USS Wiltsie (DD-716)

USS Wiltsie (DD-716) was a  in the United States Navy. She was named for Irving Wiltsie. The destroyer entered service in 1946 and remained active with the United States Navy until 1977, when Wiltsie was decommissioned and sold to Pakistan in 1977. The vessel entered service with the Pakistan Navy as PNS Tariq (D165) in 1978. In 1990, the ship was renamed PNS Nazim to allow the name Tariq to be given to a newly-acquired Type 21 frigate. The ship was then transferred to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and used as an alongside "at sea" headquarters for the agency. Though afloat, the vessel no longer sails.

Service history
Wiltsie was laid down on 13 March 1945 at Port Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The destroyer was launched on 31 August 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Irving D. Wiltsie, the widow of Captain Wiltsie. The vessel was commissioned on 12 January 1946 at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, Commander Raymond D. Fusselman in command.

1946–1950
Following a shakedown cruise which took the ship to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wiltsie transited the Panama Canal on 8 July 1946 and proceeded to San Diego, California. She spent the fall and winter of 1946 engaged in training exercises before departing the west coast on 6 January 1947, bound for the Far East. She subsequently operated out of Tsingtao, China, on exercises and maneuvers while standing by the American community in that port during rising local tensions between the communist and Nationalist Chinese. Wiltsie remained at Tsingtao until June 1947, when she shifted to Sasebo, Japan, for occupation duty. Departing Sasebo on 8 March 1948, the destroyer proceeded to Bremerton, Washington, for an overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

After training off the west coast, Wiltsie sailed once more for the Far East, departing San Diego on 1 October. Late that autumn, she again operated out of Tsingtao during the evacuation of Americans from that port to Yokohama because of the Chinese Civil War then raging. During this period, Wiltsie briefly visited Hong Kong and Okinawa before returning to Tsingtao.

Chinese Communist forces rolled southward, and Nanking fell in April 1949. Wiltsie arrived at Shanghai on 22 April, to stand by during the evacuation of all foreign nationals from the city. Over the ensuing days, Wiltsie watched a veritable parade of merchant vessels of many nationalities—Chinese, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Danish, British, and American—as well as American, British, and Chinese naval vessels. On 5 May 1949, 20 days before the fall of the city to the communists, Wiltsie departed Chinese waters for the last time, bound for Buckner Bay, Okinawa.

From there, Wiltsie soon headed homeward and made port at San Diego on 4 June 1949. She later moved up the coast; embarked NROTC midshipmen at Treasure Island, near San Francisco, California on 1 August; and departed the following day for a training cruise to Balboa, Panama, and the Galápagos Islands. Returning to San Diego on 31 August, the destroyer soon sailed for Hawaii, where she participated in Operation "Miki", a mock invasion of the Hawaiian Islands in which Army, Navy, and Air Force units all took part. Returning to the west coast soon afterwards, Wiltsie spent the period from December 1949 to April 1950 at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, undergoing an overhaul.

1950–1953 (Korean War)
In July 1950, Wiltsie sailed for the Far East to augment the American naval presence in Korean waters.

On the evening of 16 August, , with four landing ship tanks (LSTs) and escorting destroyers, closed the coast. Captain J. R. Clark, Commander, Destroyer Division 111, embarked in the recently arrived Wiltsie, assumed direction of the embarkation operation for the Republic of Korea (ROK) troops. He ordered the four LSTs to beach at a pre-arranged site, guided in by jeep headlights from shore. Before sunrise the next day, 327 officers and 3,480 soldiers of the 3rd ROK Division, 1,260 civilians, and 100 vehicles had been loaded.

American forces went ashore at Inchon on 15 September 1950. Wiltsie participated in one phase of this assault, screening the fast aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 (TF 77)— , , and —as their aircraft hit enemy ground targets to support the advance of troops ashore. For the remainder of the deployment, Wiltsie supported United Nations troops ashore with call-fire support; screened TF 77 as it conducted air strikes against supply lines and troop concentrations; and patrolled in the Taiwan Strait.

Wiltsie returned to San Diego in March 1951, underwent repairs at Long Beach, California and subsequently departed the west coast for her fourth tour of duty in the Far East. In Korean waters, she resumed her screening, call-fire, and interdiction duties. Highlighting her blockading activities of Wonsan, Wiltsie fired retaliatory gunfire missions against enemy shore batteries.

Wiltsie returned to the west coast late in 1952, but soon found herself back in the Far East for her third Korean War deployment. After leaving the west coast on 2 January 1953, the destroyer patrolled the Formosa Strait for a time and operated off the North Korean coast before shifting to Wonsan. The Navy continued it operations to support UN ground troops, interdicted enemy supply lines by air and by surface gunfire, and blockaded the enemy's coasts.

Eight days after Wiltsie and  had destroyed a train near Tanchon on 3 June, enemy shore batteries took Wiltsie under fire off Wonsan, lobbing 45  shells in her direction, scoring a hit on the destroyer's fantail. The ship suffered no casualties and soon resumed her local patrol operations. On 15 June, Wiltsie evacuated 13 Korean civilians from Yo-do Island to Sokcho-ri.

While preparing to abandon the Wonsan siege in accordance with the armistice stipulations, Wiltsie screened minesweeping operations and joined in the last-minute shelling of enemy ground targets. In company with  and , Wiltsie shelled targets at Wonsan until a few minutes before the 2200 deadline. On 27 July 1953, the Korean armistice finally came into effect. However, Wiltsie remained in Korean waters, screening the continuing minesweeping operations between Hungnam and Wonsan until 6 August 1953.

1953–1961

Wiltsie conducted seven Western Pacific deployments between 1953 and 1961. During each tour, she carried out training and patrol assignments in Far Eastern waters, operating off the coasts of Japan, Korea, and Okinawa; visiting such ports as Yokosuka, Kobe, and Sasebo, Japan; Hong Kong; and Philippine ports such as Olongapo and Manila. Also during this time, she plane-guarded for fast carrier task forces, patrolled the Taiwan Strait, and undertook antisubmarine warfare and gunnery training exercises.

Between deployments to WestPac and the Far East, Wiltsie underwent regular overhaul and repair periods at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. In addition, she conducted an NROTC midshipman training cruise; visited Seattle, Washington, and Esquimalt, British Columbia; and visited Melbourne, Australia, in May 1959 to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

1961–1964
In November 1961, Wiltsie began a 10-month scheduled overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, in which she underwent Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) alterations. She received an enclosed bridge; a helicopter hangar and landing platform; triple-mounted Mk. 32 torpedo tubes; an ASROC launcher; and late model radar and sonar. She also received many improvements in accommodations for both officers and enlisted men. Following this "face lift", Wiltsie conducted refresher training and upkeep before becoming flagship of DesDiv 72, home-ported in San Diego.

Following sonar calibrations at Puget Sound, Wiltsie spent one week off southern California, participating in exercises. After the conclusion of this maneuver, Wiltsie departed the west coast for the Far East, leaving San Diego on 18 May 1963. Arriving at Yokosuka on 6 June, via Pearl Harbor and Midway, Wiltsie soon got underway for a 30-day Taiwan Strait mission. During this time, she visited Keelung and Kaohsiung, Formosa. Her scheduled rest period at Hong Kong at the end of the assignment had to be cancelled because of a typhoon.

Returning to Yokosuka for upkeep on 30 July, Wiltsie departed in early August for participation in Exercise "Tire Iron." Wiltsie subsequently operated out of Sasebo and Yokosuka into the fall of 1963; she departed Sasebo on 29 October and operated briefly with TG 77.6 until 10 November, when she was detached to return home. After a stop at Pearl Harbor, the destroyer made port at San Diego on 24 November.

In January 1964, Wiltsie joined , Theodore E. Chandler, and  in anti-aircraft warfare exercises off the west coast and served as a plane guard for the carrier. She subsequently moved westward to the middle Pacific with Ticonderoga and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 18 February. After completing her exercises in Hawaiian waters, she returned to the west coast in the spring and participated in anti-submarine and anti-air warfare training with  and .

In June, Wiltsie embarked midshipmen for a six-week training program and later underwent ten days of hull repairs at Long Beach. Later in the month, she participated in exercises in support of Marine Corps units engaged in night reconnaissance and in amphibious and paratroop landing training at San Clemente Island and at Camp Del Mar, California.

Drydocked during August and September for hull and sonar dome repair, Wiltsie put to sea soon afterwards for tests and trials of her DASH (drone antisubmarine helicopter) qualification system which ended successfully on 3 November. The destroyer subsequently participated in Operation "Union Square", an extensive fleet exercise, before returning to San Diego to prepare for the ship's 14th WestPac deployment.

1965–1969
Wiltsie sailed for the western Pacific on 5 January 1965, in company with the 16 other ships of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 7. Wiltsie was diverted to duty with Coral Sea and  during bombing raids on Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam in February.

The destroyer spent 69 of her next 80 days at sea in Vietnamese waters. She served in a variety of roles, including antisubmarine warfare screening ship, plane guard destroyer, and early warning picket ship. In March, before proceeding to Hong Kong, she shadowed a Russian intelligence ship which was gathering information on American task groups.

Wiltsie again sailed for Vietnam and operated with TG 71.1 on Operation Market Time, engaged in patrolling the South Vietnamese coastline. In May and June, Wiltsie conducted several gunfire support missions against Viet Cong supply depots and troop concentrations in South Vietnam. During this deployment, Wiltsie transferred  of stores from  by the vertical replenishment method.

Following a visit to Japan in mid-June, Wiltsie returned to the United States, arriving at San Diego on 2 July. Wiltsie next underwent a period of repairs and refresher training which carried over into 1966. After taking part in training evolutions off the west coast in the spring, Wiltsie again headed for the Orient on 4 June 1966. While at Guam for a refueling stop, the destroyer suffered slight damage on 22 June when a fuel barge collided with the ship, necessitating repairs which delayed her for 15 hours. On 2 July, Wiltsie commenced duty with TU 70.8.9, a naval gunfire support unit.

After a brief period of upkeep, Wiltsie proceeded to the northern search and rescue (SAR) station, approximately  east of the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, to stand by with Towers ready to recover downed airmen. For two periods—from 31 July to 2 September and from 28 September to 1 November, Wiltsie patrolled the northern search and rescue (SAR) station. In August and again in October, the destroyer participated in rescues from the waters off the North Vietnamese coast, saving a total of nine men. The ship acted as a refueling vessel for units of Helicopter Squadron 6.

Upon completion of these SAR duties, Wiltsie prepared for her homeward voyage. She called at the port of Hualien, Taiwan, on 4 November, for a five-day visit. She departed Nationalist Chinese waters on 10 November, made a fuel stop at Okinawa the next day, and arrived at Yokosuka on 14 November.

Wiltsie joined TG 77.8, based around , and stood out of Yokosuka on 22 November, bound for the west coast. Three days out, the task group ran into bad weather. High winds prevailed for five days, and all ships suffered moderate storm damage. The heavy seas battered open a seam forward in Wiltsie; caused three cracks in the fantail area of the main deck and the loss of two ladders; and ripped two holes in the port bow of the motor whaleboat.

An underway replenishment with  on the evening of 29 November turned out to be a difficult affair. Only after three separate approaches, seven fuel hose separations, and seven hours alongside was the fueling completed. The ship remained blackened by oil on parts of her superstructure and hull sides until after she arrived at San Diego on 3 December. Wiltsie moored at San Diego for upkeep which would last into the new year, 1967.

Following operations off the southern California coast, Wiltsie departed San Diego on 19 September 1967. After stopovers at Pearl Harbor and Guam, the destroyer arrived at Subic Bay on 11 October. Shifting to Da Nang, South Vietnam, soon afterwards, Wiltsie moved to the northern SAR station on 21 October and shifted to the southern SAR station five days later. Typhoon "Emma" forced the ship to sortie from Tonkin Gulf on 5 November, before the storm abated enough to allow the ship to resume her operations on 7 November.

During this tour, she assisted in the search for two men lost overboard from .  and  also took part, but high seas and strong winds hampered search operations and prevented any of the ships from sighting the men.

On 13 November, Wiltsie relieved  on the northern SAR station, only to be relieved in turn by . After rest and relaxation at Hong Kong, an upkeep alongside , and an in-port period at Subic Bay, Wiltsie returned to the SAR station in Tonkin Gulf, operating in company with King. During this second deployment, Wiltsie participated in six rescues involving 10 men. The first took place at 1420 on 22 December, when an A-7 Corsair II aircraft from VA-147 went down at a position some  northwest of King.

An intensive search failed to locate the downed plane's pilot, and all search aircraft were vectored back to their base. Wiltsie refueled a helicopter during this period when the chopper approached the ship low on fuel. The Christmas cease-fire which went into effect on 25 December resulted in only photo-reconnaissance flights being run against North Vietnam; no SAR opportunities were thus presented to Wiltsie and King until 29 December, when an F-4 Phantom aircraft of VF-161 (Coral Sea) crashed  from the northern SAR station among some islands off the coast near Haiphong. King guided a helicopter to the scene and it picked up both pilots—cold but well—and returned them to their carrier, Coral Sea.

Monsoons limited air action over the last few days of 1967 and the first few days of 1968. Two Oriskany planes went down on 10 January 1968; Wiltsie provided communications relays where necessary and closely plotted aircraft positions, while King assumed air control function and direction. The latter's UH-2 helicopter picked up two pilots from one of the planes while a logistics helicopter plucked the crewman of the second plane from the water. Later in the day, King picked up two more downed pilots, giving her a total of four for the day.

After being relieved by  and , King sailed to Subic Bay and Wiltsie to Hong Kong before she, too, headed for Subic Bay, where she arrived on 23 January. Three days later, while at Subic Bay, Wiltsie received word of the capture of the American intelligence-gathering vessel . On the following day, Wiltsie and King sailed for SAR station to relieve De Haven and Reeves a day early.

When the SAR station was shifted south, Wiltsie, King, and the PIRAZ station ship  conducted joint patrols in the heavy weather hanging over the station. Wiltsies SAR tour was largely uneventful, as monsoon activity curtailed American air strikes over the north, and no opportunities presented themselves to pick up airmen.

Relieved by  on station on 17 February, Wiltsie sailed to Subic Bay where she offloaded part of her ammunition in preparation for the cruise home. Departing there on 22 February in company with Buck and King, Wiltsie and her consorts made a fuel stop at Darwin and visited Brisbane from 2 to 7 March before proceeding on to the west coast of the United States.

Following stops at Pago Pago, American Samoa, and Pearl Harbor, for fuel, Wiltsie moored at San Diego on 23 March and remained there into May. On 22 May, she became school ship for an engineering officers' course and performed this duty until 9 June Assigned plane guard duties for Hancock during that ship's carrier qualification evolution from 10 to 22 June, Wiltsie put her own motor whaleboat in the water on one occasion when one of the carrier's F-8 Crusader aircraft went into the water immediately after takeoff. However, Hancocks rescue helicopter effected the rescue before the destroyer's boat arrived.

On 26 June, Wiltsie sailed for San Francisco Bay to undergo an overhaul at the naval shipyard at Vallejo, California. Emerging from the yard on 6 November, Wiltsie spent the remainder of 1968 in refresher training which continued into the spring of 1969.

Departing San Diego on 16 April 1969, in company with the remainder of DesDiv 72—Buck, , and —Wiltsie participated in type training evolutions with Oriskany before arriving at Pearl Harbor on 24 April. Underway again soon afterwards, bound for the ship's WestPac deployment, Wiltsie refueled at Midway, steamed on picket station ahead of Oriskany, and arrived at Subic Bay on 10 May.

Underway for Yankee Station soon afterwards, Wiltsie arrived there on 16 May and was soon shuffled between three carriers—Oriskany, , and Ticonderoga—within a 24-hour span, serving successively as plane guard for each. Returning to Subic Bay in company with Ticonderoga on 20 May, Wiltsie underwent a tender upkeep alongside Klondike before being shifted to Sasebo, Japan. At Sasebo from 29 May to 6 June, Wiltsie then deployed to Yankee Station to provide "shotgun" services for . When Wiltsies evaporators broke down on the 10th, the destroyer was relieved by  and headed back to Sasebo for repairs.

She subsequently operated in the Sea of Japan escorting  for three weeks before returning to Sasebo on 13 July. Eleven days later, the destroyer departed Japanese waters, bound for the Vietnam war zone.

Wiltsie provided plane guard services for Bonhomme Richard until detached to join  and  on the south SAR station. After conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises en route, Wiltsie spent from 7 to 10 August on south SAR before deploying to the PIRAZ station with King on 10, 11, and 12 August. Returning to south SAR the next day, she remained at sea there for the remainder of August.

After rejoining Bonhomme Richard, Wiltsie escorted the carrier to Sasebo, Japan, from 2 to 4 September. Following a period of upkeep and recreation there, the destroyer visited Hong Kong en route to her final commitment in the Vietnam War zone. She was deployed on Yankee Station for the remainder of September, and the destroyer then shifted to Subic Bay. There, she prepared for a gunnery exercise and proceeded to sea on 10 October for operations with  and . On that day, Wiltsie participated in sinking the after section of the hull of , the destroyer that had been cut in two during a collision with Australian aircraft carrier  the previous 3 June.

Rendezvousing with Bonhomme Richard soon afterwards, Wiltsie and the carrier steamed to Japan, arriving at Yokosuka on 15 October. Two days later, with ComDesDiv 72 embarked, Wiltsie got underway with the remainder of her division to escort Bonhomme Richard back to the United States and arrived at San Diego at the end of a fortnight's voyage. For the remainder of 1969, the destroyer remained in her home port.

Wiltsie conducted an ASW training operation early in January 1970 and returned to San Diego on 8 January. Between that day and 15 April, Wiltsie remained in port. During this time, she suffered hull damage while moored alongside John W. Thomason. "Exceptionally high winds" buffeted the ships together when a mooring camel between the two ships overturned, opening riveted seams in Wiltsies hull. On 13 March 1970, Wiltsie was drydocked at the San Diego Marine and Shipbuilding Co. and was under repairs there until 7 April.

1970–1977
After operating locally out of San Diego into the summer, Wiltsie departed her home port on 27 July 1970. Following stops at Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guam, she arrived at Subic Bay on 18 August. There, she took on additional .50-caliber machine guns and flak jackets before getting underway on 21 August for the Gulf of Tonkin.

Relieving  three days later as picket for  on TF 77's northern SAR/PIRAZ station, Wiltsie operated on station until 9 September. During that assignment, the ship provided in-flight refueling services to ship and shore-based helicopters standing ready to rescue downed aircrews. Although the ship originally headed for Kaohsiung for upkeep, the track of Typhoon Georgia resulted in a re-routing to Subic Bay.

Departing Luzon on 18 September, Wiltsie sailed for regions II and III of South Vietnam to perform 22 days of gunfire support duty to assist operations of the United States 1st Air Cavalry Division; the 1st Australian Task Force, South; and an ARVN battalion. During the deployment on the "gun line"—her first since 1967—Wiltsie fired 3,365 rounds of 5-inch ammunition before she departed the station on 11 October and headed for Taiwan for rest and recreation at Keelung.

While there, Wiltsie was preparing to move on to Japan when urgent orders arrived on the evening of 19 October to report back to the "gun line." Typhoon "Joan" had damaged another destroyer severely enough to limit her ability to fight, so Wiltsie was substituted. Arriving at her station in the Gulf of Thailand on the morning of 23 October, Wiltsie supported the ARVN 21st Division with gunfire, shelling communist troop concentrations, gun positions, and supply lines for five days, expending 485 rounds of 5-inch projectiles.

Refueling and rearming from  on 29 October, Wiltsie headed north, for Japan, sidestepping Typhoon "Kate" en route. She reduced her speed to  in the worsening weather conditions before putting into Buckner Bay, Okinawa, to refuel on 2 November before again setting out for Sasebo. The next morning, while underway and approaching the coast of Kyushu, a sailor was swept over the side. Wiltsie, joined by Richard B. Anderson, and the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force vessels Asagunmo, Makiguma, and Hic-kugo, conducted a day-long search for her missing sailor but came away empty-handed. A few days later, his body was discovered washed up on a nearby island.

Later departing Sasebo on 6 November, she served as screen for King as a Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Program (PARPRO) picket in the Sea of Japan from the 8th to the 10th, before returning to Sasebo. Shifting to Korean waters for a port visit to Pusan, South Korea, from 27 to 30 November, and replenishing at Sasebo, Wiltsie served a second tour as PARPRO picket ship for  from 30 November to 6 December.

Subsequently, returning again to Sasebo to replenish, Wiltsie refueled at Keelung and spent Christmas at Hong Kong before shifting to the Philippines where she spent the remainder of 1970. Early in 1971, the destroyer returned to Vietnamese coastal waters to render gunfire support for South Vietnamese army units between 4 and 18 January 1971.

Returning to Subic Bay, she offloaded the special equipment taken on board for the "gunline" deployments—flak jackets, .50-caliber machine guns (for use against possible sappers or small boats), and "pool radio equipment"—and departed the Philippines on 20 January, bound for the United States. After stopping en route at Guam, Midway, and Pearl Harbor, Wiltsie arrived at San Diego on 11 February.

During the ensuing year, Wiltsie remained on the coast of southern California, for the most part at San Diego. In March and April, she served plane guard duty for Oriskany and ; and, in June, she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for an overhaul which lasted until mid-November 1971.

On 19 February 1972, the destroyer was notified that, effective 1 July, she would be assigned to the Naval Reserve Force and based at San Francisco for training duty. While she was in the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard preparing for her new role, however, she received word on 22 May that—instead of beginning reserve duty in July—she would head back to the Far East for her 19th deployment in the western Pacific.

On 25 July, Wiltsie sailed for the Orient in company with  and  and touched at Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guam before arriving at Subic Bay on 16 August.

Undergoing four days of upkeep and repairs alongside , Wiltsie prepared for another "gun line" mission off the Vietnamese coast. The destroyer loaded the extra equipment necessary for her specialized support role—flak jackets for exposed personnel, .50-caliber machine guns, and special radio equipment for contacting shore units calling for gunfire support. Wiltsie departed Subic Bay on 21 August.

On 23 August, Wiltsie became part of TG 75.9, operating off the Northern Military Region I. While providing gunfire support for Operation "Lam Son 72", the destroyer fired some 1,803 rounds of 5-inch shells to support the ARVN 147th Brigade in efforts to destroy enemy forces in their area. Typhoon "Elsie", which was approaching near the DMZ, temporarily suspended Wiltsies gunfire support operations while she sidestepped the tropical disturbance by moving to safer waters. Resuming her operations after three days of typhoon evasion, Wiltsie returned to the "gun line" and supported ARVN operations around Quang Tri City. Ordered to proceed south on 6 September, Wiltsie departed the waters off northern South Vietnam to fire gunnery missions supporting the 2d ARVN Division in the vicinity of Chu Lai.

Terminating her operations supporting the 2d ARVN Division to shift to interdiction of waterborne logistics craft and surveillance of merchant ships in the Hon La anchorage in North Vietnam, Wiltsie found diversified operations and hostile fire in store for her. Her 5-inch guns wreaked havoc on storage dumps, coastal defense sites, radar installations, and supply routes. On 14 September, she spotted a crippled A-7 Corsair aircraft plunging into the Gulf of Tonkin and rescued the pilot from the water.

Two days later, she conducted a single-ship raid against a bridge on a major North Vietnamese supply route. During the action, she came under fire from North Vietnamese shore batteries that fired some 70 rounds at the destroyer. This was the only time that the ship came under hostile fire in Vietnam. The next day, Wiltsie and two other ships conducted a "reactive strike" on the coastal defense site, pounding it with 5-inch gunfire. Supply route and waterborne supply interdiction continued thereafter until Wiltsie, relieved by , departed the area on 20 September.

Returning to Subic Bay for upkeep the next day, the destroyer remained in port until 27 September when she sailed for the Gulf of Thailand for gunnery support duties off the west coast of Vietnam. Between late September and early November, Wiltsie operated on station in the Gulf of Thailand. During the gunfire operations, she expended 1,940 5-inch rounds into the U Minh forest, supporting the ARVN 21st Division. Gunfire direction was provided by air spotting, but the dense foliage of the U Minh forest often prevented assessment of results.

In addition to her gunfire support duties, Wiltsie was given the task of detecting and tracking waterborne supply traffic. Supported in this operation by P-3 Orion patrol planes, Wiltsie discouraged the enemy from attempting supply by sea along the western coastline of South Vietnam. Henry W. Tucker relieved Wiltsie on 2 November.

After a week of upkeep at Singapore, Wiltsie resumed gunfire support operations in Military Region I near the DMZ. She spent a week firing round-the-clock gunfire support missions before joining  with TU 72.0.1, as plane-guard destroyer. Between 21 November and 8 December, she escorted the attack carrier as she launched air strikes against enemy forces ashore. In the predawn hours of 28 November, an A-6 Intruder aircraft crashed upon takeoff; and Wiltsie proceeded to the scene of the accident, pinpointing the location and vectoring rescue helicopters from Saratoga to the point. One of the aircraft's crew was rescued quickly and returned to his carrier, but the other pilot, despite the combined efforts of Bainbridge and helicopters from , was never found.

Wiltsie proceeded to Hong Kong for rest and recreation and to Kaohsiung for an upkeep alongside . During this availability, all four of her 5-inch guns were rebarreled due to the excessive wear experienced during her gunfire support deployments. The ship departed Taiwan on 27 December to return to the "gun line."

Arriving on station two days later, she resumed her operations off Quang Tri City, south of the DMZ, and continued these operations until 22 January 1973, when she was detached from TG 75.9 to proceed to Yokosuka. Prom there, the ship sailed for home, arriving at her new home port, San Francisco, on 16 February.

However, Wiltsies time on the west coast was comparatively brief for—following a yard period at Willamette Shipyard, Richmond, California—she got underway again for WestPac on 16 June 1973. Arriving at Yokosuka, via Adak, Alaska, on 28 June, the destroyer shifted to Kure before conducting ASWEX 7–73 with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force units from 9 to 12 July. Moving to Kaohsiung on 22 July, the ship participated in Exercise "Sharkhunt II" with Chinese units before spending an in-port period at Keelung from 28 July to 1 August.

Wiltsie returned home via Pearl Harbor, arriving at San Francisco on 30 August. She participated in COMPTUEX 11–73 in October and served as plane guard for Coral Sea in local operations off the California coast in December. The destroyer continued the routine of local operations out of San Francisco for the remainder of her active service, embarking Naval Reserve units for active duty training on cruises off the west coast and to Hawaii and, on occasion, serving as escort vessel for submarines on their sea trials out of Mare Island.

Wiltsie received nine battle stars for Korean War service and seven for Vietnam. As of 2006, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Wiltsie.

Decommissioning preparations began at Alameda in November 1975, and Wiltsie was decommissioned there on 23 January 1976. Simultaneously struck from the Navy List, the veteran of Korean War and Vietnam service was transferred, via sale, to Pakistan.

Pakistan service

On 29 April 1977, the United States Government announced the transfer of Wiltsie from the United States Navy to the Pakistan Navy, following an overhaul in 1977.

After the Pakistan Navy received the destroyer in mid-1978, the vessel was recommissioned in the Pakistan Navy and renamed Tariq (D165). She was renamed Nazim after the Pakistan Navy acquired a former Type 21 frigate and recommissioned it as  on 25 January 1990.

The Pakistan Navy later transferred the ship to its coast guard branch, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, which renamed the vessel PMSS Nazim.

In its present condition, she is still active with the Maritime Security Agency and serves as an "on sea" headquarters. The vessel is moored some kilometers away from Naval Base Karachi and is painted white.

The ship is now considered non-operational and has not been moved in years. In this capacity, it remains the flagship of the Maritime Security Agency (MSA).

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Lloyds Bank Ltd v Bundy

is a landmark case in English contract law, on undue influence. It is remarkable for the judgment of Lord Denning MR who advanced that English law should adopt the approach developing in some American jurisdictions that all impairments of autonomy could be collected under a single principle of "inequality of bargaining power."

Facts
Herbert James Bundy (Mr. Bundy) was a farmer. His son, Michael, owned a business that was in financial trouble. Mr. Bundy had already guaranteed the business with a £7,500 charge over his only asset, his farmhouse, to Lloyds Bank. Michael's company got into further financial difficulty. Mr. Bundy then increased his exposure to £11,000 after the assistant manager of Lloyds failed to notify him of the company's true financial condition. Lloyds foreclosed on the house when the money was not paid and Mr. Bundy had a heart attack in the witness box. The question was whether the contract leading to the repossession of the house was voidable for some iniquitous pressure.

Judgment

Lord Denning MR held that the contract was voidable owing to the unequal bargaining position in which Mr Bundy had found himself vis a vis the bank. He held that undue influence was a category of a wider class where the balance of power between the parties was such as to merit the interference of the court. It was apparent that Mr Bundy had, without independent advice entered the contract and it was very unfair and pressures were brought to bear by the bank.

Sachs LJ held that a presumption of undue influence had not been rebutted, because Herbert was not independently advised. He had placed himself in the hands of the bank. He noted the claimant's concession that ‘in the normal course of transactions by which a customer guarantees a third party's obligations, the relationship does not arise.’

When ‘the existence of a special relationship has been established, then any possible use of the relevant influence is, irrespective of the intentions of the person possessing it, regarded in relation to the transaction under consideration as an abuse – unless and until the duty of fiduciary care has been shown to be fulfilled or the transaction is shown to be truly for the benefit of the person influenced.’

No ‘advice to get an independent opinion was given; on the contrary, Mr Head chose to give his own views on the company's affairs and to take this course…’ So ‘the breach of the duty to take fiduciary care is manifest’. And although the counsel for the bank ‘urged in somewhat doom-laden terms’ that banking practice would be seriously affected was dismissed. He declined to express an opinion on Lord Denning's dicta.

Cairns LJ concurred.

Significance
As summarised by Beale, Bishop and Furmston Lord Denning MR envisaged four requirements. These were that a contract would be voidable if (1) the terms were very unfair or consideration inadequate (2) bargaining power was impaired by necessity, ignorance or infirmity (3) undue pressure or influence was used, not necessarily consciously, but by the pressurer, and (4) there was an absence of independent advice usually fatal. These requirements have not always been seen in a good light by the courts; in Pao On v Lau Yiu Long Lord Scarman said that agreements were not voidable simply because "they had been procured by an unfair use of a dominant bargaining position", and in National Westminster Bank plc v Morgan [1985] 1 All ER 821 Scarman directly refused to enforce Denning's principles, also asking if there was any need to them due to the statutory protection given to contractual parties by the Consumer Credit Act 1974.

Lord Denning MR also wanted to apply the principle where (1) a contract was renegotiated, D&C Builders v Rees (2) a tort claim was settled, Arrale v Costain Civil Engineering Ltd [1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep 98 (3) an exemption clause in a cleaning contract was in standard form, Levison v Patent Steam Carpet Cleaning Co Ltd [1978] QB 69; and the only limit was when the bargain was ‘the result of the ordinary interplay of forces’ (Bundy at 336).

See also

Iniquitous pressure in English law

American cases
Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., 350 F.2d 445 (D.C. Cir. 1965).

Duress
Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104
D & C Builders Ltd v Rees [1966] 2 QB 617
North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] QB 705
Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614
Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers' Federation [1982] 2 All ER 67
CTN Cash and Carry Ltd v Gallaher Ltd [1994] 4 All ER 714
Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco [1989] QB 833

Undue influence
BCCI v Aboody [1992] 4 All ER 955
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien [1993] 4 All ER 417
Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2) [2001] UKHL 41
Tate v Williamson (1886) LR 2 Ch App 55

Unconscionability
Fry v Lane (1888) 40 Ch D 312
Cresswell v Potter [1978] 1 WLR 255
The Medina (1876) 2 PD 5
Alec Lobb Garages Ltd v Total Oil (GB) Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 173

Notes

References

Beale, Bishop and Furmston, Contract: Cases and Materials (OUP 2008) 954-963
H Collins, The Law of Contract: Law in Context (CUP 2003) 144
Slayton, ‘The Unequal Bargain Doctrine’ (1976) 22 McGill Law Journal 94, 106, says that this goes beyond undue influence in that (1) no confidential relationship or fiduciary duty is necessary (2) undue influence need not be proven as a fact but is presumed where bargaining power is impaired and the terms are unfair or consideration is grossly inadequate
Waddams, ‘Unconscionability in Contracts’ (1976) 39 Modern Law Review 369 supported the principle.

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Scranton City Hall

Scranton City Hall is located at Washington and Mulberry (US 11/PA 307) streets in the downtown section of that city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a three-story limestone ashlar Victorian Gothic Revival building with sandstone trim, designed by architects Edwin L. Walter and Frederick Lord Brown and built in 1888.

The main building, on Washington Street, houses the offices of city's mayor and other executive officers — city clerk, comptroller and police chief - and those who work under their immediate supervision. A bridge from the second story connects it to the fire department headquarters, facing Mulberry Street, built at the same time by the same architects in the same style. Since the two form a larger complex, they were listed together when the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340.

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Armonicus Cuatro

Armonicus Cuatro is a group of four vocalists from Mexico: Mario Iván Martínez, Lourdes Ambriz, Nurani Huet and Martín Luna which mostly specializes in European medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music. All four are established musicians in their own right, with Martínez also known as an actor in film and Mexican television.  The group has performed widely in Mexico at music and cultural festivals such as the Festival Internacional Cervantino as well as in Europe.

Members
Armonicus Cuatro consists of four recognized Mexican singers: tenor Mario Iván Martínez, soprano Lourdes Ambriz, mezzo-soprano Nurani Huet and baritone Martín Luna. The artists created the group in order to promote works primarily for voice based on the works of early and classical music.

Mario Iván Martínez comes from a family of artists, with mother actress Margarita Isabel and father television announcer Mario Ivan Martinez Ortega along with other relatives who are actors, producers, directors and technicians in radio, cinema, television and theater. He studied theater and music in Mexico City, Los Angeles and England. He was a member of the Coro Convivium Musicum which specialized in the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Orff. As a member of the Ars Nova Singers, he participated in music festivals in Mexico, South America and Europe, appearing on four albums. He has also worked with the National Symphonic Orchestra, the OFUNAM, Horacio Franco and Alberto Cruzprieto. With lute player Antonio Corona, he recorded an album called Músic en la Obra y el Tiempo de Shakespeare.

Martínez is also a professional storyteller. As such, he has adapted texts by Shakespeare, Francisco de Quevedo and Marguerite Yourcenar into modern Spanish. He also presented the monologue Legends of Ancient Mexico in London and Mexico City, based on texts on Nahua culture by Patrick Johansson, as part of a project sponsored by The Anglo Mexican Foundation. As an actor, he appeared in a work called 1822, el ano que fuimos Imperio about the short reign of Agustin de Iturbide as well as the film Like Water for Chocolate and Cronos, and telenovelas such as La Antorcha Encendida. He also works with the National Theatre Company of Mexico and Televisa.

Lourdes Ambriz’s career has mostly been associated with chamber, renaissance and contemporary music. She has worked with directors such as Charles Bruck, Eve Queler, Lukas Foss, Enrique Ricci, Miguel Roa and Eduardo Mata and collaborated with singers such as Plácido Domingo, Guillermo Sarabia, Justino Díaz, Francisco Araiza, Ramón Vargas, Francisco Araiza and Fernando de la Mora. She has performed solo at with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony the Prague Opera Orchestra and the Opera of Málaga.  She has been a member of groups such as Arditti Quartet, Ars Nova, Streghe, Kairós and La Décima Musa. She has recorded four albums including Cuerpo del verano along with recordings of operas such as Aura by Lavita, The Visitors by Chávez, Montezuma by Graun, El Coyote y el Conejo by Rascado as well as pieces by Hilda Paredes and Victor Rasgado. She has toured Europe, the Americas, North Africa and the Middle East and participated in the Festival Internacional Cervantino, the Festival de México, the Festival de Sinaloa as well as festivals in South America, North Africa and the Middle East.

Nurani Huet is a mezzo-soprano who studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and later at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands, specializing in the medieval, renaissance and Baroque periods. Since graduating, she has performed with various vocal/instrumental groups such as the Baroque Ensamble of the Koninklijk Conservatorium at The Hague, the Coro Mexicano de Canto Gregorio Melos Glorie, the Opus 6 Vocal Sextet, the Le Streghe Female Cuartet of Contemporary Music and the Capella Baroque Ensemble. As a soloist, her work has mostly concentrated on Italian, English and German Baroque pieces as well as oratory, lied and contemporary music. In addition to Armonicus Cuatro, she is also a member of the La Spiritata Instrumental Group of Early Music and the Coro de Madrigalistas at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Martin Luna is a baritone who received his training at the Instituto Cardenal Miranda. As a soloist, his repertory has including works such as Magnificat (J.S. Bach); Misa en do mayor KV 317 Krönungsmesse y Requiem (W. A. Mozart); Requiem (G. Fauré); Liebeslieder and Ein Deutsches Requiem (J. Brahms); The Messiah (G. F. Händel); Misse solennelle de Sainte-Cécile (CH. Gounod); Les sept paroles du Christ (Dubois) and the Ninth Choral Symphony (Beethoven). He has performed in many of Mexico’s major theaters and has sung under directors Alfredo Silipigni, Enrique Patrón de Rueda, Guido Maria Guida, Enrique Ricci, Eduardo Díaz Muñoz, José Luis Castillo, Juan Trigos and José Guadalupe Flores. He was a member of the Ars Nova group with whom he recorded Love Songs of Renaissance Europe.

Repertoire
The group is described as a theatrical opera ensemble, which specializes in the vocalizations, music and literature of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, from Italy, New Spain, Elizabethan England and the Spanish Siglo de Oro. However, they also perform works from the 19th century as well as some modern compositions. It includes music by Juan del Encina, Antonio de Cabezón, Francis Pilkington, Thomas Morley, Thomas Ford, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Jacobus Clemens and Clemen Janequin. It also includes the reading of texts by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo and Lope de Vega along with popular poetry from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Performances
As a group, the four musicians have appeared in various places in Mexico and have collaborated with a number of instrumentalists. In Mexico, they have performed at the Ciclo de Música Antigua at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, and held an entire concert dedicated to Baroque composer Henry Purcell at the Museo Nacional del Virreinato as part of the Festival de Música Antigua. At the Cathedral of Durango, they performed a concert called Aires y diretes del Siglo de Oro as part of the Festival de Música Virreinal.  They performed at the Festival Internacional Cervantino Barroco in San Cristobal de las Casas in 2008, as well as the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato in 2011. For instrumental backup, they often work with keyboardist Karina Peña,  and lute and vihuela player Antonio Corona.

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Yeast promoter atlas

The Yeast Promoter Atlas (YPA) is a repository of promoter features in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

See also
 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 Promoter (biology)

References

External links
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Lorenza Arnetoli

Lorenza Arnetoli (born 30 March 1974) is an Italian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Mjini

Mjini is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.

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Tony Campbell (politician)

Antonio Wade "Tony" Campbell (born November 29, 1965) is an American educator and politician. He ran unsuccessfully as the Republican Party nominee in the 2018 for the United States Senate, losing to incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin.

Campbell teaches political science at Towson University, following a career as a chaplain in the US Army.

Background

Education
Campbell is a native of Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Blackhawk High School in 1983. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He then received a Master of Science degree in Social Science at Towson University in 2007. At Liberty University, he earned Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees. His doctoral dissertation in 2016, Every Life Matters to God: A New Paradigm of Care for Suicide Prevention, addressed methodologies and best practices in care to reduce the high suicide rate among National Guard soldiers returning from overseas deployments in combat zones. After obtaining his master's degree in 2007, Campbell became a Chaplain in the U.S. Army.

In politics

Campbell described himself as a "conservative Democrat" while living in Pennsylvania, but switched parties to Republican when he moved to Maryland, saying he found the Democratic party "too liberal" in Maryland. In 1999, he ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Baltimore City Council President against Democrat Sheila Dixon.

Although Campbell served in the administration of President George W. Bush, he was a contributing writer on a blog called "Republicans for Obama" in 2008. He defended his controversial stance on the nationally syndicated The Laura Ingraham Show.

Campbell teaches political science at Towson University. As a professor of political science, he appeared on television as a governmental affairs commentator. On January 23, 2017, for example, he gave an analysis of President Trump's Inaugural Address to WMAR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Baltimore.

Campbell has taken a leading role in Baltimore's Black Republican Council. In 2016, he hosted a free-wheeling forum for African-American politicians, “2016 Baltimore: A Colloquy on Conservative Solutions to Problems Besetting Inner-City Baltimore". Issues of concern to the city's majority-minority African-American population, such as illegal immigration and crime, were discussed.

A resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, he has been active on the Executive Committee of the Maryland Republican Party, also serving on Baltimore County's Charter Review Commission. Campbell previously ran  for Baltimore County Executive in 2014, losing narrowly in the Republican primary. He currently serves on the Baltimore County School Board Nomination Commission.

2018 US Senate campaign

In the Republican primary held on June 26, 2018, Campbell won with 29.2% of the vote in a crowded field of 11 candidates, carrying 13 of Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City.

Campbell's campaign in the general election stressed national security and smaller government, saying his priority as Senator would be "securing America' infrastructure against foreign actors". On education, he called for an end to such programs as Common Core, advocating a "return of authority" over schools from the Federal government to the state level. He also campaigned for "reasonable tuition rates to allow for every student to achieve their goal of a four year college degree". In an interview with the Hagerstown Herald-Mail newspaper, Campbell said he advocates a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution to curb Federal government deficit spending, although he generally supports the Trump administration's positions on the economy and foreign policy.

In an October 7, 2018, televised debate described by the Washington Post as "feisty", Campbell criticized his Democratic Party opponent, incumbent Ben Cardin, who won a third term, saying the incumbent should have done more about Baltimore's high crime rate and poorly performing schools. In response, Cardin replied that these are primarily responsibilities of local government. Campbell also said that Cardin was part of the partisanship in the Senate and criticized his opponent for voting against the confirmation of US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Cardin said that he has "worked across the aisle" on bipartisan issues, such as environmental concerns over the Chesapeake Bay. When questioned about the likelihood of success in challenging the heavily-favored, long-term Democratic incumbent in the strongly blue state of Maryland, Campbell said that Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's success at the polls in the 2014 gubernatorial election "...tells me people are ready for change. The incumbent has been in Congress for 32 years and there’s not much to show for it”, Campbell charged.

On October 18, he made a joint appearance with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous on OZY's televised Take on America show hosted by Carlos Watson to discuss the topic, "Black Men in Baltimore”.  The program focused on solutions to the challenges facing many inner-city African-American residents, in particular poverty, crime, and drugs.

In a CNN interview aired on October 23, Sen. Cardin called on the US government to furnish humanitarian aid for a caravan of several thousand Central American migrants heading to the US border through Mexico, describing their situation as  "desperate" and saying, "America's strength is in our values. We have been a leader standing up for people at risk". Campbell strongly disagreed with Cardin over providing help to them, posting on social media that the "illegal immigrant caravan ... seeks to undermine our country's sovereignty by bum-rushing our border".

Campbell lost in the general election held on November 7, 2018, receiving 31% or 659,380 votes to Cardin's 64% (1,363,259 votes).
Had he won he would have become Maryland's first African-American Senator.

Author
Campbell has authored two non-fiction books. He wrote America Today: Political Theory and Practical Politics in 2014, an anthology relating the thoughts of political theorists as far back as Plato to contemporary American politics. It is a textbook intended for use in political science, pre-law, and history courses.

His second book, A More Perfect Union: Connecting the Dots Between Today's Politics and the History of Political Thought, was written in 2017. With its title drawn from the  Preamble to the United States Constitution, A More Perfect Union discusses the Constitution's application to political discourse and policy making in the modern era.

References

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ROZA

ROZA () is a radical left political party in Greece that is part of the Coalition of the Radical Left.

ROZA was formed in 2008, by independent left-wing activists and members of the Network for Political and Social Rights. The political target of ROZA is the participatory formation of SYRIZA in combination with its programming radicalization.

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Jan Ykema

Jan Jelte Ykema (born 18 April 1963) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres. The same year he won all of his three World Cup races. A year later Ykema retired from international competition to work in real estate business. During his career he won three national sprint titles (1982, 1987 and 1988) and three distance titles.

After retiring from skating, Ykema became addicted to cocaine, and this addiction lasted for about 15 years. After he recovered he started giving lessons at secondary schools about his addiction.

In 2008 he returned to competitive speed skating as assistant coach for the APPM team.

Personal bests:
500 m – 36.76 (1988)
 1000 m – 1:14.24 (1988)
 1500 m – 1:59.11 (1988)
 5000 m – 8:23.1 (1980)
 10000 m – 16:27.3 (1982)

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One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals

The One Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals (abbreviated as 1-Pacman, and a namesake of Manny Pacquiao) is a political party-list based in the Philippines advocating for the marginalized and displaced sector in the country. In the 2016 national elections, 1-Pacman was one of the contenders in the party-list election. Leading the nominees who vied for a seat were Mikee Romero, who was the team owner of GlobalPort Batang Pier in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and Erick Pineda, who served as Pacquiao's business manager.

Among the main platforms of the party-list were to prioritize sports development, education and job creation.

The party-list group was endorsed by top sports personalities including Pacquiao, Philippine Basketball Association players Jayson Castro, Terrence Romeo, James Yap, LA Tenorio and Marc Pingris, actor John Estrada and volleyball stars Rachel Anne Daquis and Aby Maraño.

Electoral history

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2019
For the 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections.:

Mikee Romero, team owner, GlobalPort Batang Pier and CEO of Global900, Inc.
Enrico Pineda, business manager of Manny Pacquiao and team manager of Mahindra Enforcer
Nicolas "Nick" Enciso VIII, former deputy director general of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Marvee Espejo, Executive Vice President Z.C. Integrated Port Services Inc.
Edwin Joseph G. Galvez, Chairman of the Board GlobalPort 900 Inc.

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Seavers Ridge

Seavers Ridge () is a rock ridge 14 nautical miles (26 km) east-southeast of Mount Renouard in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.A. Seavers, assistant cook at Mawson Station in 1961.

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Radampola

Radampola is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province.

See also
List of towns in Southern Province, Sri Lanka

External links
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William Wood Porter

William Wood Porter (September 8, 1826January 17, 1907) was an American military officer and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1885 until 1889.

Early life
Porter was born September 8, 1826, in Orange County, Virginia. His parents were George C. and Susan (Wood) Porter.  His father owned cotton farms in Tennessee and the family moved there when Porter was an infant.  The family moved to Mississippi while Porter was still a child.  After studying law, Porter was admitted to the Mississippi bar.  In his later years he was described as having a fair complexion, gray hair, blue eyes, and being of medium height.  His most recognizable feature was his nose "which was of unusual size and prominence."

In 1850, Porter moved to California and two years later was elected county attorney for San Joaquin County.  He was appointed to fill a vacancy as Judge of Calaveras County in 1855 and was elected to a four-year term on the bench the next year.

At the beginning of the American Civil War, Porter returned to Virginia and became a captain in the Confederate States Army.  Initially he served as an aid to General George B. Crittenden.  He served with gallantry during the battles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, and Raymond.  After honorable mentions in his commander's reports, he joined General Joseph E. Johnston's staff.  His service earned Porter a recommendation for promotion shortly before the war's end.

Following the war, Porter went to Mexico before returning to Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1866. There he practiced law. In 1866, Porter married Elizabeth Dabney.  The union produced five daughters.  Porter and his family moved to Merced, California, in 1872.  They lived there briefly before making a permanent home in Santa Rosa, California.

President Grover Cleveland gave Porter a recess appointment as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on October 23, 1885.  Among the individuals recommending him for the appointment was United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field.  Porter took office on November 9.  The United States Senate refused to confirm the nomination in June 1886 and Cleveland resubmitted the nomination a month later.  The Senate confirmed the second bid on July 27, 1886.  While Porter's nomination was being confirmed, Chief Justice John C. Shields was fighting an unsuccessful bid for his own confirmation.  In October 1886, Porter wrote to Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland asking for appointment as Chief Justice if Shield did not receive confirmation.

Porter employed an easily comprehended writing style for the twenty opinions he authored on the territorial court.  In United States v. Tenney, 2 Arizona 127 (1886), Porter wrote a dissent involving the prosecution of Mormons under the Edmunds Act.   He also tended to draw cases with alluring backgrounds.  In Shaw v. County of Pima, 2 Arizona 399 (1888), a disputed election resulted in one man taking office and accepting the accompanying salary.  When it was determined his opponent had actually won the election, the new-found winner sued for the pay he would have received if he had taken office at the start of his term.  Porter denied the claim.  Hobson v. The New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company, 2 Arizona 171 (1886), was a case where a worker had lost both of his legs while hauling railroad ties when a drunken railroad engineer had suddenly started a locomotive.  An initial award of $30,000 had been cut in half by the district court.  Porter's ruling upheld the reduced payment on the theory the worker had assumed all risks involved with his employment.

In Stiles v. Western Union Telegraph Company, 2 Arizona 308 (1887), a banking institution based in Tombstone sent a telegraph to its office in Tucson instructing the branch office to stop paying out funds.  The telegram was delayed, resulting in the loss of funds by the bank.  Porter's ruling allowed for partial recovery of the lost funds under the theory the bank's employees would not have made any payments after the telegram was received.
Western Mining Company v. Toole, 2 Arizona 82 (1886) was a case involving a forged check that had been presented to a bank and been pronounced genuine by the company's bookkeeper.  A $1250.97 judgment against the company was upheld as the bank had previously used the bookkeeper's expertise to validate previous checks even though the bookkeeper lacked formal authority to grant such approvals.

With Porter's term set to expire in another two days, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Joseph Henry Kibbey to be his replacement on August 5, 1889.  After leaving the bench, Porter remained in Phoenix and practiced law.  He requested to return to the Arizona bench after the resignation of Chief Justice Henry C. Gooding in May 1893 and in September 1893 as a replacement for Richard Elihu Sloan. Several years later, Porter moved back to Santa Rosa, California. He became seriously ill in the early 1900s but recovered partially. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake troubled him greatly and was listed as a contributing factor on his death certificate. Porter died in Santa Rosa on January 17, 1909. He was buried in Santa Rosa's Rural Cemetery.

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Bangkok Bus Line 1

Bangkok Bus Line 1 is a bus route in Bangkok, Thailand. Running between Thanon Tok and Sanam Luang mainly via the first modern road in Thailand, Charoen Krung Road. it is co-operated by BMTA and private-joint companies.

Current route
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Bang Kho Laem Market
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Walter Jones (polo)

Walter John Henry Jones (June 4, 1866 – April 14, 1932), was an English polo player.

Biography
He was born at The Elms, Warrington, the son of William Charles Jones and Lucretia Elizabeth Jones. His father was the owner of Jones Brothers Cotton Mills in Leigh, and extremely wealthy. Jones was a fine sportsman, was educated at Harrow School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and played polo, primarily for the "Rugby" team, but also his own Blakemere team. He represented Great Britain in polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics, playing for the Hurlingham team, winning the silver medal. He lived at Blakemere Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (until 1923) and Hurlingham Lodge in Fulham, London. He married Maud, the widow of George Littelton Dewhurst (another Lancashire cotton magnate) of Beechwood, Lymm, Cheshire and Aberuchill Castle, Scotland. Walter's stepson, Lieutenant George Littleton Dewhurst of the Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on the first day of the First Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 aged 24.

Jones, a cotton-broker, was an important collector of first editions and watercolours and enjoyed big-game hunting, fishing and polo. He purchased J.M.W. Turner's The Blue Rigi from Agnew's in 1912, who had purchased it at the sale of the collection of John Edward Taylor at Christie's for 2,700 guineas, but although he was interested in The Red Rigi (purchased for 2,100 guineas) he hesitated. It was sold to R.A. Tatton before being auctioned, yet again at Christie's, in 1928 when it was bought, yet again by Agnew's, and sold to Jones. Along with other drawings by British artists, the collection passed to Jones' widow, and was sold after her death at Christie's on 3 July 1942. Though The Blue Rigi still fetched the highest price in the sale, the wartime date explains the relatively low prices, The Blue Rigi fetching 1500 guineas, and The Red Rigi 1100 guineas. The seventeen other Turners in the sale, in addition to the two Rigi paintings, ranged in date from The West Entrance of Peterborough Cathedral of 1795 to a late Venetian watercolour of circa 1841 and included two of the 1817 Rhine series of watercolours painted for Walter Fawkes, probably Turner's greatest patron, and other British, German, Swiss and Italian subjects.

He died leaving a net estate of £327,406.

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Tuberculosis sanatorium Hohenstein

The Tuberculosis sanatorium Hohenstein () was a sanatorium in  Hohenstein, East Prussia (Olsztynek, Poland) specialized in pulmonology and Tuberculosis treatment for male patients. Founded in 1903, it was located about 4 km north of the town center in the municipal forest and closed down in 1933.

The sanatorium was opened by the "Verein zur Errichtung von Lungenheilstätten in Ostpreußen e.V." on 1 October 1903.  Initially holding a capacity of 50 beds it was soon expanded to 84 beds in 6 single- and 17 multi-bedrooms including one 10-bed hall in a three-story main building. About 2/3 of the property size of 5 Hectar was forested. The surrounding municipal forest of about 450 ha and a small lake was also accessible.

As of 1912 it was operated by the chief physician, Dr. Walther Liévin, an assistant doctor, four nurses and several technical employees. Between 1903 and 1 April 1912 2,282 patients were treated in Hohenstein. Most of the patients were 16 to 30 year old factory- or agricultural labourers from Königsberg, they rarely recovered completely and mostly remained unfit for work.

With the outbreak of World War I all but five severe cases were released on 1. August 1914, the sanatorium re-opened in April 1915, now treating 100 tuberculous soldiers of the Imperial German Army. On account of the war the provisions were tenuous and the number of patients was reduced. In November 1919 69 patients left the sanatorium because of the catastrophic food supplies and the lack of heating. On 18 December 1919 the Königsberg Hartungsche Zeitung reported that fluid medicine was frozen inside the patient's rooms. Due to the bad reputation only about 50 percent of the capacity was occupied in 1920.

On 15 January 1921 the Hartungsche Zeitung reported the "escape" of 35 patients who complained about the lack of food and the general "military" atmosphere under head physician Dr. Liévin. Liévin, father of actor Albert Lieven, was dismissed on 1 July 1921.

Because of the Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic the sanatorium was temporarily closed in July 1923. The economic situation remained difficult and the hospital was finally closed in 1933.

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Samuel Underhill

Samuel Jackson Underhill (25 August 1917 – 8 May 1942)
was a naval aviator of the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Born in Jericho, New York, he received a bachelor of science from Yale University and attended Harvard Law School before enlisting in the United States Navy Reserve as a Seaman Second Class on 8 November 1940. After serving briefly at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, Underhill was appointed an aviation cadet and was transferred on 6 February 1941 to the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, for flight training. He subsequently underwent further training at Miami, Florida; was designated a naval aviator on 15 July; and was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve on 6 August. Following advanced flight training at Norfolk, Virginia, he reported to Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5).

In May 1942, when Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher's Task Force 17 steamed in the Coral Sea seeking to foil Japan's attempt to extend her influence southward, Underhill was with VS-5 on board carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5). When VS-5 raided Tulagi on the morning of 4 May he flew his Dauntless dive-bomber against a heavy anti-aircraft barrage and contributed to the sinking or damaging of eight enemy vessels.

On the morning of 7 May, a coordinated attack group of 17 SBDs from VS-5 took off from Yorktown and, in clear skies with unlimited visibility, launched a dive bombing attack on the light carrier Shōhō. The American planes scored nine direct hits and two near misses that sent the hapless enemy flattop to the bottom.

The next day, the two naval forces at last found one another and the stage was set for the first great naval action between aircraft carriers, the Battle of the Coral Sea. On the morning of 8 May, Yorktown
launched the SBDs of VS-5, dividing the group to accomplish separate missions. One division flew in the strike that ultimately attacked the Japanese carrier Shōkaku. The other, which included Underhill, remained behind to conduct anti-torpedo plane patrol around Yorktown's formation. The pilots involved were not pleased with the latter assignment, as they would rather have accompanied their squadronmates on the strike.

Later that morning, at 1110, the eight SBDs of VS-5's anti-torpedo plane patrol found themselves jumped by a group of six Japanese fighters from Zuikaku. Pressed into service due to the lack of fighters, the slower Dauntless dive-bombers quickly found themselves at a disadvantage against the more nimble Japanese attackers. In the ensuing dogfight, the Zeros shot down four SBDs with no loss to themselves (although the American pilots claimed four destroyed) before being driven off by US fighters. Ensign Underhill was among those lost in the dogfight.

He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his extraordinary
heroism, and became the namesake for the destroyer escort USS Underhill (DE-682).

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Borja García (footballer)

Borja García Freire (; born 2 November 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as an attacking midfielder.

Club career
Born in Torremocha de Jarama, Community of Madrid, García joined local Rayo Vallecano at the age of 16, finishing his formation there. On 20 June 2009, whilst still a junior, he made his debut as a professional, playing 11 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Real Zaragoza for the Segunda División championship; in the 2009–10 season, additionally, he was a key figure for the reserves as they reached Segunda División B for the first time ever.

For 2011–12, García stayed in the second level, joining Córdoba CF. He scored 19 goals in 44 official matches during his only campaign with the Andalusians, ranking fifth in the scoring charts.

In the summer of 2012, García joined another side in the second division, Real Madrid Castilla. On 24 March 2013 he played his 100th game in that tier, against former club Córdoba.

García returned to the Blanquiverdes on 7 August 2014, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal. He made his La Liga debut late in the month, playing the whole second half in a 1–1 home draw against RC Celta de Vigo.

García scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 21 September 2014, but in a 1–3 home loss against Sevilla FC. On 26 August 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Girona FC after his link to Real Madrid expired.

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Jack Bonnyman

John "Jack" Bonnyman (born 1920) is a former rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury-Bankstown and New South Wales.

Career
Bonnyman started his career at the Central-Newcastle Rugby League club. He was all set to join St. George Dragons, but changed his mind at the last minute and joined Canterbury-Bankstown.

He went on to play 5 seasons with Canterbury-Bankstown between 1940-1945. Bonnyman captained the Berries in their 24-14 loss to the Eastern Suburbs in the 1940 premiership final, although he did score a nice try during the match.

Success followed two years later when he played half-back in the victorious 1942 Grand Final Canterbury team that defeated the St. George Dragons 11-9.

He finished his career at Picton in the late 1940s.

Representative career
Bonnyman represented Country Firsts in 1938 and New South Wales in 1939 - all before joining Canterbury-Bankstown in 1940.

Accolades
He is recognized as Canterbury Bankstown player No. 64.

Bonnyman was selected in the 70th Anniversary Berries to Bulldogs Team of Champions.

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John Wright (cricketer, born 1935)

John Vaughan Wright (born 31 December 1935) is a former English cricketer.  Wright was a right-handed batsman.  He was born at Colchester, Essex.

Wright made his first-class debut for Essex in the 1962 County Championship against Northamptonshire.  He played one further first-class match during that season against Warwickshire, before playing 2 further first-class matches in 1967 against Middlesex and the touring Pakistanis.  In his 4 first-class matches he scored 60 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 40.  In the field he took 2 catches.

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Lucijan Kleva

Lucijan Kleva (15 February 1942 – 26 January 2009) was a Slovenian rower who competed for Yugoslavia in the men's eight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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The Missing Gun

The Missing Gun () is a 2002 Chinese black comedy film directed by Lu Chuan and starring Jiang Wen, Ning Jing and Wu Yujuan. A directorial debut of Lu, the film premiered during the 9th Beijing College Student Film Festival on 21 April 2002. A pioneer digital screening was subsequently held in Shanghai on 28 April, making The Missing Gun the first film screened in China with digital cinema technology. The film was officially released on 8 May in Beijing.

Adapted from a novelette by Fan Yiping, the film revolves around a small-town policeman who embarks on a search for his missing gun. The film also explores the themes of self-identity and self-respect, as well as addresses a number of pertinent social issues, such as counterfeits, in China.

Plot

War veteran turned small-town policeman Ma Shan (played by Jiang Wen) wakes up after a drunken night at his sister's wedding banquet to find his issued gun missing. After making sure his wife Han Xiaoyun (Wu Yujuan) and third-grader son have not taken it, Ma embarks on a search around the town. He questions his sister and brother-in-law, as well as two ex-comrades in an attempt to connect the dots. He finds out that he was sent home the previous night in a car by Zhou Xiaogang (Shi Liang). Ma knocks on Zhou's door but is greeted by Li Xiaomeng (Ning Jing), Ma's former lover who married and moved to Guangzhou, but has since returned. Li claims that Zhou is not home. Ma leaves but manages to run into Zhou a moment later. After searching Zhou's car, he ascertains that Zhou has not taken his gun either.

Ma is left with no choice but to report the missing gun to his superiors. He is stripped of his uniform but is allowed to continue the search on his own. During his search, Ma comes across a thief who has snatched a woman's handbag and gives chase. The desperate thief, seeing no escape, pulls out a gun. Mistaking the gun for his own, Ma refuses to back down. The thief fires, only to reveal that the gun he holds is a fake.

Meanwhile, a murder has taken place in town. A man has sneaked into Zhou's home and shoots Li with the missing gun. Upon interrogation, Zhou insists that he was not the intended target. However, Ma investigates on his own and reveals that Zhou runs an underground factory which produces counterfeit wine. Ma then retains Zhou, exchanges clothes with him, and boards a bus heading out of town. True to his prediction, the criminal trails Ma, thinking that he is Zhou, shoots him from behind at the railway station but fails to kill him instantly. As the criminal approaches to confirm his kill, Ma turns over and locks the two of them together with his handcuffs.

The criminal turns out to be Stammer Liu, a local bricklayer whose family was poisoned from drinking Zhou's  illicit wine. Liu begs Ma to let him go to avenge his family but Ma refuses. Ma then draws out the fake gun he confiscated from the thief  and Liu, in fear, fires and spends the last bullet.  Ma bleeds profusely and feels faint, lying on the ground.  The police arrive, and as they rush over to apprehend Liu, Ma—or his hallucination—is shown to suddenly stand up and walk away with his recovered gun, apparently unhurt and laughing (or perhaps crying) at finding his lost weapon. The film ends with a freeze frame.

Cast
 Jiang Wen as Ma Shan, a smalltown policeman who wakes up one day to find his gun missing
 Ning Jing as Li Xiaomeng, a resident of the town, Ma's first love
 Wu Yujuan as Han Xiaoyun, Ma's wife, a teacher at a local school
 Shi Liang as Zhou Xiaogang, a local businessman

Reception
The Missing Gun first premiered during the Beijing College Student Film Festival on 21 April 2002, where it clinched the award for Best Debut Film. A pioneer digital screening was then held in Shanghai on 28 April, marking the first use of digital cinema in China. After its official release in Beijing on 8 May, the film recorded more than ¥1 million in box office within a week of release, topping The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was subsequently selected for the 59th Venice Film Festival, though it failed to clinch any awards.

The film drew criticism from the Chinese National Language and Character Committee for using the Guizhou dialect instead of Standard Chinese. The committee's director Yuan Guiren disapproved Jiang Wen's selection of dialects as language media for two consecutive films (the previous being Devils on the Doorstep), claiming that such a choice misguides the audience on the importance of learning Standard Chinese, a standard adopted by the Chinese government.

Awards and nominations
 Beijing College Student Film Festival, 2002
 Best Directorial Debut
 Golden Trailer Awards, 2003
 Best Foreign Film (nominated)

DVD release
A DVD featuring subtitles in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese was released on 4 May 2004 and distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment in North America.

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Armando Ochoa

Armando Ochoa may refer to:

Persons
Armando Xavier Ochoa - Roman Catholic Bishop
Armando Ochoa - known as El Graduado, fictional character and comic book supervillain


Mexican Riviera

The Mexican Riviera refers collectively to twenty cities and lagoons lying on the western coast of Mexico. Although there are long distances between these cities, they are often collectively referred to as the Mexican Riviera because of their many oceanfront resorts and their popularity among tourists. Cruise ships often visit three or four of these destinations on their longer cruises. In a 2005 interview Stanley McDonald, the founder of Princess Cruises, mentioned:

The call of the "Mexican Riviera" was coined by Princess Cruise Line. Now everyone refers to it as the Mexican Riviera. I believe that it really spoke to the quality and beauty of what people would see down there. We all know the French Riviera -- the Mexican Riviera was something we had in the western hemisphere.

Some of the many areas that are considered part of the Mexican Riviera, listed in order from north to south:

Ensenada, Baja California
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur
Mazatlán, Sinaloa
 San Blas, Nayarit
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Manzanillo, Colima
The Ixtapa resort near Zihuatanejo, Guerrero
Acapulco, Guerrero
 Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
 Huatulco
 Salina Cruz, Oaxaca

Other areas include other ports in the states of Oaxaca and Nayarit.

In 2011, Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line all dropped Mazatlan port calls from their itineraries, citing concerns over an increase in drug gang turf war there. Royal Caribbean dramatically scaled back its presence in all of the Mexican Riviera that same year, canceling 15 cruises that were scheduled to sail through the region in 2011. The cruise line cited economic reasons for its decision.

Riviera in Italian means simply "coastline". The word by itself often refers to either the French Riviera or the Italian Riviera. Riviera may be also applied to any coastline, especially one that is sunny, topographically diverse and popular with tourists.

See also
Riviera (disambiguation)
Riviera Maya
Riviera Nayarit

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Resemblance

Resemblance may refer to:
Resemblance nominalism
Family Resemblance (anthropology)
Ludwig Wittgenstein's family resemblances
In text mining, the degree to which two documents resemble each other, calculated using shingles
No Resemblance Whatsoever, a 1995 album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and jazz flutist Tim Weisberg
Facial resemblance, a word that has been observed to enhance trustworthiness