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of the University of New Zealand operated in Wellington until its dissolution in 1961.
A branch of Massey University is located in Wellington: it took over the site and some of the courses of the former Wellington Polytechnic. The campus is based at the former Dominion Museum, which has moved to "Te Papa". The University of Otago also has a Wellington connection, as the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a department of that university.
Wellington Institute of Technology serves Wellington and the neighbouring Hutt Valley. One of the largest polytechnics in the region, it dates from 1904.
Numerous primary and secondary educational institutions operate throughout the city, | 11,300 |
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see List of schools in Wellington, New Zealand.
Wellington has a number of museums and galleries, including Te Papa, the City Gallery and the Museum of Wellington City & Sea. The Wellington Museums Trust runs the latter two, and other museums.
# Sister-city relationships.
- Sister cities
- Sydney, Australia
- Canberra, Australia
- Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China
- Sakai, Osaka, Japan
- Historical sister cities
- Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
- Hania, Crete, Greece
- Çanakkale, Turkey
- Friendly cities
- Tianjin, People's Republic of China
# History.
The City of Wellington has subsumed independent boroughs including:
- Melrose | 11,301 |
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(established 1888) in 1903
- Onslow (Khandallah/Ngaio) (established 1890) in 1919 (Wadestown had joined the city in 1906)
- Karori (established 1891) in 1920
- Miramar (established 1904) in 1921
- Johnsonville (a Town Board from 1908), in 1953
- Tawa (a Town district from 1951, then the Tawa Flat Borough Council from 1953) in 1989
# Buildings.
The Wellington City Council owns and until May 2019 operated from a complex on Wakefield Street, with various extensions each representing a distinctive architectural period. The complex incorporates the Wellington Town Hall which opened in 1904, with the most recent extension completed in 1991 alongside the Wellington Central Library.
The Wakefield | 11,302 |
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Street complex has been cleared of back office functions, and since 28 May 2019 will be closed completely for repairs and earthquake strengthening. In the interim, most of the council's central office staff are located in commercial premises at 113 The Terrace, and the council's public service centre is at 12 Manners Street. Due to repairs also being needed to the Wellington Central Library, and Capital E, all of the civic buildings on Civic Square are closed, except for the City Gallery.
# See also.
- Wellington Region
# References.
- Footnotes
- Citations
- A Complete Guide To Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies 1909.
# External links.
- WellingtonNZ.com
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington | 11,303 |
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cleared of back office functions, and since 28 May 2019 will be closed completely for repairs and earthquake strengthening. In the interim, most of the council's central office staff are located in commercial premises at 113 The Terrace, and the council's public service centre is at 12 Manners Street. Due to repairs also being needed to the Wellington Central Library, and Capital E, all of the civic buildings on Civic Square are closed, except for the City Gallery.
# See also.
- Wellington Region
# References.
- Footnotes
- Citations
- A Complete Guide To Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies 1909.
# External links.
- WellingtonNZ.com
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council maps | 11,304 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
Money (album)
Money is the sixth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released in February 1992 by Wax Trax! Records. It was originally intended to be titled "Apart", with each of the two core members, Sascha Konietzko and En Esch, recording half an album and combining their work. The album ended up using only Konietzko's half, along with additional songs. It received mixed reviews, but spawned a number of club hits. It went out of print in the late 1990s and was re-released in 2006.
# History.
Bandmates Sascha Konietzko and En Esch had a falling out at the end of their 1990 tour with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Each was given the funds to record one side of their next (and | 11,305 |
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presumed final, at the time) album, "Apart". Both worked in the same Hamburg studio, M.O.B., with engineer Blank Fontana and guitarist Günter Schulz, but never interacted with each other directly. These sessions would be the last time the group worked with Fontana at M.O.B.
After the two halves were combined and pressed onto an album, Esch's half was rejected by Wax Trax! Records's executives, who didn't think it sounded like KMFDM. The record company gave Konietzko additional funds to record more songs. He finished the album by including new remixes of previously released material. A number of other tracks intended for the album ended up on other albums or singles.
The album cover includes | 11,306 |
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a self-portrait of long time KMFDM artist Aidan Hughes.
## "Apart" tracks.
"Apart" would have included:
- "Thank You" – the lead off track, later included on "Agogo".
- "Split" – version released as "Split-Apart", which appeared on the "Vogue" single.
- "Blood" – original version that was later released on the "A Drug Against War" single.
- Various En Esch tracks later released on "Cheesy".
# Release.
"Money" was released in February 1992. It spawned two club hits, the title track and "Vogue", both of which charted on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart a few months later. KMFDM toured twice in support of the album: first on a mini-tour in June, and again on a full tour in October | 11,307 |
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and November.
# Reception.
"Money" received mixed reviews. Alex Henderson of Allmusic called it "excellent" and stated that "a blistering metal guitar, distorted industrial vocals, and a syncopated dance beat could indeed be united into a cohesive, exciting whole". Rick Roos from "The Tech" said "The main problem with the album is its lack of new material". He noted that there were only seven new tracks, and that the rest were either remixes or remakes of songs from "Naïve", KMFDM's previous album. However, he said that the new tracks were "for the most part aggressive, ferocious songs... with surprisingly strong musicianship". He called "Sex on the Flag" the album's best song, and its chorus | 11,308 |
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"addictive". He also said that the album's first two tracks were "exceptional and entertaining". He concluded by calling the album "very strong and fierce but... actually quite easy to listen to".
Chuck Eddy of "Spin" magazine was less complimentary. He said KMFDM was "concentrating on atmosphere now, not songs". He went on to say that "there are some neat little touches", but that "the drone-y dinks barely coalesce into hooks". His final thought was that "novelty bands should learn to stick to novelty".
# Tour.
KMFDM supported the release of "Money" with two tours in 1992: the three-week Aloha Jerry Brown tour in June and the two-month Sucks Money tour in October and November. At the band's | 11,309 |
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Boston show on October 23 at Man Ray, the show had to be temporarily halted due to damage to the floor's support beams because of the crowd's synchronized jumping.
# Track listing.
All information from 2006 album booklet.
# Personnel.
- Sascha Konietzko – vocals, bass, synths, programming
- Günter Schulz – guitar
## Additional personnel.
- En Esch – vocals (2, 7, 10)
- Dorona Alberti – background vocals
- Christine Siewert – background vocals (2, 10)
## Production.
- Sascha Konietzko – production, mixing
- Blank Fontana – engineering
- Brian Gardner – remastering (2006 release)
- Aidan Hughes – artwork
- Chris Z – type (1992 release)
- Justin Gammon – layout (2006 release)
- | 11,310 |
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t Man Ray, the show had to be temporarily halted due to damage to the floor's support beams because of the crowd's synchronized jumping.
# Track listing.
All information from 2006 album booklet.
# Personnel.
- Sascha Konietzko – vocals, bass, synths, programming
- Günter Schulz – guitar
## Additional personnel.
- En Esch – vocals (2, 7, 10)
- Dorona Alberti – background vocals
- Christine Siewert – background vocals (2, 10)
## Production.
- Sascha Konietzko – production, mixing
- Blank Fontana – engineering
- Brian Gardner – remastering (2006 release)
- Aidan Hughes – artwork
- Chris Z – type (1992 release)
- Justin Gammon – layout (2006 release)
- Jacques Sehy – photography | 11,311 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
USS Little (DD-79)
USS "Little" (DD-79/APD-4), a in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for George Little (1754–1809).
"Little" was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, 18 June 1917, launched 11 November 1917, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel W. Wakeman, and commissioned 6 April 1918, Commander Joseph K. Taussig in command.
# Service history.
"Little" departed Norfolk, Virginia on 5 May 1918 for convoy escort duty with Patrol Force, Coast of France, and operated from Brest until she sailed for home on 26 December. During this period she escorted President Woodrow Wilson's party to Europe to attend the Paris | 11,312 |
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Peace Conference.
The ship arrived Boston, Massachusetts]] on 18 January 1919 for drydock and operations with Destroyer Force, Atlantic. She escorted the president's party back into New York City from 6 to 8 July, and then engaged in tactical exercises, she was transferred to Reserve Status with ComDesRon 3 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 17 November where she remained until 4 January 1921. The ship then operated along the Atlantic coast until she returned to Philadelphia and decommissioned 5 July 1922.
Converted to a high-speed transport by having two boilers removed and converted to troop quarters, "Little" was redesignated APD-4, 2 August 1940, and recommissioned 4 November 1940, Lieutenant | 11,313 |
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Commander K. Earl in command. She sailed for the Caribbean in February 1941 for maneuvers with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and then steamed to San Diego, California, where she arrived on 9 March for amphibious training. The ship returned to the east coast in late summer, and arrived at Norfolk on 1 December for drydocking.
As flagship for TransDiv 12, she departed for San Diego on 14 February 1942 for repairs and alterations. Upon completion of amphibious landing exercises in April, she steamed for Pearl Harbor. A short cruise to Midway Island in late June preceded her departure to New Caledonia on 7 July for the Solomons campaign.
Supplies for American troops on Guadalcanal had been badly disrupted | 11,314 |
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by the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942. High-speed destroyer-transports were called upon to remedy this shortage. As she discharged stores and Marine Raiders on the Guadalcanal beaches on 30 August, "Little" witnessed the destruction of by enemy aircraft.
The three remaining APDs, "Little", , and , continued to support and help supply the Marines. On 4 September, "Little" and "Gregory" brought a detachment of marine raiders to Savo Island on an unfounded rumor that enemy forces had occupied it. The troops were returned to Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. That night was unusually dark, so Division Commander Hugh W. Hadley decided to patrol off Lunga Point rather than attempt to negotiate Tulagi | 11,315 |
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Harbor with no visible landmarks.
About 0100 on 5 September, "Little" observed gun flashes to the east and believed this to be an enemy submarine. Moments later a Navy PBY Catalina flying over Savo Sound released a string of five flares to illuminate what he also thought was a submarine. The flares illuminated the APDs instead. A surprised Japanese surface destroyer force, engaged in shelling Henderson Field after delivering a "Tokyo Express" shipment of troops and supplies to Guadalcanal and the source of the flashes presumed to have come from a submarine, shifted their guns toward the APDs, and searchlights stabbed through the darkness. Though outgunned, "Little" opened fire on enemy destroyers, | 11,316 |
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, and , but took direct hits from salvos which left her helpless and ablaze by 0115. "Gregory" had suffered the same fate. The Japanese, to assure their kill, steamed between the two stricken ships firing shells and strafing survivors. "Gregory" sank stern first about 0140. "Little" went down on an even keel about two hours later. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz paid sincere tribute to these gallant ships: "With little means, the ships performed duties vital to the success of the campaign."
# Awards.
"Little" received two battle stars for World War II service.
# References.
- Lane, Kerry, "Guadalcanal Marine", University Press of Mississippi, 2004
- Roll of Honor
# External links.
- Photos
- | 11,317 |
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hich left her helpless and ablaze by 0115. "Gregory" had suffered the same fate. The Japanese, to assure their kill, steamed between the two stricken ships firing shells and strafing survivors. "Gregory" sank stern first about 0140. "Little" went down on an even keel about two hours later. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz paid sincere tribute to these gallant ships: "With little means, the ships performed duties vital to the success of the campaign."
# Awards.
"Little" received two battle stars for World War II service.
# References.
- Lane, Kerry, "Guadalcanal Marine", University Press of Mississippi, 2004
- Roll of Honor
# External links.
- Photos
- NavSource Photos
- Roll of Honor | 11,318 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
William Proxmire
Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989, the longest term served by a Wisconsin senator.
Proxmire was a member of the Senate Banking Committee, The Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. In each of those committees he was an aggressive critic of wasteful government spending. While serving on the Joint Economic Committee, he exposed numerous instances of wasteful spending on military programs such as the C-5 aircraft and the F-16 fighter, and other government programs such as the supersonic aircraft.
# | 11,319 |
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Early life.
The son of Dr. Theodore Stanley Proxmire, a Chicago-area surgeon, and Adele (Flanigan) Proxmire, Edward William Proxmire was born in Lake Forest, Illinois on November 11, 1915. (He later used "William" rather than "Edward" out of admiration for actor William S. Hart.) He graduated from The Hill School (in Pottstown, Pennsylvania) in 1933, Yale University in 1938 (B.A.), Harvard Business School in 1940 (M.B.A.), and Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration in 1948 (M.P.A.). While at Yale, Proxmire joined the Chi Psi fraternity. During 1940 and 1941, Proxmire was a student clerk at J.P. Morgan & Co., and studied public speaking at Columbia University.
During World War II | 11,320 |
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he joined the United States Army as a private, and advanced to master sergeant. He later received a commission in the Military Intelligence branch. Most of his service involved counterintelligence work in the Chicago area, where members of his unit investigated individuals suspected of subversive activity. He served from 1941 to 1946, and was discharged as a first lieutenant. While in the Army, Proxmire also continued to study public speaking at Northwestern University. After discharge, he was an executive trainee at J. P. Morgan before returning to Harvard.
After getting his second master's degree while working as a teaching fellow at Harvard, Proxmire moved to Wisconsin to be a reporter for | 11,321 |
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"The Capital Times" in Madison and to advance his political career in a favorable state. "They fired me after I'd been there seven months, for labor activities and impertinence," he once said. When he ran successfully for the state legislature in 1950, Proxmire was working as the business manager of the "Union Labor News", a publication of the Madison Federation of Labor.
# Wisconsin State Assembly.
Proxmire served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1951 to 1953. He was employed as president of Artcraft Press of Waterloo, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1952, 1954 and 1956.
# United States Senator.
In August 1957, Proxmire won the special election | 11,322 |
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to fill the remainder of the U.S. Senate term vacated by the death of Joseph McCarthy, on May 2, 1957. After assuming his seat, Proxmire did not pay the customary tribute to his predecessor, stating instead that McCarthy was a "disgrace to Wisconsin, to the Senate, and to America".
Proxmire was reelected in 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976 and 1982 by wide margins, including 71 percent of the vote in 1970, 73 percent in 1976 and 65 percent in 1982. In each of his last two campaigns, Proxmire refused contributions and spent less than $200 out of his own pocket — to cover the expenses related to filing re-election paperwork and mailing back unsolicited contributions. He was an early advocate of campaign | 11,323 |
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finance reform. Throughout his Senate career, Proxmire also refused to accept reimbursements for travel expenses related to his official duties.
## Consecutive roll call votes.
Proxmire holds the U.S. Senate record for consecutive roll call votes cast: 10,252 between April 20, 1966 and October 18, 1988. In doing so, he surpassed the previous record of 2,941 which was held by Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. In January 2016, Chuck Grassley broke Proxmire's record for longest amount of time between missed votes, but during his time without missing a roll call, Grassley had cast about 3,000 fewer votes than Proxmire.
## Committee memberships.
Proxmire served as the Chair of the Committee | 11,324 |
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on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1987 to 1989. During his first tenure in this position, Proxmire was instrumental in devising the financial plan that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1976–77. Proxmire's subcommittee memberships included Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Affairs, and International Finance and Monetary Policy.
In addition to his work on the Banking committee, Proxmire rose through seniority to become a high-ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, and was active on several subcommittees, including Defense, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies, and Postal Service and Related | 11,325 |
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Agencies.
## Issue positions and legislation.
In October 1961, Proxmire issued a statement opposing a planned $22 million renovation of the United States Capitol, arguing that a "large part of the space created by the extension" would be used "to house private hideaway offices" for 23 senators. Proxmire continued to oppose the renovation, and the debate continued until the project was completed in the early 1970s.
In March 1964, Proxmire charged that political concerns, not national defense needs were keeping too many naval shipyards open, resulting in a waste of federal funds: "On the basis of every statistical study, both by the Navy and independent groups. private shipyards can build, | 11,326 |
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repair or modernize five ships for the same number of dollars needed to turn out four ships in navy shipyards." Proxmire unsuccessfully favored proposals that awarded contracts to the lowest bidder in order to save money and close unneeded facilities, and pointed out that "the advantages of this free enterprise approach" had been recognized by Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense and a former corporate chief executive officer.
From 1967 until 1986, Proxmire gave daily speeches noting the necessity of ratifying The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. After giving this speech every day that the Senate was in session for 20 years, a total of 3,211 times, | 11,327 |
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on February 11, 1986 the U.S. Senate ratified the convention by a vote of 83–11.
In March 1969, Proxmire introduced legislation that if enacted would have regulated both the credit life and disability insurance industries, stating that Americans were being overcharged 220 million a year by the agencies.
He was an early, outspoken critic of the Vietnam War who frequently criticized Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon for their conduct of the war and foreign policy decisions. He used his seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee to spotlight wasteful military spending and was instrumental in stopping frequent military pork barrel projects. Despite his support of budgetary restraint | 11,328 |
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in other areas, he regularly sided with dairy interests and was a proponent of dairy price supports.
Proxmire was head of the campaign to cancel the American supersonic transport and particularly opposed to space exploration, ultimately eliminating spending on said research from NASA's budget. In response to a segment about space colonies run by the CBS program "60 Minutes", Proxmire stated that; "it's the best argument yet for chopping NASA's funding to the bone ... I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy". Proxmire introduced an amendment into the 1982 NASA budget that effectively terminated NASA's nascent SETI efforts before a similar amendment to the 1994 budget, by Senator Richard Bryan, | 11,329 |
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terminated NASA's SETI efforts for good. With these positions Proxmire drew the enmity of many space advocates and science fiction fandom. Arthur C. Clarke attacked Proxmire in his short story "Death and the Senator" (1960). Later, the short story "The Return of William Proxmire" (1989) by Larry Niven and the novel "Fallen Angels" (1991), written by Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael F. Flynn, were directed against the senator.
In May 1971, Proxmire charged the Food and Drug Administration with violating federal law through authorizing residues of a cancer‐inducing hormone to come into contact with consumers, asserting the move was in violation of the Delaney amendment and called for an immediate | 11,330 |
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ban on DES.
In September 1971, Proxmire asserted the safety margin of the C‐5A cargo plane was threatened in spite of doubling costs and charged the US Air Force with not disclosing information on the costs to Congress.
In November 1973, after Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned and Robert Bork took over as Acting Attorney General, Proxmire wrote in a letter that Bork was serving illegally as Acting Attorney General since thirty days had passed with him being in office and not having a confirmation by the Senate, saying that any actions taken by Bork in the period following the thirty days passing could be met by challenge and called on President Nixon to rectify the situation. Assistant | 11,331 |
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Attorney General Robert G. Dixon Jr. disputed Proxmire's claim, saying that similar occurrences of Acting Attorneys General that went over 30 days without Senate confirmations had happened six times prior.
In January 1977, Proxmire was one of five Democrats to vote against Griffin B. Bell, President Carter's nominee for United States Attorney General.
In January 1978, President Carter wrote Proxmire on the responsibilities of New York City denizens in his plan to have the city avoid bankruptcy. In April, after New York Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jacob Javits introduced a Carter administration bill that would provide New York City with 2 billion in loan guarantees, Javits stated he | 11,332 |
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did not believe Proxmire would try killing the measure by bottling it up in committee.
In May, Proxmire announced his willingness to hold hearings on continued federal aid to New York City prior to municipal labor unions having their contracts negotiated and the Senate Banking Committee would wait as long as possible to secure information on the labor settlement's impact. Proxmire stated that they were not aware of when the labor contracts would reach a settlement and the potentially years long process could prevent the Senate Banking Committee from being able to take any action. June 1978 had four days of scheduled hearings by the Senate Banking Committee on continued federal aid to New York | 11,333 |
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City. After the June 6 hearing, Proxmire stated he had maintained an open mind in spite of leaning toward opposition, a shift from his prior position of unwavering disagreement with continued aid and that he was not against favorable vote on the legislation by the Banking Committee that would authorize the remainder of the Senate to consider the subject, admitting that the committee was split in the opinions of its members. In days following, Proxmire told reporters that the labor bill's continued filibuster made the chances of the Senate acting on the legislation by the end of the month unlikely given that unanimous consent was required to end the filibuster. Later that month, along with Texas | 11,334 |
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Republican John Tower and Utah Republican Jake Garn, Proxmire was one of three senators who voted against reporting out the bill authorizing 1.5 billion of long‐term loan guarantees for New York City, Proxmire adding that he believed the measure would pass through the Senate in a similar manner to the panel vote.
In February 1978, after President Carter nominated G. William Miller for Chair of the Federal Reserve, Proxmire was noted to be a reliable source of contention, though the latter predicted from the start of his confirmation process that Miller would meet little opposition. At the end of the month, eleven members of the Senate Banking Committee pressed for a confirmation of Miller as | 11,335 |
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Federal Reserve Chair, a motion Proxmire rejected while scheduling the vote for another day and admitting the nomination would be easily confirmed by the panel and full chamber. On March 2, Proxmire cast the sole dissenting vote against the Miller nomination, calling him unqualified for the office as he was without experience in economic or monetary affairs while admitting Miller's business success. Proxmire was joined by ranking Republican Edward W. Brooke in indicating the Carter administration had influenced members of the panel to hasten the confirmation process.
In February 1978, Proxmire said the United States Navy and United States Air Force had spent "at least $42,000 in the last year | 11,336 |
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transporting 3,500 local community leaders to 31 military bases to lobby for military programs" and labeled these trips an example of local citizens being lobbied for military programs. Proxmire added that these trips had included the Air Force favoring production of the B‐1 bomber and gave an estimate cost of 42,000 as the Air Force had turned down specifying the price.
In February 1979, Proxmire sent a letter to United States Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal calling on the Treasury Department to withhold federal loan guarantees from New York City until incumbent Mayor Ed Koch agreed to larger cuts in the budget for the following year, charging the budgetary assumptions of the | 11,337 |
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city as being too reliant on federal aid increases.
In March, Proxmire sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Miller regarding his reservations on the establishment of a free trade zone to allow international banking activity in New York City and advocated for the proposal first being submitted to Congress as opposed to unilateral regulatory action.
Proxmire was the only senator to vote against the August 1979 nomination of G. William Miller as United States Treasury Secretary, saying his vote against Miller was based on the latter's "unwillingness to open a full‐scale investigation of allegations that Textron, the company he once headed, paid bribes to numerous foreign officials while Mr. | 11,338 |
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Miller was in charge". Proxmire acknowledged a lack of evidence to show that Miller was personally involved in bribes.
In October 1979, Proxmire wrote head of the General Accounting Office Elmer B. Staats to request the GAO investigate claims that the Department of Housing and Urban Development authorized the P.I. Properties to steal funds from the federal government and low income tenants. The same day, Proxmire delivered a speech on the Senate floor condemning the failure of the Housing and Urban Development Department to act on recommendation from staff members to terminate funding for the P.I. Properties' 285-unit project at 14th and Clifton Streets in Washington, DC.
## Golden Fleece | 11,339 |
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Award.
Proxmire was noted for issuing his Golden Fleece Award, which was presented monthly between 1975 and 1988, in order to focus media attention on projects Proxmire viewed as self-serving and wasteful of taxpayer dollars. Winners of the Golden Fleece Award included governmental organizations like the United States Department of Defense, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service.
The first Golden Fleece Award was awarded in 1975 to the National Science Foundation, for funding an $84,000 study on why people fall in love. Other Golden Fleece awards over the years were awarded to the Justice Department for conducting a study on why prisoners wanted to get out of jail, the National | 11,340 |
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Institute of Mental Health to study a Peruvian brothel ("The researchers said they made repeated visits in the interests of accuracy," reported "The New York Times"), and the Federal Aviation Administration, for studying "the physical measurements of 432 airline stewardesses, paying special attention to the 'length of the buttocks.'"
Proxmire's critics claimed that some of his Golden Fleece awards went to basic science projects that led to important breakthroughs. In some circles his name has become a verb, meaning to unfairly obstruct scientific research for political gain, as in "the project has been proxmired". In 1987, Stewart Brand accused Proxmire of recklessly attacking legitimate research | 11,341 |
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for the crass purpose of furthering his own political career, with gross indifference as to whether his assertions were true or false as well as the long-term effects on American science and technology policy. Proxmire later apologized for several cancelled projects, including SETI.
It is widely, though incorrectly, believed that Proxmire gave the award to Edward F. Knipling for his study of the sex life of the screwworm fly, the results of which were used to create sterile screwworms that were released into the wild and eliminated this major cattle parasite from North and Central America, which reduced the cost of beef and dairy products across the globe. In fact, there is no evidence for | 11,342 |
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this claim in the Proxmire papers held by the Wisconsin Historical Society. In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded research on the sex life of the screwworm fly took place in the 1930s through 1950s, long before the Golden Fleece era of the 1970s and 80s, when Proxmire largely targeted contemporary research.
One winner of the Golden Fleece Award, Ronald Hutchinson, sued Proxmire for defamation in 1976. Proxmire claimed that his statements about Hutchinson's research were protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that that clause does not immunize members of Congress from liability for defamatory statements | 11,343 |
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made outside of formal congressional proceedings ("Hutchinson v. Proxmire", ). The case was eventually settled out of court.
# Personal life.
In 1946, Proxmire married Elsie Stillman Rockefeller, a great-granddaughter of William Rockefeller, brother and partner of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. They had two children, a son, Theodore, and a daughter, Elsie Stillman (Proxmire) Zwerner. Elsie Proxmire received an uncontested divorce in 1955.
In 1956, Proxmire married Ellen Imogene Hodges Sawall, who brought two children of her own to the marriage. Together, the couple had two sons, one of whom died in infancy.
Known for his devotion to personal fitness, which included jogging and push-ups, | 11,344 |
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Proxmire earned the moniker "Push Up". In 1973, he published a book about staying in shape, entitled "You Can Do It: Senator Proxmire's Exercise, Diet and Relaxation Plan". After leaving Congress, Proxmire had an office in the Library of Congress.
After a battle with Alzheimer's disease, Proxmire died on December 15, 2005 in a nursing home in Sykesville, Maryland, where he had lived for more than four years. He was buried at Lake Forest Cemetery in Lake Forest, Illinois.
# Bibliography.
- "Can Small Business Survive?" H. Regnery Co., 1964;
- (with Paul H. Douglas) "Report from Wasteland; America's Military-Industrial Complex". Praeger Publishing, 1970
- "Uncle Sam – The Last of the Bigtime | 11,345 |
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tary-Industrial Complex". Praeger Publishing, 1970
- "Uncle Sam – The Last of the Bigtime Spenders". Simon & Schuster, 1972;
- "You Can Do It!: Senator Proxmire's Exercise, Diet and Relaxation Plan". Simon & Schuster, 1973;
- "Can Congress Control Spending?" American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington DC, 1973;
- "The Fleecing of America". Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980;
- "Your Joy Ride to Health". Proxmire Publishing Co. 1994;
# See also.
- Advocacy group
- Agricultural policy of the United States
# External links.
- Senator William Proxmire Collections | Wisconsin Historical Society
- "As senator, a tenacious Proxmire had a good run", "The Boston Globe" | 11,346 |
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Kawaipuna Prejean
Gayle Kawaipuna Prejean (April 14, 1943 – April 14, 1992)
was a Hawaiian nationalist, activist and advocate for the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. Prejean was founder of the Hawaiian Coalition of Native Claims, now known as the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.
A pioneer of sovereignty during the "Hawaiian Renaissance" of the 1970s, Prejean was one of the first voices to advocate for Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) independence at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He was involved in the formation of the movement to stop the bombing of the island of Kahoolawe by the U.S. Navy; this was an issue which catalyzed the formation of the modern "Hawaiian Movement".
Prejean | 11,347 |
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was known for his music and "stand-up" comedy as well as for his unrelenting criticism of the U.S. military presence in Hawaii. It was Kawaipuna Prejean who originally proposed the convening of the 1993 Kanaka Maoli Tribunal, and other historical actions which were carried out after his death.
Kawaipuna Prejean died on his 49th birthday while fighting to stop the construction of Interstate H-3, which destroyed many ancient Hawaiian sites and substantially impacted native species along its path on the island of Oahu, including several probable extinctions.
# See also.
- Hawaiian sovereignty movement
# External links.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050301092226/http://www.woodstocknation.org/aloha.htm
- | 11,348 |
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er his death.
Kawaipuna Prejean died on his 49th birthday while fighting to stop the construction of Interstate H-3, which destroyed many ancient Hawaiian sites and substantially impacted native species along its path on the island of Oahu, including several probable extinctions.
# See also.
- Hawaiian sovereignty movement
# External links.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050301092226/http://www.woodstocknation.org/aloha.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050428223633/http://www.namaka.com/catalog/misc/hookuokoa.html
- http://ilind.net/gallery_old/stand-together-1976/source/pko-rally_4-3.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050428051310/http://www.namaka.com/catalog/misc/funeral.html | 11,349 |
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High-speed transport
High-speed transports were converted destroyers and destroyer escorts used in US Navy amphibious operations in World War II and afterward. They received the US Hull classification symbol APD; "AP" for transport and "D" for destroyer.
APDs were intended to deliver small units such as Marine Raiders, Underwater Demolition Teams, and United States Army Rangers onto hostile shores. An APD could carry up to 200 troops - a company-size unit. It could also provide gunfire support if needed. was officially designated the Navy's first high-speed transport on 2 August 1940 when she became APD-1.
# Development.
Before the United States entered World War II, as newer and more modern | 11,350 |
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destroyers joined the fleet, some older destroyers were refitted for other duties: as seaplane tenders, destroyer minelayers, or destroyer minesweepers, and in an innovation, as fast transports carrying fully equipped troops for assault landings. During the war, newly built or unfinished destroyer escorts were converted to APDs.
## "Flush-deck" conversions.
The first group of APDs (APD-1 through APD-36) were converted from one , 17 , and 14 "flush-deck" destroyers built during and after World War I. Some of these had been previously converted to aircraft tenders or other uses.
In the conversion, the two forward boilers (out of four) were removed along with their smokestacks (reducing speed | 11,351 |
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to ). Accommodation for 200 troops was installed in the former engine spaces. The original armament of four 4-inch guns, one 3-inch AA gun, and twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes was replaced with three modern 3-inch AA guns, one 40 mm AA gun, and five 20 mm AA guns. Two depth charge racks and up to six K-gun depth charge throwers were carried. In place of the torpedo mounts, four davit-mounted LCPLs (Landing Craft Personnel, Large)) were shipped. Later, the LCPLs were replaced by a version with a bow ramp, the LCPR (Landing Craft Personnel, Ramped).
## "Buckley"-class conversions.
The second group of APDs were converted from 43 s (DE)s built in 1943-1945. Two further planned conversions were canceled | 11,352 |
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at the end of the war.
These converted vessels were known as the "Charles Lawrence" class.
In the conversion, the superstructure was expanded to provide accommodation for 162 troops. The original gun armament of three 3-inch AA guns and six 20 mm AA guns was replaced with one 5-inch DP gun and six 40 mm AA guns. The "Charles Lawrence" class retained the original three torpedo tubes, and carried two depth charge racks and up to eight K-guns. Typically, the converted DEs carried four LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel) in a stacked davit configuration.
## "Rudderow"-class conversions.
The third group of APDs were converted from 51 s built in 1943-1945. All but one of these were converted | 11,353 |
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while under construction. These converted vessels were known as the .
This conversion was the same as the "Buckley" class, except that the original armament had two 5-inch DP guns instead of three 3-inch guns; the aft 5-inch gun was removed.
# World War II service.
In the Guadalcanal Campaign, neither side enjoyed the overwhelming local naval and air supremacy which ensured victory in every other amphibious operation of the war. This necessitated an increase in the number of high-speed transports, hybrid warships which combined the functions of transports and destroyers. The concept of the high-speed transport embodied sufficient armament for the ship to defend herself against smaller warships | 11,354 |
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and to support the troops she carried with sufficient speed to enable her to outrun more heavily armed ships.
APDs performed arduous service. They transported troops to beachheads, served as escorts for transports and supply vessels, conducted anti-submarine patrols and survey duties, operated with Underwater Demolition Teams and commando units, performed messenger and transport duties, conveyed passengers and mail to and from forward units, and were involved in minesweeping operations. They were attacked by submarines, surface ships and aircraft (including kamikazes), and many were damaged or sunk.
# After World War II.
Nine "flush deck" APDs were lost during the war. The remaining 23 were | 11,355 |
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scrapped in 1945-1946.
Some of the "Charles Lawrence"-class and "Crosley"-class APDs saw service in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
One "Charles Lawrence"-class APD was lost during World War II. 14 were transferred to foreign navies in the 1960s. One was sold for commercial use as a floating power station. 26 were scrapped. On 1 January 1969, the remaining three were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports" (LPR).
No "Crosley"-class APD was lost during World War II. 18 were transferred to foreign navies. One (APD-106) was lost in a collision in 1966. Eight were sold as floating power stations. 18 were scrapped. In 1969, the remaining eight were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports" | 11,356 |
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On 1 January 1969, the remaining three were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports" (LPR).
No "Crosley"-class APD was lost during World War II. 18 were transferred to foreign navies. One (APD-106) was lost in a collision in 1966. Eight were sold as floating power stations. 18 were scrapped. In 1969, the remaining eight were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports" (LPR).
# See also.
- List of United States Navy high-speed transports
- - "Wickes" class transferred to UK and used in the St. Nazaire Raid
- - Type 42 converted in ASMAR (Chile) for the Argentine Navy in the 2000s
# External links.
- High Speed Transports in the Korean War
- Flush-deck APDs at DestroyerHistory.org | 11,357 |
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Lacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert (; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress, voice actress, and singer.
Chabert landed one of her first roles playing Erica Kane's daughter on "All My Children". She was the third actress to play Bianca Montgomery from 1992 until 1993. She then gained prominence as a child actress on television for her first big role as Claudia Salinger in the television drama "Party of Five" (1994–2000). She provided the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series "The Wild Thornberrys" (1998–2004) and two feature films. She was also the voice of Meg Griffin during the first production season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy", and superheroine Zatanna Zatara | 11,358 |
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in various pieces of DC Comics-related media. In film, she has appeared in "Lost in Space" (1998), "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001), and "Daddy Day Care" (2003), and had leading roles as Gretchen Wieners in "Mean Girls" (2004), Meg Cummings in "Dirty Deeds" (2005), and Dana Mathis in the horror remake "Black Christmas" (2006).
Chabert has also appeared in 17 Hallmark Channel movies, saying "I love working for Hallmark. They've been so good to me. I have friends there now. I'm proud of their movies and the message of their movies."
# Early life.
Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, to Julie (née Johnson) and Tony Chabert. Her father is of Cajun, Italian, and English descent; he worked as | 11,359 |
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a maintenance operations representative for an oil company. Her mother has English, Scottish, and remote Italian ancestry. Chabert has a younger brother named T.J., and two older sisters, Chrissy and Wendy. She was "World's Baby Petite" in the "World's Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition" in 1985. In 1992 and 1993, she played young Cosette in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables".
# Career.
Chabert played the role of Cosette in "Les Misérables" on Broadway before taking the role of Claudia Salinger in "Party of Five". Chabert made her big screen debut in the late 1990s, starring as Penny Robinson in the space thriller "Lost in Space" (1998). Since then, she has been the voice of | 11,360 |
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Eliza Thornberry in the animated series "The Wild Thornberrys", and has voiced Eliza in two films, "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" (2002) and "Rugrats Go Wild" (2003). She then had a supporting role in the parody film "Not Another Teen Movie" as Amanda Becker. She provided the voice for the title character's daughter Aleu in "" (2002) and she provided the voice of Meg Griffin for the first production season of the animated sitcom "Family Guy" (1999), after which Mila Kunis took over the role.
Chabert played the title role in "The Brooke Ellison Story", a movie produced and directed by Christopher Reeve, based upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from Harvard | 11,361 |
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University. She starred in "Mean Girls" (2004) and the television film "Hello Sister, Goodbye Life" (2006) on ABC Family. She appeared in a 2006 remake of "Black Christmas". She appeared in an episode of "Ghost Whisperer" opposite former "Party of Five" costar Jennifer Love Hewitt. She performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game "Sonic the Hedgehog" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. She also voiced Gwen Stacy in the animated series "The Spectacular Spider-Man".
Chabert, along with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried, won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for "Mean Girls". She won both the 1997 and 1998 "The Hollywood Reporter" Annual YoungStar Award for | 11,362 |
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Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series for "Party of Five", and had been nominated three other times for work from 1999 to 2000. The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV, and music performances made exclusively by six- to 18-year-olds.
Chabert has been featured in several blogs and magazines such as "Saturday Night", "Maxim", "Stuff", "Disney Adventures, Eliza" and "Entertainment Weekly." She also modeled for "Vanity Fair", "Seventeen" and "Celebrity Sleuth."
From 2013–2014, Chabert had a recurring role on the ABC Family sitcom "Baby Daddy" as Dr. Amy Shaw. After working in various TV movies during this time, she opened 2018 with an original Hallmark movie that premiered | 11,363 |
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habert had a recurring role on the ABC Family sitcom "Baby Daddy" as Dr. Amy Shaw. After working in various TV movies during this time, she opened 2018 with an original Hallmark movie that premiered as part of the Valentine's Day Countdown.
# Personal life.
Chabert married her longtime boyfriend, David Nehdar, on December 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. Chabert gave birth to a daughter in September 2016 whom they named Julia.
Chabert has spoken publicly about her faith and said she related to her character in "Christian Mingle".
# Other media.
- "Les Misérables" (1992–1993) Broadway Production ... young Cosette
- The Broadway Kids (1995) Audio CD (voice) ... "The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway" | 11,364 |
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USS Gregory (DD-82)
USS "Gregory" (DD-82/APD-3) was a in the United States Navy during World War I and, as APD-3 World War II. She was named for Admiral Francis Gregory USN (1780–1866).
"Gregory" was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts on 25 August 1917, launched on 27 January 1918 by Mrs. George S. Trevor, great-granddaughter of Admiral Gregory, and commissioned on 1 June 1918, Commander Arthur P. Fairfield in command.
She was converted into a high-speed transport during World War II and was sunk by Japanese warships.
# Service history.
## World War I.
Joining a convoy at New York, "Gregory" sailed for Brest, France, 25 June 1918. She spent the final | 11,365 |
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summer of the war escorting convoys from the French port to various Allied ports in Britain and France. As the war neared its close, "Gregory" was assigned to the patrol squadron at Gibraltar 2 November 1918. In addition to patrolling in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, "Gregory" carried passengers and supplies to the Adriatic and aided in the execution of the terms of the Austrian armistice. After six months of this duty, the flush-deck destroyer joined naval forces taking part in relief missions to the western Mediterranean 28 April 1919. In company with the battleship , "Gregory" carried supplies and passengers to Smyrna, Constantinople, and Batum. She then sailed for Gibraltar with the American | 11,366 |
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consul from Tiflis, Russia and some British army officers. She offloaded her passengers on the rocky fortress; "Gregory" sailed for New York reaching the United States 13 June 1919.
## Inter-War Period.
After brief tours in reserve at Tompkinsville, New York, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Philadelphia Navy Yard; "Gregory" sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, 4 January 1921. A year of local training operations out of the southern port ended 12 April 1922, when "Gregory" entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She decommissioned 7 July 1922 and went into reserve.
As war broke again over Europe, threatening to involve the United States, "Gregory" and three other four-stackers were taken out of | 11,367 |
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mothballs for conversion to high-speed transports. The destroyers were stripped of virtually all their armament to make room for boats, while other important modifications were made for troops and cargo. "Gregory" recommissioned 4 November 1940 as APD-3 and joined , , and to form Transport Division 12 (TransDiv 12). "Gregory" and her sister APDs trained along the East Coast for the following year perfecting landing techniques with various Marine divisions. None of these valiant ships were to live through the Pacific war, as all but "McKean" were lost during the Solomon Islands campaign.
## World War II.
On 27 January 1942, with war already raging in the Pacific, she departed Charleston for | 11,368 |
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Pearl Harbor. Exercises in Hawaiian waters kept TransDiv 12 in the Pacific through the spring, after which they returned to San Diego for repairs. They sailed for the Pacific again 7 June, reaching Pearl Harbor a week later to train for the upcoming invasion of Guadalcanal, America's first offensive effort in the long Pacific campaign.
Departing Nouméa 31 July 1942, "Gregory" joined Task Force 62 (TF 62) (under Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher) and steamed for Guadalcanal. After sending her Marines ashore in the first assault waves 7 August, "Gregory" and her sister APDs remained in the area performing a variety of tasks in one of history's most desperately fought over areas. The versatile ships | 11,369 |
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patrolled the waters around the hotly contested islands, waters which were to gain notoriety as "Iron Bottom Sound", and brought up ammunition & supplies from Espiritu Santo.
On 4 September, "Gregory" and "Little" were returning to their anchorage at Tulagi after transferring a Marine Raider Battalion to Savo Island. The night was inky-black with a low haze obscuring all landmarks, and the ships decided to remain on patrol rather than risk threading their way through the dangerous channel. As they steamed between Guadalcanal and Savo Island at , , , and entered the Slot undetected to deliver a "Tokyo Express" package of troops and supplies to Guadalcanal. After completing the delivery, the | 11,370 |
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destroyers prepared to bombard Henderson Field at Lunga Point. At 0056 on the morning of 5 September, "Gregory" and "Little" saw flashes of gunfire which they assumed came from a Japanese submarine until radar showed four targets; apparently a cruiser had joined the three destroyers. While the two outgunned but gallant ships were debating whether to close for action or depart quietly and undetected, the decision was taken out of their hands.
A Navy pilot had also seen the gunfire and, assuming it came from a Japanese submarine, dropped a string of five flares almost on top of the two APDs. "Gregory" and "Little", silhouetted against the blackness, were spotted immediately by the Japanese destroyers, | 11,371 |
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who opened fire at 0100. "Gregory" brought all her guns to bear but was desperately overmatched and less than 3 minutes after the fatal flares had been dropped was dead in the water and beginning to sink. Two boilers had burst and her decks were a mass of flames. Her skipper, Lieutenant Commander Harry F. Bauer, himself seriously wounded, gave the word to abandon ship, and "Gregory"s crew reluctantly took to the water. Bauer ordered two companions to aid another crewman yelling for help and was never seen again; for his brave and gallant conduct, he posthumously received the Silver Star. The U.S. Navy subsequently named a ship, , in recognition of his gallant action.
At 0123, with all of "Gregory"s | 11,372 |
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and most of "Little"s crew in the water, the Japanese ships began shelling again—aiming not at the crippled ships but at their helpless crews in the water. All but 11 of "Gregory"s crew survived, 6 of them swimming through the night all the way to Guadalcanal. "Gregory" sank stern first some 40 minutes after the firing had begun, and was followed 2 hours later by "Little". Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, in praising the courageous ships after their loss, wrote that "both of these small vessels fought as well as possible against the overwhelming odds ... With little means, they performed duties vital to the success of the campaign."
"Gregory"s name was struck from the Navy List 2 October 1942.
# | 11,373 |
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r. All but 11 of "Gregory"s crew survived, 6 of them swimming through the night all the way to Guadalcanal. "Gregory" sank stern first some 40 minutes after the firing had begun, and was followed 2 hours later by "Little". Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, in praising the courageous ships after their loss, wrote that "both of these small vessels fought as well as possible against the overwhelming odds ... With little means, they performed duties vital to the success of the campaign."
"Gregory"s name was struck from the Navy List 2 October 1942.
# Awards.
"Gregory" received two battle stars for her World War II service.
# External links.
- NavSource photos
- Official photos
- Roll of Honor | 11,374 |
512034 | Bananal Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bananal%20Island | Bananal Island
Bananal Island
Bananal Island (, ) is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest fluvial island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at long and wide. Its total area is . The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.
# Environmental and cultural protection.
Bananal Island is a nature and culture preserve. In accordance with Article 28 of the Statute of Indian Law (Artigo 28 do Estatuto do Indío-lei) No. 6001 laid out on 19 | 11,375 |
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December 1973, an area of is preserved as Araguaia National Park and further as cultural preserve for indigenous peoples. The northern third of the island, which is designated as a national park, is a popular destination for ecotourism. The southern two-thirds are indigenous territories.
# Inhabitants.
Although Brazilians of non-native descent lived on the island in the past, today only natives populate the island.
At least four tribes live on Bananal Island: the Javaés, Karajá, Ava-Canoeiro, and Tuxá. There are sixteen "aldeias" or villages on the island: Barra do Rio, Barreira Branca, Boa Esperança, Boto Velho, Cachoeirinha, Fontoura, JK, Kanoanã, Kaxiwe, Macaúba, Santa Isabel, São João, | 11,376 |
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, Macaúba, Santa Isabel, São João, Txoude, Txuiri, Wari-Wari, Watau.
There are no bridges to the island from the states of Tocantins to the east nor from Mato Grosso to the west. For the greater majority of the year, the only transport to the island is by boat. However, for a few weeks during the dry season (June - August) the river is low enough that the island can be reached by car. The villages have roads wide enough for cars and tractors even though the main forms of transport are by horse, bicycle, and foot.
# Municipalities.
From north to south, the island forms the western portions of the municipalities of Pium, Lagoa da Confusão, and Formoso do Araguaia, in southwestern Tocantins. | 11,377 |
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CFB Borden
Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Borden, is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.
The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is home to the largest training wing in the Canadian Armed Forces. The base is run by Canadian Forces Support Training Group (CFSTG) and reports to the Canadian Defence Academy (CDA) in Kingston.
# History.
At the height of the First World War, the Borden Military Camp opened at a location on a glacial moraine west of Barrie in 1916 to train units for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named for Sir Frederick William Borden, former | 11,378 |
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Minister of Militia. In May 1916, the Barrie and Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF (perpetuated today by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters ), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. MacLaren, began construction of the camp.
Camp Borden was selected in 1917 for a military aerodrome, becoming the first flying station of the Royal Flying Corps Canada. During the inter-war period, the aerodrome was used as the training location for the nascent Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and was renamed RCAF Station Borden. Camp Borden's training grounds were expanded in 1938 to house the Canadian Tank School. The Siskins were a RCAF aerobatic flying team that was established | 11,379 |
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in 1929 at Camp Borden.
During the Second World War, both Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden became the most important training facility in Canada, housing both army training and flight training, the latter under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The BCATP's No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was located here until 1946. Relief landing fields were located at Alliston and Edenvale.
A third landing field, known locally as Leach's Field, was operated by Camp Borden from the 1920s to the 1950s. The L-shaped airstrip was rudimentary; the "runways" at Leach's Field utilized the existing ground surface. It was primarily used for touch-and-go flying.
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Borden's importance as an RCAF facility in Ontario declined in favour of CFB Trenton, CFB Uplands and CFB North Bay. However, its use as an army facility stayed consistent until 1970 when a major reorganization of the combat arms' schools resulted in the transfer of the Infantry School and Armoured School to CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick. On the other hand, numerous "purple" (i.e. tri-service) schools were established or expanded from existing service training establishments, including the Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics, the School of Aerospace Ordnance Engineering and the Canadian Forces Health Service Training Centre.
The February 1, 1968 unification of the RCAF with | 11,381 |
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the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army resulted in the creation of the Canadian Forces. The military facilities consisting of Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden were grouped under a new name, Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFB Borden). The aerodrome was closed in 1970 and the base saw use as a regular and reserve training facility for Canadian Forces Land Force Command (the army), as well as hosting various land-based training courses for Canadian Forces Air Command (the air force). In a 1990s reorganization of the Canadian Forces following the end of the Cold War, CFB Borden's air force training facilities were grouped under the name 16 Wing Borden.
The eight surviving Royal Flying Corps | 11,382 |
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hangars at the base have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
# Plaque.
The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation erected a plaque in 1976.
# Activities and facilities.
Although originally an air force training base, CFB Borden is now a training base for several elements of the Canadian Forces:
- 2 Canadian Air Division's (2 Cdn Air Div) primary lodger unit, 16 Wing, commonly referred to as 16 Wing Borden, consists of 16 Wing Headquarters and three schools: Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) and Air Command Academy (ACA); and the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control (CFSACO), located in Cornwall, Ontario.
- | 11,383 |
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The Canadian Army's (CA) Regular Force and Primary Reserve army units use a number of training schools and large portions of the base's training area for manoeuvres.
In addition to these specific environmental element commands, CFB Borden houses a variety of other purple trades training facilities and headquarters within the Canadian Forces, including a fire-fighting school, Military Police (MP) school, a chaplaincy school, the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group, medical, dental and language schools, and supports local cadet and reserve units. The Toronto Police Service's Emergency Task Force also trains there occasionally.
CFB Borden hosts the Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, a facility established | 11,384 |
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for training army cadets. This facility has also hosted air cadets and sea cadets since 2003, when the Borden Air Cadet Summer Training Centre was closed.
CFB Borden's residential area houses one regulation-sized golf course (Circled Pine Golf Course, par 72). Circled Pine Golf Course opened in 1952. The course is open to the public and serving Military. The base previously housed a 9-hole links style course, Anderson Park, which originally opened in 1917 but closed after the 2015 season.
Base Borden has multiple facilities available to Canadian Armed Forces members that include the Terra theatre, Circled Pine Bowling Centre, two gyms (Buell Fitness & Aquatic Centre and the sub gym, aka 'the | 11,385 |
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bubble'), multiple soccer fields, baseball diamonds, Andy Anderson arena and biking trails.
The Base Borden Military Museum (combining four separate museums) has numerous items, equipment and vehicles from all eras of Canadian military history, including a large number of armoured vehicles and aircraft displayed outside in Worthington Park and around the headquarters area of the base.
In August 2010, the Canadian department of Defence announced a C$209 million series of projects to construct new facilities, and upgrade existing facilities, at CFB Borden.
# Aerodrome.
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of . Three runways were | 11,386 |
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listed as follows:
At some point after the Second World War, runway 11/29 was abandoned and the other 2 runways were shortened. Just prior to 2004 the runways were listed as follows:
In 2004 the decision was made to close the remaining runways to all aircraft other than helicopters. Only the taxiway and a small section of runway 05/23 remain today (the rest is covered with grass). A helicopter pad is still active at the base of the former runway.
# Units.
The main units of Canadian Forces Base Borden are:
## Integral.
- HQ
- Technical Services
- Base Operations
- Administration Branch
- Comptroller Branch
- Management Advisory Services
- Military Personnel Generation Training Group | 11,387 |
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(MPGTG) HQ
## Lodger.
- Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus
- Canadian Forces Recruiting Group HQ
- 31 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre
- Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre
- 1 Dental Unit Detachment Borden
- Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School
- Canadian Forces Military Police Academy
- 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group
- The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
- 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
- Regional Cadet Support Unit Central
- Regional Cadet Instruction School Central
- Blackdown Cadet Training Centre
- Shared Services Canada Detachment Borden
- Military Police Detachment Borden
- Real Property Operations Detachment (Borden)
- Civilian | 11,388 |
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Human Resources Centre
- Deputy Judge Advocate – Borden
- Learning and Career Centre
- Dispute Resolution Centre
- Complaint Management Centre
- PSP National Training Centre
- 16 Wing Borden HQ
- Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering
- Royal Canadian Air Force Academy
## MPGTG.
- Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre (CFChSC)
- Canadian Forces Fire and CBRN Academy (CFFCA)
- Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre (CFLTC)
- Canadian Forces Training Development Centre (CFTDC)
- Canadian Forces School of Music (CFSM)
# Tributes.
The aircraft control tower is dedicated to the memory of Royal Flying Corps Cadet James Harold Talbot. Talbot became the | 11,389 |
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first fatality at Camp Borden when his Curtiss J.N.4 'Jenny' aeroplane crashed on April 8, 1917.
The Air Force Annex of the Base Borden Military Museum is dedicated in memory of First World War Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Alan Arnett McLeod, the youngest Canadian airman to receive the award.
Worthington Park, a part of the Base Borden Military Museum complex, is named after Major-General F. F. Worthington (Frederic Franklin Worthington), the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. General Worthington is buried in Worthington Park.
# CFB Borden Air Shows.
On specific days, the CFB Borden organised air shows. For example:
- In 2016, CFB Borden organised an air show for the centennial | 11,390 |
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of Royal Canadian Air Force.
- In 2017, CFB Borden organised an air show for the 150th anniversary of Canada.
- In 2018, CFB Borden organised an air show for the Canadian Armed Forces Day (CAFD)
# Economic facts.
- CFB Borden local spending impact: $296,062,000
- CFB Borden estimated local spending impacts: $472,387,000 (direct & indirect)
- CFB Borden estimated direct employment: 5,158
- CFB Borden estimated indirect employment: 518
# Federal Heritage.
The Building O-102 at CFB Borden was recognized as a federal heritage building in 1995.
Constructed in 1948 to plans prepared in 1945, Building O-102 is associated with the massive construction and modernization program undertaken by | 11,391 |
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the Department of National Defence at the end of WWII.
# Architecture.
CFB Borden has several Federal Heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings:
- Alexander Dunn Public School P-148 Recognized - 1995
- Barrie Armoury Recognized - 1997
- Croil Hall Building A-142 Recognized - 2003
- Dyte Hall A-78 Recognized - 1995
- Hangars 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13 Classified - 1988
- Headquarters Building O-102 Recognized - 1995
- Hennessy Block Building S-136 Recognized - 1995
- Junior Ranks Quarters T-114 and T-115 Recognized - 1995
- Maple Mess A-74 Recognized - 1995
- Museum Building E-108 Recognized - 1995
- Non Commissioned Officer Building O-109 | 11,392 |
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ed - 1988
- Headquarters Building O-102 Recognized - 1995
- Hennessy Block Building S-136 Recognized - 1995
- Junior Ranks Quarters T-114 and T-115 Recognized - 1995
- Maple Mess A-74 Recognized - 1995
- Museum Building E-108 Recognized - 1995
- Non Commissioned Officer Building O-109 Recognized - 1995
# See also.
- Nottawasaga River Rats
- Ontario Highway 90
- Ontario Highway 131
- Emergency Government Headquarters
# References.
- Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page
# External links.
- Department of National Defence Canada - CFB Borden - Official site
- 16 Wing Borden - Official site
- The Citizen - Official newspapers of CFB Borden
- Base Borden Military Museum | 11,393 |
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Virgin River
The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long. It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the centennial celebration of Zion National Park.
# History.
The river is named for Thomas Virgin, a member of the first American party to see it, led by Jedediah Smith in 1826. Smith named it "Adams River", after then-president John Quincy Adams, but later explorer and mapmaker John C. Fremont gave it its current name. After the Smith party successfully descended the river on the way to California, Thomas Virgin was badly wounded in an attack by Mohave people during the crossing of | 11,394 |
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the Mojave Desert. Virgin recovered from his wounds but was later killed, along with most of Smith's companions, in an attack by Umpqua people (in present-day Oregon).
The Old Spanish Trail followed the Virgin River for part of its length from near St. George to the point it ascended the Mormon Plateau to cross to the Muddy River in present-day Nevada.
# Course.
Its origin is in Southwestern Utah, at the Navajo Reservoir in the Dixie National Forest, north of Zion National Park, and is formed by the confluence of the East Fork Virgin, that flows through Mount Carmel Junction on the east side of Zion National Park and Parunaweap Canyon, with the North Fork Virgin River, that flows from Navajo | 11,395 |
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Lake through Zion Canyon in Zion National Park. The river flows in a southwesterly direction, passing south of the old townsite of St. George where the Santa Clara River joins the Virgin at a place the Paiutes called Tonaquint. The river then flows across the northwestern corner of Arizona through the Virgin River Gorge and past the towns of Beaver Dam and Littlefield. It enters southern Nevada near the town of Mesquite and empties into the Colorado at the Lake Mead reservoir, approximately east of Las Vegas. The last of the Virgin River forms the north arm of Lake Mead.
# Ecology.
Despite flowing through an arid region, the Virgin River is home to a surprisingly diverse array of plants and | 11,396 |
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animals. Southwestern Utah is located at the intersection of three physiographic regions: the Colorado Plateau, the Great Basin, and the Mojave Desert. The exceptional landscapes and habitats of this region harbor unique plant and animal communities and species found nowhere else in the world. Without the water of the Virgin River system, these species could not exist. The Virgin River directly supports hundreds of wildlife species including, woundfin, Virgin River chub, Virgin spinedace, flannelmouth sucker, desert sucker, speckled dace, and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Many of these species are endangered or are considered sensitive species within the State of Utah. The Virgin River Program | 11,397 |
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was established to balance increasing human demand and maintain this unique system.
Woundfin ("Plagopterus argentissimus") Federally listed endangered species Size: 4″ (10.2 cm)br
One of the rarest species on earth, the endangered woundfin is found only in a small section of the Virgin River. Woundfin have large fins and scale-less, streamlined bodies that help them survive in swift, silty conditions. Although small, it is shark-like in both appearance and action as it feeds on small insects in shallow areas along the river. Woundfin live only one to two years and their survival depends upon sufficient flow within the river, especially during hot summer months.
Virgin River chub ("Gila seminuda") | 11,398 |
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Federally listed endangered species Size: 18 " (46.4 cm)br
Rare and beautiful, this fish is the top native predator in the Virgin River. Chub are a fast streamlined fish with a sloped forehead, humped back, and thin rounded tail. The Virgin River chub feeds on small fish, insects, and plant matter. Chub prefer deep pools and runs with boulders and debris for cover. Virgin River chub were once an important food source for Native Americans and early pioneers. Listed as an endangered species, the Virgin River chub is found from Pah Tempe Hot Springs down to Halfway Wash, Nevada.
Desert sucker ("Catostomus clarkii") State of Utah wildlife species of concern Size: 18″ (46.4 cm)br
The desert sucker | 11,399 |
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