Sir Eric Norman Spencer Crankshaw  (1 July 1885 – 24 June 1966) was an English cricketer, military officer and civil servant.  He worked closely with Winston Churchill during both world wars.

Early life
Crankshaw was born 1 July 1885 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England, the son of Richard Louis Crankshaw and his wife, Emily Spencer. The family eventually included another son, Richard Spencer Crankshaw, and a daughter, Madeline Vernon Crankshaw. The family's Irish home was Dunlewey Estate in the village of Dunlewey in County Donegal.

As a youth, Crankshaw attended Eton College.

Cricket
Crankshaw made headlines in 1903 when, playing for Eton, he scored a century against Harrow at Lord's. Eton won the match by 8 wickets. Crankshaw later played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club as a right-handed batsman. He made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1909 season, against Surrey.

Military career
In 1906, Crankshaw joined the Royal Fusiliers in South Africa, having previously obtained a commission in The Liverpool Militia in 1905. In 1915 at Ypres, having just arrived from India, Crankshaw was wounded, resulting in the loss of his left arm. He spent six months recovering from pleurisy and pneumonia. After his recovery, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals. He later served as Camp Commandant of the IV Corps under Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet.

After WWI ended, he was tasked with handling the billeting arrangements for 300 members of the Supreme War Council at Versailles. When the Versailles meetings concluded, Crankshaw was appointed as Private Secretary to Winston Churchill during his tenure as Secretary of State for War. When Churchill left that office, Crankshaw submitted his papers and went into retirement in the country.

During WWII, Crankshaw's organizational skills were again called into service when he was named Commandant of the New Public Offices Fortress, which included Churchill's War Rooms.

Civil service
In 1929, while Churchill was serving as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he selected Crankshaw to become Secretary of the Government Hospitality Fund. The appointment required Crankshaw to take on the role of lead host and the responsibility of promoting international goodwill on behalf of the government. His role also included oversight of Government Wine Cellar located at Lancaster House. Events under Crankshaw's charge included dinners, receptions, informal lunches, and visits to places of interest for visiting dignitaries, but also arrangements for the 1937 Coronation of George VI. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1949.

Family
On 5 October 1912 at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Blackheath, London Crankshaw married Winifred Mary Ireland of Mauritius and London. Winifred was the only daughter of George Hugh Ireland, the granddaughter of George Ireland, the founder of the firm Ireland Fraser & Co. Ltd, and the great-granddaughter of The Rev. Dr. Walter Foggo Ireland, Minister of North Leith Parish Church.  The couple met while Crankshaw was serving in Mauritius and had the following children:

Lella Margaret Crankshaw (1916–2002), firstly married diplomat Abdol Hossein Hamzavi, later her married name was Millar
Major John Anthony Norman Crankshaw (1918–2000), married Elspeth Lettyr Stirling, daughter of Lt.-Col. Walter Francis Stirling

Crankshaw's father died 29 November 1929 and is buried near the family's Dunlewey estate. His father's second wife, Nellie, is buried in the Roman Catholic graveyard of the Sacred Heart Church in Moneybag, with her grave oriented to look towards her husband's grave.

Crankshaw's brother-in-law, John Frederick Ireland, also played cricket and made 28 first-class appearances between 1908 and 1912.

Crankshaw's actress granddaughter, Jasmina Hilton, daughter of Crankshaw's daughter Lella Margaret and her first husband, had a role in the horror film The Vault of Horror.

Awards
 1919 - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Military Division
 1934 - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
 1939 - Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

Death
Crankshaw died on 24 June 1966 at the age of 80 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

References

External links
Eric Crankshaw with Churchill and the Royal Navy during WWII
Churchill Letter to My Dear Crankie

1885 births
1966 deaths
English cricketers
Gloucestershire cricketers
British Army personnel of World War I
Royal Fusiliers officers
Royal Corps of Signals officers
British Army personnel of World War II
Military personnel from Cheshire


Joseph John Cross (23 February 1849 – 2 November 1918) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Merriott, Somerset and died in Lambridge, Bath, Somerset.

Cross made his first-class debut in July 1870 against Surrey. From the lower order, he scored a duck in the only innings in which he batted, as Gloucestershire won the match by an innings margin, restricting Surrey to what was, at the time, their lowest first-class score against a county side.

Cross' second and final first-class appearance came the following week against the MCC, against whom he scored his only runs in first-class cricket in the first innings of the match. Gloucestershire again won this match by an innings margin, thanks to an innings of 172 from WG Grace, and Cross scored five runs.

References

1849 births
1918 deaths
English cricketers
Gloucestershire cricketers
People from South Somerset (district)


George Lytton Crossman, DSO (18 February 1877 – 17 January 1947) was a British Army officer and cricketer.

Crossman was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Hambrook, Gloucestershire and died in Colchester, Essex.

Crossman made two first-class appearances for the side during the 1896 County Championship. On his debut, against Warwickshire, he scored 1 run in the first innings in which he batted, and 4 runs in the second. In his second, and final appearance, against Nottinghamshire, Crossman scored 5 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second.

Crossman was commissioned a second lieutenant in The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) on 20 February 1897, and promoted to lieutenant on 4 February 1899. He served in the Second Boer War 1899–1902, including as staff officer to the Railway Staff officer at Frederickstad. During the war he was part of the force sent to relieve Ladysmith, taking part in the battles of Colenso (December 1899), Spion Kop (January 1900), Vaal Kranz and the Tugela Heights (February 1900) leading up to the actual relief of the city on 1 March 1900. He stayed in Natal March to June 1900 until the British had re-taken the whole colony, then moved into Transvaal and took part in operations around Pretoria. For his service in the war, he was twice mentioned in despatches, received the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps, and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

References

1877 births
1947 deaths
English cricketers
Gloucestershire cricketers
People from South Gloucestershire District
Cricketers from Gloucestershire
British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
West Yorkshire Regiment officers
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order


The 348th Tactical Electronics Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The unit was active as the 9th Pursuit Wing and the 9th Fighter Wing during World War II. Although based at RAF Station Kabrit in Egypt assigned to the Ninth Air Force it had no component units and was inactivated on 31 March 1943.

It was redesignated to its current name in 1985.

History
Assigned to Fourth Air Force as prewar Pursuit Wing.
The 9th Pursuit Wing was activated on 18 December 1940. In the period until it was inactivated on 1 October 1941, its only component groups were the 14th Fighter Group (10 June- 5 September 1941) and the 51st Fighter Group (20 June–19 September 1941). The latter had been attached to 4th Air Force) until 20 June 1941. The wing was based at March Field, California.

The wing was reactivated on 24 July 1942 as the 9th Fighter Wing at Drew Field, Florida where it stayed until 13 December 1942 when it moved to Egypt in 1942. The wing was based at RAF Kabrit, Egypt from 1 February. However all Ninth Air Force fighter groups in the eastern desert were detached to the Royal Air Force and none were assigned to a USAAF wing. The wing was inactivated on 31 March 1943 but not formally disbanded until 15 June 1983.

The wing was reconstituted and redesignated as the 348th Tactical Electronics Group on 31 July 1985 (not active).

Assignments
 Southwest Air District (later 4th Air Force), 18 December 1940 – 1 October 1941
 Ninth Air Force, 24 July 1942 – 31 March 1943

References

Notes

Bibliography

 US Army Air Force Units 1941-1945

External links

Military units and formations established in 1985
Electronic warfare groups of the United States Air Force
1985 establishments in the United States


LadyLuck is the third album by Maria Taylor, originally released on March 31, 2009. The album features the song "Cartoons and Forever Plans," co-written by and including guest vocals from R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. LadyLuck reached number 48 on Billboard's "Heatseakers" charts. KCRW DJ Gary Calamar ranked "Time Lapse Lifeline" as number one, in his top 10 songs of 2009.  "Time Lapse Lifeline" was featured in the 24th episode of the fourth season of the FOX show Bones ("The Beaver in the Otter"). The album was re-released on Taylor's own label, Flower Moon Records in 2016.

Track listing
"LadyLuck" – 3:14
"Time Lapse Lifeline" – 4:00
"It's Time" – 3:43
"My Favorite Love" – 3:24
"100,000 Times" – 3:43
"Green Butterfly" – 4:12
"Broad Daylight" – 5:11
"A Chance" – 3:19
"Orchids" – 3:34
"Cartoons and Forever Plans" (feat. Michael Stipe) – 2:55

Personnel
 Maria Taylor - Composer, Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Classical), Keyboards, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals
 Andy LeMaster- Bass, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Mellotron, Mixing, Organ, Percussion, Producer, Vocals
 Mike Mogis - Bass, Chimes, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Instrumentation, Mixing, Pedal Steel, Percussion, Producer, Vibraphone
 Nate Walcott - String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement
 Michael Stipe - Composer, Vocals
 Ian Aeillo - Guitar (Electric), Hook
 Lukas Burton - Producer
 Louis Schefano - Composer
 Danny Kalb - Engineer, Producer
 Stephen Marsh - Mastering
 Craig Ryer - Composer, Keyboards, Vocals
 Michael Shackelford - Drums, Guitar, Vocals
 McKenzie Smith - Drums, Percussion
 Macey Taylor Jr. Bass, Guitar (Classical), Mellotron, Vocals
 Jonathan Wilson - Drums
 Autumn de Wilde - Photography

References

Maria Taylor albums
2009 albums
Nettwerk Records albums


Vynthala is a very old village by the banks of Chalakudy River and 10 km from Chalakudy town in Thrissur district, state of Kerala, India. It is an old farming community and the main crop was rice. Other crops cultivated include: coconut trees and nutmeg. The main industry was the manufacture of roofing clay tiles by several companies engaged in that business. There is one high school (St. Mary's) and a Christian church (St. Joseph). At present both cultivation of rice and clay tile works are declining.

Vynthala is mother to one of the unique Oxbow lakes in the world, and one and only in southern India. It is called  "Kanicham Thura". Centuries before Kanicham Thura was the part of Chalakudy river.

References

Villages in Thrissur district


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, April 15, 1995, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, October 8.

Visibility
It was completely visible over eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific and western North America, seen rising over eastern Asia, and setting over western North America.

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 1995
 A partial lunar eclipse on April 15.
 An annular solar eclipse on April 29.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8.
 A total solar eclipse on October 24.

Lunar year series

This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the Moon's orbit.

Saros 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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 119.

See also
List of lunar eclipses
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

References

External links
 Saros cycle 112

1995-04
1995 in science
April 1995 events


A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, October 8, 1995, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1995, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, April 15.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1995
 A partial lunar eclipse on April 15.
 An annular solar eclipse on April 29.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 8.
 A total solar eclipse on October 24.

Lunar year series

This is the first of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.

Saros series
It was part of Saros series 117.

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 solar eclipses of Solar Saros 124.

Tritos series
 Preceded: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 1984
 Followed: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006

Tzolkinex
 Preceded: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988
 Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 20, 2002

See also
List of lunar eclipses
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

References

External links
 Saros cycle 117

1995-10
1995 in science
October 1995 events


Nyzhniohirskyi Raion (, , ) is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognised by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. It is situated in the north-eastern part of the republic. The administrative centre of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Nyzhniohirskyi. Population:

Localities
 Drofino

References

Raions of Crimea


The second and final season of The City began airing on April 27, 2010. Filming for the season had been in production since January 2010, and later wrapped the following June.

Cast
Season 2
  Main Cast Member
  Secondary Cast Member

Episodes

References

2010 American television seasons


Lao Skyway, formerly known as Lao Air (), is a private airline with its headquarters at Wattay Airport in Vientiane, Laos. It operates scheduled and charter services to airports in Laos.

History
Lao Air was established on 24 January 2002, as a helicopter charter service company. On 8 December 2003, the airline signed a lease-to-purchase agreement with Lane Xang Minerals Limited Company for the lease of a Cessna Grand Caravan to use on its charter services. The agreement signaled the start of its fixed-wing operation. On 7 October 2005, a second leased Cessna Grand Caravan was added to its fleet.

On 14 April 2007, its regular scheduled services began using the Cessna Grand Caravan.

In April 2014 the company utilized larger passenger aircraft in order to serve the domestic airline market.

Destinations
Lao Skyway operates scheduled flights to the following destinations in Laos, as of March 2017:

 Luang Namtha Louang Namtha Airport
 Luang Prabang Luang Prabang International Airport
 Muang Xay Oudomsay Airport
 Pakse Pakse International Airport
 Phongsaly Boun Neua Airport
 Xam Neua Nongkhang Airport
 Xiang Khouang Xieng Khouang Airport
 Sayaboury Sayaboury Airport
 Vientiane Wattay International Airport (Base)

Fleet
As of August 2017, Lao Skyway operates the following aircraft:

Accidents
 April 11, 2009 - Lao Air Flight 200, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, engine failure emergency landing in field.
 April 17, 2013 - Lao Air Flight 201, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, crashed after takeoff due to hitting trees.
 November 13, 2015, Lao Skyway Flight 265, a Xian MA-60 flight from Luang Prabang to Vientiane engine failure, had a runway excursion on landing.
 April 26, 2016, Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil, engine failure emergency landing.

References

External links

Airlines of Laos
Airlines established in 2002
Laotian companies established in 2002


Karaoke Star Jr. is a reality television show for children that airs on YTV and CMT. This show is just like the show Karaoke Star, except it features kids instead of adults. It is hosted by Paul McGuire (CMT) and Phil Guerrero (YTV). The purpose of the show is to discover Canada's first ever Karaoke Star Jr. The show premiered on YTV and CMT on March 16, 2009 at 7pm ET. New episodes of the show now air every Monday on these stations. Jamiee is the winner from the first season.

Gameplay

The show travelled to eight Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and St. John's. There, young singers between the age of 6 and 15 could audition. In each one, five singers (seven in Toronto) were selected to sing in front of the judges. Then the public voted by SMS for their favourite singer from each city. These eight singers will be competing in the show's finale.

Singers could also audition online by uploading a video of them singing. The public also voted for their favourite cyberstar. The one who got the most votes will be joining the eight singers in the finale. The judges also got to choose their favourite cyberstar; he/she will also be competing in the finale.

These ten singers will travel to Calgary, where they will sing in the Performance Showdown on May 18. The public will then vote for their favourite one. After that, in the Finale on the next day, the announced winner (determined by who got the most votes)  will win the grand prize of $5000.

Judges
The show has two permanent judges that go to every city where the show goes. These judges are: R&B singer Danny Fernandes, and Canadian Idol finalist Tara Oram. There is also an additional guest judge in every city.
These are the guest judges:

Vancouver: Josh Ramsay

Edmonton: Kreesha Turner

Saskatoon: Josh Palmer

Winnipeg: Rusty Matyas

Toronto: Nathan Ferraro

Ottawa: Luke Doucet

Halifax: Rebekah Higgs

St. John's:  Rex Goudie

Cities
Karaoke Star Junior travelled to these cities where singers could audition:

Vancouver
This was the first city which the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Geena from Burnaby, British Columbia

Other singers who performed in front of the judges:

Emily from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Sammi from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Nicole from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
DianaLyn from Vancouver, British Columbia
Serefina from Abbotsford, British Columbia
Jenna from Langley, British Columbia
Arden from Surrey, British Columbia

Edmonton

This was the second city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Mieke from Edmonton, Alberta.

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

Daylin from St. Albert, Alberta
Chris Meredith from Airdrie, Alberta
Prestina from Edmonton, Alberta
Kristen from Edmonton, Alberta
Andrea from Edmonton, Alberta

Saskatoon

This is the third city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Tenille from Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

Michelle from Saskatoon, SK

Wynter from Medicine Hat, AB

Grace from Moose Jaw, SK

Alexandra from Saskatoon, SK

Winnipeg
This is the fourth city the show visited.

Finalist- Viewer Voted: Andrea from Winnipeg, Manitoba

Other Contestants who performed in front of the judges were:

1.Emily from Dryden, ON

2.April Rose from Winnipeg, MB

3.Moises from Winnipeg, MB

4.Samantha from Winnipeg, MB

Toronto

This is the fourth city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Natalie from Sudbury, Ontario

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

1.Destiny from Wasaga Beach, ON

2.Stephanie from London, ON

3.Adam Gauthier from Windsor, ON

4.Atileo from Brampton, ON

5.Cassiddy from Ancaster, ON

6.Philon from Mississauga, ON

Ottawa

This is the fifth city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: RJ

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

Halifax

This is the sixth city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Brianna

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

Jordin from New Germany, NS
Noemie from New Brunswick
Lindsay from Halifax, NS
Corey from Yarmouth, NS

St. John's

This is the last city that the show visited.

Finalist - Viewer Voted: Jamiee from L'Anse-au-Clair, Newfoundland and Labrador

Other contestants who performed in front of the judges:

Damian from Main Brook, NL
Kayla  from Marystown, NL
Alexandria from Portugal Cove, NL
Amber  from Botwood, NL

References

External links
 Official Site

2000s Canadian children's television series
2000s Canadian reality television series
2000s Canadian music television series
Canadian children's musical television series
Canadian children's reality television series
CMT (American TV channel) original programming
YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
Television series about children
Television series about teenagers
Television series by Corus Entertainment


Pervomaiske Raion (, , ) is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. It is situated in the north-western part of the republic. The raion is named after its administrative center, the urban-type settlement of Pervomaiske. Population:

Demographics

Ethnic makeup according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:

Ukrainians: 37.9%
Russians: 35.1%
Crimean Tatars: 21.5%
Belarusians: 1.7%
Tatars: 0.7%
Armenians: 0.3%
Moldovans: 0.3%
Poles: 0.3%
Uzbeks: 0.3%

References

Raions of Crimea


The Best of Ultravox is the seventh compilation by Ultravox, released on EMI Gold records, in 2003, being one of the more recent compilation albums of the band. The songs of the disc are from the success era of the band, in the 1980s, while Midge Ure was the singer.

Track listing
"Sleepwalk"
"Waiting"
"Passing Strangers"
"Vienna"
"Passionate Reply"
"The Voice"
"Hymn"
"Monument"
"We Came to Dance"
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
"Reap the Wild Wind"
"Love's Great Adventure" (Live)
"White China"
"All Fall Down"
"Dreams?"
"All in One Day"

Personnel
Midge Ure
Billy Currie
Chris Cross
Warren Cann
Mark Brzezicki

References

2003 greatest hits albums
Ultravox compilation albums


Kharbatha Bani Harith () is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, located 15 kilometers west of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The name of the town is probably a corruption of Khirbat Bani Harith ("the ruins of the sons of Harith"). According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,471 in 2017. It has a total land area of 7,120 dunams.

Location
Kharbatha Bani Harith is located   west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ras Karkar to the east, Al-Itihad   to the north, Deir Qaddis  to the north and  west, and Bil’in and Kafr Ni’ma  to the south.

History
Pottery sherds from  Iron Age II,  Persian, Byzantine, Byzantine/Umayyad and Mamluk era have been found here.

Ottoman era
Kharbatha Bani Harith was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine.

In 1552, Kharbatha was an inhabited village, and 21 its tax revenues were endowed to the Haseki Sultan Imaret in Jerusalem. Administratively, the village belonged to the Sub-district of Ramla in the District of Gaza.

In 1596 it appeared under the name of Harabta in the  tax registers, being in the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Ramla, which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Gaza. It had a population of 29 Muslims and 4 Christian households. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,200 Akçe. All of the revenues went to a Waqf.

In 1870, Victor Guérin found the village to have about 200 inhabitants. He also noted the remains of a church,  which has been dated to the Byzantine era.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village, called Khurbetha Ibn Harith, as being of medium size, with a well on the west, "standing on high ground among the olive trees."

British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kharbata had a population of 338 inhabitants, all Muslim. In the 1931 census it had increased to a  population of 469, still all Muslim, in 102 inhabited houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kharbata was 650, all Muslims, who owned 7,120 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. 2,788 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 591 used for cereals, while 9 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kharbatha Bani Harith came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 835 inhabitants in Kh. Harithiya.

1967-present
After the Six-Day War in 1967,  Kharbatha Bani Harith came under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 942 dunums of village land were classified Area B, the remaining 6,200 dunums as Area C.

According to ARIJ, 833 dunams of village land has been confiscated by Israel for the Israeli settlement of Modi'in Illit.

See also
Kharbatha al-Misbah

References

Bibliography

External links
Welcome To Kharbata
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:  IAA, Wikimedia commons
 Kharbatha Bani Harith Village (Fact Sheet),  Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Kharbatha Bani Harith Village Profile, ARIJ
Kharbatha Bani Harith aerial photo, ARIJ

Towns in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine


Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary's College (Sisters of Mercy, established in Colombo Street in 1893) and McKillop College (named for Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross)) located in Shirley (founded in 1949 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart). Both schools provided boarding and day facilities. The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch is the proprietor of the college.

History
It was decided to merge these schools into a larger Catholic secondary day school for girls which would be an integrated school under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 and to develop it on the McKillop College site in North Parade.

Marian College was officially opened on 25 March 1982, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. The first principal was Sister Eleanor Capper RSJ who left in 1996. In the subsequent 30 years, Marian College extended its facilities to include an assembly hall/gymnasium, a music suite, library, technology rooms’ and new classrooms. The oldest building was the administration block, which was built in 1914 by a Doctor Louisson and used as a family residence, until it was sold to the Sisters of St Joseph in 1949.

2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes
Because of the effects of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the school was relocated for the 2011 school year to St Bede's College, Christchurch. There was also some cooperation with Shirley Boys' High School which was near the school.

As a result of the February earthquake and the June 2011 Christchurch earthquake significant liquefaction occurred on the College site resulting in most buildings suffering differential settlement in many areas of up to 215mm. It was therefore decided to relocate the school to the site of Catholic Cathedral College (where there was sufficient surplus capacity to accommodate the school) at 122 Barbadoes Street at the beginning of the 2012 school year. Initially, the College was expected to be accommodated for a period of two to four years. On 15 March 2019, Marian College announced the site for a new location on Lydia Street in Northcote, to be opened in 2023.

References

Sources

 Mary Declan Burke RSM, Mercy through the years : the centennial history of the Sisters of Mercy, Christchurch Diocese, 1878–1978, Sisters of Mercy Trust Board, Christchurch, 1978.
 St. Mary's Schools Christchurch, 1894–1994: A history published for the centennial jubilee, September 1994, St Mary's School, Christchurch, 1994.
 A Century in pictures : the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in New Zealand, 1883–1983, Catholic Publications Centre for the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Auckland, 1983.
 Anne Marie Power R.S.J., Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart : New Zealand story, 1883–1997, The Sisters, Auckland, 1997.
 Diane Strevens, MacKillop Women: The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Aotearoa New Zealand 1883–2006, David Ling, Auckland, 2008.
 Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Held firm by faith : a history of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, 1840–1987, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, Christchurch, 1988.
 Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.

Secondary schools in Christchurch
Educational institutions established in 1982
Girls' schools in New Zealand
Catholic secondary schools in Christchurch
1982 establishments in New Zealand


A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, June 25, 1964. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

Visibility
It was completely visible from South America and Africa, seen as rising over North America, and setting over Europe and Western Asia.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

It last occurred on June 14, 1946 and will next occur on July 6, 1982.

This is the 35th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the June 1946 lunar eclipse. The next event is the July 1982 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros 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 total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.

See also
List of lunar eclipses
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

1964-06
1964-06
1964 in science
June 1964 events


Lake Palakpakin is one of the Seven Lakes of San Pablo in Laguna province in the Philippines. Palakpakin is located in Brgy. San Buenaventura, San Pablo City. With an area of , it has a maximum depth of .

Residents around the lake rely on income from fishpens and fishcages that grow cultured tilapia and silver carps.

Legend

A few kilometers north of the city proper was a village which had become known then for its ancient tree which had a hollow trunk. It was called Palakpak. Some villagers said that on moonlit nights they could see a beautiful, red-haired lady washing her long hair with the hollow trunk serving as her wash basin. There is also river nearby where a big fish appeared each night when the beautiful lady was around. The villagers would not catch it, believing that it must be her pet.

One day, a stranger came to the village and tried to solve the mystery about the red-haired lady and the fish. And so one moonlit night, he waited for her. Seeing the lady in her pristine glory, the stranger approached her. All of a sudden there was thunder and lightning. The earth quaked with terrible intensity, while the river swelled alarmingly into a lake. From that time onwards, that lake produces a large quantity of shrimps which when cooked, turned red. People since then had affectionately called their village Palakpakin, after that ancient tree and the shrimps in the lake became a principal source of livelihood, which they call Hipong Palakpakin or Palakpakin Shrimp.

References

 Legends of the Seven Lakes
 San Pablo City

External links
 Geographic data related to Lake Palakpakin at OpenStreetMap

Palakpakin
Palakpakin
Maars of the Philippines
Volcanic lakes of the Philippines


Sovietskyi Raion (, ), known by Ukrainian authorities as İçki Raion (, ) is one of the 25 regions of Crimea, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Sovietskyi. Population:

Notes

References

Raions of Crimea


Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American sitcom that aired on ABC starring Fess Parker. The series, which aired from September 29, 1962 to March 30, 1963, was based on the 1939 film of the same name, starring James Stewart in the title role.

Premise
The title character is a "small-town idealist who becomes a United States senator" who was elected to fill the unexpired term of the incumbent who died. Although Smith seemed naive, he disappointed his backers. Smith's small-town background led him to use a "low-keyed, homespun approach" to problems within his family and at the national level.

Regular characters in the series, in addition to Smith, were his wife Pat, his Uncle Cooter, Miss Kelly (a secretary), and Arnie (a chauffeur).

Cast

 Eugene Smith - Parker
 Pat Smith - Sandra Warner
 Uncle Cooter - Red Foley
 Miss Kelly - Rita Lynn
 Arnie - Stan Irwin

Guest stars
Harpo Marx
Buster Keaton
Charles Lane
Jim Nabors
Hope Summers
Kay Starr (at the time, producer Hal Stanley's wife)
Edward Everett Horton
Leo Gorcey
Jack Carter
Cecil Kellaway

Episode list

Production
Hal Stanley was the producer and creator of the series, which was filmed in black-and-white with a laugh track. Claudio Guzman and Oscar Rudolph were two of the directors. Earl Hamner, Jack Harvey, and Howard Snyder were three of the writers. Stanley and Irving Taylor wrote the theme song. The show was broadcast from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturdays. Sponsors included Camel cigarettes, Metrecal, and U. S. Royal tires.

Critical response
John P. Shanley, writing in The New York Times, commented that much of the initial episode was "obvious and unnecessary."

References

External links

1962 American television series debuts
1963 American television series endings
1960s American sitcoms
1960s American political comedy television series
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Black-and-white American television shows
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Live action television shows based on films
Television series by Sony Pictures Television
Television shows set in Washington, D.C.
Television series by Screen Gems


Campillo may refer to:

Places in Spain
Campillo de Altobuey, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
Campillo de Aragón, a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon
Campillo de Aranda, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León
Campillo de Arenas, a city located in the province of Jaén
Campillo de Azaba, a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, Castile-León
Campillo de Deleitosa, a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
Campillo de Dueñas, a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha
Campillo de Llerena, a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
Campillo de Ranas, a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha

Other
Campillo (surname)
El Campillo (disambiguation), the name of several places
Campillos, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain


Héctor Codevila  (born 23 January 1964 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football player and manager.

Club career
Codevila played for Rampla Juniors, Liverpool de Montevideo and Rentistas in the Primera División Uruguaya. He also played for Deportivo Italiano in the Primera B Nacional Argentina and finished his playing career with Deportivo Cuenca in Serie A de Ecuador.

References

1964 births
Living people
Uruguayan men's footballers
Rampla Juniors players
Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
C.D. Cuenca footballers
Uruguayan football managers
Footballers from Montevideo
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina

Men's association football midfielders


Devanancheri is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. It is located 42 km north of the district headquarters in Thanjavur, 8 km from Kumbakonam, and 286 km from the state capital, Chennai. The local language is Tamil.

Geography
Devanancheri is located 42 km north of the district headquarters in Thanjavur, 8 km from Kumbakonam, and 286 km from the state capital, Chennai. The neighboring villages are Athiyur (2 km), Neerathanallur (2 km), Thirunallur (1 km), Inaipriyalvattam (1 km), Kadichambadi (3 km), and Cholapuram (4 km). Devanancheri is surrounded by Thiruppanandal Taluk and Tiruvidaimarudur Taluk towards the east, and Kumbakonam Taluk and Valangaiman Taluk towards the south. It is also on the border with the district of Ariyalur (39 km). Devanancheri's postal code is 612501 and the postal head office is at Koranattukkaruppur.

Population
As per the 2001 census, Devanancheri had a total population of 2737 with 1376 males and 1361 females. The sex ratio was 989. The literacy rate was 68.07. It comes under the Kumbakonam legislative assembly constituency and the Mayiladuthurai parliamentary constituency.

Agriculture
The village people's revenue is dependent on agriculture. The River Manniyaru provides water for the agriculture and pumped irrigation is also available. The major crops cultivated in Devanancheri are paddy, pulses, gingelly, groundnut and sugarcane. Maize, soybeans, and redgram are also grown.

Education
Aided Middle School
Minerva Primary and Higher Secondary School
Annai College Of Arts & Science
Skss Arts College
Mass College Of Arts & Science
 Arasu Engineering College &government higher secondary school

Temples
The Vinayagar, Sivan,pachai amman,kaliyamman,mariyamman, Thiraupathi Amman, Anjaneyar and Ayyanar temples are famous. Each year festivals are held in the temples.

Transportation
The Kumbakonam railway station is the nearest railway to Devanancheri.  The main bus terminal is in Kumbakonam, and provides for inner and outer area transportation. Devanacheri is on a main route to Chennai. There are airports in Thanjavur and Trichy

See also
 Athiyur

References

Athiyur

Villages in Thanjavur district


Unleash the Carnivore is the third studio album by American death metal band Devourment. It was released through Brutal Bands on June 26, 2009.

Track listing

Personnel
Devourment
 Mike Majewski – vocals
 Ruben Rosas – guitars
 Chris Andrews – bass
 Eric Park – drums

Production
D. Braxton Henry – producer
Pär Olofsson – artwork
Dan Seagrave – artwork (serpent)

References

Devourment albums
2009 albums
Albums with cover art by Pär Olofsson
Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave


The Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland, or ISPAI, is a non profit company established in 1998 that represents various Irish Internet service providers. It is a member of EuroISPA.

The association also runs the Irish Hotline, which is an anonymous reporting facility where members of the public can report child abuse material.

The association's members include ISPs, hosting companies and content providers.

External links
Official site
EuroISPA
Internet plans

Internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland


Hervé J. Michaud (28 December 1912 – 5 June 1978) was a Canadian politician, farmer and salesman. Michaud served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate.

He was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. Michaud was educated in New Brunswick at University of St. Joseph's College and at the school of agriculture at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec.

He was first elected at the Kent riding in the 1953 general election, then re-elected there in the 1957 and 1958 elections. He served three consecutive terms from the 22nd through the 24th Parliaments then did not seek another term as of the 1962 election.

Michaud was appointed to the Senate on 15 March 1968 in the Kent senatorial division during the administration of Lester B. Pearson. He remained a Senator until his death on 5 June 1978.

Electoral record

References

External links

  Fonds Hervé Michaud (1912-1978) at the University of Moncton

1912 births
1978 deaths
20th-century Canadian farmers
Canadian senators from New Brunswick
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Liberal Party of Canada senators


Ka Wah Bank Limited (Traditional Chinese: 嘉華銀行有限公司) (Former stock code: ) was a bank in Hong Kong. It was acquired by CITIC International Financial Holdings and renamed as CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited (Traditional Chinese: 中信嘉華銀行有限公司)(In May 2010, CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited was renamed as CITIC Bank International Limited(Traditional Chinese: 中信銀行國際有限公司)).

History
1922: Ka Wah Ngan Ho (Traditional Chinese: 嘉華銀號) was founded in Guangzhou by Dr. Lam Chi Fung, the founding president of Hong Kong Baptist College. Its name, Ka Wah, was derived from the names of Ka Nam Tong and Nam Wah Company.
1924: Ka Wah Savings Bank Limited (Traditional Chinese: 嘉華儲蓄銀行有限公司) was founded in Hong Kong. Ka Wah Ngan Ho in Guangzhou then became Ka Wah Savings Bank Limited, Guangzhou Branch.
1926: Ka Wah Savings Bank Limited was renamed as Ka Wah Bank Public Limited Company (Traditional Chinese: 嘉華銀行公眾有限公司).
1931: Shanghai branch was established.
1935: Branches in Shanghai and Guangzhou were closed down.
1945: It reopened in Hong Kong.
1949: It was renamed as Ka Wah Bank Limited.
1974: C.S. Low (Low Chung Song 刘灿松), a Singapore businessman and banker, led takeover of Ka Wah Bank in December 1974 from a group of U.S. investors. He became the bank's largest shareholder.
1975: After C.S. Low assumed management of the bank, business expanded rapidly.
1980: It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Underwritten by Chase Manhattan Asia.
1983: Between 1975 and 1983, the bank's net earnings rose by about 2,200%.
1986: Ka Wah Bank suffered from financial difficulties, and CITIC Group injected HK$350 million capital into the bank.
1998: Ka Wah Bank was renamed as CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited.
2002: CITIC Ka Wah Bank was privatized by CITIC International Financial Holdings and it became a whole-owned subsidiary of CITIC International Financial Holdings.

See others
CITIC Ka Wah Bank
David Lam See-chai, one of nine children of Lam Chi Fung who later moved to Canada and became the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

References

Banks established in 1922
Companies based in Guangzhou
Defunct banks of Hong Kong
Companies formerly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Banks disestablished in 1998


Geekologie was a popular blog originally dedicated to reviewing gadgets and technology. Geekologie was founded on April 2, 2006, and the first post appeared on April 4, 2006. On October 22, 2012, Time recognized Geekologie as one of the "25 Best Blogs of 2012".

Geekologie was updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets, video games, consumer electronics and popular culture related to games and movies. Gmail, Google's webmail service, as well as many other RSS readers, has included Geekologie as a default RSS feed, pulling the latest articles which appear at the top of all user's mailboxes. In March 2008, Geekologie was featured on G4TV's Attack of the Show. It has also been nominated for "Best Computer or Technology Weblog" from Weblogs, Inc. in 2008 where it competed with Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Engadget.

In April 2022, the website went inactive, save for a black main page with the message "Geekologie has shut down. Thank you to everybody. Now go be happy."

The "Awesome"
Besides articles and commentary on gadgets and electronics, Geekologie often features articles on the "awesome",  which generally include items that are unordinary like the Bacon Explosion a bacon and sausage roll consisting of two pounds of sausage and bacon, rolled into a cylinder and baked.  Another 'awesome' article featured is the 1,474 megapixel photo of President Obama's Inauguration.

References

External links
Official site

Online companies of the United States
American technology news websites
Internet properties established in 2006
Internet properties disestablished in 2022


Oheb Sholom is a Reform synagogue located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It is one of fewer than a hundred nineteenth-century synagogues still standing in the United States, and the second oldest synagogue building in the state.

History
The congregation was founded in February 1883 by 33 Jewish men who met "for the purpose of building a synagogue" in Goldsboro. The Goldsboro Jewish community already had a Torah and met for prayers, probably in private homes, in addition to having already formed a Cemetery Association and a Ladies' Hebrew Assistance Society. Since several families had moved to Goldsboro from Baltimore, Maryland, the congregation was patterned on the moderate Reform style of Baltimore's Temple Oheb Sholom.

Among the leading families were the Weils. Herman Weil had arrived in the United States in 1858, and was soon joined by his brothers, Henry and Solomon. They had become successful businessmen in Goldsboro by the 1870s. Solomon and Henry Weil donated the land for Herman Park, named for Herman Weil, to the City of Goldsboro on July 21, 1890. Lionel Weil, son of Solomon and Sarah Weil, donated 219 acres (89 ha) in 1945 to the State of North Carolina for a nature park, now known as Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. Gertrude Weil, daughter of Henry and Mina Weil, was a leader of the women's suffrage movement and active in a variety of progressive causes. She founded the North Carolina League of Women Voters.

The two-story, red brick synagogue was designed by Milton Harding in 1886, and is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture. It was the second Jewish house of worship in North Carolina.

References

Synagogues completed in 1886
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Religious organizations established in 1883
Reform synagogues in North Carolina
Romanesque Revival synagogues
Buildings and structures in Wayne County, North Carolina


Thomson Station  is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County.

References
Thomson Station entry in Nova Scotia Geographical Names (Department of Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations)

Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia


The Wu River () is the largest southern tributary of the Yangtze River. Nearly its entire length of  runs within the isolated, mountainous and ethnically diverse province of Guizhou. The river takes drainage from a  watershed.

The river flows through the Liupanshui, Anshun, Guiyang (the capital), Qiannan, and Zunyi Districts of Guizhou. All nine regions of the province have at least partial drainage to the river.

Course

The river begins as the Sancha in western Guizhou and flows eastwards about . It then bends north, west and south in a  reach called the Yachi, and receives the Nanming River from the right. After the Yachi reach, the Wu makes a broad arc northeast through central Guizhou, picking up fifteen major tributaries including the Yu, Furong and Ya Rivers and flowing through several large hydroelectric dams. It then crosses the border into the provincial-level municipality of Chongqing, flows past Wushan, Badong and Zigui, and empties into the Yangtze River at Fuling, some  east-northeast of Chongqing, in the Wu Gorge of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze. Part of the lower course of the river is flooded by the reservoir of Three Gorges Dam.

History
Many small river towns along the Wu, such as Gongtan, date back to as early as 200 A.D. Fuling is regarded as the first major town to be built on the river. The city was the capital of the ancient Ba state in the Sichuan area. During the Qin Dynasty, the region was brought under Chinese control.

The Wu Gorge is also known as "Golden Helmet and Silver Armor Gorge". The name originates from a helmet-shaped rock formation above the river and a silver-colored cliff of slate. Another name for Wu Gorge is "Iron Coffin Gorge".

River modifications
The Wu River has been extensively developed for hydroelectricity generation. , dams along the river had a combined capacity of 8,500 megawatts (MW). Much of this development is extremely recent, as power generation in 2010 was over four times of that in 2005. Most dams on the river were constructed and owned by the Wujiang Hydropower Corporation. The largest dam, the  Goupitan Dam, was completed in 2011. Aside from producing power, dams on the Wu River also provide flood control and hydraulic head for irrigation operations.

The lower reaches of the river are heavily polluted because of poor sewage systems and dumping of agricultural waste – so much that it is not even considered suitable for irrigation and industrial purposes.

About  of the river's lower course forms an arm of the Wu Gorge (Big Gorge or Second Gorge) of the Three Gorges, now submerged in up to  of water from Three Gorges Reservoir. In late 2008, geological instabilities caused landslides with volumes of . It is speculated that the former slide is part of a larger unstable slope with as much as . The latter slide caused a wave that swamped boats up to  away.

The 10 dams on the river that are either completed, under construction or planned, , are listed below from downstream to upstream.
Daxikou Dam – Cancelled, 1,200 MW
Baimato Dam – Programmed, 350 MW
Yinpan Dam – Completed, 600 MW
Pengshui Dam – Completed, 1,750 MW
Shatuo Dam – Completed, 1,120 MW
Silin Dam – Completed, 1,050 MW
Goupitan Dam – Completed, 3,000 MW
Wujiangdu Dam – Completed, 1,250 MW
Suofengying Dam – Completed, 600 MW
Dongfeng Dam – Completed, 695 MW

Navigation
In the 1950s, local governments began an ambitious project to increase the navigability of the Wu River. The lower  of the river were dredged of sediment and hundreds of sets of rapids were destroyed by explosive charges. Navigation on the upper river, in contrast, reflects the difficulty of traversing the Yangtze in the Three Gorges region before the construction of Three Gorges Dam. With the creation of the reservoir behind this dam, navigation on the lower reaches of the Wu has increased significantly.

Bridges

There are many spectacular bridges along the course of the Wu River. These include (from mouth heading upstream):
 Fuling Arch Bridge
 Fuling Wu River Bridge
 Jiangjiehe Bridge
 Zunyi Bridge
 Wujiang Viaduct
 Liuguanghe Xiqian Expressway Bridge under construction
 Liuguanghe Bridge
 Yachi Railway Bridge under construction
 Yachi Bridge
 Najiehe Railway Bridge
 Dimuhe River Bridge

See also
List of rivers of China

References

Rivers of Guizhou
Rivers of Chongqing
Tributaries of the Yangtze River


George (Georges) Minne (born Georgius Joannes Leonardus Minne; 30 August 1866 – 18 February 1941) was a Belgian artist and sculptor famous for his idealized depictions of man's inner spiritual conflicts, including the "Kneeling Youth" sculpture series. A contemporary of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, Minne's work shows many similarities in both form and subject matter to the Viennese Secessionists, the fathers of Art Nouveau.

Life
He was born in Ghent, Belgium as the son of an architect (Fredericus Augustus Minne). In 1879, Minne studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, then in the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1885 through 1889.  In 1891 he was elected a member of the arts group Les XX. He had made his first visit to Paris in 1886 where he met the writers Maurice Maeterlinck and Gregore Le Roy, who introduced him to the French Symbolists. Minne returned to Paris in 1890 and asked Auguste Rodin for permission to work in his studio, Rodin told him, "I have nothing to teach you."

In 1892, Minne married Josephine Destanberg, the daughter of a Ghent poet. He then spent most of his time drawing and sculpting. He established his own bronze foundry in 1910–14, in Ghent, which was managed by his son. During World War I he fled to Wales, but returned after the war, and taught drawing.

Works

His most famous works are the "Kneeling Youth" series of sculptures, including "The Small Relic Bearer" and "The Fountain of Kneeling Youths", a bronze-cast fountain in his home town of Ghent (the Marble originals are at the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany), as well as various smaller sculptures in private and museum holdings, such as the pair of "Kneeling Youths" at the Neue Galerie New York and the plaster of "Kneeling Youth" (1898) acquired in 2011 by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

The Neue Galerie's "Kneeling Youth" sculptures were previously owned by Adele Bloch-Bauer and her husband Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist. The sculptures were confiscated by the Nazis, and only through extensive restitution efforts were they returned to Bloch-Bauer's niece Maria Altmann, and eventually acquired by the museum.

For the Basilica of Koekelberg Minne made the sculpture of the Sacred Heart for the altar in the apse. He also made the bronze Calvary placed outside the basilica.

Honours
 1931 : Created baron by Royal Order of 25 April.
 1934 : Grand officer in the Order of the Crown.
 Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium

References

Further reading
Kultermann, Udo. "The Fountain of Youth: The Folkwang Fountain by George Minne," Konsthistorik Tidskrift 46:2 (1977):144-152.
van Puyvelde, Leo. George Minne, Brussels: Editions des Cahiers de Belgique, 1930.

External links
 Minne at the Getty Museum
 Neue Galerie
 Basilica of Koekelberg
 National Gallery of Victoria

1941 deaths
1866 births
Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Barons of Belgium
Art Nouveau sculptors
Nobility from Ghent
20th-century Belgian sculptors
19th-century Belgian sculptors
19th-century Belgian male artists
Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent)
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts alumni
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) alumni
20th-century Belgian male artists


The 2005 Against All Odds was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on February 13, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Against All Odds chronology. Eight matches were featured on the event's card.

The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship between the champion, Jeff Jarrett, and the challenger, Kevin Nash, in which Jarrett won to retain the championship. Another featured match was an Iron Man match for the TNA X Division Championship, in which the wrestler with the most scoring conditions after thirty minutes would win. The champion, A.J. Styles, defeated the challenger, Christopher Daniels, to retain the championship in this match. Multiple bouts were scheduled on the undercard. One saw Abyss defeat Jeff Hardy in a match where the competitors had to climb a ladder and retrieve an envelope to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in what is called a Full Metal Mayhem match. The other being for the NWA World Tag Team Championship between the champions, America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (AMW), and Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt; AMW claimed victory in the match.

The event marked the debut of the Full Metal Mayhem match, which later became one of TNA's most successful match types. The professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 7 out of 10 stars, which was the same rating as the 2006 event.

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.

Background
The event featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main event at Against All Odds was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which Jeff Jarrett defended the championship against his on-screen rival Kevin Nash. The bout was announced on the January 21 episode of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, during a pre-taped press conference. On the February 11 episode of Impact!, authority figure Dusty Rhodes added the stipulation that if Jarrett used a guitar (a weapon he often used to win his matches) during the match, he would be automatically disqualified and would lose the NWA World Heavyweight Championship to Nash even if the referee did not see him use it.

Another storyline rivalry heading into Against All Odds was for the TNA X Division Championship between the champion, A.J. Styles, and the challenger, Christopher Daniels, in a thirty-minute Iron Man match. An Iron Man match involves two competitors fighting for a predetermined amount of time, in this case thirty-minutes, after which whoever gained more pinfalls or submissions is the victor. The rivalry for this match began on the January 21 episode of Impact!, when Daniels challenged Styles to a match that night, in which if Styles could not defeat him in under ten-minutes then Daniels got a X Division Championship match at Against All Odds. The match ended in a time limit draw, which meant per the pre-match stipulation Daniels gained a championship match at Against All Odds. Dusty Rhodes then entered the arena after the match and announced that the contest would be a thirty-minute Iron Man match.

A featured match heading into Against All Odds was the debuting of Full Metal Mayhem, in which Abyss fought Jeff Hardy, with the winner becoming number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In a Full Metal Mayhem match, two or more competitors fight to either gain a pinfall, submission, or climb a ladder to retrieve an envelope or a championship belt in no disqualification rules. In this particular one there were two envelopes, one with a contract for the championship match, while the other one was empty. At TNA's previous PPV, Final Resolution, Abyss attacked Hardy after his match with Scott Hall. On the January 21 episode of Impact!, Abyss attacked Hardy once again and this time by slamming him through a table. On the January 28 episode of Impact!, TNA advertised the debut of Full Metal Mayhem between Hardy and Abyss at Against All Odds. On the February 4 episode of Impact!, the second stipulation of the match was announced, that the winner would gain a future championship match on a future edition of Impact!.

In the tag team division, the reigning NWA World Tag Team Champions America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defended the championship against the team of Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt. This match was the result of a challenge issued by Kash and Hoyt on the January 21 episode of Impact! to AMW to defend the championship against them at Against All Odds, which AMW accepted.

Event

Pre-Show
The thirty-minute pre-show aired before the event began with a match between Phi Delta Slam (Bruno Sassi and Big Tilly) and the team of Lex Lovett and Buck Quatermain. Phi Delta Slam won the match by pinfall, after Big Tilly performed a splash from the top rope onto Lovett. The second saw real-life brothers Ron and Don Harris defeat the team of Mikey Batts and Jerelle Clark.

Preliminary matches

Against All Odds official began with a standard match between Elix Skipper and Petey Williams, who was accompanied by Coach D'Amore. The match ended when Skipper performed a move in which he holds his opponent upside-down and around his back. He grabs their head and falls to a seated position to cause their head and neck to be forced into the mat, a move he dubbed the Sudden Death. Skipper followed by covering Williams for the pinfall.

The following bout was a tag team match between the team of B.G. James and Jeff Hammond and Michael Shane and Kazarian. James and Hammond were the victors in the encounter after Hammond dropped onto Kazarian with his elbow cocked to gain the pinfall.

The third contest pitted Raven against Dustin Rhodes in a standard match. After a few minutes of fighting, Raven pinned Rhodes with a roll-up style pin-attempt.

The NWA World Tag Team Championship was on the line in the encounter between the champions, America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), and Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt. The match ended when America's Most Wanted performed their finishing maneuver the Death Sentence, which saw Storm wrap his arms around Hoyt and squeeze tightly while Harris jumped off the top turnbuckle and performed a legdrop across his neck and head. America's Most Wanted followed by covering Hoyt to retain the World Tag Team Championship.

Main event matches

The fifth contest was a Full Metal Mayhem match for a future match on Impact! for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Early in the match, Abyss placed two tables side-by-side and then stacked two more on top of those at ringside. Mid-way through the match, Hardy grabbed Abyss and placed him on a table at the top of the entrance ramp, he then ascended to the roof of the entrance ramp and performed a front-flip, landing on Abyss in a move Hardy calls the Swanton Bomb. In the final minutes of the match, Hardy climbed a ladder and retrieved one of the envelopes, however, it was empty which meant the last one held the future championship match. Hardy then tried to move the ladder and retrieve the second envelope. While he was climbing again, Abyss grabbed him and pulled him down, he then threw Hardy against the ropes. When Hardy connected with the ropes, he flipped over them and crashed through the four tables set up earlier in the match. Abyss followed by climbing the ladder and removing the envelope to win the match.

The next bout was between the team of Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) and Monty Brown and Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young), who were accompanied by Coach D'Amore and Johnny Devine. DDP and Brown were the winners of the contest after DDP grabbed Young around the head and neck, jumped forward and landed on his back to force Young's face into the mat and his shoulder. DDP followed by covering Young for the pinfall and the win.

The TNA X Division Championship was contested for in an Iron Man match in the seventh match, as then-champion, A.J. Styles, defended the title against Christopher Daniels. The first fall of the match came when Daniels pinned Styles following bending Styles forward, placing Styles' head between his legs, tucked Styles' arms behind Styles' back, lifted him up, turned 90°, and dropped to the mat to force Styles' face into the mat in what Daniels dubbed the Angel's Wings. Styles scored the second fall by pinning Daniels with a roll-up, tying the match one fall apiece. Before the deciding fall to break the tie could take place, the thirty-minute time limit ran out. Daniels then demanded the match go into overtime/sudden death, which he was granted by Dusty Rhodes. The deciding pinfall saw Styles grab Daniels, lift him up, hold him upside down, trap Daniels' arms behind his legs, and jump forward to implant Daniels entire body into the mat in a move Styles dubbed the Styles Clash to retain the X Division Championship.

The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which defending champion, Jeff Jarrett, fought Kevin Nash. During the match, since Jarrett couldn't use his trademark guitar, Jarrett used a similar instrument, a cello. Jarrett went to hit Nash with the cello, however it broke before he could swing it. Later, Nash grabbed the broken cello and placed it on the canvass. He then followed by lifting up Jarrett onto his shoulders and dropping him onto the cello to perform what he dubbed the Jackknife Powerbomb. While lifting Jarrett, Nash accidentally knocked out the referee. With the referee unconscious, no one could count the pinfall. Monty Sopp then made his debut in TNA and attacked Nash, which led to a fight between the two. After the conclusion to the brawl, referee's tried to remove Sopp from the ringside area. Sean Waltman then made his debut in TNA and attacked Jarrett, which also led to a fight between them. A while later the match came to an end, when Jarrett hit Nash in the groin, grabbed him, and tripped him, which caused him to fall and force his face into the canvass, which completed Jarrett's finishing maneuver the Stroke. Jarrett then covered Nash for the pinfall victory and to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Aftermath

After Against All Odds, Jarrett went on to fight Diamond Dallas Page at Destination X in a Ringside Revenge match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The match was announced on the Impact! following Against All Odds. The match was changed to a Ringside Revenge match on the March 4 episode of Impact!. Jarrett was victorious and retained the championship at the event.

A.J. Styles went on to Destination X to defend the TNA X Division Championship in an Ultimate X Challenge match. An Ultimate X Challenge match has three stages. Stage one involves the four men being paired up into two tag teams and having a standard tag team match, with the person who is pinned being eliminated from the bout. Then it becomes a standard match involving three people, with the one being pinned in that phase being eliminated from the match. The final two then fight to climb the ropes and retrieve the championship that hangs in the middle. The participants were announced for the match on the March 11 episode of Impact!, with Elix Skipper and Ron Killings being added to face Styles. The final participant was determined in a match that pitted Christopher Daniels against Chris Sabin, which Daniels won. Styles would lose the championship to Daniels at the event.

Kevin Nash went on to fight Monty Sopp, newly dubbed The Outlaw, in a First Blood match at Destination X, in which the only way to win is to make your opponent bleed. The match was officially announced on the March 11 episode of Impact!. The Outlaw would claim victory in the match.

Abyss and Jeff Hardy continued their feud at Destination X in a Falls Count Anywhere match, which was announced on the February 18 episode of Impact!. Hardy went on to win the encounter.

Reception
Canadian Online Explorer writer Jason Clevett rated the entire event 7 out of 10 stars, which was the same rating as the 2006 event. The Iron Man match for the TNA X Division Championship was rated 9 out of 10 stars. The main event match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was rated a 7 out of 10 stars, the lesser of the two. When Clevett spoke of the Iron Man match, he said it "met expectations". His comments on the main event were a bit different as he said it was "entertaining" and a "decent match" overall. The event was released on DVD on November 15, 2005 by TNA Home Video.

Results

Iron Man Match
A.J. Styles defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the TNA X Division Championship. It was a draw after 30 minutes, but Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes ordered for sudden death overtime.

Notes

References

External links
 TNA Wrestling.com

Impact Wrestling Against All Odds
2005 in professional wrestling in Florida
Professional wrestling shows in Orlando, Florida
February 2005 sports events in the United States
2005 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view events


Skvyra Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Skvyra. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Skvyra Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was  .

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Skvyra urban hromada with the administration in Skvyra.

References

Former raions of Kyiv Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform


Heatherton  (Bail’ a’ Fhraoich) is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County. It has a Community centre, post office, and Catholic church. The local economy consists of farming, forestry, and fishing. Many people work in the town of Antigonish. It also has a group home and a community centre with a bakery.

References

Further reading
Heatherton; Place-names and places of Nova Scotia

Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia


Lake Mohicap (also spelled as Mojicap) is one of the seven lakes of San Pablo City, in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The lake, located in Brgy. San Buenaventura, has an area of  and is one of the main suppliers of water in the city. The waters of San Pablo Lakes provide a generous source of tilapia for Metro Manila and suburbs.

Legend
The legend of Lake Mohicap is quite similar to those of Lakes Pandin and Yambo to the east. A couple had a very sickly daughter named Munica, and they frequently prayed to God for her health. They promised to do anything in exchange, to which God granted their prayer on condition that Munica must not set foot on soil. She thus grew up to be healthy and very industrious.

One day while her parents were away, Munica was sewing a dress. The ball of thread she was using fell on the ground and when she tried to retrieve it, she fainted and fell. She suddenly sank with the entire neighbourhood, and a lagoon was formed. This body of water was later called Mohicap, derived from the unfortunate girl's name, and mahikap, which means industrious in the local dialect of Tagalog.

References

External links
 Geographic data related to Lake Muhikap at OpenStreetMap
 San Pablo City Official Web Site

Muhikap
Maars of the Philippines
Volcanic crater lakes


Stavyshche Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Stavyshche. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Stavyshche Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was .

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Stavyshche settlement hromada with the administration in Stavyshche.

References

Former raions of Kyiv Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform


The DB Class V 51 (from 1968: DB Class 251) and DB Class V 52 (from 1968: DB Class 252) are classes of almost identical narrow gauge 4 axle diesel hydraulic locomotives built in 1964 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn, being built for  and  gauge lines respectively.

Both are outwardly similar to the standard gauge DB Class V 100 and were built to replace steam locomotives on the narrow gauge lines in Baden-Württemberg.

Due to partial line closures the locomotives did not work for long for the Deutsche Bundesbahn, subsequently working for different private companies in Italy, Spain and Austria.

Background

In the early 1960s the narrow gauge railways of Baden-Württemberg were still operated by 13 outdated steam locomotives. To enable their withdrawal, and to continue operations on the  and  gauge railways, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg subsidised the production of diesel locomotives by the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Development and design
Thus the Deutsche Bundesbahn was asked to provide locomotives with suitably low axle load, suitable for both freight and passenger work, and which were suitable for use on small radius curves. High speed was not a primary requirement, more so on ease of maintenance and a reliable design.

The Gmeinder company in Mosbach / Baden put forward a design for a 4 axle, twin-bogeyd machine, which was similar to the MaK 400 BB machine made in 1959 for the Alsen´sche Portland-Cementfabrik KG in Itzehoe which had a gauge of  - having similar power transmission via a hydraulic gearbox.

Both classes shared the same design: a four axle narrow-gauge diesel locomotive with two two-axle bogies which was at the time a modern design. All machines had two MWM diesels each with an output of  @ 1600 rpm. located in the longer end, with the shorter end containing the auxiliary diesel engine, the batteries, the compressor and the diesel tanks.

The transmission was via a torque converter type "TwinDisc 11500 MS450" with a MaK produced final drive of the type MaK 3.162.04. The locomotive's maximum service speed was  thought the actual top speed was around .

The starting tractive effort is  - remarkable for such a small locomotive. The Sifa safety system was fitted but not Indusi because of the slow speeds the trains used on the branch lines.

Construction
In 1963 Gmeinder was given a license to build the locomotives and the construction went smoothly, with the three V 51, and the two V 52 locomotives being delivered in 1964, both being identical in all but the wheelsets. Both classes were numbered from 900 onwards - narrow gauge steam engines had class numbers 900 upwards.

Work history

Class V 51
The three  gauge diesels locomotives were delivered in 1964 to their respective lines: V 51 901 to the Federseebahn, V 51 902 to  Schmalspurbahn Biberach-Warthausen-Ochsenhausen (narrow gauge railway of Warthausen, Ochsenhausen and Biberach) and V 51 903 to the Bottwartalbahn, where they replaced the old steam engines.

All three locomotives performed well in their respective duties. However such trouble free operation could not stop the decline of the Baden-Wuerttemberg narrow gauge lines, in 1964 the Federseebahn closed. The Bottwartalbahn was also closed despite having substantial rush hour traffic.

In 1968 the V 51 locomotives became DB Class 251 (and the V 52 machines - Class 252).

In 1970 both displaced locomotives went to the Biberach an der Riß-Ochsenhausen line to replace steam locomotives (99 633 from bad Buchau remained as a single replacement steam engine); at that time the line still had substantial freight operations; the refrigerator factory of the Liebherr Group in Ochsenhausen assured the continued operation of freight using (Roll-blocks) for almost 20 years after the end of passenger traffic and the closure (and removal) of the section to Warthausen.

However, there was no need for all three locomotives on this shorter route so in 1971 251 901 was sold to the Steiermärkische Landesbahn (StLB) in Austria and regauged to  . There the locomotive remained in its original colour as "VL 21" in long term use up till 1999 when it was purchased by the Rügensche Kleinbahn - (the narrow gauge railway of Rügen island) and re-gauged back to . As of 2008 it was still operating in working order.

251 902 and 251 903 continued working on the Biberach to Ochsenhausen line, pulling freight trains, until its closure of the trail on the 31st of March 1983.

251 902 remained on the Warthausen-Ochsenhausen line after the official closure and continued work there under its new guise as the "Oechsle" Museumsbahn (heritage railway) In 1996 the locomotive was withdrawn.

251 903 was sold in 1984 via the intermediary (NEWAG in Oberhausen) to the Italian firm Gleismac Italiana SpA in Gazzo di Bigarello (Mantua province), in 1985 it was sold to the Spanish track company COMSA and now has gauge change bogies for ,  and  gauge.

Class V 52
The two V 52  gauge locomotives were delivered in 1964 to the narrow gauge Schmalspurbahn Mosbach-Mudau (Mosbach-Mudau) line (the Odenwaldexpreß) to replace the 4 steam locomotives that were working there.

Despite working well the new diesels could not stop the decline of the minor routes of the state of Baden-Württemberg: The line from Mosbach to Mudau still had good levels of freight traffic, but passenger use was not so good; consequently the use of the V 52s on its  single track did not last as long as was originally intended.

The two locomotives remained on the Mosbach-Mudau; being suited to freight work; and because of five manufacturing companies using the line at Sattelbach and Krumbach Limbach.  Roll-blocks were used to transport standard gauge freight wagons on the meter gauge track. Additionally both were still used for passenger trains, which were worked with four passenger cars procured with state funds in 1965.

From 1968 the locomotives were reclassified as DB Class 252

Nevertheless, despite the freight work and dieselisation in 1973 the line closed. Both units rebuilt to standard () gauge and sold to local private rail companies to recover the state grant which was used in their purchase.

As part of the rebuilding at Gmeinder the cab of 252 901 was broadened giving an unusual and unharmonic appearance. It went as '62' to the Albtalbahn in Karlsruhe.

In 1974 the second locomotive 252 902 (ex V 52 902) became "VL 46-01" on the Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH (SWEG) (Southwest German railway company)  (since 1984: Southwest Deutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft) and worked on the Kaiserstuhlbahn.

In 1985, both engines were sold via the handling company NEWAG in Oberhausen to the Italian company Gleismac Italiana SpA in Gazzo di Bigarello (Mantua). From there, in 1987, 252 901 went without any structural changes to the construction company Francesco Ventura SrL in Paola (southern Italy) where it was numbered as "7152 T".

252 902 was converted back to meter gauge (in which the original appearance was restored) and sold to the narrow-gauge Ferrovia Genova-Casella (FGC) (Genoa) in 1986, later in the 1990s work was undertaken on it to enable a snow plow to be fitted. The locomotive has been restored between 2008 and 2015 by the Italian company Tesmec based in Monopoli (BA) and is actually (2021) in working conditions.

References and notes

Sources
MaK - Ein weiteres Typenprogramm (400 C / 400 BB / 500 C)  Mak - Type program 400C / 400BB / 500C Technical data and work history for license built derivatives V 51 and V 52 loks-aus-kiel.de
DB V 51
Das Öchsle :Biberach - Ochsenhausen - Die Baureihe V 51 The Biberach-Ochsenhausen narrow gauge railway : The Class V 51 - history and design information schmalspureisenbahnen.de
Gmeinder V51/251 brief history and technical data privat-bahn.de
DB V 52
Mosbach - Mudau : Die Baureihe V 52 Mosbach to Mudau railway : The Class V 52 - history and design information schmalspureisenbahnen.de
Gmeinder V52/252 brief history and technical data privat-bahn.de

External links

Images of Class V 51 001 christianseisenbahnseiten.com
Image of ex. V 51 003 under COMSA ownership ruehl-net.de

750 mm gauge locomotives
Metre gauge diesel locomotives
V 051
B-B locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1964
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives of Germany


USS Walter D. Munson (ID-1510) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Construction, acquisition, and commissioning

SS Walter D. Munson was built in 1917 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Bethlehem Steel Company as a  commercial cargo ship for the Munson Steamship Line. The United States Shipping Board acquired her from Munson for World War I service early in 1918 and transferred her to the U.S. Navy on 15 April 1918. The Navy assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1510 and commissioned her on 19 April 1918 as USS Walter D. Munson at New York City.

United States Navy service, 1918-1919

World War I service
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Walter D. Munson loaded United States Army supplies at New York City and put to sea on 25 April 1918 with a convoy bound for France. She concluded her first Atlantic crossing in Navy service at Brest, France, on 10 May 1918 and moved on to Gironde on 13 May 1918, in which port she unloaded her cargo and took on ballast for the return voyage. On 27 May 1918, Walter D. Munson departed Gironde with a New York City-bound convoy. She entered New York on 7 June 1918.

After completing voyage repairs and loading another U.S. Army cargo, Walter D. Munson departed in an eastbound convoy for Europe on 18 June 1918 and arrived at Brest on 4 July 1918. This time, she unloaded a portion of her cargo at Brest before moving on to Gironde on 6 July 1918. She completed her unloading at Gironde, took on ballast, and stood out to sea on 24 July 1918. Her westbound convoy arrived at New York on 6 August 1918.

Walter D. Munson again made voyage repairs, loaded a cargo of U.S. Army supplies, and departed New York on 15 August 1918, arriving at Brest on 30 August 1918. On 31 August 1918, she was routed on to Le Havre, France, where she discharged her cargo. Before setting out back across the Atlantic, she visited Plymouth, England, where she topped off her bunkers with coal. Her return convoy rendezvoused on 10 September 1918, crossed the Atlantic, and stood into New York on 23 September 1918.

During a week at New York, Walter D. Munson completed another series of voyage repairs and loaded her fourth Europe-bound cargo. On 30 September 1918, she departed New York in convoy for France. She arrived at Le Havre on 16 October 1918, discharged her cargo there, and then headed back to the United States on 24 October 1918, arriving at New York on 6 November 1918.

Postwar service
Though hostilities ceased on 11 November 1918, Walter D. Munson completed her turnaround and, on 15 November 1918, started back across the Atlantic. She reached France at Quiberon Bay on 27 November 1918, discharged a portion of her cargo there, and then moved on to Nantes, where she unloaded the remainder. She stood out of Nantes on 6 December 1918 and headed for Brest, where she loaded a cargo of steel rails for return to the United States. She left Brest on 11 December 1918 and arrived in New York on 24 December 1918.

After unloading the steel rails, Walter D. Munson took on a cargo of commissary supplies and gasoline. On 8 January 1919, she set out upon her last round-trip voyage to Europe in commissioned U.S. Navy service. She entered Quiberon Bay on 24 January 1919 and, on 29 January 1919, continued on to Nantes where she discharged her cargo. She returned to sea 15 February 1919 and set a course for the Delaware Capes.

Walter D. Munson arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 7 March 1919 and there received word of her imminent demobilization. She was decommissioned on 14 April 1919 and simultaneously transferred to the United States Shipping Board for further simultaneous return to the Munson Steamship Line.

Later career
Returning to commercial service once again as SS Walter D. Munson, the ship served with the Munson Steamship Line until 1940, when she was sold to the Greek firm Rethymnis and Kulukundis (Hellas) S.A. of Piraeus, Greece. Renamed SS Mount Kyllene, the ship remained in merchant service, operating out of Piraeus, until she was scrapped in 1959 or 1960 The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships states that Mount Kyllenes "name disappeared from mercantile lists" in 1960.

Notes

References

NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Walter D. Munson (ID 1510)

World War I cargo ships of the United States
Ships built in Sparrows Point, Maryland
1917 ships
Cargo ships of the United States Navy


State Route 37 (abbreviated SR 37) is part of the system of numbered state highways of Maine, United States, and is located in the western part of the state.  It runs for  from an intersection with SR 117 in Bridgton to an intersection with SR 118 in Waterford.  The route is also known as North Bridgton Road.  The middle portion of the route is concurrent with SR 35.

Route description
SR 37 begins in the south at the village of North Bridgton, where it splits off from SR 117.  It runs northward, crossing into Waterford in Oxford County, and intersects SR 35 near Bear Lake.  SR 35 and SR 37 are cosigned for  before SR 37 splits off near Keoka Lake, heading east to terminate at SR 118 at the Crooked River.

Junction list

References

External links

Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 37

037
Transportation in Cumberland County, Maine
Transportation in Oxford County, Maine


Tarashcha Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Tarashcha. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Tarashcha Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was  .

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Tarashcha urban hromada with the administration in Tarashcha.

References

Former raions of Kyiv Oblast
1923 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform


Relations between Canada and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) are very limited, as Canada suspended full diplomatic relations in 2010 over North Korea's destabilizing nuclear activity. Travel and commerce with North Korea are discouraged by the Canadian government and there is very little trade or diplomatic contact due to Canada's perspective that North Korea plays a destabilizing role in the Asia Pacific region.

Although diplomatic relations between Canada and North Korea were established in February 2001, diplomatic relations between the two countries have generally been strained due to Canada's close relationship with the United States, and Canada's staunch opposition to North Korea's nuclear ambitions and programs, and as a result, contact between them has been almost non-existent throughout history. Consequently, there has never been an official embassy built in either of the two nations. Full diplomatic relations were suspended by Canada in 2010 and replaced by a Controlled Engagement Policy limiting official bilateral contact to specific topics. Canada is officially represented by the Ambassador of Canada to Korea resident in the South Korean capital Seoul, and North Korea is represented through their permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. Sweden acts as the protecting power for Canadian citizens that travel to North Korea. North Korea has requested for an ambassador and mission to be created, but Canada has declined.

According to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, only 7% of Canadians view North Korea's influence positively, with 79% expressing a negative view.

History
Contact between Canada and Korea dates back to the 19th century when Canadians were among the first Westerners to arrive on the Korean Peninsula. Most of them were Christian missionaries, though they branched out into other fields of work. Reverend James Scarth Gale created the Korean-English Dictionary which became the first and most essential tool for the scholarly study of Korea in the West. His translation of the Bible into Korean constituted the foundation of Korean Christianity. Another Canadian, Dr. Oliver R. Avison, was the personal physician to King Kojong and is considered the founder of modern medical knowledge in Korea. Official contact began in 1947 when Canada participated in the United Nations Commission overseeing election in Korea. Canada formally recognized the Republic of Korea in 1949 and the Democratic People's Republic in 2000.

When the war broke out between North and South Korea in 1950, Canada sent 26,971 military personnel to Korea as part of United Nations Command, the third largest contingent behind the United States and the United Kingdom; 516 Canadians died in the war.

On 25 May 2010, Canada suspended diplomatic relations with North Korea over its alleged role in the sinking of ROKS Cheonan.

Canadian NGOs
CanKor is one organization contributing to the dialogue over Canada's role with DPR Korea.

Humanitarian aid
There are a small number of organizations providing aid to DPR Korea. First Steps is a Vancouver-based Christian development organization.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of Canadian churches and church-based agencies.

Mennonite Central Committee is also a well known organization that provides aid to the impoverished Korean nation.

Advocacy organizations
HanVoice is a Canadian non-profit organization that was first established to support the resettlement of DPR Korean refugees in Canada and has grown over the years to become the largest Canadian organization advocating for improved human rights in North Korea.

Canadian academic institutions
UBC's Institute of Asian Research houses the Centre for Korean Research. In 1993, the centre was established as a constituent part of the Institute of Asian Research. It was established to facilitate multidisciplinary research on Korea.

York University provides a focus on North Korea through its York Centre for Asian Research, Korean Studies Group. This group brings the study of South Korea, DPR Korea, and the Korean diaspora together, investigating the formation of the national division and shifting boundaries of the nation. Drawing scholars together from different disciplines, it seeks to develop a comparative perspective that places Korean affairs in dialogue with historical, global and theoretical changes.

The University of Toronto houses the Centre for the Study of Korea, Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs. The centre was established in the fall of 2006 with the goal of promoting critical approaches to the research of Korea.

Friendship organizations
The Korean Friendship Association is also active in Canada, hosting events such as leafleting, movies, educationals, and other projects to help show the DPRK and promote solidarity. The Official Delegate of Canada for the KFA is Comrade Trevor Spencer.

References

External links
 Canada - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
 Canada-Korea Relations: A Strengthened Friendship

North Korea
Bilateral relations of North Korea


Sabrina Siani (born Sabrina Seggiani in Rome, 1963) is an Italian film actress. She also used pseudonyms such as Sabrina Sellers and Sabrina Syan. She starred in numerous films, mostly violent cannibal films and sexy barbarian "sword-and-sandal" movies, and most of her films were made in a three-year period between the ages of 17 and 20.  Siani retired from acting entirely in 1989, at age 26.

Her brief career included working with some of the most famous Italian horror film directors of the time, including Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Antonio Margheriti, Joe D'Amato, Jesús Franco and Alfonso Brescia. Franco said in a recent interview that Siani's mother would always accompany her to the various shooting locations and get in the way, although she actually encouraged Franco to film her daughter naked.

Selected filmography
 Napoli... la camorra sfida, la città risponde (1979), Mafia film directed by Alfonso Brescia
 La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà (1980) aka High School Girl at the Beach with Dad's Friend
 Mondo Cannibale (1980), a.k.a. White Cannibal Queen, a.k.a. The Cannibals, directed by Jesús Franco
 Cannibal Terror (1981), co-written by Jesús Franco; used a lot of stock footage from Mondo Cannibale.
 Pierino medico della Saub (1981), directed by Giuliano Carnimeo
 2020 Texas Gladiators (1982) a.k.a. Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuro, directed by Joe D'Amato
 Daughter of the Jungle (1982), a.k.a. Incontro nell'ultimo paradiso/ Encounter in the Last Paradise, directed by Umberto Lenzi
 The Invincible Barbarian (1982), a.k.a. Gunan the Warrior, a.k.a. Gunan il guerriero, a.k.a. Gunan, King of the Barbarians; directed by Franco Prosperi
 Ator l'invincibile / Ator the Invincible (1982), a.k.a. Ator the Fighting Eagle, directed by Joe D'Amato
 The Sword of the Barbarians (1982), a.k.a. Barbarian Master, a.k.a. Sangraal, the Sword of Fire, directed by Michele Tarantini
 Blue Island (1982) a.k.a. Due gocce d'acqua salata, scripted by Dardano Sacchetti
 Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982), directed by Antonio Margheriti
 The Throne of Fire (1983) directed by Franco Prosperi
 Conquest (1983) a.k.a. Conquest of the Lost Land, directed by Lucio Fulci
 Black Cobra (1984), directed by Umberto Lenzi, starring Fred Williamson
 Good King Dagobert (1984), directed by Dino Risi
 Aenigma (1987, uncredited cameo), directed by Lucio Fulci
 Ten Zan: Ultimate Mission (1988)

External links

References

1963 births
Living people
Actresses from Rome


HDR PhotoStudio is a discontinued high dynamic range (HDR) graphics application developed by Unified Color for the Windows and macOS operating systems. In addition to being a HDR-merge application, HDR PhotoStudio offered a set of image editing operations that worked in its dynamic range (the website showed an example of processing an image with 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio), human color range (gamut), and in high precision (32-bit floating point). It also had a Color Integrity feature that enabled preserving an image's color tone during image editing operations — for example changing an image's contrast would not change its chromatic (color tone) data. This problem is usually referred to as "color shift".

HDR PhotoStudio implemented an advanced HDR image compression format called BEF, and a plug-in for opening and saving files in Adobe Photoshop was also included with the application. HDR PhotoStudio was discontinued in July 2010.

BEF is an HDR image format developed by Unified Color. The BEF format can archive image data with any dynamic range, full human color range, and a quality setting directly tied to color data precision; the used techniques ties it with JND — just noticeable difference parameter.

Features
 Unified Color model: support for merging and editing HDR images with any dynamic range, human color range, and Color Integrity (to avoid "color shift" issue).
 Support for RAW camera formats.
 Support for import HDR images from Radiance HDR and OpenEXR formats.
 An advanced technique of HDR data rendering.
 Scripting support via image recipe.
 Halo removal technique.
 Powerful noise elimination.
 32-bit/channel floating point high precision representation of image data (96 bit/pixel).
 Multi-core processors support.

References

Image processing software
Digital photography
HDR tone mapping software


The 2006 National Cheerleading Championship is the first season of the National Cheerleading Championship, a cheerleading competition for college and high school teams in the Philippines. It was a one-time invitational and the inaugural cheerleading event held on April 2, 2006, at the Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Quezon City.

Participating teams
10 teams took part in the first season: 5 College teams, and 5 High School teams.

College
 UP Pep Squad (University of the Philippines Diliman)
 CCP Bobcats (Central Colleges of the Philippines)
 Perpetual Help College
 Adamson Falcons (Adamson University)
 Mapúa Cardinals (Mapúa Institute of Technology)

High School
 Poveda Hardcourt (St. Pedro Poveda College)
 SHS Pep Squad (School of the Holy Spirit)
 SSA Seagulls Pep Squad (School of Saint Anthony)
 San Beda College Alabang
 Southville International School

Competition
Team placing

The cheerleading competition is divided into two divisions: the college division, and the High School division.

College

High school

References

National Cheerleading Championship
Sports in the Philippines
2006 in Philippine sport


KAMS (95.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, United States. The station is currently owned by E-Communications, LLC.

The format is known as K Kountry 95.

References

External links

AMS