as closed shrubby patches mostly comprising Melaleuca microphylla. Fauna The island supports a good population of reptiles - four skinks and one gecko. One of the species of skink, Ctenotus labillardieri, has evolved into a distinctive insular race on the island. There are no snakes on the island. Marine mammals such as New Zealand fur seals and Australian sea lions inhabit Bald Island. There are a few mainland mammals including the quokka, and a population of Gilbert's potoroo is also being established. The island forms part of the Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its significance in the conservation of several rare and threatened bird species.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Two Peoples Bay and Mount Manypeaks. Downloaded from on 18 November 2011. It acts as an important breeding ground for great-winged petrels and little penguins. =Translocations= Due to the island's location and lack of easy landing places on the shoreline, it's in almost pristine condition. The island was chosen in August 2005 as a site for the translocation of a Gilbert's potoroo population from the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. More of the rare species were sent in 2007 to bring the total population to seven. The island was chosen due to its lack of predators such as cats, foxes and snakes. Another endangered species translocated to Bald Island is the noisy scrub-bird. In 1992 five males were taken from the Two Peoples Bay area and taken to Bald Island. In 1993 the area was surveyed to show that at least two had survived. In 1993 another three males and three females have been relocated to Bald Island. The estimated population of calling male birds on Bald Island in 2004 is 59 individuals. References Category:Nature reserves in Western Australia Category:Islands of the Great Southern (Western Australia) Category:Important Bird Areas of Western Australia "
"The McClain Printing Company (MPC) is a printing company specializing in books of West Virginia history and lore. The company was incorporated in 1958 in Parsons, West Virginia as an outgrowth of the local weekly newspaper, the Parsons Advocate. History In 1943, Ken and Faith Reynolds McClain had bought the Parsons Advocate which had been founded in 1896. Mr. McClain was approached around 1957 by West Virginia University professors who feared that early local West Virginia histories would be lost if they were not reprinted. In 1958, the newspaper undertook the reprinting of Alexander Scott Withers’ classic history, Chronicles of Border Warfare, as its first venture in book publishing. When McClain retired in the early 1970s, his son-in-law and daughter, George and Mariwyn Smith, moved to Parsons. George took over the printing company and Mariwyn the newspaper. When George Smith retired in 1997, son Kenneth E. Smith became the third generation to operate the company. In its first 35 years of existence, the MPC produced comprehensive county histories of over 35 West Virginia counties, as well as thousands of other titles. These included the works of West Virginia poet laureate Louise McNeill, folklorists such as Ruth Ann Musick and James Gay Jones, bestselling volumes such as Howard B. Lee’s Bloodletting in Appalachia and Roy B. Clarkson’s Tumult on the Mountains, and reprints of classic local histories by W.C. Dodrill, Wills DeHass, Hu Maxwell, and others. Commercial printing was added as a service several years ago. Today, the MPC pursues offset printing, a book binding service, a typesetting service, and magazine and book publishing and printing. Much of their printing services consist of commercial printing such as pamphlets, catalogs, pocket folders, magazines, post cards, brochures, flyers, etc. Although MPC does occasionally still finance historical books or reprints, it is now predominantly a private book publisher. It does not take profits from any of its author's book sales as “vanity presses” do. MPC products may be found on offer throughout the United States. Annual sales for the MPC are in the range of $1 million to $2.5 million. External links *McClain Printing Company website Category:Book publishing companies of the United States Category:Tucker County, West Virginia Category:Printing companies of the United States Category:Publishing companies established in 1958 Category:1958 establishments in West Virginia "
"Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (born August 12, 1983) is a Latvian basketball player who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg and formally for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons. Jēkabsone- Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow. She joined the club in 2006–07 season after Ainārs Zvirgziņš was named head coach of the team. Before that she played for USO Mondeville and CJM Bourges Basket, both which are teams from France. In 2007, Jēkabsone-Žogota played for the Latvia women's national basketball team in EuroBasket Women 2007. It was her second finals, where Jēkabsone-Žogota was the second-leading scorer behind Belgium's Ann Wauters with 17.2 points per game. She was also named to the EuroBasket Women 2007 all-tournament team. At the 2008 Olympics she was fourth in scoring with 15.8 points and also was second with 4.0 assists per game. In 2009, Jēkabsone-Žogota was signed as a free agent by the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association. She joined the team at the end of June and played in her first game on July 2 at Indiana. European clubs *Dynamo Moscow *CJM Bourges Basket *USO Mondeville *RTU/Klondaika *TTT Rapa *WBC Spartak Moscow Region *Fenerbahçe Istanbul *UMMC Ekaterinburg Honors *Named FIBA Europe Young Women’s Player of the Year in 2005. *Named EuroBasket Women 2005 2nd team. *Named EuroBasket Women 2007 1st team. *EuroCup Women winner with Dynamo Moscow in 2007. *Named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year 2007. *Named EuroBasket Women 2009 team. References External links Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Connecticut Sun players Category:Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Category:Latvian women's basketball players Category:Olympic basketball players of Latvia Category:Phoenix Mercury players Category:Sportspeople from Riga Category:Shooting guards "