Luis Zambrano

From 1950 he dedicated himself to the research and development of his most important invention, a rotating motor or reaction turbine which he named the "Turbozám", also known as a "criole motor". While a conventional motor is constructed from thousands of parts, the Turbozám only has around 20. It uses a single sparkplug and a single four-cycle chamber, and has no connecting rods, pistons, camshafts, valves, carburetor or crankshaft. It consists of rotating parts on a drive shaft that, on rotating, produces compression and expansion aided by the inertia of a flywheel, based on a pair of blades or "bailadores" that act as pistons, named in honor of his village. These blades replace the rotating cam of conventional motors and are driven by a planetary gear system which forms a combustion chamber between the two blades. The feasibility of this engine has been proven by engineers at the University of Los Andes interested in the subject, but has not been implemented, due to lack of support for blade construction. It could rotate at 5000 rpm. He could not finish developing it for lack of support for the construction of the blades.

Quotations

  * Don't wait to understand in order to start to do something, start doing something in order to understand.
  * Don't let night fall at midday. (Don't stop working in the middle of a job.)
  * Impossibility doesn't exist, we decide what is impossible.
  * Mad people have opened the way for the wise.

Patron of the 8th Graduating Class of Industrial Engineers at UNET

These young people visited Zambrano at his home and workshop in Bailadores to ask him to accept the role of patron. Later, they brought him to San Cristóbal to attend the graduation ceremonies on 26 and 27 August 1983. This is the only known case in which Zambrano agreed to act as a patron.

In 1983, a group of students from the Industrial Engineering course at the National Experimental University of Táchira named Don Luis Zambrano as their graduation patron jointly with one of their professors, Ing. Ind. Juan Jiménez.

In 2008, to celebrate its Professional Silver Jubilee, members of this graduation class reaffirmed their pride in having Don Luis Zambrano engaging as their patron and promising to disseminate his life and work.


Luis Zambrano

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Helen Mary Wilkes

Helen Mary Wilkes is an international administrator in the sport of sailing from Ireland. She is best known for her promotion of the Optimist dinghy as president of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA). An active committee member of World Sailing for over 35 years, she also served as the first president of the Women's International Match Racing Association (WIMRA).

Wilkes has been awarded the Gold Medal and President’s Development Award from World Sailing and is member of the Irish Sailing Association Hall of Fame. She is the recipient of the Laura Rolandi Award of the Cofradía Europea de Vela. The Helen Mary Wilkes Trophy for Top Girl at the Optimist World Championship is named after her.

Personal life

Originally from Scotland, Wilkes and her English husband Robert settled in Ireland in 1969.Howth Yacht Club, near Dublin.

Career

Wilkes started her career in event organisation.Optimist World Championship, which was hosted by the Howth Yacht Club.

International Optimist class

An Optimist class dinghy

In the years that followed, Wilkes moved up the ranks of national and international sailing administration.one-design principle to Optimist class dinghies.US Virgin Islands, together with her husband Robert in 1994, and met with representatives from the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Antigua, Martinique, and Trinidad & Tobago.

In 2005, she was elected president of honour of the IODA.World Sailing.

Women's match racing

In 1996, Wilkes was appointed the first president of the Women's International Match Racing Association.Dawn Riley, a member of two America's Cup teams, and Hannah Swett, a member of the Mighty Mary all-female America's Cup team, made a series of presentations at an International Sailing Federation meeting in Brighton, England.International Olympic Committee voted against inclusion of women's match racing in the 2000 Olympics, WIMRA had secured an endorsement from the ISF recognising the class as valid, and gained representation on several boards, including the world match-racing committee.

International participation in the sport increased,2012 Games in London, and in 2011, the ISAF Council voted to remove the women's keelboat event for the 2016 Olympics.

World Sailing


Helen Mary Wilkes

World Sailing

Wilkes has been involved with World Sailing, the international governing body for sailing, since 1982.The Irish Times noted that Wilkes was helping to represent Irish sailing as a member of the international classes committee of the International Yacht Racing Union (as World Sailing was then known).

Awards and recognition

Helen Mary Wilkes Trophy

She has been awarded a Gold MedalWorld Sailing. She is also a member of the Irish Sailing Association Hall of Fame,

Since 2017, the cup for the Top Girl at the annual Optimist World Championship has been called the Helen Mary Wilkes Trophy.


Elías Villanueva

Elías Villanueva (May 3, 1845 - April 24, 1913) was an Argentine politician. He was Governor of Mendoza Province from 1878 until 1881.


Giuseppe Nessi

Giuseppe Nessi (25 September 1887 – 16 December 1961) was an Italian operatic tenor.

Life

Nessi was born in Bergamo, near Milan in Italy. He made his debut in Saluzzo in 1910, in the role of Alfredo in La Traviata.Tullio Serafin, the majority of his career was focussed on character tenor roles.La Scala's leading comprimario tenor between 1921 and 1959, and also performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at the Salzburg Festival under Arturo Toscanini.Turandot, the Priest in Il re, Donna Pasqua in Il campiello,Francesca da Rimini; in Zandonai's opera he would later regularly perform the role of Malatestino, which became one of his most notable parts together with Bardolph in Falstaff.

Recordings

As a character tenor, Nessi was less likely than many other singers to be cast in a lead role. He does, however, play minor supporting roles on several important recordings, including:


Giuseppe Nessi

* The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) — Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Irmgard Seefried (Susanna), Mario Petri (Count Almaviva), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Almaviva), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), Luisa Villa (Marcellina), Silvio Maionica (Dr. Bartolo), Antonio Pirino (Don Basilio), Giuseppe Nessi (Don Curzio), Franco Calabrese (Antonio), Mariella Adani (Barbarina), Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan (1954)
  * La sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini) — Maria Callas (Amina), Cesare Valletti (Elvino), Giuseppe Modesti (Rodolfo), Eugenia Ratti (Lisa), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Alessio), Giuseppe Nessi (Notaro), Gabriella Carturan (Teresa), Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Leonard Bernstein (1955)
  * The Barber of Seville (Gioacchino Rossini) — Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Il Conte Almaviva), Maria Callas (Rosina), Melchiorre Luise (Dr. Bartolo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio), Anna Maria Canali (Berta), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Fiorello), Giuseppe Nessi (Un Ufficiale), Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Maria Giulini (1956)
  * Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) — Maria Callas (Turandot), Eugenio Fernandi (Calaf), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Liù), Mario Borriello (Ping), Renato Ercolani (Pang), Piero De Palma (Pong), Nicola Zaccaria (Timur), Giuseppe Nessi (The Emperor), Giulio Mauri (Un mandarino),Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin (1957)


Ben Nason

Ben Nason (born 3 June 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Nason played under-17 and under-19 football for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).2007 and 2008 AFL drafts, Nason moved to fellow SANFL club, Central District for the 2009 season,fibreglass company.beep test at the AFL Draft Camp.

AFL career

Draft

After his 2009 season, Nason was the subject of interest for the 2009 AFL draft. Geelong, Port Adelaide, Fremantle and Richmond all showed interest in him,

2010: Debut season

Nason played in Richmond's first pre-season match, against Hawthorn on 13 February, but suffered an injury, which caused him to be taken off the ground on a stretcher and a serious knee injury was feared.

Nason made his AFL debut against Carlton in round 1,Sam Mitchell was fined $900 for pulling Nason's hair.dreadlocks.

He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2011 season, aged 22.

  * Ben Nason's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
  * Ben Nason's playing statistics from AFL Tables


Mansoor Ahmed (cricketer)

Mansoor Ahmed (born 10 September 1981) is a Pakistani cricketer. He played in 44 first-class and 13 List A matches between 1999 and 2015.

  * Mansoor Ahmed at ESPNcricinfo


Kermia aegyptiaca

Kermia aegyptiaca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea off Hurghada, Egypt

  * Biolib.cz : image
  * Gastropods.com: Kermia aegyptiaca


Ceratinopsis interpres

Ceratinopsis interpres is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae.


Borr

This article is about the Norse deity. For the Malaysian expressway, see Butterworth Outer Ring Road.

In Norse mythology, Borr or Burranglicized Bor, Bör or Bur) was the son of Búri. Borr was the husband of Bestla and the father of Odin, Vili and Vé. Borr receives mention in a poem in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, and in the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century by Icelander Snorri Sturluson. Scholars have proposed a variety of theories about the figure.

Attestation

Borr is mentioned in the fourth verse of the Völuspá, a poem contained in the Poetic Edda, and in the sixth chapter of Gylfaginning, the second section of the Prose Edda.

Völuspá

Original Text: Áðr Burs synir bjóðum umb ypðu, þeir er Miðgarð mæran skópu.  Bellow's Translation: Then Bur's sons lifted the level land, Mithgarth the mighty there they made.

Gylfaginning

Original Text: Hann [Búri] gat son þann er Borr hét, hann fekk þeirar konu er Bes[t]la hét, dóttir Bölþorns iötuns, ok fengu þau .iii. [þrjá] sonu, hét einn Óðinn, annarr Vili, .iii. [þriði] Vé.  Brodeur's translation: [Búri] begat a son called Borr, who wedded the woman named Bestla, daughter of Bölthorn the giant; and they had three sons: one was Odin, the second Vili, the third Vé.

Borr is not mentioned again in the Prose Edda. In skaldic and eddaic poetry, Odin is occasionally referred to as Borr's son.

Scholarly reception and interpretation


Borr

Scholarly reception and interpretation

The role of Borr in Norse mythology is unclear. Nineteenth-century German scholar Jacob Grimm proposed to equate Borr with Mannus as related in Tacitus' Germania on the basis of the similarity in their functions in Germanic theogeny.

The 19th century Icelandic scholar and archaeologist Finnur Magnússon hypothesized that Borr was "intended to signify [...] the first mountain or mountain-chain, which it was deemed by the forefathers of our race had emerged from the waters in the same region where the first land made its appearance. This mountain chain is probably the Caucasus, called by the Persians Borz (the genitive of the Old Norse Borr). Bör's wife, Belsta or Bestla, a daughter of the giant Bölthorn (spina calamitosa), is possibly the mass of ice formed on the alpine summits."Lexicon Mythologicum, published four years later, he modified his theory to claim that Borr symbolized the earth, and Bestla the ocean, which gave birth to Odin as the "world spirit" or "great soul of the earth" (spiritus mundi nostri; terrae magna anima, aëris et aurae numen), Vili or Hoenir as the "heavenly light" (lux, imprimis coelestis) and Vé or Lódur as "fire" (ignis, vel elementalis vel proprie sic dictus).

Highlighting that no source provides information about Borr's mother (Borr's father was licked free from the earth by the primeval cow Auðumbla), Rudolf Simek observes that "It is not clear how Burr came to be".

Notes and citations


Borr

Notes and citations

  * Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
  * Bellows, Henry Adams (1927). The Poetic Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
  * De Vries, Jan (1977). Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch. Brill Leiden.
  * Finnur Magnússon (1824). Eddalaeren og dens oprindelse, Vol. I.
  * Grimm, Jacob (1883). Teutonic Mythology, Vol. I. London: G. Bell and Sons.
  * Lindow, John (2001). Handbook of Norse Mythology. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
  * Lorenz, Gottfried (1984). Gylfaginning. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  * Mallet, M. (1847). Northern Antiquities. London: Henry G. Bohn.
  * Nordal, Sigurd (1980). Völuspá. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  * Simek, Rudolf (1988). Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner.
  * Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
  * Thorpe, Benjamin (1851). Northern Mythology. London: Edward Lumley.


Chuí Lighthouse

Chuí Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol do Chuí) is an active lighthouse in Barra do Chuí, at the mouth of Chuí Stream, just 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Uruguayan border; the lighthouse is the southernmost of all the Brazilian lights.

History

Chuí Lighthouse is the last of four lights scattered along 230 kilometres (140 mi) of dangerous coast from Rio Grande to Barra do Chuí. The first lighthouse, lit on 24 May 1910, was a red metal skeletal tower, built under the supervision of Alfred Kurt Schultze. The lantern was equipped with the 4 th order of Fresnel lens built by Barbier, Benard, et Turenne emitting a white and red light with a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). In 1934 the skeletal tower was in poor conditions due to the corrosion, it was decided to build a new concrete tower, but some years later it was abandoned because of the instability of the foundation. The current light, built in 1941, is a tapered cylindrical concrete tower, 30 metres (98 ft) high, with double balcony and lantern; the tower is painted with red and white horizontal bands. The lantern emits two white flashes every 25 seconds visible up to 46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-4660.

  * List of lighthouses in Brazil
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chuí Lighthouse.
  * Centro de Sinalização Náutica Almirante Moraes Rego


Gay-Munroe House

The Gay-Munroe House is an historic house located at 64 Highland Avenue in Auburn, in the U.S. state of Maine. Built in 1878 for Charles Gay, a local shoe manufacturer, it features an architecturally eclectic mix of Late Victorian decorations. It is also notable as the home for many years of Willard Noble Munroe, another leading shoe manufacturer. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Description and history

The Gay-Munroe House stands on the west side of Highland Avenue, in a residential area northwest of Auburn's central business district. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a roughly T-shaped plan that has a hip roof and cross gable projecting section, with a hip-roof ell extending to the rear. A square cupola with pyramidal roof stands atop the roof between brick chimneys. The building is clad predominantly in vinyl siding, but most of its 19th-century decorative trim elements have been preserved. The front facade consists of a single projecting bay, two stories in height, with a narrow gable-roof dormer projecting from the roof. The dormer is decorated with Stick style woodwork, a detail repeated in the larger projecting side gable section. A single-story porch stands in the corner made by that section, supported by turned posts and balustrade. String courses of trim band the building at the lintel and sill levels of the windows on both levels.

The house was designed by the Lewiston firm of Stevens & Coombs, and was built in 1878 for Charles Gay, who was involved in Auburn's shoe industry, its major economic force. In 1894 the house was purchased by Willard Noble Munroe, founder and first president of the Auburn Shoe Manufacturer's Association. He also served as treasurer of Quebec's Brompton Pulp and Paper Company, one of Canada's largest paper companies at the time.

  * National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine


Hugh Calkins

Hugh Calkins (February 20, 1924 – August 4, 2014) was an American lawyer and educator, who served as a member of the Harvard Corporation from 1968 to 1985.

Early life

Calkins was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1924, and went to Phillips Exeter Academy before attending Harvard College. As an undergraduate, he served briefly as president of the Harvard Crimson in 1942. He graduated magna cum laude in mechanical engineering. He joined the United States Army Air Forces and was on the staff at the Guam Air Depot, which provided aircraft maintenance.

Career

After the war, Calkins returned to Harvard to attend law school, was president of the Law Review, and graduated with enough honors in 1949 to win a job as a law clerk to Learned Hand, then the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He spent the following year clerking for Justice Felix Frankfurter on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Lawyer

In 1951, Calkins moved to Cleveland, where he made a name for himself and worked for the law firm Jones Day. Calkins was active in regard to national legal issues, most notably serving as deputy director of President Eisenhower's Commission on National Goals.Harvard Corporation in 1968, on the basis of work he had done setting long-term goals for the government.master list of Nixon political opponents.

Calkins stepped down from the Harvard Corporation in 1985, and was succeeded by Henry Rosovsky.

Educator

After retiring from his legal career, Calkins began a second career in public education. He earned a teaching certificate at John Carroll University, spent several years teaching in inner-city Cleveland schools, founded a charter school and ran an organization called Initiatives in Urban Education.

Death

Calkins died on August 4, 2014, at the age of 90.

  * List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2)


Elías Soplín Vargas District

Elias Soplin Vargas District is one of nine districts of the province Rioja in Peru.

5°59′34″S 77°17′01″W / 5.9929°S 77.2836°W


Bohumil Sýkora

Bohumil Sýkora (born 1902, date of death unknown) was a Czech weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.


Geography of French Polynesia

15°00′S 140°00′W / 15.000°S 140.000°W

Map of French Polynesia

French Polynesia is located in Oceania. It is a group of six archipelagos in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between South America and Australia. Its area is about 4,167 km2 (around 130 islands), km2 is land and 340 km2 is (inland) water. It has a coastline of 2,525 km but no land borders with other countries.

Physical geography

There are 118 islands in French Polynesia (and many more islets or motus around atolls). Four of the islands are volcanic and one island is coral. Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru. The terrain consists of a mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs.

It is made up of six archipelagos. The largest and most populated island is Tahiti, in the Society Islands.

The archipelagos are:

  * Marquesas Islands – administratively making the Marquesas Islands subdivision (12 high islands and 1 atoll)
  * Society Islands – administratively subdivided into the Windward Islands subdivision (5 high islands) and the Leeward Islands District (5 atolls)
  * Tuamotu Archipelago – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (80 atolls, grouping over 3,100 islands or islets)
  * Gambier Islands – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (2 atolls in genesis)
  * Austral Islands – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (5 atolls)
  * Bass Islands – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (2 atolls)

Aside from Tahiti, some other important atolls, islands, and island groups in French Polynesia are: Ahē, Bora Bora, Hiva 'Oa, Huahine, Mai'ao, Maupiti, Meheti'a, Mo'orea, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Taha'a, Tetiaroa, Tupua'i, and Tūpai. The country's highest point is Mont Orohena on Tahiti at 2,241 meters high.


Geography of French Polynesia

Climate

Further information: Climate change in the Pacific Islands

The country has a tropical, but moderate climate.


Geography of French Polynesia

Climate data for Papeete (Köppen Am/Af)
Month                                    Jan      Feb      Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec      Year
Record high °C (°F)                      36.0     34.3     35.3    35.0    34.5    33.8    33.0    33.9    33.9    33.9    34.0    34.3     36.0
                                         (96.8)   (93.7)   (95.5)  (95.0)  (94.1)  (92.8)  (91.4)  (93.0)  (93.0)  (93.0)  (93.2)  (93.7)   (96.8)
Average high °C (°F)                     31.2     31.4     31.9    31.8    31.1    30.3    30.0    30.0    30.3    30.5    30.6    30.4     30.8
                                         (88.2)   (88.5)   (89.4)  (89.2)  (88.0)  (86.5)  (86.0)  (86.0)  (86.5)  (86.9)  (87.1)  (86.7)   (87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)                       27.1     27.2     27.6    27.6    26.8    25.9    25.6    25.5    25.9    26.3    26.6    26.6     26.6
                                         (80.8)   (81.0)   (81.7)  (81.7)  (80.2)  (78.6)  (78.1)  (77.9)  (78.6)  (79.3)  (79.9)  (79.9)   (79.9)
Average low °C (°F)                      23.0     23.1     23.4    23.3    22.6    21.6    21.2    21.1    21.6    22.1    22.6    22.9     22.4
                                         (73.4)   (73.6)   (74.1)  (73.9)  (72.7)  (70.9)  (70.2)  (70.0)  (70.9)  (71.8)  (72.7)  (73.2)   (72.3)


Geography of French Polynesia

Record low °C (°F)                       19.2     19.2     20.4    20.1    19.5    16.9    16.0    17.0    17.0    16.0    19.0    19.4     16.0
                                         (66.6)   (66.6)   (68.7)  (68.2)  (67.1)  (62.4)  (60.8)  (62.6)  (62.6)  (60.8)  (66.2)  (66.9)   (60.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)        317.5    277.7    240.2   143.1   149.5   80.8    62.7    56.4    64.3    120.9   155.2   396.8    2,065.1
                                         (12.50)  (10.93)  (9.46)  (5.63)  (5.89)  (3.18)  (2.47)  (2.22)  (2.53)  (4.76)  (6.11)  (15.62)  (81.30)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)    14.6     13.4     11.3    9.2     8.5     6.0     5.7     5.2     5.2     7.8     9.9     15.3     112.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours              215.5    199.2    226.0   230.3   228.6   220.0   235.2   251.1   241.6   232.1   208.7   196.6    2,684.9
Source 1: Meteociel
Source 2: NOAA (sun 1961–1990)


Geography of French Polynesia

Climate data for Atuona
Month                              Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug   Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec    Year
Average high °C (°F)               30     31     31     31     29     29     28     28    29     29     30     30     29
                                   (86)   (87)   (87)   (87)   (85)   (84)   (83)   (83)  (84)   (85)   (86)   (86)   (85)
Daily mean °C (°F)                 27     27     28     28     27     26     26     26    26     26     27     27     27
                                   (81)   (81)   (82)   (82)   (80)   (79)   (78)   (78)  (79)   (79)   (80)   (81)   (80)
Average low °C (°F)                23     24     24     24     24     23     23     23    23     23     23     23     23
                                   (74)   (75)   (76)   (76)   (75)   (74)   (74)   (73)  (73)   (73)   (74)   (74)   (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  110    91     140    120    120    180    120    100   81     79     66     89     1,290
                                   (4.5)  (3.6)  (5.4)  (4.6)  (4.8)  (6.9)  (4.8)  (4)   (3.2)  (3.1)  (2.6)  (3.5)  (50.9)
Source: Weatherbase


Geography of French Polynesia

Climate data for Tubuai (Köppen Af)
Month                                  Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec     Year
Record high °C (°F)                    32.0    32.0    32.7    32.3    32.0    31.0    30.0    30.0    29.0    30.0    30.0    32.0    32.7
                                       (89.6)  (89.6)  (90.9)  (90.1)  (89.6)  (87.8)  (86.0)  (86.0)  (84.2)  (86.0)  (86.0)  (89.6)  (90.9)
Average high °C (°F)                   28.0    28.6    28.6    27.4    25.8    24.4    23.9    23.7    23.9    24.7    25.9    26.9    26.0
                                       (82.4)  (83.5)  (83.5)  (81.3)  (78.4)  (75.9)  (75.0)  (74.7)  (75.0)  (76.5)  (78.6)  (80.4)  (78.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)                     25.7    26.2    26.0    24.9    23.2    21.7    21.2    21.0    21.1    22.1    23.4    24.5    23.4
                                       (78.3)  (79.2)  (78.8)  (76.8)  (73.8)  (71.1)  (70.2)  (69.8)  (70.0)  (71.8)  (74.1)  (76.1)  (74.2)
Average low °C (°F)                    23.3    23.7    23.4    22.3    20.7    19.0    18.6    18.3    18.4    19.5    20.8    22.0    20.8
                                       (73.9)  (74.7)  (74.1)  (72.1)  (69.3)  (66.2)  (65.5)  (64.9)  (65.1)  (67.1)  (69.4)  (71.6)  (69.5)


Geography of French Polynesia

Record low °C (°F)                     14.5    15.5    15.8    14.6    10.0    10.0    10.0    9.2     10.3    10.7    12.0    14.3    9.2
                                       (58.1)  (59.9)  (60.4)  (58.3)  (50.0)  (50.0)  (50.0)  (48.6)  (50.5)  (51.3)  (53.6)  (57.7)  (48.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)      194.4   192.4   176.3   165.3   153.3   119.0   136.0   133.4   104.8   116.5   133.9   200.4   1,825.7
                                       (7.65)  (7.57)  (6.94)  (6.51)  (6.04)  (4.69)  (5.35)  (5.25)  (4.13)  (4.59)  (5.27)  (7.89)  (71.88)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)  13.2    12.9    13.3    12.5    12.4    11.4    11.2    11.3    9.6     9.9     10.2    13.2    141.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours            —       —       204.9   175.6   158.6   141.6   165.5   165.0   —       —       199.9   177.0   —
Source: Météo-France


Geography of French Polynesia

Statistics

Maritime claims
  * Territorial sea: 12 nautical miles
  * Exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles
Natural resources Timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower

Hatiheu Bay on the island of Nuku Hiva

Land use
  * Arable land: 0.68%
  * Permanent crops: 6.28%
  * Other: 93.03% (2012)
Irrigated land 10 km2 (2003)
  * French Polynesia

[Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from World Factbook. CIA.


Liu Wu

Liu Wu may refer to:

  * Liu Wu, Prince of Chu, who joined the Rebellion of Seven States during the early Han Dynasty
  * Liu Wu, Prince of Liang, who opposed them
  * Liu Wu (general), Tang Dynasty general served during Emperor Xianzong's reign
  * Liu (surname)


Dean Burrows

Dean Andrew Burrows (born 20 June 1966) is a former English cricketer. Burrows was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Peterlee, County Durham.

Burrows made his debut in county cricket for Durham in the 1984 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He would go on to play Minor counties cricket on an infrequent basis for Durham until 1987, making a total of 5 Minor Counties Championship appearancesMCCA Knockout Trophy appearance.first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Essex in the 1984 County Championship. He made a further first-class appearance, which came in 1987 against Oxford University in 1990.overs. He also played the same number of List A matches for the county, against Essex in the 1984 John Player Special League and Worcestershire in the 1986 John Player Special League.average of 35.00, with best figures of 1/32.1987 season.

  * Dean Burrows at ESPNcricinfo
  * Dean Burrows at CricketArchive


Helena Bliss

Helena Bliss (December 31, 1917 – April 19, 2014)soprano, she actively performed in musicals, operettas, and operas in the United States, both on stage and on television and radio, from the 1930s through the 1950s. She is best known for her portrayal of Nina Hagerup in the original Broadway production of Robert Wright and George Forrest's Song of Norway. She also appeared successfully in a few productions on London's West End.

Life and career

Helena Bliss was born as Helena Louise Lipp in St. Louis, Missouri on December 31, 1917. Her parents were Albert Lipp and Augusta Clemens. She was educated at Washington University in St. Louis.John Tyers who starred opposite her is several productions and performed with several notable opera companies; including the Metropolitan Opera. He died in 2007 after 60 years of marriage. The couple had two sons together: John and Michael Tyers.

Bliss began her career in the late 1930s singing opera on radio and television. She made her stage debut in November 1939 in the role of Helen in a production of Very Warm for May at the Alvin Theatre.United Service Organizations.Rudolf Friml's Rose-Marie with the St. Louis Municipal Opera.Sylvan Levin's Philadelphia Opera Company, where she sang Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust, Micaela in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Mimi in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, and Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.

After Levin's opera company folded, Bliss went to California to join the roster of artists at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO). She made her debut with the company in May 1944 as Marianne Beaunoir in Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon opposite Walter Cassel.Robert Wright and George Forrest's Song of Norway which adapted its music from works by Edvard Grieg.San Francisco Light Opera Company (SFLOC); after which it was transported by the LACLO to New York City. In August 1944 Bliss made her Broadway debut as Nina Hagerup at the Imperial Theatre to enthusiastic reviews.Billboard's most popular releases of March 1945.Song of Norway at the LACLO with Jean Fenn in the part of Nina.


Helena Bliss

After leaving the New York production of Song of Norway in April 1946,Gypsy Lady, which utilized music by Victor Herbert. Commissioned by the LACLO, the show was presented successfully both in Los Angeles and at the SFLOC in San Francisco.John Tyers whom she would later marry in June 1947.West End the following year.Romany Love. While the production as a whole received mixed reviews, Bliss's performance was hailed by the London press as a major triumph.

In 1949 Bliss made her debut at the New York City Opera (NYCO) as Claire, the Mulatto Empress, in the world premiere of William Grant Still's Troubled Island.Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.Noël Coward's Bitter Sweet.Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate.Show Boat; a production which was mounted by the NYCO.Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.Forest Park in St. Louis,Grant Park in Chicago,Hartford Symphony Orchestra,Jones Beach Theater in New York,Pittsburgh Opera.Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow.

  * Helena Bliss at the Internet Broadway Database
  * Helena Bliss at IMDb


Borradaile

Borradaile may refer to:

People

  * Lancelot Alexander Borradaile (1872–1945), English zoologist
  * Osmond Borradaile (1898–1999), Canadian cinematographer
  * Oswell Borradaile (1859–1935), English cricketer
  * Taylor A. Borradaile (1885–1977), American chemist
  * William Borradaile (1792–1838), English cricketer

Places

  * Borradaile Island, one of the Balleny Islands near Antarctica
  * Mount Borradaile, near Gunbalanya, Northern Territory, Australia


Convoy FS 271

Convoy FS 271 was a North Sea convoy of the FS series (Forth South) to the Thames, which ran during the Second World War from Methil, Fife on the Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland to Southend-on-Sea on the Thames, from 3 to 5 September 1940. The convoy was ambushed by German E-boats on the night of 4 September, which sank five ships and damaged one more for no loss.

Background

FS convoys (Forth South), ran from Methil, Fife a big coal port on the Firth of Forth to Southend-on-Sea on the Thames Estuary during the war.

Convoy

E-boat attack

On 4 September, Convoy FS 271 was attacked off Great Yarmouth by the 1st E-boat Flotilla (1.Schnellbootflottille, Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz Birnbacher). The convoy was taken by surprise and few of the merchant ships had time to take evasive action. The collier Joseph Swan (1,571 gross register ton GRT) was sunk with seventeen of the eighteen-man crew killed. Beattie had just come off watch when S 18 (Leutnant zur See Christiansen) attacked,

The Chief Officer called down the companion way 'What does six short blasts mean?' I answered 'submarine or track of torpedo on starboard side'.

Beattie looked for the code book to check and there was explosion; when he arrived on deck the rear section of the ship was awash,

All those who were aft at the time had no chance whatsoever … I saw the master step off the bridge … and that was the last I saw of him. Then I felt the water round my ankles and the next thing I knew I was in the water. When I came to the surface the ship had completely disappeared.


Convoy FS 271

Beattie was surrounded by the sound of E-boat engines with machine-gun fire "spattering in the water all around me". As Fulham V passed close by he waved a flare and shouted but its captain obeyed orders and left him behind; Beattie found a raft and was rescued at 11:30 p.m. Soon after Fulham V passed by it was torpedoed amidships to port by S 2 (Leutnant-zur-See Grund). The explosion sent Captain Ramshaw into the air over the bridge and Fulham V sank quickly. The captain of New Lambton saw two of the E-boats which sank his ship, one being S 21 (Leutnant-zur-See Bernd Klug).

Two E-boats came along our port side about 200 feet off and started to machine gun us and they continued to do this while we launched the boat and for twenty minutes in the boat. We all lay flat in the boat and no-one was injured…the E-boats were about fifty to sixty feet long and had a certain amount of superstructure with a machine gun mounted forward.

In the one rush 1.Schnellbootflottille also sank the Dutch collier Nieuwland, the British Corbrook and damaged Ewell, then disappeared into the night.

Ships in the convoy

Convoy FS 271


Convoy FS 271

Ships in the convoy

Convoy FS 271

Name                   Flag            (GRT)  Notes
Amsterdam (1922)       Netherlands     7,329
Aruba (1916)           United Kingdom  1,159
Baron Renfrew (1935)   United Kingdom  3,635
Baronesa (1918)        United Kingdom  8,663  Bombed and sunk in dock at London, 9 September
Benledi (1930)         United Kingdom  5,943
Birtley (1922)         United Kingdom  2,873
Brasted (1938)         United Kingdom  1,076
Brockley (1920)        United Kingdom  1,564
Corbrook (1929)        United Kingdom  1,729  Sunk by E-Boat S-21, 4 September
Cordene (1924)         United Kingdom  2,345
Corferry (1937)        United Kingdom  1,788
Cormount (1936)        United Kingdom  2,841
Eastwood (1924)        United Kingdom  1,551
Eleanor Brooke (1938)  United Kingdom  1,037
Ethylene (1921)        United Kingdom   936
Ewell (1926)           United Kingdom  1,350  Damaged 4 Sep by E-Boat S-54, 4 September
Fulham V (1939)        United Kingdom  1,584  Sunk by E-Boat S-22, 4 September
Glynn (1918)           United Kingdom  1,134
Granby (1922)          United Kingdom  2,051
Grit (1934)            United Kingdom   501
Helmspey (1931)        United Kingdom  4,764
Joseph Swan (1938)     United Kingdom  1,571  Sunk by E-Boat S-18, 4 September
Moorwood (1940)        United Kingdom  2,056
New Lambton (1924)     United Kingdom  2,709  Sunk by E-Boat S-21, 4 September
Nieuwland (1920)       Netherlands     1,075  Sunk by E-Boat S 18, 4 September
Old Charlton (1919)    United Kingdom  1,562
Rimac (1919)           Norway           942
Sambre (1930)          Netherlands      349
Signality (1937)       United Kingdom   487
Sitona (1920)          Norway          1,143
Socony (1936)          United Kingdom  4,404
Sparta (1900)          United Kingdom   708
Spero (1922)           United Kingdom  1,589
Spero I (1920)         United Kingdom  1,960
Western Coast (1919)   United Kingdom  1,434


Convoy FS 271

* "Convoy FS 271". Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  * Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
  * Hewitt, Nick (2008). Coastal Convoys 1939–1945: The Indestructible Highway. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime. ISBN 978-1-84415-861-4.
  * Roskill, S. W. (1957) [1954]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War at Sea 1939–1945: The Defensive. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. I (4th impr. ed.). London: HMSO. OCLC 881709135.
  * FS.271 at convoyweb


GaySurfers.net

GaySurfers.net is a global community that promotes diversity within the surfing community and provide the means for LGBT surfers to connect. The website was featured in the award-winningOut in the Lineup.

History

GaySurfers.net was created in 2010 by Thomas Castets, who also produced the Out in the Lineup, a documentary that explores homophobia in the surfing community.Sydney, Australia, created the website hoping to find out if there were any other gay surfers. Within weeks of launching the website, more than 300 surfers contacted him.

  * Athlete Ally
  * Homosocialization
  * You Can Play
  * Official website


Hugh Buhrich

Hugh Buhrich (25 April 1911 – 18 June 2004) was a German architect who arrived in Australia as a refugee from Nazi Germany before World War II. Buhrich's practice, of 40 years, covered commercial and domestic projects. His projects were generally designed in a modernist style and often contained specific interior designs along with the buildings.

Personal life

In his earlier years Buhrich would have pursued medicine instead of architecture, however, it required Latin. Heavily influence by the Bauhaus style, Hugh wanted to enrol in a university located close to home, however his scholarship would have been rendered invalid as he was required to leave. As a result, he attended an architecture school in Munich, until he was ejected by the Nazis in retaliation for student political activity. Shortly afterward Buhrich decided to move to Berlin where he practiced under Hans Poelzig, an architect, painter and set designer. During this time he met his future wife, Eva Buhrich, who was a fellow student. Buhrich eventually moved to Zürich where he finally finished his degree in the German Free state of Danzig, which is now Gdańsk.

Hugh's wife Eva fled Germany to the Netherlands, however, he could not practice architecture there and was forced to go to London by himself. Hugh and Eva ultimately decided to settle in Australia after debating between emigrating to America, which was too competitive, or to South Africa which required a landing fee and was too expensive.

Work life

After arriving in Australia, Professor A. S. Hook from the University of Sydney helped Hugh and Eva secure a (shared) architectural job in Canberra. When war broke out, the Buhrichs were dismissed from the job following the return of the original employees. During this time, Hugh joined the army and only resumed his practice upon return. Remaining unregistered in New South Wales until 16 November 1971,furniture and interiors. However, from the 1960s to 1970s, roughly twenty buildings were designed and constructed by Hugh. Unfortunately the vast majority of his work has been demolished but his own house, largely self-built between 1968 and 1972, still stands today and is perhaps the most accomplished of his works.

Notable projects


Hugh Buhrich

Notable projects

Buhrich House II was designed and built between 1968 and 1972.French critic Françoise Fromonot as "a truly radical building" and by Peter Myers as "the finest modern house in Australia", the Buhrich house provides extraordinary beauty into Hugh's most intensely personal project. The house is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register as of State significance for its historic and aesthetic values, as well as of particular cultural/social importance amongst the architectural community.

Point Piper House in Point Piper, New South Wales, was designed by Buhrich and completed in 1961. It was extensively renovated in 2005 by Louise Nettleton Architects with the object of keeping Buhrich's original design elements intact.


Lise Bach Hansen

Lise Bach Hansen (based in Copenhagen, Denmark) is head of the live literature program at The Royal Library, Denmark. She organizes and hosts literary conversations for the library’s public program series: International Authors' Stage.

Early life and education

Lise Bach Hansen was born in Jutland, Denmark. Her father, Søren Christian Hansen (1945–1993), was a playwright, novelist and documentalist. She is the mother of two daughters. Their father is the German composer Steingrimur Rohloff.Nanterre University and Université Paris III, La Sorbonne. Her memoir compared 17th-century French classical theatre with the works of the Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) considered to be the founder of Danish and Norwegian literature. In 2000 she earned a master's degree in Communication from Roskilde University in Denmark.

The Royal Library

Lise Bach Hansen in conversation with Alex Schulman at The Black Diamond 2021

In 2008, Hansen founded "International Forfatterscene", a conversation series with writers, intellectuals, artists and politicians. As head of the series and of a program for students, "Students Only!", Hansen has developed conversations with international personalities, including Alex Schulman, Kofi Annan, Dario Fo, Hillary Clinton, Salman Rushdie, Herta Müller, Siri Hustvedt, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Slavoj Žižek, Thomas Piketty, Günter Grass and Ban Ki-moon. She has worked in partnership with such organizations as Siemens, PEN, UN, Institut Français and The Goethe Institute.

Career

Before founding The International Authors Stage at The Royal Library in Copenhagen, she was involved in communication and public relations within professional fields such as film, art, theatre and politics in both Paris and Copenhagen and she has held positions at The European Parliament in Brussels and the Danish art gallery, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand in Copenhagen. Her interest in French language, politics and cultureArts et Lettres at the French embassy in Copenhagen.

Throughout her professional life, she has undertaken cultural exchange projects in the Nordic Region. Nordic values on sustainability, cultural heritage, gender equality and climate protection have been priorities which resulted in the book and the transatlantic project Arctic Imagination.Paul Holdengräber

Publications


Lise Bach Hansen

Publications

Her writings on contemporary cultural tendencies have been published in the European cultural magazine, Lettre International, as well as in Danish newspapers such as Politiken,Berlingske Tidende, Information and French magazines such as Minotaure, Théâtre Public and P:U:C:K. She was the editor-in-chief of the Danish cultural magazine Diamanten, contributing articles on literature and cultural heritage. In October 2019 her book, Sæt scenen: Kunsten at kuratere live-events, was published by Djøf Forlag.

  * "Knowledge is pleasure", feature in Politiken
  * "More than just a hotel", article in Information
  * "Den politiske (film)scene", feature in Politiken
  * "Ludvig Holberg, hier et aujourd’hui", article in Théâtre Public
  * "Holberg på fransk", feature in Politiken
  * "Sæt Scenen", link to DJØF forlag's presentation of book
  * International Authors' Stage


George Bryant (baseball)

George F. Bryant (February 10, 1857 – June 12, 1907) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played in one game on August 6, 1885 for the Detroit Wolverines and failed to record a hit in four at-bats.

  * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference


Geography of Himachal Pradesh

Reo Purgyil, Himachal Pradesh

The state of Himachal Pradesh is spread over an area 55,673 km2 (21,495 sq mi) and is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on the north, Punjab on the southwest, Haryana on the south, Uttarakhand on the southeast, a small border with Uttar Pradesh in the south (touching Sirmaur), and Tibet on the east. Entire Himachal Pradesh lies in the mountainous Himalaya region, rich in natural resources

Topography

Rivers

Main article: Rivers in Himachal Pradesh

The territory of Himachal Pradesh encompasses the Indus and Ganges river basins. Of the five major tributaries of the Indus river, four: Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej flow through the state, with the first three originating in the state. Some Himalayan tributaries of the Yamuna, which is itself a tributary of Ganga, also originate in the state.

The Chandra and Bhaga rivers rise in the Lahaul region, joining near Keylong and forming the Chandrabhaga, or Chenab, which then flows northwestwards through the Pangi valley into Jammu and Kashmir. The Ravi river rises at Bara Bhangal in Kangra district and then flows westwards through the Chamba valley. Beas flows south from its source at Beas Kund near Manali through the Kullu valley, where it is joined by tributaries Parvati, Sainj and Tirthan. Near Aut it takes a turn and flows west through a gorge towards Mandi, and is joined by the Uhl tributary. It flows onwards through the Kangra valley, where it is dammed to form the Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir. Satluj river enters the state from Tibet near Shipki La, flowing through the Kinnaur region where its tributaries Spiti and Baspa join it. The river is dammed at Bhakra to form the Gobind Sagar reservoir. Pabbar and Giri rivers are two tributaries of the Yamuna that originate in southeastern Himachal, and flow through the districts of Shimla and Sirmour. The Ghaggar river, a monsoonal river, also originates in the state.

Habitation


Geography of Himachal Pradesh

Habitation

Himachal Pradesh has 49 cities and towns. The smallest town is Naina Devi and the largest is Shimla with a total state population of 6,856,509. Urban population is only 7.5% of the state population. Most of the population reside in rural areas.

Flora and fauna

Temperate broadleaf forest in Kangra valley, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal is well known for its rich flora. Forests covered about 27.72% (15,433 sq.km) of the state's area in 2019 which is higher than the national average.Northwestern thorn scrub forests are found. Himalayan subtropical pine forests dominate the lower elevation Himalayan foothills. The Western Himalayan broadleaf forests are found at elevations of 1,500 to 2,600 metres (4,900 to 8,500 ft). At higher altitudes, Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests are found. Above these, Western and Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows are the only vegetation found at elevations between 3,000 to 5,000 metres (9,800 to 16,400 ft). Beyond 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) lie permanent ice and snow.

The state has five national parks: the Great Himalayan National Park (a world heritage site), Pin Valley National Park, Inderkilla National Park, Khirganga National Park and Simbalbara National Park.

Geographical characteristics

Elevation ranges from 465 m (1,526 ft) to over 7,000 m (23,000 ft) above sea level. The region extends from the Shivalik range of mountains. There is a noticeable increase in elevation from west to east and from south (Shiwalik]) to the north (outer Himalayas). At 6816 m Reo Purgyil is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

The four general physiographic divisions from south to north are:


Geography of Himachal Pradesh

* The outer Himalayas (Shivaliks): Shivaliks range consists of lower hills (600 m above sea level). The hills of the region are composed of highly unconsolidated deposits which results in high rates of erosion and deforestation.
  * The lesser Himalayas (central zone): The lesser Himalayas have a gradual elevation towards the Dhauladhar and the Pir Panjal ranges. The rise is more rapid in the Shimla hills, almost 90 percent of shimla population is under 30,to the south of which is the high peak of Churdhar (3647 m). North of the river Sutlej, the rise is steady. The Kangra valley is a longitudinal trough which is at the foot of the Dhauladhar range. Dhauladhar (which means the 'White Peak') has a mean elevation of nearly 4,550 m. It has a rapid rise of 3,600 m above the Kangra valley. The largest of the lesser Himalayan ranges, the Pir Panjal, branches off from the Greater Himalayan range near the bank of the Sutlej. A number of glaciers exist and several passes lie across the Pir Panjal. The Rohtang Pass (3,978 m) is one of these.
  * The Great Himalayas (northern zone): The Great Himalayan range (5,000 to 6,000 metres) runs along the eastern boundary and is slashed across by the Sutlej. Some of the famous passes in this range are Kangla (5,248 m), Bara Lacha (4,512 m), Parang (5,548 m), Cheni Pass Churah Pangi (4,400m), and Pin Parvati (4,802 m).
  * Zanskar range (Shilla Peak (6,132 m) in kinnaur, Pangi in Chamba): The Zanskar Range, the easternmost range, separates Kinnaur and Spiti from Tibet and Pangi Chamba from Leh Ladakh UT. It has peaks up to 6816 m high. Some of the well-known peaks are Mount Gya (6,795 m) and Reo Purgyil (6,816 m); these are among the highest peaks in this range. There are many glaciers over the Zaskar and the Great Himalayan ranges.
  * Geology of Himachal Pradesh
  * Geology of India
  * Geography of India


Live May 11, 1968

Live May 11, 1968 is a live album by the American psychedelic rock band H. P. Lovecraft and was released in 1991.The Fillmore in San Francisco, California, on May 11, 1968, soon after the band's original bass player Jerry McGeorge had been replaced by Jeffrey Boyan.studio albums and features very good sound quality considering the era in which it was recorded.

The original release of the album on Sundazed Records (Edsel Records in Europe) went out of print in the late 1990s, but it was reissued again by Sundazed in 2000. The album is also currently available as a digital download from iTunes.

Track listing

 1. "Wayfaring Stranger" (traditional, arranged by George Edwards) – 10:24
 2. "The Drifter" (Tim Edmundson) – 8:24
 3. "It's About Time" (Terry Callier) – 4:55
 4. "The White Ship" (George Edwards, Dave Michaels, Tony Cavallari) – 7:02
 5. "At the Mountains of Madness" (George Edwards, Dave Michaels, Tony Cavallari) – 4:33
 6. "That's the Bag I'm In" (Fred Neil) – 3:35
 7. "I've Been Wrong Before" (Randy Newman) – 2:54
 8. "Country Boy & Bleeker Street" (Fred Neil) – 3:46

Personnel

  * George Edwards - vocals, guitar
  * Dave Michaels - vocals, organ
  * Jeffery Boyan - bass, vocals
  * Tony Cavallari - lead guitar, vocals
  * Michael Tegza - drums


John III of Gaeta

John III (died 1008 or 1009) was the consul and duke of Gaeta from some time between October 984 and January 986 until his death.

He was the eldest son of Marinus II, who succeeded his brother Gregory in 978 and immediately appointed John as co-duke in order to assure his inheritance, as the precedent of fraternal inheritance had been set by the sons of Docibilis II. John's reign began with his father's death. In 991, John appointed his own son co-ruler as John IV.

The territory of the duchy had been parcelled out to many brothers. John's brother Leo inherited the duchy of Fondi in 992. Another brother, Marinus, was associated as dux in Fondi in 999. Also in 992, John's brothers Gregory and Daufer appeared as counts in Castro d'Argento and Traetto. In 997, another brother, Bernard, became bishop of Gaeta. John was able to maintain peace between himself and his powerful brothers and other relatives throughout his reign.

In January 998, he sojourned in the monastery of Saint Nilus the Younger. In 999, Emperor Otto III confirmed the independence of the various appanages of Gaeta (Fondi, Traetto, etc.). Despite this great reduction to direct Gaetan power, his brothers remained faithful to John and even treated him as the first among equals. On 15 October, Otto granted him the castle of Pontecorvo in recognition of his loyalty (he seems to have become a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire) and his participation in Otto's campaigns against Naples and Capua.

John last appears in the documentary record in August 1008, and presumably died not long thereafter. He was succeeded by his son and namesake. His wife, Emilia, later held the regency for his grandson, John V.

  * Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani LV Ginammi – Giovanni da Crema. Rome, 2000.


Helena Bouveng

Kerstin Helena Bouveng (born 9 August 1962) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2006 general election, representing her home constituency Jönköping County.

In the Riksdag, Bouveng is currently a deputy member of The Swedish Delegation to the Nordic Council, a deputy member of The Riksdag Appeals Board, a deputy member of the Nominations Committee, a deputy member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and a regular member of the Committee on Taxation.

Bouveng is the daughter of Nils Bouveng, founder of Sapa Group.

  * Helena Bouveng at the Riksdag website


Gonzalo Rodríguez (athlete)

Gonzalo Rodríguez (14 May 1925 – 31 October 2002) was a Mexican sprinter.men's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

  * Gonzalo Rodríguez at Olympedia


Convoy HG 53

Convoy HG 53 was the 53rd of the numbered series of World War II HG convoys of Homeward bound merchant ships from Gibraltar to Liverpool.

Background

Twenty-one ships departed Gibraltar on 6 February 1941 bound for Liverpool and escorted by the V and W-class destroyer Velox and the Grimsby-class sloop HMS Deptford. The convoy commodore was Rear Admiral Sir OH Dawson aboard Dagmar.

Action

Convoy HG 53 was attacked by five of these KG 40 bombers.

While southbound to African watersGerman Type IX submarine U-37 sighted the convoy southwest of Cape St. Vincent and torpedoed the British freighters Courland and Estrellano after midnight.U-37 reported the convoy to Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base and commenced shadowing the convoy providing beacon signals for Kampfgeschwader 40. Five Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor bombers took off at dawn and found the convoy at noon 400 miles (640 km) southwest of Lisbon. The Fw 200s bombed from an altitude of 150 feet (46 m) because they lacked bombsights. Each flight mechanic fired at their target ship with a ventral machine gun during the approach to discourage anti-aircraft gunners; but one of the bombers was hit in a wing fuel tankDagmar, the Norwegian freighter Tejo, and British freighters Britannic, Jura, and Varna. U-37 sank the British freighter Brandenburg after dark and continued sending beacon signals for the German cruiser Admiral Hipper. Admiral Hipper found and sank the straggling British freighter Iceland on 11 February.

Aftermath

Hipper was distracted from further search by finding convoy SL 64 and sinking seven ships from that unescorted convoy.Grimsby-class sloop Londonderry on 18 February, by the F-class destroyer Fury on 20 February, and by the S-class destroyer Sabre, the Town-class destroyer Leamington, and the Flower-class corvette HMS Anemone from convoy OG 53 on 22 February. The surviving 12 ships of convoy HG 53 arrived in Liverpool on 24 February 1941. Nine ships totaling 15,217 GRT had been sunk.

Merchant ships in convoy


Convoy HG 53

Merchant ships in convoy

Name             Flag            Casualties  Tonnage (GRT)  Cargo       Sunk by...
Brandenburg      United Kingdom          23          1,473  Ore         U-37
Britannic II     United Kingdom           1          2,490  Ore         KG 40 bomber
Courland         United Kingdom          30          1,325  General     U-37
Coxwald          United Kingdom                      1,124  Scrap iron
Dagmar I         United Kingdom           5          2,471  Oranges     KG 40 bomber
Dago             United Kingdom                      1,757  Oranges
Disa             Sweden                              2,002  Ore
Egyptian Prince  United Kingdom                      3,490  Oranges
Empire Lough     United Kingdom                      2,824  Ore
Empire Tern      United Kingdom                      2,479  Ore
Empire Warrior   United Kingdom                      1,306  Ore
Estrellano       United Kingdom           6          1,982  General     U-37
Iceland          United Kingdom                      1,236  Oranges     Admiral Hipper
Jura             United Kingdom          17          1,759  Ore         KG 40 bomber
Marklyn          United Kingdom                      3,090  Ore
Ousel            United Kingdom                      1,533  Ore
Sally Maersk     United Kingdom                      3,252  General
Tejo             Norway                   4            967  General     KG 40 bomber
Vanellus         United Kingdom                      1,886  Ore
Varna            United Kingdom                      1,514  Pit props   KG 40 bomber
Wrotham          United Kingdom                      1,884  Ore

  * Convoy Battles of World War II
  * Bekker, Cajus (1964). The Luftwaffe War Diaries. New York: Ballantine Books.
  * Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War — The Hunters 1939–1942. Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.
  * Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3.
  * Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.


Gay-Lussac (crater)

Gay-Lussac is a lunar impact crater located to the north of the prominent crater Copernicus, in the southern foothills of the Montes Carpatus range. The rim of the crater is slightly distorted, although generally circular. The inner floor is flat but rough, with no central peak. There are a pair of small craterlet depressions in the middle instead of a central peak. The associated crater Gay-Lussac A is nearly joined to the southeast rim.

The crater is named after French physicist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.

To the southwest is a wide rille named Rima Gay-Lussac. This is a nearly linear formation with curves at the end. It follows a 40-km-long line from the southwest to the northeast.

Satellite craters

Gay-Lussac and its satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Gay-Lussac.

Gay-Lussac  Latitude  Longitude  Diameter
    A       13.2° N    20.4° W    15 km
    B       16.2° N    21.1° W     3 km
    C       15.4° N    22.5° W     5 km
    D       14.6° N    21.0° W     5 km
    F       14.0° N    19.6° W     5 km
    G       13.8° N    18.9° W     5 km
    H       13.4° N    23.2° W     5 km
    J       11.7° N    21.7° W     3 km
    N       12.6° N    20.9° W     2 km


Gay-Lussac (crater)

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  * Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6.
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  * Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
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  * Gay-Lussac at The Moon Wiki


Hugh Buggy

Edward Hugh Buggy (9 June 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a leading journalist well known as an Australian rules football writer covering the Victorian Football League (renamed in 1989 Australian Football League).

Born at Seymour, Victoria in 1896, Buggy attended school there before moving to Melbourne with his mother after the death of his father. He commenced his journalism career at the South Melbourne Record, and joined the Melbourne Argus in 1917. He studied for the diploma of journalism at the university in 1921. He was gifted with a photographic memory.

Journalist

Although he was deputy news editor of the Sydney Sun for five years, Buggy preferred the role of reporter. He was closely involved in reporting many of the dramatic events of his time such as the fatal shoot-out between Squizzy Taylor and 'Snowy' Cutmore in 1927 and the arrival in Brisbane of Kingsford-Smith and the Southern Cross in 1928. In 1932, following the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, he was the only reporter to gain an interview with Captain Francis de Groot.

Buggy was much travelled during his journalism career, working for several Sydney and Melbourne based newspapers. Leaving the Argus during 1923, Buggy worked for the new Melbourne Evening Sun in 1923–25, then moved to the Sydney Sun in 1925–27, 1928–31 and 1937–42, The Sun News-Pictorial in 1927 and the Melbourne Herald in 1932–37. In 1950 he rejoined the Argus, and became its chief football-writer in 1951. After the Argus ceased publication in 1957, he worked for various Melbourne suburban newspapers and contributed to the Catholic newspaper, the Advocate, and as chief court reporter for The Truth for three years.

Censor

During World War II he was chief operational censor at General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in 1942–46. From 1946 to 1950 he was an editor with Radio Australia.

Author

He ghost wrote for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm the Story of the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Flight in 1928, and for Joe Maxwell V.C., M.C. & Bar, D.C.M the World War I recounting of his experiences Hells Bells and Mademoiselles in 1932, then in 1946 he wrote Pacific Victory.

In 1977 his book The Real John Wren was published.

Sport journalism


Hugh Buggy

Sport journalism

Buggy was also a highly respected writer on sport, particularly Australian rules football, although he covered a variety of sports. He had a flair for the picturesque sporting phrase: he was widely believed to have coined the term 'bodyline' during the 1932/33 Ashes Test cricket series, but this claim was never settled conclusively.

He became chief football-writer at The Argus in 1951, and served in the role until the The Argus ceased publication in 1957.

Death

Buggy married twice, but both marriages ended in divorce and were childless. He died following a heart seizure on 18 June 1974 and was buried in Seymour.

Hall of Fame

Buggy was inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996, with his citation reading:

Joined The Argus newspaper in 1917 and became a highly respected football writer. Became its chief football writer in 1951, after gaining wider experience elsewhere. Worked for suburban newspapers and continued to write football for the Advocate. Wrote several important club histories, including one on Carlton.

Works


Hugh Buggy

Works

  * Buggy, H., Hugh Buggy's Murder Book: True Crime Stories by a Famous Reporter, Argus & Australasian Ltd., (Melbourne), 1948?
  * Buggy, H., Let's Look at Football, Argus, (Melbourne), 1952.
  * Buggy, H., Pacific Victory: A Short History of Australia's Part in the War against Japan, Victorian Railway Printing Works, (North Melbourne), 1945.
  * Buggy, H., The Real John Wren, Widescope, (Camberwell), 1977. ISBN 0-86932-031-9
  * Buggy, H. & Bell, H., The Carlton Story: A History of the Carlton Football Club, Eric White Associates, (Melbourne), 1958.
  * Buggy, H., Taylor, P. & Banfield, P., Football Headlines: Great Men and Great Moments of the Australian Game, Argus and Australasian Ltd., (Melbourne), 1955.
  * Kingsford-Smith, C.E. & Ulm, C.T.P., Story of the "Southern Cross" Trans-Pacific Flight, 1928, Penlington & Somerville, 1928.
  * Ross, J. (ed.), The Australian Football Hall of Fame, HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X

  * Australian Football Hall of Fame
  * Australian Dictionary of Biography: Buggy, Edward Hugh (1896–1974)


Kryan

Kryan or Cryan may refer to:

  * Kryan Johnson (born 1994), rugby league player
  * St. Kryan's, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Canada
  * Cryan, a surname
  * The Cryan' Shames, an American band
  * Cryon, New South Wales, a parish and hamlet in Australia
  * Crion, a commune in France


George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury KG, PC, DL (20 November 1804 – 6 January 1878), styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier.

Background and education

Born in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Bruce was the oldest son of Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, and his first wife the Hon. Henrietta Hill, oldest daughter of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick.Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, and the half-brother of Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce. He was baptised at St George's, Hanover Square, with King George III and Queen Charlotte as his godparents. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan.

Career

Bruce entered the British House of Commons in 1826, representing Marlborough as Member of Parliament (MP) until 1829.House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's subsidiary title Baron Bruce.Queen Victoria in 1857 and was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1859.Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell as Master of the Horse between 1859 and 1866.Deputy Lieutenant, he became Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1863.Knight of the Garter.William Ewart Gladstone, between 1868 and 1874.

Family

On 11 May 1837, Lord Ailesbury married Lady Mary Herbert,George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, in the same church where he was baptised. Brudenell-Bruce died in 1878, aged 73, at Lockeridge House, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, and was buried there. Because he had no issue, his titles were inherited by his younger brother, Ernest Brudenell-Bruce. The Marchioness of Ailesbury died at 78 Pall Mall, London, in January 1892, aged 78.

  * Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Ailesbury
  * Portraits of George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury at the National Portrait Gallery, London


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in Nova Scotia, Canada has a widely varied geography.

Physical geography

Halifax Regional Municipality has an area of approximately 5,490.35 km2 (2,119.84 sq mi),165 km (103 mi) in length between its eastern and westernmost extremities. HRM's shoreline "as the crow flies" is approximately 150 km (93 mi) in length, while its northern boundary is usually between 50 and 60 km inland. The coast, which is mostly rock with small isolated sand beaches in sheltered bays, is heavily indented by numerous inlets the largest of which are St. Margarets Bay, Halifax Harbour, Cole Harbour, Musquodoboit Harbour, Jeddore Harbour, Ship Harbour and Sheet Harbour. Given this fact, it takes approximately 3 hours to drive along the shore from Hubbards, located in the southwestern end of HRM, to Ecum Secum, 195 km (121 mi) away at the northeastern end.

Halifax Harbour from the air looking South including the Halifax Peninsula, Dartmouth, and Bedford

The Chebucto Peninsula, created by the indentations of St. Margarets Bay and Halifax Harbour (including the Bedford Basin), is a defining feature for the shape of the coastline at the western end of HRM, from which the Halifax Peninsula forms a sub-peninsula.

Despite the size of its landmass, the population of the municipality is heavily concentrated, with rural communities located along the Eastern Shore and South Shore or in the Musquodoboit Valley. The majority of residents are concentrated in the urban area surrounding Halifax Harbour/Bedford Basin and extending up the Sackville River valley and northeast of the harbour along the Highway 102 corridor.

Sable Island is part of HRM, despite being located 180 km (110 mi) offshore of neighbouring Guysborough County and approximately 300 km from HRM's urban core. HRM's boundary includes all of the former Halifax County, except for several First Nation reserves.

Musquodoboit Valley


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Musquodoboit Valley

The topography of HRM is quite varied, ranging from rocky shorelines to sandy beaches on the coast, to landscapes shaped by glaciation including exposed bedrock, numerous freshwater lakes, medium-sized rivers and streams, drumlins and low hills. The fertile valley along the Musquodoboit River in the northeastern part of HRM is the only agricultural district of note in the municipality. Aside from the settled communities and the urban area surrounding Halifax Harbour, the rest of the municipality's landscape mostly supports a dense combination of mixed Acadian or coniferous forests.

HRM's population centre (urban area) is built on a series of hills and plateaus surrounding Halifax Harbour. The central part of the community of Halifax lies on a peninsula extending from the western side of the harbour and dominated by the drumlin which supported the Citadel Hill defensive works. Dartmouth is clustered on the eastern side of the harbour directly opposite the Halifax peninsula, its defining geographic feature being a series of glacial lakes. Suburban growth around both cities included many existing mining (east of Dartmouth and the Shubenacadie Valley), farming (in the Musquodoboit Valley and northwest of Halifax) and fishing (along the shores of the harbours and the Atlantic coast south of both former cities) communities. The population centre itself covers an area of 234.72 km2 (90.63 sq mi).

Climate

Halifax is marked by a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), but the area climate is heavily influenced by water temperatures in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Numerous local microclimates make weather somewhat unpredictable but the region is generally milder than inland areas having a continental climate (e.g. central Canada); HRM air temperatures average between -5 °C (23 °F) in January and 19 °C (66 °F) in July.


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Snow falls and melts alternately mainly from November through April, for a seasonal total of 152 centimetres (60 in).95 centimetres (37 in) of snow fell in one such storm. The storm was nicknamed "White Juan", after the recent Hurricane Juan. Spring is cool and foggy, early autumn is often sunny and warm, and summer can range from hot and dry to cool and rainy. Hurricanes are fairly uncommon but do occur occasionally. There can be considerable variations between the weather near the Atlantic Ocean and the weather even several kilometres inland. This is partly caused by the effect of the Labrador Current, which transfers cold water from the Arctic along Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast in the spring and summer, while the Gulf Stream brings warmer water from the Gulf of Mexico along the coast during the fall and winter.

Precipitation stands at nearly 1,510 millimetres (59.4 in) annually, and is somewhat heavy year-round, though summer is drier.

The Halifax Regional Municipality is home to 6 weather stations operated by the Meteorological Service of Canada:


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

* Halifax International Airport
  * Buoy 44258 Halifax Harbour
  * CFB Shearwater
  * McNabs Island
  * Sable Island
  * Beaver Island
  * Malay Falls
Climate data for Halifax (Citadel Hill)
Climate ID: 8202220; coordinates 44°39′N 63°35′W / 44.650°N 63.583°W; elevation: 70.1 m (230 ft); 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1863–present
Month                                                                                Jan      Feb      Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec      Year
Record high °C (°F)                                                                                14.0     16.0     28.2    28.3    33.3    34.4    37.2    34.4    34.6    31.1    23.3    16.7     37.2
                                                                                (57.2)   (60.8)   (82.8)  (82.9)  (91.9)  (93.9)  (99.0)  (93.9)  (94.3)  (88.0)  (73.9)  (62.1)   (99.0)
Average high °C (°F)                                                                                −0.1     0.4      3.6     8.7     14.4    19.6    23.1    23.1    19.3    13.4    8.1     2.8      11.4
                                                                                (31.8)   (32.7)   (38.5)  (47.7)  (57.9)  (67.3)  (73.6)  (73.6)  (66.7)  (56.1)  (46.6)  (37.0)   (52.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)                                                                                −4.1     −3.6     −0.2    4.9     10.1    15.2    18.8    19.1    15.5    9.9     4.8     −0.8     7.5
                                                                                (24.6)   (25.5)   (31.6)  (40.8)  (50.2)  (59.4)  (65.8)  (66.4)  (59.9)  (49.8)  (40.6)  (30.6)   (45.5)


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Average low °C (°F)                                                                                −8.2     −7.5     −3.9    1.0     5.8     10.7    14.4    15.1    11.8    6.4     1.5     −4.3     3.6
                                                                                (17.2)   (18.5)   (25.0)  (33.8)  (42.4)  (51.3)  (57.9)  (59.2)  (53.2)  (43.5)  (34.7)  (24.3)   (38.5)
Record low °C (°F)                                                                                −27.2    −29.4    −23.3   −13.9   −5.0    0.0     4.4     3.9     −1.7    −7.2    −15.6   −25.6    −29.4
                                                                                (−17.0)  (−20.9)  (−9.9)  (7.0)   (23.0)  (32.0)  (39.9)  (39.0)  (28.9)  (19.0)  (3.9)   (−14.1)  (−20.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)                                                                                139.7    110.1    132.5   118.3   119.1   111.8   110.3   96.4    108.9   124.3   151.4   145.1    1,468.1
                                                                                (5.50)   (4.33)   (5.22)  (4.66)  (4.69)  (4.40)  (4.34)  (3.80)  (4.29)  (4.89)  (5.96)  (5.71)   (57.80)
Average rainfall mm (inches)                                                                                96.7     75.1     101.3   111.3   118.4   111.8   110.3   96.4    108.9   124.1   143.6   115.9    1,313.9
                                                                                (3.81)   (2.96)   (3.99)  (4.38)  (4.66)  (4.40)  (4.34)  (3.80)  (4.29)  (4.89)  (5.65)  (4.56)   (51.73)


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Average snowfall cm (inches)                                                                                43.1     35.0     31.2    7.0     0.8     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.1     7.8     29.2     154.2
                                                                                (17.0)   (13.8)   (12.3)  (2.8)   (0.3)   (0.0)   (0.0)   (0.0)   (0.0)   (0.0)   (3.1)   (11.5)   (60.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)                                                                                13.8     11.6     13.1    15.2    15.8    13.6    12.1    11.1    11.7    14.1    15.3    14.5     161.8
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)                                                                                8.5      6.5      10.2    14.1    15.7    13.6    12.1    11.1    11.7    14.1    14.5    10.8     142.7
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)                                                                                6.8      6.1      4.1     1.6     0.2     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.1     1.2     5.2      25.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours                                                                                109.5    127.2    142.8   156.6   193.3   220.7   235.2   226.6   180.5   157.8   107.4   105.2    1,962.5
Percent possible sunshine                                                                                38.2     43.3     38.7    38.8    42.1    47.5    49.9    52.1    47.9    46.2    37.2    38.2     43.3
Average ultraviolet index                                                                                1        2        3       5       6       8       8       7       5       3       2       1        4
Source 1: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Sunshine data recorded at CFB Shearwater)
Source 2: Nova Scotian Institute of Science


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Climate data for Halifax (Halifax Stanfield International Airport)
WMO ID: 71395; coordinates 44°52′48″N 63°30′00″W / 44.88000°N 63.50000°W; elevation: 145.4 m (477 ft); 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1953−present
Month                                                                                Jan      Feb      Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec     Year
Record high humidex                                                                                18.4     18.3     27.7    32.1    36.0    40.2    42.4    41.9    42.1    31.9    25.4    20.4    42.4
Record high °C (°F)                                                                                14.8     17.5     27.2    29.5    32.8    33.4    33.9    35.0    34.2    25.8    19.4    16.3    35.0
                                                                                (58.6)   (63.5)   (81.0)  (85.1)  (91.0)  (92.1)  (93.0)  (95.0)  (93.6)  (78.4)  (66.9)  (61.3)  (95.0)
Average high °C (°F)                                                                                −1.3     −0.6     3.1     9.1     15.3    20.4    23.8    23.6    19.4    13.1    7.3     1.7     11.3
                                                                                (29.7)   (30.9)   (37.6)  (48.4)  (59.5)  (68.7)  (74.8)  (74.5)  (66.9)  (55.6)  (45.1)  (35.1)  (52.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)                                                                                −5.9     −5.2     −1.3    4.4     10.0    15.1    18.8    18.7    14.6    8.7     3.5     −2.4    6.6
                                                                                (21.4)   (22.6)   (29.7)  (39.9)  (50.0)  (59.2)  (65.8)  (65.7)  (58.3)  (47.7)  (38.3)  (27.7)  (43.9)


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Average low °C (°F)                                                                                −10.4    −9.7     −5.7    −0.3    4.6     9.7     13.7    13.7    9.7     4.2     −0.4    −6.4    1.9
                                                                                (13.3)   (14.5)   (21.7)  (31.5)  (40.3)  (49.5)  (56.7)  (56.7)  (49.5)  (39.6)  (31.3)  (20.5)  (35.4)
Record low °C (°F)                                                                                −28.5    −27.3    −22.4   −12.8   −4.4    0.6     6.1     4.4     −0.8    −6.7    −13.1   −23.3   −28.5
                                                                                (−19.3)  (−17.1)  (−8.3)  (9.0)   (24.1)  (33.1)  (43.0)  (39.9)  (30.6)  (19.9)  (8.4)   (−9.9)  (−19.3)
Record low wind chill                                                                                −40.4    −41.1    −33.9   −24.4   −10.9   0.0     0.0     0.0     −3.0    −10.1   −23.9   −35.6   −41.1
Average precipitation mm (inches)                                                                                134.3    105.8    120.1   114.5   111.9   96.2    95.5    93.5    102.0   124.9   154.2   143.3   1,396.2
                                                                                (5.29)   (4.17)   (4.73)  (4.51)  (4.41)  (3.79)  (3.76)  (3.68)  (4.02)  (4.92)  (6.07)  (5.64)  (54.97)
Average rainfall mm (inches)                                                                                83.5     65.0     86.9    98.2    109.8   96.2    95.5    93.5    102.0   124.6   139.1   101.8   1,196.1


Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia

(3.29)   (2.56)   (3.42)  (3.87)  (4.32)  (3.79)  (3.76)  (3.68)  (4.02)  (4.91)  (5.48)  (4.01)  (47.09)
Average snowfall cm (inches)                                                                                58       45       37      16      2       0       0       0       0       0       17      45      221
                                                                                (23)     (18)     (15)    (6.3)   (0.8)   (0)     (0)     (0)     (0)     (0)     (6.7)   (18)    (87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)                                                                                18.7     15.2     15.1    14.8    13.7    12.9    11.3    11.0    10.2    12.1    15.1    17.4    167.4
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)                                                                                8.0      6.1      8.6     12.1    13.5    12.9    11.3    11.0    10.2    12.1    12.8    9.8     128.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)                                                                                14.6     12.0     9.6     5.2     0.61    0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.14    3.9     11.7    57.7
Average relative humidity (%)                                                                                73.0     67.4     64.5    62.9    61.9    62.6    63.0    62.9    64.4    66.9    73.2    75.5    66.5
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada


Live Like That (song)

"Live Like That" is a song by Contemporary Christian band Sidewalk Prophets from their second album, Live Like That. It was released on January 24, 2012, as the first single from the album.

Background

The song was produced by Ian Eskelin, and the song was co-written by David Frey, Ben Glover and Ben McDonald. This song was recorded at Dark Horse Recording Studio in Franklin, Tennessee.

The song is meant to teach believers to live according to how Jesus Christ lived, which means a true reliance on God, and that needs to come from a contrite individual.

Composition

It has been called a Brit-rock type song that has many questions to be asked of the believers. This is in order for us to live our lives that others see Jesus Christ through them, and choose to follow our Savior.

Release

"Live Like That" was digitally released as the lead single from Live Like That on January 24, 2012.

Critical reception

Christian Music Zine's Joshua Andre wrote that the song meant "As Christians, living our lives for Jesus and being the light and salt of the world is what ultimately will draw people into the love of God. If we are not living out our faith, how can we expect non-Christians to respect Christianity and Jesus enough to become Christians themselves?"

Videos

Music

The band has made a music video of the song that in portions contains lyrics.

Individual stories

Dave Frey, Ben McDonald, Cal Joslin, Justin Nace and Shaun Tomczak shared each one of their respective stories about the song.

Weekly Charts

Charts (2011-2012)                Peak
                                  position
Billboard Christian AC Indicator     1
Billboard Christian CHR              6
Billboard Hot Christian AC           7
Billboard Hot Christian Songs        5
Billboard Soft AC/Inspirational      12

Certifications

Region                                                   Certification  Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)                                     Gold           500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


John III, Duke of Bavaria

Seal of John III

John III the Pitiless (1374–1425), of the House of Wittelsbach, was first bishop of Liège 1389–1418 and then duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut 1418–1425.

Family

Holland, gold florin or 'Beiersgulden' with St John the Baptist, struck 1421-1422 by John of Bavaria.

John was born in Le Quesnoy. He was the youngest son of Duke Albert I of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. His elder brother was William II, who succeeded their father as count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault in 1404. His sister, Margaret, married in 1385 Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy.

Bishop

As the youngest son of three, John was destined for a career in the church. At the age of 15, he became Prince-Bishop of Liège, with the support of Pope Boniface IX. John's rule was a disaster. His authoritarian style clashed with the nobles and burghers of the Prince-Bishopric. He was expelled several times and saw even a counter-bishop being elected. John turned for help to his brother and brother-in-law.

On 23 September 1408, a Burgundian army led by his brother-in-law John the Fearless went to the aid of John III against the citizens of Liège, who were in open revolt. During the battle just outside the village of Othee, a battle was fought which saw the men from Liège being decisively defeated. This led to the bishopric of Liège becoming a protectorate of Burgundy. John ordered the beheading of suspicious burghers and noblemen in Liège, while others were drowned in the Meuse, from then on he was called "the Pitiless".

Duke and count

When his brother died in 1417 and was succeeded by his daughter Jacqueline as countess of Holland and Hainaut, John the Pitiless rejected holy orders and surrendered his bishopric. In 1418, John III married Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, who was then the widow of Antoine, Duke of Brabant. No children came from this marriage.


John III, Duke of Bavaria

With the aid of Emperor Sigismund, who was his wife's uncle, John III immediately started a war against his niece Jacqueline and her husband Duke John IV of Brabant. John the Pitiless supported the city of Dordrecht and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. A siege of Dordrecht in 1419 was unsuccessful, so John IV of Brabant agreed to start a joint administration with John III. Jacqueline, as a woman, did not get a share in the political responsibility. John IV of Brabant finally gave up Holland and Hainaut and left the rule to John the Pitiless. Jacqueline went to England in 1421 and married the king's brother, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.

Death and legacy

John the Pitiless was known for the rich culture of his court; Jan van Eyck was among the artists he engaged, from at least 1422 until 1424. John the Pitiless died of poison in 1425 in The Hague. His Court Marshal Jan van Vliet had allegedly poisoned the pages of the ducal prayer-book, and had already been executed in 1424. Bavaria-Straubing was divided between the dukes of Bavaria, the major portion of which went to Bavaria-Munich.

Ancestry


John III, Duke of Bavaria

Ancestry

Ancestors of John III, Duke of Bavaria
                                                                             16. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206–1253)

  8. Louis II of Bavaria (1229–1294)

  17. Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267)

  4. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282–1347)

  18. Rudolf I of Germany (1219–1291)

  9. Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304)

  19. Gertrude of Hohenberg (c.1225–1281)

  2. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336–1404)

  20. John II, Count of Hainaut (1247–1304)

  10. William I, Count of Hainaut (c.1286–1337)

  21. Philippa of Luxembourg (1252–1311)

  5. Margaret, Countess of Hainaut (1311–1356)

  22. Charles, Count of Valois (1270–1325)

  11. Joan of Valois (c.1294–1352)

  23. Margaret, Countess of Anjou (1272–1299)

  1. John III, Duke of Bavaria

  24. Henry V, Duke of Legnica (c.1248–1296)

  12. Bolesław III the Generous (1291–1352)

  25. Elisabeth of Greater Poland (c.1259–1304)

  6. Ludwik I the Fair (c.1321–1398)

  26. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305)

  13. Margaret of Bohemia (1296–1322)

  27. Judith of Habsburg (1271–1297)

  3. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)

  28. Henry III, Duke of Głogów (1251/60–1310)

  14. Henry IV the Faithful (c.1292–1342)

  29. Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1276–1318)

  7. Agnes of Glogau (c.1321–1362)

  30. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (c.1275–1308)

  15. Matilde of Brandenburg (c.1296–c.1329)

  31. Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg (1280–1327)

  * Counts of Hainaut family tree


Irina Slavina

Irina Slavina may refer to:

  * Irina Slavina (journalist) (1973–2020), Russian journalist
  * Irina Turova (chess player) (born 1979), née Slavina, Russian chess player


Hestehave Wood

Hestehave Wood (Horse Garden Wood) on southern Djursland in Denmark, Northern Europe, at the entrance to The Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden, is a recreational wood with a temperate coastal climate, owned by the Danish state. Hestehave is located close to the town Rønde, 21 miles north of the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus.

Hiking Trail no. 91 is part of the international North Sea Trail, passing through Hestehave Wood.

Hestehave Wood is part of Mols Bjerge National Park, with a southern and eastern coastline bordering the ruined Kalø Castle and the Slotsvig- and Følle Bugt- coves at the southern and eastern perimeter.

Historically the wood has been part of the Kalø Estate, where the Danish Environmental Research Institute has its headquarters today. The researchers here often use Hestehave Wood for studies, such as of the 300 roe deer in the area.

Troll Forrest

The oldest parts of Hestehave Wood dates back to the mid-seventeenth century. In the Sea Hills/Havbakkerne by Følle Bay and the Slotsvig cove, one finds an up to 200 year old so-called troll forest of crippled beech trees.

The Hole Tree/Hultræet

Hestehave Wood has a Gallows Hill, where the Hole Tree is. It consists of a combination of two trunks that have merged, leaving a hole in the middle. The hole is getting smaller as the trunks grow. Just as with other hollow trees in the folklore, the belief is that passing through the hole can cure diseases. Children still crawl through the tree for fun.

West of the Hole Tree in Hestehaves twin wood, Ringelmose, is a holy spring by the forest track from Bregnet Church, leading into the wood. Today the spring has the form of a small circular dam. In earlier times it was a centre of pilgrimage, with a reputation of curing blindness. 80 mounds and other historical sites are registered in the Caloe Woods.

Baron Vilhelms Beech


Hestehave Wood

Baron Vilhelms Beech

From the northern parking lot one enters the wood close to the oldest tree, Baron Vilhelms Beech, approximately 170 years old. It is 36 meters tall and has a circumference of 4.7 meters, with a calculated weight of 32 tons.

Many of the trees in the wood have names, given in the first part of the 1900s by the former German owner, Baron von Jenisch, who as part of the German army was killed in the Mediterranean in 1943 during WW2. After the war, the Kalø Estate with the Kalø Woods, Hestehave and Ringelmose, were confiscated by the Danish State, which is still the owner.

Thyras Hytte/Hut in the southern part of Hestehave Wood, can be borrowed by institutions such as kindergartens for outings.

Joggers use the wood, which is connected to the town Rønde via paths.

Thyras Hut

At the coast in the southern part of the wood is a cabin with a bonfire site, that institutions and others can borrow for outings. From Thyras Hut there is a view across the cove, Slotsvig, to the castle ruin.

The hut is located half a mile from the parking lot at the Castle Ruin and the Castle Inn (Slotskroen), which in a few years (as of 2014) is planned to be replaced by a new main building for Mols Bjerge National Park with exhibits and a diner.

Twin Woods

The Hestehave twin wood, Ringelmose, is located half a mile west of Hestehave, and is of the same seize growing in the same hilly and clay-rich type of soil. Ongoing research that started in the eighties studies the parallel development of animal- and plant life in the two twin woods.

Hestehave Wood is maintained as an untouched forest type, where toppled trees are left on the forest floor, and new tree growth is left to emerge by itself, as opposed to Ringelmose Wood, which is run traditionally with an emphasis on production of timber. It mostly contains maple, ash, beech and a small amount of oak.


Hestehave Wood

80 - 90 pct. af Hestehave is deciduous wood, with a lot of beech, predominantly old trees. This contributes to an open type of forest, with views. The two woods are part of a coastal recreational area in National Park Mols Bjerge, with many footpaths and posters with the purpose of facilitating access and information to the public.

Bay of Følle, at the far end of Bay of Aarhus, seen from The Fire Wood Place (Favntræspladsen) constitutes the western border of the wood.

Campsite

On the coastal plains to the south is a primitive campsite, which anyone may use after booking.

To the west, at Favntræpladsen, the Fire Wood Place, on the beach of Følle Bay, there is a picnic site with a stationary plank table and bench. Until lorries became the norm for transport, the Fire Wood Place was used to ship out firewood to Aarhus, a short 15 mile sail to the south.

With a view of the Kaloe Castle Ruin, there is a primitive campsite on the beach plain at the southern end of the wood.

Trails

Hiking Trail nr. 94 passes through Hestehave Wood. It is part of The North Sea Trail, a hiking and mountain bike trail, through seven countries around The North Sea. The trail is connected to another trail crossing Europe from Sweden to Southern Europe.

Hestehave Wood is often used for walks and jogging, not least from the town at the northern end of the wood, Rønde. The annual Egegårds-jog, from Rønde, goes through Hestehave Wood.

Accessibility

Paths from Rønde lead into the wood. The parking lot for Kalø Castle Ruin is also an access point. The same parking lot is used by the non-commercial volunteer-based Kalø Vintage Car Rally, or the Tuesday Rallies, held at Kaloe each Tuesday throughout spring, summer and fall, where old car enthusiasts and on-lookers gather. Together with the Kaloe Castle Ruin the Veteran-Rallies are two main attractions in the area.


Hestehave Wood

There is also access to the wood's northern part via a parking lot in from the road, Molsvej, that connects Denmark's main peninsula, Jutland, to the southern part of the peninsula, Djursland leading to the Mols Hills and the coastal town Ebeltoft.

  * Skovene på Kalø from the Danish Nature Agency


Convolvulus tricolor

Convolvulus tricolor (syn. C. minor) is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, native to Mediterranean Europe. Common names include dwarf morning-glory,tricolour convolvulus,belle de jour.

Description

It is a short to medium annual plant with solitary long-stalked flowers. The flower is a tri-coloured funnel-shaped bloom about three centimeters wide, blue with white and a yellow centre.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

  * Convolvulus maroccanus Batt.
  * Convolvulus meonanthus Hoffmanns. & Link
  * Convolvulus minor
  * Convolvulus pseudotricolor Bertol.

Subspecies

  * Convolvulus tricolor subsp. hortensis (Batt.) Maire
  * Convolvulus tricolor subsp. meonanthus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Maire
  * Convolvulus tricolor subsp. pentapetaloides (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  * Convolvulus tricolor subsp. tricolor L.

O. Bolòs et J. Vigoe distinguish Convolvulus tricolor ssp. pentapetaloides (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, found in the Balearic isles, from the type subspecies (Convolvulus tricolor ssp tricolor) by flowers that are smaller (7–10 mm), and both the calyx and the capsule having few or no hairs.

Habitat

Common on cultivated land, dry open habitats, sandy places and roadsides. Soil must be warmed to at least 64 °F to grow without any issues.

Distribution

This flowering plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin, particularly the south, but it is occasionally seen in other areas of similar climate. In Spain it can be found in the Balearic Islands,Andalusia, especially in the Costa del Sol.

Cultivation

Convolvulus tricolor is usually cultivated for ornamental purposes. The speciescultivar 'Blue Ensign'Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


Convolvulus tricolor

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  * IPNI Listing


Gaoyu

Gaoyu could refer to:

  * Gaoyu, Ci County (高臾镇), town in southern Hebei, China
  * Gaoyu, Anji County (高禹镇), town in Anji County, Zhejiang, China


Cathalistis secularis

Cathalistis secularis is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.South Africa, where it has been recorded from Gauteng.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are light brownish, with some irregular dark brownish sprinkling and an irregular waved cloudy subterminal shade of dark brown irroration (sprinkles) from the costa to beneath the angle of the cell. The hindwings are pale grey.


Krychnov

Krychnov is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

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George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan

George, 3rd earl of Cardigan (attributed to Enoch Seeman)

George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan (29 September 1685 – 5 July 1732), styled Lord Brudenell between 1698 and 1703, was a British peer.

Origins

He was the son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, son and heir of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan. His mother was Lady Frances Savile, granddaughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex.

Career

In 1703 he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom. In January 1709 he officially renounced his Roman Catholic faith (the Brudenells had been Catholic for generations) in order to take his seat in the House of Lords.Master of the Buckhounds, a post he held until 1715.

Marriage and children

In 1703 he married Lady Elizabeth Bruce (1689-December 1745Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, 3rd Earl of Elgin, by whom he had several children including:

  * George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan, who was created Duke of Montagu in 1766;
  * James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan;
  * Robert Brudenell;
  * Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, who succeeded to the Bruce estates and was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776.

Death

He died in July 1732 and was succeeded by his eldest son George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, 4th Earl of Cardigan.