After many close calls, the Lexington finally arrived, prepared for battle.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Sixteen days later it was back in Pearl Harbor, where the venerable carrier finally had its eight-inch gun turrets removed in exchange for additional rapid-fire antiaircraft batteries. The Navy finally appreciated that the carrier’s ability to launch and defend against swarms of aircraft that could attack targets hundreds of miles away was more important than a few extra big guns.
On March 4, 2018 an expedition funded by philanthropist Paul Allen discovered the shattered remnants of the carrier USS
Lexington two miles below the ocean’s surface in the Coral Sea. The first full-sized fleet carrier to serve in the U.S. Navy, the Lady Lex had sunk to its watery grave nearly seventy-six years earlier, fighting the first, frenetic carrier-on-carrier battle in history.
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Under Senator Yuen Pau Woo’s narrow definition, it is legitimate because it is China’s system of justice, while to Senator Leo Housakos it is not, because it lacks any connection with the concept of justice as we understand it. In a sense both are right, but neither view is likely to speed up the return of the hostages taken by China.
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Facebook has launched public COVID-19 education campaigns in Fiji and Papua New Guinea following calls for the social media giant to do more to tackle misinformation shared on its platform.
The campaigns include graphics and videos in English and local languages, encouraging people to be aware of misinformation, fact-check claims and visit reputable Government websites for advice.
A similar campaign will soon begin in Samoa.
It comes as COVID-19 vaccination programs begin to roll out in all three countries.
Bernadette Yakopa, a social worker with Save The Children PNG, said she was worried that misinformation on social media was fuelling vaccine hesitancy.
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Bonhams to offer the Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection of African Art
A Songye/Lulua Stool, Democratic Republic of the Congo, estimate: $40,000-60,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Fifty-nine works from The Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection of African Art will be offered at Bonhams sale of African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art on May 11, 2021. Leading the group is a magnificent Songye/Lulua Stool skillfully carved out of one piece of wood. It is estimated at $40,000-60,000.
In 1965, Mr. Robert H. Nooter and Mrs. Nancy I. Nooter relocated to Liberia while Mr. Nooter served as Director of the countrys USAID mission; this is where their interest in collecting African art began. They continued collecting after their return to the US, making purchases in New York, Paris and London. The couple became heavily involved with the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art throughout the years; Mr. Nooter served on the Museum Board for 23 years and Mrs. Nooter who was an artist i