James Francis Garrick

Sir James Francis Garrick , (10 January 1836 – 12 January 1907) was a politician and agent-general from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In his later years, he lived in London.
Early years.
Garrick was the second oldest of ten children of James Francis Garrick (b. 1803 in Deptford, Kent, England; d. 1874 in Sydney) and Catherine Eliza Garrick ("née" Branson, b. 1811 in Gibraltar; d. 1900 in Woollahra, Australia). His parents were married on 10 June 1832 in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Surrey, England. They subsequently emigrated to Sydney to manage a flour milling business.
Garrick was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 10 January 1836. He was educated at Sydney College. He married Catherine Garrick ("née" Cadell) on 3 January 1865.
Legal career.
Both Garrick and his older brother Francis James (born 1833) were sent to Sydney solicitors to learn the legal trade. The younger brother was admitted to the New South Wales' bar in 1860.
James Francis moved to Brisbane in 1861 where only four attorneys were in practice at that time, whilst Francis James emigrated to New Zealand in February 1864.
Soon after his appointment to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1869, he went to London, where he continued with legal studies and work, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He returned to Brisbane in 1874, where he was also admitted to the bar. He worked as a crown prosecutor in various districts and was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1882.
Political career.
Garrick was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (lower house) for the 1867–68 period, representing the East Moreton electorate. In November 1869, he was then appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council (upper house). He went to London soon after, though, and his seat was declared vacant in December 1870 after him missing two sessions.
He represented East Moreton again in 1877–78, and after East Moreton was abolished, represented Moreton 1878–1883. He was appointed Attorney-General in the Douglas ministry for a short period before the premiership went to Thomas McIlwraith in January 1879. He was an important member of the opposition led by Samuel Griffith. When Griffith took over the premiership in 1883, Garrick was appointed colonial treasurer for a brief period, before taking on the role as postmaster-general, a role that he held until 24 June 1884. Garrick was also appointed again to the Legislative Council, a role that he held from Nov 1883 to August 1894, but for most of the time he was actually in London.
In June 1884, Garrick was appointed as the 5th agent-general for immigration in London. He held this post, with some interruption from 1888 to 1890, until 1895. He was successful of sending many immigrants to Queensland; in his first term, he averaged 10,000 per year.
Later life and commemoration.
Garrick remained in London until his death on 12 January 1907. He was survived by his wife and three children; Katherine Cecie Garrick, James Cadell Garrick and Francis Cadell Garrick.
Garrick was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1885, and Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1886.
Garrick's daughter Katherine endowed through her November 1916 will the James Francis Garrick chair of law at the University of Queensland in the memory of her father. The university's senate decided in 1923 on a chair in law, in the faculty of arts, to be called the "James Francis Garrick Professorship of Law". The chair is still in use at the TC Beirne School of Law.


Monastery of Komnenion

The Monastery of Komnenion () is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located near Stomio, Larissa, Greece.
According to tradition it was founded in the time of Justinian I (), but was rebuilt in its present form by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos ().
The modern main church ("katholikon") dates largely to the 16th century, with some parts from a 14th-century structure. The outer walls are decorated with large numbers of ancient and Byzantine "spolia", but the surviving interior frescoes date to 1758. Modern archaeological excavations have discovered traces of the Komnenian-era "katholikon" underneath.
The monastery was destroyed by fire in 1868 and the "katholikon" was left ruined for over a century after; it was restored in the early 2000s by the 7th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities with European Union funds. The modern Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos and of Saint Demetrios has been erected around the old structure.


Eduard Haber

Johann Karl Emil Eduard Haber (1 October 1866 – 14 January 1947) was a German mining engineer, civil servant and diplomat, who served as the last Governor of German New Guinea.
Early life.
Haber was born on 1 October 1866 in Mechernich, in the Rhine Province of Prussia. After 1884 in Brilon, Eduard Haber studying the Bergfach from 1885 to 1888 at the universities of Freiburg, Aachen and Bonn.
After finishing his studies in 1888, Haber was first the Bergreferendar, and from 1893 an assessor at the Oberbergamt Bonn. After a tour in 1889, which led him to Mexico and Peru, he became a teacher at the Bergakademie Berlin ("Prussian Mining Academy"). In 1896 he traveled on behalf of the Deutsche Bank to Australia and the United States. After his return, Haber was S hut (Silesia), appointed to the Deputy Inspector of the hut in 1900 at the lodge Office and in the same year in the Imperial colonial service of Foreign Ministry .
In 1901 his use as mountain official at the governorate was Dar es Salaam in German East Africa. In 1903, Haber, who previously had been appointed in the year to the Governing Council, was appointed as the first speakers of the province and promoted to the Privy Council in 1906. In 1907, Haber became lecturer Council in the Imperial Colonial Office to Berlin and received his appointment to the secret Oberregierungsrat in 1910.
In 1913, Haber was appointed as the Deputy-Governor of German New Guinea (DNG). Due to being granted leave for illness, Governor Albert Hahl departed for Germany on 22 January 1914 and Haber was appointed provisional Governor in Rabaul.
World War I.
Haber learned of the outbreak of World War I while in Morobe. Returning to Rabaul on 14 August, he organized an armed resistance force of about 50 settlers and 250 locals, but was defeated by an overwhelming Australian force at the Siege of Toma. After surrendering on 17 September, Haber made an oath of neutrality. Together with 11 other German prisoners of war, he was brought to Sydney on the captured steamer SMS "Komet" and interned on 29 October in a camp at Holsworthy, New South Wales. On 15 January 1915, together with his secretary, he was deported to San Francisco aboard the SS "Sonoma", from where he finally was able to return to Germany.
In Berlin, he continued as the Acting-Governor of German New Guinea and was officially appointed Governor on 14 December 1917, as Hahl was declared unfit by Wilhelm Solf, the Imperial Colonial Secretary. This appointment resulting in Haber becoming the last Governor of German New Guinea. Both Emperor Wilhelm II and Erich Ludendorff believed that the continuation of a Governorship during the war was a hasty and badly conceived decision, as the Pacific colony would play no further role for Germany.
Life after the war.
At peace talks to the C Mandates of the League of Nations, Haber was appointed as the second member of the German delegation in May 1919. He later resigned due to the hopelessness of his work in negotiations and took over the Coal Management Institute in Mecklenburg.
In 1920, Haber was appointed President of the Imperial Pay Board. After leaving the Imperial service in 1923, he assumed a teaching position at the Bergakademie Clausthal and received an Honorary Professorship in 1924, remaining there until 1927. Between 1928 and 1945, Haber taught at the University of Tübingen as mandated lecturer for international colonial science and the resource sector. Although never receiving a doctorate, he was often titled "Dr". His request to be granted an honorary doctorate was rejected and he had to be satisfied with a conferred honorary citizenship in 1936.
He died on 14 January 1947 at Tübingen. In 1936 the city honoured him with the naming of a street.


Ardashir II (Bavandid ruler)

Ardashir II () was the ruler of the Bavand dynasty from 1238 to 1249. His grandmother was a sister of Rustam V, and he was also related to the Nizari Ismaili Jalaluddin Hasan through his mother.
Biography.
In 1238, Ardashir restored Bavand rule in Mazandaran, and assumed the traditional Bavand title of "ispahbadh". He died in 1249, and was succeeded by his son Muhammad.


Izz al-Din ibn Rukn al-Din Mahmud

Izz al-Din (died September 29, 1382) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1352 until 1380. He was the son of Rukn al-Din Mahmud.
Biography.
Izz al-Din was appointed as malik by the notables of Sistan in 1352 after the death of Jalal al-Din Mahmud. Soon after his ascension, a conflict broke out between him and his cousin Muhammad ibn Nusrat al-Din Muhammad, who was governor of the town of Uq and commanded a large degree of support in northern Sistan. Muhammad rebuilt several fortresses and seized crown lands in his locality. Civil war quickly erupted, during which the canals and agricultural fields of Sistan were damaged and famine became a serious problem. In the midst of this war 'Izz al-Din granted refuge in 1363/1364 to Timur Barlas, who had recently been expelled from Transoxiana.
In Izz al-Din's later years popular discontent began to grow against his vizier, Muhammad 'Ata'. The opposition was soon joined by Izz al-Din's son, Qutb al-Din. One day, while the malik was on a hunting trip, a Shahr-i Sistan mob overran the citadel and killed the vizier. Qutb al-Din and his supporters then battled Izz al-Din's forces and defeated them. The malik was captured and exiled.
Izz al-Din, intent on recovering his throne, made his way to Herat and gained the support of the Kartid malik Giyath al-Din Pir 'Ali. Together with the malik of Farah, Iksandar ibn Inaltigin, Izz al-Din and a Kartid force invaded Sistan in the spring of 1380. Qutb al-Din, seeing many of his supporters abandon him, decided to flee, enabling Izz al-Din to retake Shahr-i Sistan. Qutb al-Din, however, was invited by several nobles and military commanders to return; upon doing so he defeated Izz al-Din and Iksandar and forced them to leave Sistan. At this point Izz al-Din's desire to maintain his rule weakened; he returned to Sistan and renounced the throne in favor of his son. He died two years later, in 1382.


SS Ventnor

SS "Ventnor" was a steamer built in Glasgow in 1901. It sank off New Zealand in 1902, leading to the deaths of 13 crew and the loss of 499 bodies of gold miners which were being repatriated to southern China. This led to the end of the practice of exhuming and returning human remains, en masse, to China from New Zealand.
Final voyage.
The charitable association Cheong Sing Tong chartered the "Ventnor" to return the remains of 499 bodies exhumed from 40 cemeteries in New Zealand to their homes in southern China. These men, mostly gold miners, were from the Poon Yu and Jung Seng districts of Guangdong Province. Nine elderly Chinese were also onboard as "coffin attendants", caring for the bones during the transit back to China. The rest of the cargo was listed as "5347 tons of coal for the Admiralty at Hong Kong, 144 sacks and 22 bales of fungus, one bale of tow and one bale of flax".
The "Ventnor" left Wellington for Hong Kong on 26 October 1902. At about 12:30 am the next morning it struck a reef off the south coast of Cape Egmont leading to damage. It was decided to continue to Auckland instead of returning to Wellington or heading for New Plymouth or Manukau Harbour. The ship sank about off the coast, in water, near Hokianga Heads on 27 October at 8:45 pm. Most of the crew made it ashore, but 13 drowned (including the captain, first officer and five of the nine elderly Chinese) as a life boat capsized. None of the Chinese bodies were recovered initially.
Aftermath.
The conclusion of a magisterial inquiry given on 19 November 1902 found that the sinking occurred due to either negligence or incompetence. It was found that drunkenness could not be proven and that while the captain and master made good decisions after striking the reef, the blame for the striking lay with the captain alone.
Over the next few months after the sinking, the remains of the Chinese gold miners began to be washed ashore. The local Māori tribes (Te Roroa and Te Rarawa) buried their remains near their own burial grounds. Cheong Shing Tong hired the "Energy" to try to find the wreck and recover the bodies, but the wreck remained lost for over 100 years. Remains were repatriated to China for many years after the sinking on an individual basis, but the "Ventnor" was the last attempt at a mass shipment.
In 2007 a connection was formalised between the descendants of the Chinese gold miners and the iwi Te Roroa and Te Rarawa. A grove of 22 kauri trees were planted at the Waipoua Visitors Centre in the Waipoua Forest and a Chinese-inspired gate was constructed in the urupa at Mitimiti to memorialise the sinking. The wreck was discovered in 2012 and is now a National Heritage Site.
"The Bone Feeder" is an opera featuring the story of the "Ventnor". It was composed by Gareth Farr to a libretto written by Renee Liang (and developed from her 2009 play of the same name) which incorporates text in the English, Cantonese and Māori languages.
In June 2020 a documentary crew caused a controversy due to their filming of the wreckage.
On 10 April 2021, a public memorial was officially unveiled outside the Manea Footprints of Kupe Experience in Opononi. This memorial lists the names of those onboard who drowned and also the 499 who were to be repatriated. It also gives thanks to Te Roroa, Te Rarawa and the people of Hokianga for the ongoing respect and care shown to the bones which washed up on the beaches 119 years earlier. In attendance were descendants of Choie Sew Hoy and Ng Jor Ching, currently the only two people with known living descendants out of all the Chinese that were onboard. The white lion used in the lion dance minutes earlier was burned as an offering to the heavens as part of Ching Ming festivities in what was claimed to be a New Zealand first.


Jebel Hatta

The Jebel Hatta is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 2000 at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Raced on turf, it is open to horses four-years-old and up who were bred in the Northern Hemisphere and to horses three-years-old and up who were bred in the Southern Hemisphere.
Inaugurated in 2000, it was run that year at a distance of 1700 meters. Since 2001 it has been raced over a distance of 1777 meters (app. 1.1 miles). Start from 2012, the race updated to Group One, become first two (within Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3) UAE Group one races outside than Dubai World Cup Night.
Records.
Time record:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:


Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award honors individuals, teams and organizations who have made significant sporting contributions in the United Arab Emirates and globally. It is designed to celebrate and promote the best initiatives in projects or programmes in the sporting field, such as Tolerance, Knowledge Management, Empowering Communities and tackling global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic.
History.
The Award, one of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives, was launched in 2009 and in 2021 offered Dhs7.5 million (US$ 2 million) in prize money. The 11th edition of the Award was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 award has been used to highlight the role of women in sports. Prominent Middle Eastern female winners of the award have included Moroccan Paralympian Najat El Garaa; Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, Member of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, and Chairperson of the Bahraini Women’s Sports Committee and Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States, who won the Arab Sports Personality of the Award in the 9th Edition. Female members of the Award's Board of Trustees have included Moroccan Olympic champion Nawal El Moutawakel, Dr Mona Al Bahar and Mona Bou Samra, the editor-in-chief of Al Bayan newspaper.
The award maintains links with 204 National Olympic Committees, 178 Paralympic Committees, 33 international sports federations for summer Olympic sports and seven international sports federations for winter Olympic sports, as well as with 69 Arab national Olympic federations and committees, and 34 international federations recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The International category of the award is open to Summer Olympic International Federations.
In 2018, a number of Egyptian athletes were awarded, including footballer Mohammed Salah. International sporting bodies receiving the award have included UWW, ICC and FIFA.
Board of Trustees.
Following are the Board of Trustees for the award.
Award Categories.
There are three main categories:
This award is given to Individuals such as players, coaches, referees, and administrators who have accomplished creative sports achievements on the local, Arab, continental or international level.
This award is given to sports groups which have achieved creative sports works on the local, Arab, continental or international level.
This award is given to sports institutes which have achieved creative sports works and best initiatives on the local, Arab, continental or international level.
Local Awards.
These awards are given to athletes, officials or organisations of United Arab Emirates only.
Arab Awards.
These awards are given to the athletes of Arab countries.


The Timeless Land

The Timeless Land (1941) is a work of historical fiction by Eleanor Dark (1901–1985). The novel "The Timeless Land" is the first of "The Timeless Land" trilogy of novels about European settlement and exploration of Australia.
Story and characters.
The narrative is told from European and Aboriginal points of view. The novel begins with two Aboriginal men watching the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788. The novel describes the first years of the colony and the diplomacy of captain Arthur Phillip, famine and the effects of outside diseases on the previously unexposed Aboriginal population. The novel ends in a dramatic climax when troops encounter an escaped convict. Dark conducted her historical research at the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Watkin Tench, author of "The Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson", is a key character in "The Timeless Land". The book has been reprinted in 2002 and novel was on the curriculum for high school students in Australia in the mid-twentieth century.
The subsequent books in "The Timeless Land" trilogy are "Storm of Time" (1948) and "No Barrier" (1953).
Television production.
A television series was produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, premiering on 4 September 1980. It was written by Peter Yeldham, based on the Eleanor Dark novels, and starred David Gulpilil as Bennelong and English actress Nicola Pagett (star of the British series "Upstairs, Downstairs") as Mrs. Mannion. Other actors included Ray Barrett and John Frawley. The music was by Bruce Smeaton.
Production of the series had first been announced in 1976 but was postponed due to the large budget required. International rights to the series were sold to Paramount for $1 million. Shooting took place in Kellyville, an outer suburb of Sydney.
The 8 episodes of "The Timeless Land" commenced with a movie-length premiere:
In 2006 the Australian Broadcasting Commission released the television series on 3 DVDs, the episodes totalling 424 minutes.


John H. Hoover

John Howard Hoover (May 15, 1887December 2, 1970) was a United States Navy admiral who held several flag commands during World War II most notably those in the Central Pacific under Chester W. Nimitz. Hoover became one of Nimitz's trusted if little known admirals of the Pacific war. He was also a great-uncle of The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison.
Vice Admiral Hoover served as Commander, Forward Area, Pacific Ocean Areas, during the buildup of Boeing B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy Bomber units in 1944-45 in the Mariana Islands.
Early career.
John H. Hoover was born on May 15, 1887 in Seville, Ohio as the son of Benjamin Franklin Hoover and Claudia Irene (Crawford) Brown. He grew up in Adel, Montana and following the graduation from the high school in summer 1903, he received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. While at the Academy, he was nicknamed "Johnnie" and was active in Coxswain team.
Hoover was in the same class as future admirals Augustin T. Beauregard, Patrick N. L. Bellinger, Harold M. Bemis, Richard S. Edwards, Robert C. Giffen, Felix X. Gygax, Henry K. Hewitt, Jonas H. Ingram, Randall Jacobs, Claud A. Jones, Ernest D. McWhorter, Albert C. Read, Raymond A. Spruance and Robert A. Theobald.
Upon graduation with Bachelor of Science degree on June 6, 1907, he was attached as passed midshipman to the protected cruiser USS "Chicago" and later was transferred to the light cruiser USS "Chester", operating along the East Coast of the United States. While aboard that vessel, Hoover was appointed a commission to the rank of ensign on September 13, 1908.
He was transferred to the newly commissioned destroyer USS "Paulding" in September 1910 and served as her Executive and Engineer officer during the patrol cruises with the Atlantic Fleet until he was transferred to the battleship USS "North Dakota". Hoover was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on September 13, 1911.
In April 1913, he was ordered to for duty in connection with fitting out of the destroyer USS "Aylwin". Hoover participated in the cruise to Cuba and undertook aviation instruction at U.S. Aviation Camp at Guantanamo Bay. He then returned to "Aylwin" and took part in the exercise off the North Carolina coast. During the latter operation, the ship's boiler exploded and fire forced the crew to abandoned the ship. He was then transferred to the armored cruiser USS "Tennessee" and served with the Atlantic Fleet until August 1915, when was ordered to Washington Navy Yard. Hoover was promoted to lieutenant on March 22, 1915.
World War I.
Following the United States entry into World War I, Hoover was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant commander on August 31, 1917 and had duty at the Naval Gun Factory at Washington Navy Yard until early 1918.
Hoover assumed command of destroyer USS "Cushing" in July 1918. He commanded that vessel during the antisubmarine patrols off the coast of Brest, France and performed rescue work on the ships that were victims of U-boats.
He operated in the french waters until the Armistice and participated in the escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters. For his service during the War, Hoover was decorated with Navy Cross, the second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat. Hoover was promoted to the temporary rank of commander on September 21, 1918.
Interwar period.
Hoover returned to the United States in January 1919 and was detached from the command of "Cushing" two months later. He then commanded for brief period a destroyer USS "Hogan" and also served aboard armored cruiser USS "Brooklyn" and was reverted to the permanent rank of lieutenant commander on July 1, 1919 due to postwar demobilization of the Navy.
He was ordered to the Washington Navy Yard in summer 1922 and was promoted to the permanent rank of commander on June 3, 1922. Hoover was appointed Commander, Submarine Division 8 in November 1923 and participated in the patrols with the Atlantic Fleet until March 1924, when he assumed command of Submarine Division 19.
In June 1926, Hoover was ordered back to Washington, D.C. and joined the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Aide to Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Thomas J. Senn. His work was later praised by Senn, and Hoover requested to be assigned to Flight training. He left Washington in August 1928 and entered the instruction at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida one month later.
Following the completion of the flight training, Hoover was designated Naval Aviator in January 1929 and remained at headquarters of Pensacola Air Station until June that year, when he joined aircraft carrier USS "Lexington". He served as Executive officer under then-Captain Ernest J. King and participated in the defense of the west coast of Panama against a hypothetical invader during Fleet Problem XII in February 1931.
Hoover entered the Senior Course at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island in May 1931 and graduated in June of the following year. He was subsequently appointed as the commanding officer of the Naval Air Station San Diego, California and was promoted to captain on June 30, 1933. Hoover remained in that assignment until June 1934, when he was appointed Chief of Staff, Commander Aircraft, Base Force under Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson.
Captain Hoover was appointed commanding officer of aircraft carrier USS "Langley" in mid-June 1935 and commanded his ship during the patrolling, fleet exercises off the coast of Hawaii.
He was detached from "Langley" in July 1936 and entered instruction at the Army War College in Washington, D.C. and graduated in July of the following year. Hoover then assumed command of Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia and served in this capacity until June 1938, when he assumed command of aircraft carrier USS "Lexington". His tour of duty ended in June 1939, when he assumed duty as Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Aircraft, Battle Force under Vice Admiral Charles A. Blakely. Hoover later served in this capacity under new commander, future hero, Rear Admiral William F. Halsey. Hoover was promoted to the rank of rear admiral on July 1, 1941.
World War II.
Hoover was appointed Commandant, Tenth Naval District with headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7, 1941, the day the United States entered the World War II, and was responsible for the defense of Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Virgin islands, and the Naval Reservation, Guantanamo, and US Naval shore activities at Jamaica, Trinidad, Bahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, and British Guiana. He later assumed additional duty as Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier and was promoted to temporary rank of Vice Admiral on May 25, 1942.
During his tenure, he was fighting german U-boats in the Caribbean and watching the Vichy force at Martinique with a force of just two destroyers, two ancient submarine chasers, three ancient submarines, and a wing of Catalinas. He was experienced with airfield construction and operations, was given command of the land-based naval air force that supported the Central Pacific campaign, and was tasked to develop the new air bases on the captured islands. Hoover remained in that capacity until August 1943 and received Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service in the Caribbean.
In August 1943, Hoover was appointed Commander, Land-based Air, Central Pacific and remained in that command until December that year, when his command was redesignated first to Commander, Aircraft, Central Pacific and then to Commander, Central Pacific Forward Area. He served in this capacities under Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz during Tarawa, Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and Saipan, Guam in the Mariana and Palau Islands. Hoover organized the area of his command for most effective support of future fleet operations and led his powerful land-based strike group deep into hostile territory, bombing and strafing the enemy's formidable defenses in daring offensive operations which materially softened objectives for the amphibious attack forces advancing under cover of his search and reconnaissance planes. He received his second Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service in these campaigns.
In December 1944, Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., Commander, U.S. Third Fleet underrated the upcoming Typhoon Cobra and lost three destroyers with 790 lives lost. Nine other warships were damaged, and over 100 aircraft were wrecked or washed overboard. Hoover was appointed President of the Court of Inquiry that ultimately recommended Halsey face court-martial for sailing Third Fleet into a typhoon. But the Hoover's recommendation was ignored by the Chief of Naval Operations Ernest J. King and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who likely felt Halsey was too much of a popular hero to be subjected to public rebuke.
Hoover continued as Commander, Central Pacific Forward Area for the rest of the War and his forces participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945. He served briefly as Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Area and Pacific Fleet under Fleet Admiral Nimitz in July and August 1945 and returned to the United States shortly thereafter. For his service in last year of the War, Hoover received his third Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Later career and retirement.
Following his return stateside, Hoover was ordered to Naval Air Station San Diego, California and assumed duty as Commander, Fleet Air West Coast. He was later appointed President of the Naval Examining Board and Naval Retiring Board and served in this capacity until May 1947, when he was appointed a senior member, Army-Navy Petroleum Board, which was responsible for the effecting close co-operation between the two departments in procurement, shipment and distribution.
Hoover served in this capacity until July 1948, when he retired from the active duty after 41 years of service and was advanced to the rank of four-star admiral on the retired list for having been specially commended in combat. In December 1950, he was appointed Director of investigation for anti-inflation program within Economic Stabilization Agency. Hoover was responsible for the creating and directing of the enforcement machinery for any price and wage controls imposed by the stabilization agency.
Admiral Hoover died on December 1, 1970, aged 83, in Washington, D.C. and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. His wife Helen Braconier Smith Hoover (1896–1981) is buried beside him. They had two daughters, Helen Marie Hoover (1917-1994) and Jeanne Patricia (Hoover) Mears (1927-2019) and a son, William Howard Hoover (1923-2005), who also served in the Navy and retired as Captain.
Awards and decorations.
Here is the ribbon bar of Admiral Hoover:


Outline of Tuvalu

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tuvalu:
Tuvalu (formerly known as the Ellice Islands) – sovereign Polynesian island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. Comprising three reef islands and six true atolls with a gross land area of just 26 square kilometers (10 sq mi) it is the third-least populated independent country in the world, with only Vatican City and Nauru having fewer inhabitants. It is also the second-smallest member by population of the United Nations. In terms of physical land size, Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City—0.44 km2; Monaco—1.95 km2 and Nauru—21 km2. Tuvalu's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an oceanic area of approximately 900,000 km2.
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. Therefore, the origins of the people of Tuvalu are addressed in the theories regarding the spread of humans out of Southeast Asia, from Taiwan, via Melanesia and across the Pacific islands to create Polynesia.
Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans on 16 January 1568 during the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira from Spain who is understood to have sighted the island of Nui. Mendaña made contact with the islanders but was unable to land. During Mendaña's second voyage across the Pacific he passed Niulakita on 29 August 1595. Captain John Byron passed through the islands of Tuvalu in 1764 during his circumnavigation of the globe as captain of HMS "Dolphin".
Keith S. Chambers and Doug Munro (1980) identify Niutao as the island that Francisco Mourelle de la Rúa sailed past on 5 May 1781, thus solving what Europeans had called "The Mystery of Gran Cocal". Mourelle's map and journal named the island "El Gran Cocal" ('The Great Coconut Plantation'); however, the latitude and longitude was uncertain. Longitude could only be reckoned crudely as accurate chronometers were available until the late 18th century. Visits to the islands became more frequent in the 19th century.
The islands came under Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century. The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as a protectorate as part of the British Western Pacific Territories from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1916 to 1974. In 1974 the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status for Tuvalu, separating from the Gilbert Islands which became Kiribati upon independence. Tuvalu became fully independent within The Commonwealth in 1978. On 17 September 2000 Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
Geography of Tuvalu.
Geography of Tuvalu: The islands of Tuvalu are spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line.
Geographic coordinates: to
Environment of Tuvalu.
Natural geographic features of Tuvalu.
Tuvalu consists of three reef islands and six true atolls, whose highest point above the sea is five metres.
Regions of Tuvalu.
Islands of Tuvalu
Local government districts consisting of more than one islet:
Local government districts consisting of only one island:
Ecoregions of Tuvalu.
Funafuti Conservation Area
Demography of Tuvalu.
Demographics of Tuvalu
Government and politics of Tuvalu.
Politics of Tuvalu
Branches of the government of Tuvalu.
Government of Tuvalu
Foreign relations of Tuvalu.
Foreign relations of Tuvalu
International organization membership.
Tuvalu is a member of:
Law and order in Tuvalu.
Law of Tuvalu
Military of Tuvalu.
Military of Tuvalu
There is no military in Tuvalu.
History of Tuvalu.
History of Tuvalu
Culture of Tuvalu.
Culture of Tuvalu
Economy and infrastructure of Tuvalu.
Economy of Tuvalu
Education in Tuvalu.
Education in Tuvalu
Filmography.
Documentary films about Tuvalu:
See also.
Tuvalu


Yolanda (ship)

Jolanda (also called Yolanda) was a Cypriot cargo ship built in 1964 in Gijón, Spain by SA Juliana Constructora. She was grounded on a reef at Ras Muhammad on 1 April 1980. From 1981 to 1985, the wreck was a popular dive site, but it was lost when it fell off the reef during a storm in 1985. The wreck remained lost for 20 years until it was rediscovered by Leigh Cunningham and Mark Andrews at a depth of in 2005. Today, cargo from the wreckage, including British toilets, bath tubs and pipes, is visited by recreational divers.