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ARM Cement Limited | References | References |
ARM Cement Limited | External links | External links
ARM Cement Limited Website
Category:Companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Category:Companies in the NSE 20 Share Index
Category:Machakos County
Category:Mining companies of Kenya
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Nairobi
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1974
Category:Cement companies of Kenya
Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1974
Category:Kenyan companies established in 1974 |
ARM Cement Limited | Table of Content | Short description, Overview, History, Shareholding, Company divisions, Financial distress, See also, References, External links |
William McKee (health administrator) | Use dmy dates | William McKee, CBE (1952–2018) was a former and founding chief executive of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
In 2007 he led the merger of six Trusts to form the Belfast Trust one of the largest in the UK employing 20,000 people with an annual budget of £1 billion.
He was a consultant in health and social care strategy and policy and continues to undertake consultancy assignments in the UK and Ireland.
He was born in Belfast, the son of the Margaret and James McKee of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. He received a BSc from Queen's University Belfast and an MBA from the University of Ulster. In 2006, McKee was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service to the NHS in Northern Ireland. He was survived by his wife Ursula and two children, Catherine and William.
William McKee was previously chief executive of the Royal Hospitals comprising the Royal Victoria, Royal Maternity, and Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children from 1993 to 2006 |
William McKee (health administrator) | References | References
Skills for Health – Biographies and photos
Biography – National Health Consultative Forum 2006
Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:Businesspeople from Belfast
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Alumni of Ulster University
Category:Alumni of Queen's University Belfast |
William McKee (health administrator) | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, References |
Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan | Infobox political party
| Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan (, abbreviated سفزا, transliterated Sazman-e-Fedayan-e-Zahmatkashan Afghanistan, 'SAFZA') was a left-wing group in Afghanistan. It was formed after a section of youth cadres had broken away from the Setam-e-Milli group. Like the Settam-e-Milli grouping and its later incarnation SAZA, SAFZA was part of the 'ethnic left' based amongst the peoples from Greater Khorasan, Southern Turkestan to Badakhshan, opposed to Pashtun political dominance.
The founders of SAFZA had broken away from the Settam-e-Milli group, arguing that the movement should to uphold continue the line of armed struggle, also after the Saur Revolution. It formed a militia force operating in the Northern and North-Eastern parts of the country.Latif Pedram: زمينه - یپيدائی چپ در افغانستان
The main leader of SAFZA was Maulawi Bahauddin Ba'es, who described himself as an Islamic socialist.
After a failed uprising in Badakhshan in August 1979, Ba'es was captured and killed in captivity. SAFZA was officially disbanded in 1984, and the remaining leaders joined the then governing People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. However, SAFZA militias continued to operate. The remaining SAFZA militia elements in Darvaz district, Badakhshan were demobilised through the United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programme in 2004. |
Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan | Prominent former members | Prominent former members
Noor Mohammad Qarqeen, the former Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled.Payam Mojahed
Latif Pedram, a candidate in the 2004 presidential election, was a SAFZA cadre who joined the PDPA government.إسلام أون لاين/ شئون سياسية - بقية العالم الإسلامي |
Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan | References | References
Category:Defunct political parties in Afghanistan
Category:People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Category:Socialist parties in Afghanistan |
Organisation of Toilers' Fedayan of Afghanistan | Table of Content | Infobox political party
, Prominent former members, References |
Spring Fever (novel) | short description | Spring Fever is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 20 May 1948, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and on the same date in the United States by Doubleday and Co, New York.McIlvaine (1990), p. 82, A67. Although not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, the cast contains a typical Wodehousian selection of English aristocrats, Stoker family relations, wealthy Americans, household staff and imposters. |
Spring Fever (novel) | Plot summary | Plot summary
Wealthy New York businessman G. Ellery Cobbold has sent his son Stanwood, a blundering ex-American football player, to London, to separate him from Hollywood starlet Eileen Stoker with whom he is in love. When Cobbold discovers that Stoker is also in London, making pictures, he insists that Stanwood goes to stay with a distant relation, curmudgeonly widower Lord Shortlands. But Stanwood stays put. Instead, good-looking movie agent Mike Cardinal goes to Shortlands' castle (Beevor, in Kent), posing as Stanwood. He is pursuing Shortlands' beautiful daughter Terry. But Terry is wary of him because he is too handsome.
Lord Shortlands himself is in love with his cook, Mrs Punter, and would like to marry her. Unfortunately she insists on £200 to buy a pub, which Shortlands doesn't have, the purse-strings at Beevor Castle being firmly in the control of his domineering elder daughter Adela. Also, he has a rival in suave butler Mervyn Spink. Things look up for "Shorty" when he discovers that a stamp in his collection is worth £1000. But Spink fools Adela into believing that the stamp is his, and it gets locked up in a safe. It so happens that Stanwood's butler, Augustus Robb is an ex-safe breaker, and Mike masterminds a burglary. This goes disastrously wrong, and Mike gets hit in the face with a bag of safe breaking tools. The up-side is that his battered face makes him suddenly attractive to Terry. So, after a final misunderstanding, things end happily for Mike and Terry. Stanwood and Eileen also get together. But Mrs Punter runs off with Augustus Robb, leaving Shorty and Spink ruing their loss in love but bound in their increased fortunes; Spink is a big winner in a horse race and Shorty has been invited to live with Mike and Terry in Hollywood, away from Adela, where the savvy Mike has assured him he can make a handsome income by appearing in movies as a character actor of butlers. |
Spring Fever (novel) | Background | Background
According to Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy, the novel's Beevor Castle closely resembles a real castle, Hever Castle. Hever Castle is not far from Fairlawne, where Wodehouse's daughter Leonora lived after she married. |
Spring Fever (novel) | Publication history | Publication history
The illustration on the first US edition dust jacket was by Paul Galdone, and the photograph of Wodehouse on the back was by Ray Platnick. The illustration on the first UK edition dust jacket was by Frank Ford.
According to Richard Usborne's book Wodehouse at Work to the End, Wodehouse adapted Spring Fever into a play for Edward Everett Horton with an American setting and characters. Horton was unable to use the play because of other commitments, so Wodehouse turned the play into a new novel, The Old Reliable (1951).
The story was published in one issue of the Toronto Star Weekly, on 9 October 1948.
Spring Fever was included in the book Five Complete Novels, a collection of Wodehouse novels published on 15 May 1983 by Avenel Books, New York. The book also included The Return of Jeeves, Bertie Wooster Sees It Through, The Butler Did It, and The Old Reliable.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 126–127, B26. |
Spring Fever (novel) | References | References
Notes
Bibliography
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Spring Fever (novel) | External links | External links
The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters
Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of various published editions and photos of book covers.
Category:Novels by P. G. Wodehouse
Category:1948 British novels
Category:Novels set in Kent
Category:Herbert Jenkins books
Category:Doubleday (publisher) books
Category:British comedy novels |
Spring Fever (novel) | Table of Content | short description, Plot summary, Background, Publication history, References, External links |
LakeView Technology Academy | Use mdy dates | LakeView Technology Academy is a vocational high school in the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It serves students grades 9 to 12 from all across KUSD with a focus on STEM education. |
LakeView Technology Academy | History | History
LakeView opened in the fall of 1997 as a response to overcrowding in KUSD. The school also has partnerships with the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and Gateway Technical College. LakeView is ranked the 234th best high school in the nation, making it the 2nd best in Wisconsin.
In June 2022, the School Board of the Kenosha Unified School District approved the relocation of LakeView to the former location of the Chrysler plant in Kenosha. The new building was completed in January 2025, with classes moving to the new building in time for the second semester. |
LakeView Technology Academy | Academics | Academics
Students at LakeView have the opportunity to earn college credits in high school due to the school's partnership with Gateway. Many of these dual credit (college credit) classes are offered at the school, as well as AP level courses. PE and core classes are still provided by the school with all core courses being honors level. Students who wish to enroll in music can take those classes at Harborside Academy, while students who wish to participate in sports can do so at their boundary high school. |
LakeView Technology Academy | Extracurricular activities | Extracurricular activities
LakeView offers many activities & clubs for students to participate in.
African American Youth Initiative
Book Club
Bowling
Board Game Club
Chess Club
Debate Club
Environmental Club
Gay-Straight Alliance
HOSA
National Honor Society
Prom Committee
Radio Club
Rocket Club
ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle)
SkillsUSA
Student Government
STEAM (Tech/Art Club)
Young Women's Forum |
LakeView Technology Academy | References | References
Category:Educational institutions established in 1997
Category:High schools in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Category:Public high schools in Wisconsin
Category:1997 establishments in Wisconsin |
LakeView Technology Academy | Table of Content | Use mdy dates, History, Academics, Extracurricular activities, References |
Category:Brazilian film score composers | Commonscat | |
Category:Brazilian film score composers | Table of Content | Commonscat |
Păuleni-Ciuc | Infobox Romanian subdivision
| Păuleni-Ciuc ( or colloquially Pálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation:, meaning Paul's Village of Csík) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages: Delnița (Csíkdelne), Păuleni-Ciuc, and Șoimeni (Csíkcsomortán). |
Păuleni-Ciuc | Demographics | Demographics
The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,831, of which 97,16% were Hungarians and 1.64% Romanians. At the 2021 census, Păuleni-Ciuc had 2,057 inhabitants; of those, 91.49% were Hungarians and 1.07% Romanians. |
Păuleni-Ciuc | References | References
Category:Communes in Harghita County
Category:Localities in Transylvania
Category:Székely communities |
Păuleni-Ciuc | Table of Content | Infobox Romanian subdivision
, Demographics, References |
Slavasshøgda | Short description | Slavasshøgda is a hill (elevation 336 meters), located in the Norwegian county Østfold, within the borders of the former municipality of Rømskog.
It was the highest point in the region of Østfold |
Slavasshøgda | See also | See also
List of highest points of Norwegian counties |
Slavasshøgda | References | References
Category:Hills of Norway
Category:Landforms of Østfold
Category:Rømskog |
Slavasshøgda | Table of Content | Short description, See also, References |
Arts et Métiers | '''Arts et Métiers''' | Arts et Métiers may refer to:
Arts et Métiers ParisTech or ENSAM, a French elite Engineering institute
Arts et Métiers (Paris Métro), a station of the Paris Métro
Musée des Arts et Métiers, a museum of science and technology in Paris
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), or National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, a French book
École Catholique des Arts et Métiers of Lyon, a French engineering school |
Arts et Métiers | Table of Content | '''Arts et Métiers''' |
Portal:Caribbean/Did you know/16 | * | ...that the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle vary depending on the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezium covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico? And that the more familiar, triangular boundary in most written works has as its points Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda? |
Portal:Caribbean/Did you know/16 | Table of Content | * |
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Portal:Caribbean/Did you know/18 | * | ...that Alexander Bustamante, the prominent Jamaican politician, was born William Alexander Clarke but took the name Bustamante to honour an Iberian sea captain who befriended him in his youth? |
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Viviane Wade | Short description | Viviane Wade (née Vert; born 13 September 1932) is a French-born Senegalese public figure who served as First Lady of Senegal from 2000 to 2012, as the wife of President Abdoulaye Wade. |
Viviane Wade | Early life | Early life
Born in Besançon, Doubs, she was raised in France. She met Abdoulaye Wade while they attended the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon; they were married in 1963. |
Viviane Wade | Political life | Political life
Abdoulaye Wade later became active as leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party in opposition. Following the 1993 presidential election, in which Wade was defeated, there was some political unrest in the country and the vice president of the Constitutional Court, Babacar Seye, was assassinated. Both Abdoulaye and Viviane were arrested and imprisoned under suspicion of involvement. Those charges were later dropped, and three other people were sentenced for the murder. Following her husband's election as President of Senegal in 2000, Viviane became First Lady.
After the end of her husband's Presidency, she closed down the Acting for Education and Health foundation and made the staff redundant. The couple relocated from Senegal to Paris.
Following the imprisonment of her son, Karim, on corruption charges, she supported his claims of innocence and suggested that the charges were politically motivated. Wade had been with the former President in Versailles when the charges were announced. Prior to the trial, she made weekly trips from Paris to Dakar to visit her son; she had been staying in France to look after his three daughters due to the death of their mother. Wade attended all the sessions of his trial, while her husband did not in order not to lend legitimacy to the proceedings. |
Viviane Wade | References | References |
Viviane Wade | External links | External links
Official biography of Senegal First Lady Viviane Wade (French)
Category:1932 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Besançon
Category:French emigrants to Senegal
Category:Senegalese people of French descent
Category:First ladies of Senegal
Category:University of Franche-Comté alumni |
Viviane Wade | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Political life, References, External links |
Irving Ashby | Short description | Irving Conrad Ashby (December 29, 1920 – April 22, 1987) was an American jazz guitarist.
Ashby was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and started playing guitar when he was nine. His career started in 1940 when he became a member of Lionel Hampton's band, and he played on Hampton's hit "Flying Home". In 1947, he took over for Oscar Moore in the Nat King Cole Trio.
He then briefly replaced Charlie Smith, a drummer, in the Oscar Peterson Trio, producing a line-up (piano, guitar, bass) similar to the Cole Trio's; the substitution of a guitarist for a drummer continued until 1958. After leaving the Peterson Trio, Ashby concentrated on session work, which included recording with Norman Granz, Sheb Wooley, LaVern Baker, Howard Roberts, B.B. King, Louis Jordan, and Pat Boone. In addition to guitar, Ashby played the upright bass. Ashby died in April 1987 in Perris, California, at the age of 66. |
Irving Ashby | Discography | Discography
Memoirs (Accent, 1977) |
Irving Ashby | As sideman | As sideman
With Nat King Cole
1947 Volume 3 (Classics, 2000)
1947–1949 (Classics, 2000)
1949 (Classics, 2001)
1949–1950 (Classics, 2003)
The Instrumental Classics (Capitol, 1992)
With others
Chan Romero, Hippy Hippy Shake (Del-Fi, 1959)
Count Basie, Basie Jam (Pablo, 1975)
Jackie Davis, Big Beat Hammond (Capitol, 1962)
Ernie Freeman, Ernie Freeman Plays Irving Berlin (Imperial, 1956)
Erroll Garner, Trio (Dreyfus, 2018)
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues (Verve, 1956)
Illinois Jacquet, Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Clef, 1957)
Louis Jordan, Man, We're Wailin''' (Mercury, 1958)
Meade Lux Lewis, Alternate Takes, Live Performances, Soundies, Etc. (Document, 2005)
Mundell Lowe, California Guitar (Famous Door 1973)
B.B. King, Lucille (Bluesway, 1968)
Amos Milburn, Chicken Shack Boogie (United Artists, 1978)
Charlie Parker, Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Verve, 1988)
Oscar Peterson, The History of an Artist (Pablo, 1974)
Perez Prado, Prez (RCA Victor, 1958)
Andre Previn, Previn at Sunset (Black Lion, 1972)
Lou Rawls, Black and Blue and Tobacco Road (Capitol, 2006)
Fats Waller, Original Sessions 1943 (Musidisc, 1975)
Lester Young, The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Lester Young'' (Blue Note, 1995) |
Irving Ashby | References | References
Category:1920 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:American jazz guitarists
Category:Imperial Records artists
Category:Musicians from Somerville, Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:Guitarists from Massachusetts
Category:American male guitarists
Category:Jazz musicians from Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians
Category:Earle Spencer Orchestra members
Category:Oscar Peterson Trio members
Category:King Cole Trio members
Category:African-American jazz guitarists |
Irving Ashby | Table of Content | Short description, Discography, As sideman, References |
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...that eating an unripe Ackee fruit (pictured), which were introduced to Jamaica from West Africa by Dr. Thomas Clark in 1778, can trigger an acute vomiting and hypoglycemic disease known as Jamaican vomiting sickness? |
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Canadair North Star | Short description | The Canadair North Star is a 1940s Canadian development, for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), of the Douglas DC-4. Instead of radial piston engines used by the Douglas design, Canadair used Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engines to achieve a higher cruising speed of compared with the of the standard DC-4. Requested by TCA in 1944, the prototype flew on 15 July 1946. The type was used by various airlines and by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). It proved to be reliable but noisy when in service through the 1950s and into the 1960s. Some examples continued to fly into the 1970s, converted to cargo aircraft. |
Canadair North Star | Design and development | Design and development
Canadair Aircraft Ltd. took over the Canadian Vickers Ltd. operations on 11 November 1944. Besides the existing Consolidated PBY Canso flying patrol boats in production, a development contract to produce a new variant of the Douglas DC-4 transport was still in effect. The new Canadair DC-4M powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mounted in Rolls-Royce Universal Power Plant (UPP) installations emerged in 1946 as the "North Star." More than just an engine swap, the North Star had the Douglas DC-6 nose and landing gear and fuselage (shortened by ); a DC-4 empennage, rear fuselage, flaps and wing tips; C-54 middle fuselage sections, wing centre- and outer-wing panels, cabin pressurisation, and a standardised cockpit layout with a different electrical system.
Canadair built 71 examples of what was officially called the Canadair Four under the designations: North Star, DC-4M, C-4 and C-5. With the exception of the single C-5 (which had Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, as fitted to the Douglas DC-6), these variants were all powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and 51 of the production examples were pressurised. |
Canadair North Star | Operational history | Operational history
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) were the principal operators of the "North Star", with the CPA examples known as the "Canadair Four" and BOAC examples known as the "Argonaut". |
Canadair North Star | RCAF service | RCAF service
The RCAF North Stars were unpressurized and were used on a variety of transport duties. Like other North Stars, they were notorious for the high level of cabin noise caused by the Merlin engines, as unlike the radials of the DC-4, the exhaust from the individual cylinders is not collected and exhausted via a single outlet, but instead exits the separate individual ejector-exhaust stubs in high-pressure bursts.
thumb|The single RCAF C-5 North Star with Double Wasp radial engines.
In an effort to reduce cabin noise, the sole C-5 variant was powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engines that were considerably quieter."Canadair North Star 1 ST." Canada Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 18 March 2011. The only C-5 was delivered to the RCAF in 1950, entering service with No. 412 Transport Squadron RCAF in Uplands, Ottawa, specially outfitted for the transportation of VIP passengers. It was used to transport the Canadian Prime Minister, the Queen, and numerous other dignitaries on various high-profile missions, serving faithfully for 17 years, later becoming a crew trainer before being retired and sold in the United States.
North Stars were also employed by 412 Squadron RCAF on various VIP transport duties and, overall, the aircraft provided valuable and reliable long range transport services for the RCAF. From 1950 to 1952, during the Korean War, RCAF North Star aircraft were employed ferrying supplies to Korea across the Pacific Ocean. They flew 599 round trips over the Pacific and delivered seven million pounds of cargo and 13,000 personnel on return trips. They flew 1.9 million miles without a fatal crash. After 1967, the remaining North Stars were assigned to No. 426 Transport Squadron RCAF initially deployed to Dorval, Quebec and then to Trenton, Ontario. Gradually, their service life diminished in the 1970s and most were declared surplus. |
Canadair North Star | TCA and BOAC operations | TCA and BOAC operations
thumb|TCA North Star at London Airport (Heathrow) in 1951
thumb|An ex TCA DC-4M-2 North Star of Overseas Aviation at Prestwick in 1960
TCA received its fleet of twenty DC-4M-2 North Stars during 1947 and 1948 and operated them on routes within Canada and to the USA until 1961. Starting in 1954 the North Stars were replaced on TCA's routes to Europe by Lockheed Super Constellations. To deal with passenger complaints about noise, TCA engineers developed a cross-over for the fuselage-side exhausts that reduced cabin noise by 6-8 decibels.Aviation Week 7 Sept 1953 p53: "Crossovers reduce cabin noise level in the audio range by about 6–8 decibels." "In the cabin, noise is reduced to 102 decibels near the windows and 93 at the aisle."American Aviation 12 May 1952 p28
BOAC ordered 22 DC-4M-4s and named them the "Argonaut class", each aircraft having a classical name beginning with "A". The Argonauts were delivered between March and November 1949; they flew to South America, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East from London Heathrow Airport until 1960.
On 1 February 1952 the BOAC Argonaut Atalanta G-ALHK transported Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Kenya to begin a Commonwealth tour."King and Queen See Royal Departure", BBC TV (first broadcast) 1 February 1952 BBC Archive Some days later, 6 February, it was again Atalanta G-ALHK which returned the newly acceded Queen Elizabeth II to England upon the death of her father, King George VI."Queen Elizabeth II dressed in mourning descends the steps of the plane that returned her from Africa to London. Prince Philip is five steps behind" San Francisco Sentinel
Rolls-Royce also developed a quieter 'cross-over' exhaust system for the DC-4M, the modifications being supplied in a kit allowing installation on the aircraft by the operator. The engine thus modified became the 'Merlin TMO' in contrast to the unmodified engine, the Merlin TML - Transport Merlin L. The modified exhaust conferred an increase in horsepower over the unmodified system of 38 hp, resulting in a 5 knot improvement in true air speed. Sound levels were reduced by between 5 and 8 decibels. Still air range of the aircraft was also improved by around 4 per cent. BOAC Argonauts initially, due to schedules being unable to be changed, had only the inner engines so-modified, the remaining outer engines being changed to the new exhaust system when time was available. |
Canadair North Star | Later service | Later service
After service with TCA and BOAC, the surplused North Stars and Argonauts had long careers with secondary operators such as British Midland Airways, Overseas Aviation and other charter companies. Cargo conversions of available airframes also lengthened the service life of Argonauts and North Stars.CF-UXA, ex-RCAF 17510 was the last DC-4M in airline service, completing its final flight on 19 June 1975 at Miami, Florida. Despite the onset of jet airliners in the 1950s, the rugged Canadair North Star found a niche in both military and civil use.Milberry 1982, pp. 213–214. |
Canadair North Star | Variants | Variants
Canadair built 71 examples under the designations: North Star, DC-4M, C-4 and C-5. With the exception of the single C-5 (which had Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, as fitted to the Douglas DC-6), these variants were all powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and 51 of the production examples were pressurised.
DC-4M.1Initial variant as designed for Trans Canada Airlines (TCA); at least 5 built for TCA.
DC-4M.2Pressurised higher take-off weight version.
North Star Name for series.
Argonaut BOAC name for North Star
C-4
C-5Powered by 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines
CL-29 1949 maritime patrol aircraft proposal made in anticipation of RCAF requirements, with a stretched fuselage and re-engined with three engine options. Eventual 1952 RCAF specifications were for a much more capable aircraft though and the Bristol Britannia would be used as the basis instead.Pickler, 1995, p.120 |
Canadair North Star | Operators | Operators |
Canadair North Star | Accidents and incidents | Accidents and incidents
thumb|right|Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHG at Manchester Airport on 29 August 1965
On 8 April 1954, a Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard Mk.II 3309 collided with Trans-Canada Airlines North Star CF-TFW over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 36 people aboard the aircraft and one person on the ground. As a result of this crash, training flights are restricted south of the Trans Canada Highway and civil aviation transit north of the highway.
On 21 September 1955, BOAC Argonaut G-ALHL which was traveling from Rome to Tripoli crashed on its fourth landing attempt in poor visibility and strong winds. Fifteen of the 40 occupants died when the aircraft descended too low, struck trees approximately 1,200 ft short of runway 11 and subsequently impacted terrain."ASN Aircraft accident Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHL Tripoli-Idris Airport (TIP)." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved: 26 June 2011.
On 24 June 1956, BOAC Argonaut G-ALHE crashed shortly after taking off from Kano Airport, Nigeria into a thunderstorm, killing 29 of the 38 passengers and three of the seven crew members.
On 9 December 1956, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crashed into Mount Slesse on a flight from Vancouver to Calgary, killing all 62 people on board the aircraft. Among the dead were five Canadian Football League players, including four members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and one member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, as well as a CFL official returning home from the previous day's annual All-Star game at Empire Stadium in Vancouver.
On 11 October 1966, CF-TFM/HP925 crashed near Garoua, Cameroons, carrying spurious registration I-ACOA, believed to be carrying a cargo of machine guns bound for Burundi. Ex-Overseas Aviation, bought at Gatwick by Mike Keegan, it had been ferried to Coventry for onward sale; under new ownership, flown to Newcastle (UK), with a subsequent long-term stay parked adjacent to the wooden control tower and subject to a restraining Court Order. Eventually re-registered in Panamanian markings, it was flown to Limburg, Netherlands, but ended up being involved in various arms shipment flights to West Africa. After the accident, the movements of this aircraft were investigated and extensively reported by, it is thought, the Sunday Times newspaper. Re-registration history and movements after leaving NCL courtesy of Propliner magazine's website."Propliner" website; Sunday Times
On 4 June 1967, Argonaut G-ALHG, owned by British Midland Airways, crashed near the centre of Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Fatalities included 72 of the 84 on board; 12 others were seriously injured. |
Canadair North Star | Surviving aircraft | Surviving aircraft
thumb|RCAF C-54GM example (17515 ) at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum
The sole surviving airframe is an RCAF C-54GM example (17515 ), which is currently undergoing restoration at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. |
Canadair North Star | Specifications (C-4) | Specifications (C-4) |
Canadair North Star | See also | See also |
Canadair North Star | References | References
Notes
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Pearcy, Arthur. Douglas Propliners: DC-1–DC-7. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1995. .
Pickler, Ron and Larry Milberry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1995. .
Yenne, Bill. McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants. Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books, 1985. . |
Canadair North Star | External links | External links
Archival footage of Canadair North Star in service with the RCAF
Project North Star - restoration of North Star 17515
Project North Star - restoration of North Star 17515, Canada Aviation and Space Museum web page
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation - Operates C-54 "Spirit of Freedom" as flying Berlin Airlift Museum
"Canadair Four" a 1947 Flight article on the DC-4M
"Only The Canadair-Four Offers ... " a 1948 advertisement in Flight
"A Call on Canadair" a 1949 Flight article on the C4 - part 1
"A Call on Canadair" a 1949 Flight article on the C4 - part 2
"Quieter Argonaut" a 1952 Flight article on the Rolls-Royce exhaust system
Category:1940s Canadian airliners
North Star
Category:Four-engined tractor aircraft
Category:Low-wing aircraft
Category:Douglas DC-4
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1946
Category:Four-engined piston aircraft
Category:Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear |
Canadair North Star | Table of Content | Short description, Design and development, Operational history, RCAF service, TCA and BOAC operations, Later service, Variants, Operators, Accidents and incidents, Surviving aircraft, Specifications (C-4), See also, References, External links |
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Maritime Women's Football League | Short description | The Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) is a Canadian football league in eastern Canada. It was Canada's first all-female full-contact football competition when it began operating in 2004.
Since it was established, the League has grown from two to four teams. They hail from the three major cities of New Brunswick (Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John) along with a team from Halifax, Nova Scotia. A fifth team, on Prince Edward Island, played in the 2019 MWFL season before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The current MWFL title holders are the Saint John Storm, who won the 2024 championship game 15–6 over the Halifax Xplosion. |
Maritime Women's Football League | Teams | Teams
Fredericton Nissan Lady Gladiators – Fredericton, New Brunswick
Halifax Xplosion – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Saint John Storm – Saint John, New Brunswick
Moncton Vipers – Moncton, New Brunswick
PEI Island Demons – Prince Edward Island (on hiatus) |
Maritime Women's Football League | History | History
The league was founded in 2004 as the New Brunswick Women’s Football League, NBWFL. In 2006, it changed to its present name, the MWFL, when Halifax joined the competition.
Football Canada wrote, "With many obstacles to overcome the growth of the league was slow and at times discouraging. New teams needed enough money to buy all new equipment, or share with teams." The Maritime league became part of the Junior Player Development Program of Football Canada.
The 2010 Canadian women's national team, runner-up at the World Championship, contained 18 gridiron players from New Brunswick, of whom 14 were from the Saint John area.
The MWFL marked its tenth season, 2013, by naming an anniversary all-time team of the best players. In 2014, the season schedule was moved forward, earlier in the year, to play its seasons from April to June.
Since the MWFL began, the Western Women's Canadian Football League and Central Canadian Women's Football League have also been established in other regions of the country. |
Maritime Women's Football League | Modified rules | Modified rules
In the MWFL, the playing field is a regulation Canadian football field, 65 yards wide, but offences are permitted four downs (rather than the usual three) to move the ball forward 10 yards. The one-yard neutral zone is the same as in regular Canadian football. Instead of 12 players per side, MWFL teams play with 11 per team according to the league's 2012 rules. As of 2012, the four timed quarters are each 12 minutes long ordinarily, but 15 minutes long in the final two weeks of the regular season. The league's former rules in 2007 stipulated that games were played with 10 players per team, in four quarters of 10 minutes each. |
Maritime Women's Football League | League champions | League champions
The league championship is known as the SupHer Bowl, while the championship trophy is known as the Judy Upward Trophy.
YearChampion2004Simmonds Seagals2005Saint John Buccaneers2006Capital Area Lady Gladiators2007Capital Area Lady Gladiators2008Saint John Storm2009Moncton Vipers 2010Saint John Storm2011Saint John Storm2012Moncton Vipers2013Capital Area Lady Gladiators2014Saint John Storm2015Saint John Storm2016Saint John Storm2017Saint John Storm2018Fredericton Nissan Lady Gladiators2019Halifax Xplosion2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Saint John Storm New Brunswick-only exhibition season due to pandemic border restrictions2022 Halifax Xplosion & Saint John Storm (co-champions) Championship game tied 10–10 after triple OT 2024 Saint John Storm |
Maritime Women's Football League | References | References |
Maritime Women's Football League | External links | External links
League Facebook homepage
League Twitter page
Bleacher Report preview of the tenth season, 2013
Original MWFL official site Last recorded May 3, 2012 (Web Archive)
Fredericton Lady Gladiators team website
Category:Canadian football leagues
Category:2004 establishments in Canada
Category:Sports leagues established in 2004
Category:Women's American football leagues
Category:Professional sports leagues in Canada |
Maritime Women's Football League | Table of Content | Short description, Teams, History, Modified rules, League champions, References, External links |
Pen and Sword Books | Short description | Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom. Pen and Sword has over 6,000 titles available in print, and also available as ebook download. Releasing 500 new titles each year on a variety of subjects, it is part of the Barnsley Chronicle newspaper group. |
Pen and Sword Books | History | History
The first books produced by the company were in response to public demand, following a series of articles first published weekly in the Barnsley Chronicle. Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks told the story of crash sites in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, and a further weekly feature on the history of two Kitchener battalions, known as the Barnsley Pals, aroused a public interest. Over the years these books have been reprinted a number of times.
Following on from the success of the Dark Peak and Barnsley Pals books, a number of local history paperbacks were produced, along with a series of battlefield guide books. Battleground Europe proved successful, and as more titles were produced, the company made the decision to launch a book publishing arm of the group.
When the Leo Cooper imprint became available, the Barnsley Chronicle purchased it; and the Pen and Sword publishing house was established in 1990. Leo Cooper (1934–2013), the late husband of novelist Jilly Cooper, had established a reputation for publishing military history titles. Leo Cooper later retired.
Pen and Sword expanded its subject matter, branching out to cover naval and maritime history, aviation, local history, family history, collectables and antiques, nostalgia and true crime. It further expanded to include transport and railways, science, archaeology, exploration, and political memoirs. In 2008, Pen and Sword made two acquisitions: Frontline Books, which focuses on United States–based military history; and Seaforth Publishing, which is a leading maritime history imprint. |
Pen and Sword Books | Select series | Select series
'Aviation Heritage Trail' – stories, history and events behind famous aviation operations;
'Battleground Europe' – over 100 illustrated battleground guide books from periods including 1066, Wars of the Roses, the English Civil War, Napoleonic, Zulu War, The Boer War, World War I to World War II;
'Classics' – books covering military operations and stories from many different periods throughout history;
'Cold War 1945–1991' – a series of 19 books () documenting individual battles around the world during the period from 1945 to 1991, known as the Cold War;
'FlightCraft' – 18 books () focussing on significant military aircraft from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States of America, and Russia; primarily during the early part of the Cold War;
'History of Terror' – a series of 15 books () documenting significant episodes of terror from the last two millennium; titles include: Emperors of Rome: The Monsters, detailing the 'bad' Roman emperors from ; Irgun, about fanatical Zionists who wish to convert Palestine and Transjordan into an independent Jewish state from 1931 to 1948; Northern Ireland: The Troubles, an intimate documentation of paramilitary operations on the island of Ireland, and the quest to quash them, in a period known as 'The Troubles' from 1968 to 1998; and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, about the al Qaeda insurgencies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and the Yemen, along with splinter jihadist groups in West Africa and Europe, from 2007;
'Holt's Guidebooks' – overview general information books with maps, memorials, battleground descriptions and tourist-focused summaries covering varied military campaigns from World War I and World War II;
'Napoleonic Library' – a series of 27 books () dedicated to the people, equipment and battles from the Napoleonic Wars;
'Pals' – narratives documenting the lives of friends, comrades, and pals, who joined together in the same Battalions to serve King and Country during the Great War
'ShipCraft' – a series of 30 books () documenting military battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, sloops, and aircraft carriers; along with the great passenger liners such as the Titanic and her sisters;
'TankCraft' – 28 books () documenting in significant detail the tracked warfare vehicles commonly known as tanks; from Britain, Germany, and America;
'Warships of the Royal Navy' – stories behind famous Royal Navy (RN) ships from the Napoleonic Wars to contemporary military conflicts;
'Images of War' – a major series of 243 books () of rare photographs from wartime archives of every possible global military subject, from animals and aircraft to the Waffen SS and Winston Churchill; including concentration and death camps, individual battles, squadrons, battalions and divisions, the people, and the equipment they flew, sailed and operated, on the ground, in the air, and at sea; in all theatres of war since World War One; all with detailed captions and references;
Shot in the Tower: the story of the spies executed in the Tower of London during the First World War. |
Pen and Sword Books | Notes | Notes |
Pen and Sword Books | References | References |
Pen and Sword Books | External links | External links
www.Pen-and-Sword.co.uk – official website
www.BarnsleyChronicle.com – Barnsley Chronicle, owners of Pen and Sword Books
Category:Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Militaria publishing companies
Category:Publishing companies established in 1990 |
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Barryroe GAA | More citations needed | Barryoe GAA club is a Gaelic football and Hurling club in the parish of Barryroe in County Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the villages of Courtmacsherry, Butlerstown, Lislevane and surrounding areas. The club participates in the south west Cork (Carbery) division of Cork and operates at Intermediate A level in hurling and Junior A in football. |
Barryroe GAA | History | History
The Barryroe Club was founded in 1892 and thus is one of the oldest in the Carbery GAA division. Like many other clubs it has gone out of existence for various periods. Since it was reformed in 1961 however, several Junior A Hurling titles plus a number of minor and Under-21 Championships have been won. Most of its successes have been in hurling.
Barryroe won their seventh West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship on Sunday 9 September 2007 in Timoleague defeating Newcestown by 3–12 to 0–6. They followed this up with wins over Erin's Own and Kinsale to reach their second County Final. In this final they beat Charleville by 2–19 to 2–13 to win the Cork Junior 'A' Hurling Championship for the first time. The club have participated in the Intermediate A since 2008. |
Barryroe GAA | Notable players | Notable players
Robbie Kiely
Dan Murphy 2 time All-Ireland Minor winning captain in 1997 and 1998
Jennifer O'Leary - Cork Senior Camogie player
Ryan O'Donovan
Olan O'Donovan
Sean O’Riordan |
Barryroe GAA | Honours | Honours
Cork Senior Camogie Championship: Runners-Up: 2000
Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship: Runners-Up: 2007
Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: Winners (1) 2007 Runners Up 1994 Semi Finalists 1986, 2006
Cork Junior B Football Championship Winners (1) 2002
Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Beaten Finalists 2005
Cork Minor B Football Championship: Winners (1) 2000, Runners-Up 1999
Cork Minor C Football Championship: Winners (1) 2005
West Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: Winners (7) 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 2006, 2007 Runners Up 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002
West Cork Junior A Football Championship: Winners (1) 2023 Runners-Up: 1980, 1994, 2003
West Cork Junior B Hurling Championship: Winners (3) 1933, 1953, 2007 Runners-Up: 1950, 1964, 1974, 1977,
South West Cork Junior B Football Championship: Winners (5) 1964, 1979, 1989, 1998, 2002 Runners-Up: 1944, 1967, 1976, 1988
South West Cork Junior C Hurling Championship: Winners (3) 1987, 1992, 2004 Runners-Up 1985, 1986,
West Cork Junior D Football Championship: Runners-Up 2002
West Cork Minor A Hurling Championship: Winners (7) 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2001 Runners-Up 1979, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2006
West Cork Minor B Hurling Championship: Winners (6) 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Runners-Up 1970
West Cork Minor B Football Championship Winners (2) 1999, 2000
West Cork Minor C Football Championship Winners (1) 2005
West Cork Minor D Football Championship Winners (2) 2008, 2009
West Cork Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners (5) 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990 Runners-Up: 1978,1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2003
West Cork Under-21 B Hurling Championship Winners (3) 1976, 1977, 2006 Runners-Up: 1973, 1974
West Cork Under-21 B Football Championship Winners (3) 1987, 1988, 1989 Runners-Up: 1978, 1985, 1995
West Cork Under-21 C Football Championship Runners-Up 2011 |
Barryroe GAA | References | References |
Barryroe GAA | External links | External links
Official Barryroe GAA Club website
Category:Hurling clubs in County Cork
Category:Gaelic football clubs in County Cork
Category:Gaelic games clubs in County Cork |
Barryroe GAA | Table of Content | More citations needed, History, Notable players, Honours, References, External links |
Xinjiang Sport Lottery F.C. | Short description | Xinjiang Sport Lottery Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 新疆体彩足球俱乐部) was a football (soccer) club based in Xinjiang, China. |
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