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511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
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 t... | 11,300 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
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
- S... | 11,301 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
(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 Taw... | 11,302 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
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 c... | 11,303 |
511981 | Wellington City Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20City%20Council | Wellington City Council
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 S... | 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 ende... | 11,305 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
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 comb... | 11,306 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
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 relea... | 11,307 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
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 ma... | 11,308 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
"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, no... | 11,309 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
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 Sc... | 11,310 |
511998 | Money (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money%20(album) | Money (album)
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
## Additiona... | 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 1... | 11,312 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
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 Com... | 11,313 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
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 Dece... | 11,314 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
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", ,... | 11,315 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
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 ... | 11,316 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
, 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 e... | 11,317 |
511993 | USS Little (DD-79) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Little%20(DD-79) | USS Little (DD-79)
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 Admi... | 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 Ban... | 11,319 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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... | 11,320 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 activ... | 11,321 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
"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 th... | 11,322 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 reelec... | 11,323 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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, 19... | 11,324 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 Institution... | 11,325 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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. Proxm... | 11,326 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 e... | 11,327 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 agencie... | 11,328 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 resp... | 11,329 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 ... | 11,330 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 Bo... | 11,331 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 C... | 11,332 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 ... | 11,333 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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... | 11,334 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 ... | 11,335 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 h... | 11,336 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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... | 11,337 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 Con... | 11,338 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 author... | 11,339 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 ... | 11,340 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 t... | 11,341 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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, thou... | 11,342 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 l... | 11,343 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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. The... | 11,344 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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... | 11,345 |
511979 | William Proxmire | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Proxmire | William Proxmire
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 ... | 11,346 |
512026 | Kawaipuna Prejean | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kawaipuna%20Prejean | Kawaipuna Prejean
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 sover... | 11,347 |
512026 | Kawaipuna Prejean | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kawaipuna%20Prejean | Kawaipuna Prejean
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.
Kawaip... | 11,348 |
512026 | Kawaipuna Prejean | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kawaipuna%20Prejean | Kawaipuna Prejean
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.
- Hawa... | 11,349 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 ... | 11,350 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 ... | 11,351 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 ... | 11,352 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 si... | 11,353 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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, n... | 11,354 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 wit... | 11,355 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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 powe... | 11,356 |
512008 | High-speed transport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-speed%20transport | High-speed transport
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. I... | 11,357 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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... | 11,358 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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 "Bla... | 11,359 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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 ... | 11,360 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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... | 11,361 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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... | 11,362 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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 ... | 11,363 |
512006 | Lacey Chabert | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lacey%20Chabert | Lacey Chabert
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 ... | 11,364 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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, launc... | 11,365 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 a... | 11,366 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 Philad... | 11,367 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 ... | 11,368 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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... | 11,369 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 Battal... | 11,370 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 o... | 11,371 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 Ha... | 11,372 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 minu... | 11,373 |
512027 | USS Gregory (DD-82) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gregory%20(DD-82) | USS Gregory (DD-82)
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 lo... | 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 wit... | 11,375 |
512034 | Bananal Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bananal%20Island | Bananal Island
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.
... | 11,376 |
512034 | Bananal Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bananal%20Island | Bananal Island
, 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 se... | 11,377 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 Can... | 11,378 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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... | 11,379 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 ... | 11,380 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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... | 11,381 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 ... | 11,382 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 e... | 11,383 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 headq... | 11,384 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 co... | 11,385 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 disp... | 11,386 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 ... | 11,387 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
(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... | 11,388 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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
## MPG... | 11,389 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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.
Worthi... | 11,390 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 impa... | 11,391 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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 R... | 11,392 |
512030 | CFB Borden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Borden | CFB Borden
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... | 11,393 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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 Vir... | 11,394 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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... | 11,395 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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 Virg... | 11,396 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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 ... | 11,397 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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 ha... | 11,398 |
512032 | Virgin River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin%20River | Virgin River
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 p... | 11,399 |
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