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The storm weakened at sea and made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula as a tropical depression on October 11 . | On October 11 , it made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula in Spain . |
Its remnants moved across southern Spain , dumping rain on the drought-ridden region , and moved into the Mediterranean Sea south of Alicante in the early hours of October 12 . | It moved into the Mediterranean Sea south of Alicante early on October 12 . |
Hurricane Vince developed into a hurricane farther east than any known storm , at 18.9 ° W . The National Hurricane Center declared that Vince was the first tropical cyclone on record to have made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula . | The National Hurricane Center said that Vince was the first tropical cyclone known to hit the Iberian Peninsula . |
Spain 's population , which had been battling fires after a record breaking summer drought , welcomed the rains brought by Vince 's remnants . | They welcomed the rains brought by Vince 's remnants . |
Historical documents , however , suggest that a possibly stronger tropical storm , the 1842 Spain hurricane , struck the Iberian Peninsula on October 29 , 1842 . | However , some documents claim that the 1842 Spain hurricane struck the Iberian Peninsula on October 29 , 1842 . |
In Córdoba province , the A-303 , A-306 and OC-293 roads were partially flooded but `` passable with caution '' . | In Cordoba province , the A-303 , A-306 and OC-293 roads were slightly flooded . |
Hurricane Vince 's impressive organization was very short lived as westerly wind shear began to erode the eye within hours . | Hurricane Vince quickly began to weaken because wind shear began to erode it . |
Because the storm did not cause significant damage , the name Vince was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization and was on the list of names for the 2011 season . | Because Vince did not cause bad damage , the World Meteorological Organization did not retire ( stop using ) the name Vince . |
Vince was the twentieth named tropical cyclone and twelfth hurricane of the extremely active season . | Vince was the 20th named storm and 12th hurricane of the season . |
Vince was comparable to normal rain events from temperate systems , with only 1 to 2 inches ( 25 to 50 mm ) of rain falling . | Only one to two inches ( 25 to 50 mm ) of rain fell . |
The fast-moving tropical depression quickly dissipated over land . | The fast-moving tropical depression quickly died out over land . |
The entrance of the University of A Coruña was temporarily blocked by flood waters on October 11 , and a nearby roundabout was submerged . | A nearby roundabout was submerged . |
Vince continued to weaken as it approached the Iberian Peninsula and became a tropical depression on October 11 , shortly before it made landfall near Huelva , Spain . | This was just before it made its landfall in Huelva , Spain . |
Spanish fishing fleets off the Andalusian coast returned to port and weathered the storm on their moorings rather than in the open ocean . | Fishing fleets from Spain off the Andalusian coast went back to port . |
In two days the storm brought more rain to the province of A Coruña than had fallen all summer , easing the sinking water levels in provincial reservoirs , but also causing traffic jams and minor floods . | This eased the sinking water levels in the reservoirs . |
Forming in October during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season , it strengthened over waters thought to be too cold for tropical development . | It was part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season . |
Vince 's record north was broken by Tropical Storm Grace ( 2009 ) . | More recently , Tropical Storm Grace formed farther north than Vince . |
Vince developed from an extratropical system on October 8 , becoming a subtropical storm southeast of the Azores . | It became a subtropical storm on October 8 to the southeast of the Azores . |
Although Hurricane Vince developed in an unusual location in the northeastern Atlantic , well away from where tropical cyclones are usually found , it is neither the most northerly-forming nor the most easterly-forming Atlantic tropical storm ; these records are held by Alberto of the 1988 season at 41.5 ° N , and Ginger of the 1967 season at 18.1 ° W , respectively . | Tropical Storm Alberto of the 1988 season formed farther north than any other storm , at 41.5 ° N. Also , Hurricane Ginger of the 1967 season formed at 18.1 ° W , the farthest east of any tropical cyclones . |
However , the NHC decided not to name the system Vince at the time , because the water temperature was too low for normal development for a tropical cyclone . | The National Hurricane Center ( NHC ) did not name the system Vince at the time , because the waters here were thought to be too cold for tropical or subtropical cyclones to exist . |
Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language . | Hello is a greeting in the English language . |
Considered a New York institution in sports reporting , Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for the Buffalo Broadcasters Association ( 1999 ) , Buffalo Baseball ( 2000 ) and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum ( 1997 ) . | Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for both the Buffalo Broadcasters Association ( 1999 ) and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum ( 1997 ) . |
He won numerous awards and citations , including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association 's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964-66 . | Mazer won three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association 's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964-66 . |
After filling in for Hugh Downs on the NBC game show Concentration , he was given his own show , Reach for the Stars , in January 1967 , but the show was quickly canceled . | He filled in for Hugh Downs on the game show Concentration . |
He died at a hospital in Danbury , Connecticut . | Mazer died on October 23 , 2013 from unknown causes at a hospital in Danbury , Connecticut , aged 92 . |
Bill Mazer ( born Morris Mazer ; November 2 , 1920 - October 23 , 2013 ) was an American television and radio personality . | Bill Mazer ( November 2 , 1920 - October 23 , 2013 ) was a retired sportscaster . |
He also co-hosted the program Sports Extra , which originally teamed him up with Lee Leonard and then later with Brian Madden ( 1976-78 ) , respectively . | He was a host for Sports Extra teaming up with Lee Leonard . |
His show was one of the pioneer examples of the modern sports talk show in America . | He was the host of the first sports talk radio show in history . |
In February 2003 , Jackson released his commercial debut album , Get Rich or Die Tryin ' . | His debut album , `` Get Rich Or Die Tryin ' '' broke music records and went multi-platinum . |
Get Rich or Die Tryin ' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling 872,000 copies in the first four days . | It sold 872,000 copies in the first four days . |
Throughout his music career , Jackson has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and won several awards , including a Grammy Award , 13 Billboard Music Awards , six World Music Awards , three American Music Awards and four BET Awards . | 50 and the album both won an American Music Award . |
The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16.3 sec . | Now , the record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16.3 sec . |
The Melbourne Cup is Australia 's major thoroughbred horse race . | The Melbourne Cup is Australia 's major horse race . |
The first race was held in 1861 ( see list of Melbourne Cup winners ) over two miles ( about 3,218 metres ) , but was shortened to 3,200 metres ( 2.0 mi ) in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system . | The race was first held over two miles , about 3,218 metres , but after Australia changed to the metric system in 1972 it was changed to 3,200 metres . |
This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres ( 61.31 ft ) , and Rain Lover 's 1968 race record of 3min .19.1 sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min .17.9 sec . | This made it 61ft 6in shorter , and Rain Lover 's 1968 race record of 3min .19.1 sec was changed to 3min .17.9 sec . |
Gaul ( Latin : Gallia ) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era , encompassing present day France , Luxembourg and Belgium , most of Switzerland , Northern Italy , as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine . | Gaul ( Latin : Gallia ) was the name given in ancient times to the area of Western Europe that included northern Italy , France , Belgium , western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river . |
Michael James Hegstrand ( September 12 , 1957 - October 19 , 2003 ) was an American professional wrestler . | Michael James Hegstrand ( September 12 , 1957 - October 19 , 2003 ) was an American professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) under the ring name , Road Warrior Hawk . |
He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk , one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors ( WCW ) or The Legion of Doom ( WWF ) , with Road Warrior Animal . | He is probably best known for wrestling as one half of the tag team , Road Warriors in WCW and The Legion of Doom in WWF . |
His views aroused considerable controversy in Portugal , especially after the publication of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ . | His views have aroused considerable controversy in Portugal , especially after the publication of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ . |
Their only daughter , Violante , was born in 1947 . | Their only child , Violante , was born in 1947 . |
Saramago was born in 1922 into a family of landless peasants in Azinhaga , Portugal , a small village in Ribatejo Province some one hundred kilometers northeast of Lisbon . | Saramago was born into a family of landless peasants in Azinhaga , Portugal , a small village in the province of Ribatejo some hundred kilometers north-east of Lisbon . |
In his 1986 novel The Stone Raft , the Iberian Peninsula breaks off from the rest of Europe and sails around the Atlantic Ocean . | In his 1986 novel , The Stone Raft , the Iberian Peninsula breaks off from the rest of Europe and sails about the Atlantic Ocean . |
In his 1995 novel Blindness , an entire unnamed country is stricken with a mysterious plague of `` white blindness '' . | In his 1995 novel , Blindness , an entire country is stricken with a mysterious plague called `` white blindness '' . |
Saramago joined the Portuguese Communist Party in 1969 and remained a member until the end of his life . | Saramago was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party from 1969 , until his death as well as an atheist and self-described pessimist . |
Saramago 's novels often deal with fantastic scenarios . | Saramago uses for his works fantastic scenarios . |
Pteranodon was not a dinosaur . | Pteranodon was a large pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous period . |
It existed during the late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas , Alabama , Nebraska , Wyoming , and South Dakota . | Fossil Pteranodon have been found in Kansas , Alabama , Nebraska , Wyoming , and South Dakota . |
This makes it possible for the bees to convey always up-to-date directional information during their waggle dance , without having to make a comparison with the sun during long dance phases . | This makes it possible for the bees to convey up-to-date directional information during their waggle dance , without having to make a comparison with the sun during long dance phases . |
Variations in the daytime position of the sun : Karl von Frisch proved that variations in the position of the sun over the course of a day provided bees with an orientation tool . | Variations in the daytime position of the sun : Karl von Frisch proved that variations in the position of the sun gave bees with a tool for navigation . |
With a UV receptor in each of the lens units of a compound eye , and a UV filter oriented differently in each of these units , a bee is able to detect this polarization pattern . | Each lens unit of a compound eye has a UV receptor , and a UV filter oriented differently in each of these units , so a bee is able to detect this polarization pattern . |
If a bee knows the direction to a feeding place found during a morning excursion , it can also find the same location , as well as the precise time at which this source provides food , in the afternoon , based on the position of the sun . | If a bee knows the direction to a feeding place found during a morning excursion , it can also find the same location , as well as the precise time at which this source provides food , in the afternoon , based on the position of the sun.137-147 A simple dance called `` round dance '' is used for nearby flowers . |
Karl Ritter von Frisch , ForMemRS ( 20 November 1886 - 12 June 1982 ) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 , along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz . | Karl Ritter von Frisch ( 20 November 1886 - 12 June 1982 ) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 , jointly with Niko Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz . |
Sense of smell : Frisch discovered that bees can distinguish various blossoming plants by their scent , and that each bee is `` flower constant '' . | Sense of smell : Frisch discovered that bees can distinguish various blossoming plants by their scent , and that each bee is `` flower constant '' .45 -51 Polarization pattern : Light scattered in a blue sky forms a pattern of partially polarized ultraviolet light . |
They use this capability to obtain information about the progression of the day deep inside a dark beehive comparable to what is known from the position of the sun . | They use this capability to get information on the progress of the day deep inside a dark beehive . |
This provides them not only with alternative directional information , but also with additional temporal information . | This provides not only directional but also information on the time of day . |
The means of communication is a special dance of which there are two forms : The `` round dance '' provides the information that there is a feeding place in the vicinity of the beehive at a distance between 50 and 100 meters , without the particular direction being given . | It means `` there is a feeding place near the beehive at 50 to 100 meters '' . |
Havre Boucher \ / ˈhævər ˈbuːʃi \ / is a Canadian village in Antigonish County , Nova Scotia . | Havre Boucher ( \ / ˈhævər ˈbuːʃi \ / ) is a Canadian village in Antigonish County , Nova Scotia . |
Havre Boucher is one of Nova Scotia 's 22 incorporated villages , offering its residents political control through an elected governing body known as a `` village commission '' which operates under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Municipal Services Act . | Havre Boucher is one of Nova Scotia 's 22 incorporated villages , offering its residents political control through an elected governing body known as a `` village commission '' which operates under the Nova Scotia Municipal Services Act . |
The community has expanded from its original setting on the west side of the harbor to now encompass the communities of Auld 's Cove , Cape Jack , East Havre Boucher , West Havre Boucher , Frankville and Linwood . | The original community of Havre Boucher is located to the west side of the harbor , although it now includes the communities of Auld 's Cove , Cape Jack , East Havre Boucher , West Havre Boucher , Frankville and Linwood . |
Construction of the Canso Causeway , which opened in 1955 , saw the Canadian National Railway mainline from Truro-Sydney being diverted from Linwood to an alignment north through Havre Boucher and Cape Jack , following the Strait of Canso to the causeway . | The construction of the Canso Causeway , which opened in 1955 , saw the Canadian National Railway mainline from Truro-Sydney diverted from Linwood north through Havre Boucher and Cape Jack , before following the Strait of Canso to the causeway . |
Prior to that time , the railway ran from Linwood to Mulgrave where a ferry service operated to Point Tupper . | Before 1955 , the railway ran from Linwood to Mulgrave where a ferry service operated to Point Tupper . |
Havre Boucher is largely rural and largely dependent upon the fishing industry and as a service center for the surrounding area . | Havre Boucher is a rural area , largely dependent upon the fishing industry , as well as serving as a service center for local communities . |
Not because Yanikian should have gone free , but because history 's darkest chapters - its genocides - should be exposed , so their horrors are less likely to be repeated . '' | Not because Yanikian should have gone free , but because history 's darkest chapters - its genocides - should be exposed , so their horrors are less likely to be repeated '' . |
Only Yanikian took the Armenian Genocide witness stand , accompanied by his friend and interpreter , Santa Barbaran Aram Saroyan , the uncle of famous author William Saroyan . | Yanikian took the Armenian Genocide witness stand , accompanied by his friend and interpreter , Santa Barbaran Aram Saroyan , the uncle of famous author William Saroyan . |
Armenians hoped Yanikian 's trial would provide a vehicle for proving the massacres in a court of law , while there were still surviving witnesses , but District Attorney Minier did n't agree . | Armenians hoped Yanikian 's trial would provide a vehicle for proving the massacres in a court of law , while there were still surviving witnesses . |
He concluded by saying that he killed the Turkish diplomats as representatives of the `` government that had massacred his people . '' | Finally , he said that he killed the Turkish diplomats as representatives of the `` government that had massacred his people '' . |
Yanikian told of coming across mutilated corpses and finding the decapitated bodies of his relatives killed in the massacres , and how he watched in hiding as marauding Turks slit his brother 's throat . | Yanikian told of his 26 family members killed in the massacres , and how he watched in hiding as marauding Turks slit his brother 's throat . |
After Yanikian 's death , District Attorney David D. Minier wrote , `` Looking back , I regret that I did not allow the genocide to be proven . | After Yanikian 's death , District Attorney David D. Minner wrote : `` Looking back , I regret that I did not allow the genocide to be proven . |
Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian ( Armenian : Գուրգեն Մկրտիչ Եանիկեան , December 24 , 1895 - February 29 , 1984 ) was an Armenian American author , engineer and an Armenian Genocide survivor , best known for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials ( Los Angeles Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir ) in California in 1973 . | Gourgen Yanikian ( Armenian : Գուրգեն Յանիկյան , December 24 , 1895 , Erzurum , Ottoman Armenia - March 27 , 1984 , USA ) was an Armenian author and engineer who killed two Turkish consular officials in California in 1973 . |
Subsequently , Fischer-Dieskau made guest appearances at the opera houses in Vienna and Munich . | Fischer-Dieskau made guest appearances at the opera houses in Vienna and Munich . |
He started singing as a child and began formal voice lessons at the age of 16 . | He started singing as a child and began voice lessons at the age of 16 . |
This company , known after 1961 as the Deutsche Oper , would remain his artistic home until his retirement from the operatic stage , in 1978 . | This company , known after 1961 as the Deutsche Oper , was to be his artistic home until his retirement from the operatic stage , in 1978 . |
Together they had three sons : Mathias ( a stage designer ) , Martin ( a conductor ) , and Manuel ( a cellist ) . | Together they had three sons : Mathias , who became a stage designer , Martin ( a conductor ) , and Manuel ( a cellist ) . |
In the autumn of 1948 , Fischer-Dieskau was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Städtische Oper Berlin ( Municipal Opera , West Berlin ) , making his debut as Posa in Verdi 's Don Carlos under Ferenc Fricsay . | In the autumn of 1948 , Fischer-Dieskau became principal lyric baritone at the Städtische Oper Berlin ( Municipal Opera , West Berlin ) , making his first opera performance in the role of Posa in Verdi 's Don Carlos under the conductor Ferenc Fricsay . |
He was the most recorded singer of all time . | He is the most recorded singer of all time . |
In 1951 , he made his Salzburg Festival concert debut with Mahler 's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ( Songs of a Wayfarer ) under Wilhelm Furtwängler . | In 1951 , he first appeared at a concert in the Salzburg Festival with Mahler 's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ( Songs of a Wayfarer ) under Wilhelm Furtwängler . |
From early in his career he collaborated with famous lyric sopranos Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Irmgard Seefried , and the recording producer Walter Legge , issuing instantly successful albums of Lieder by Schubert and Hugo Wolf . | From early in his career he worked with famous lyric sopranos Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Irmgard Seefried , and the recording producer Walter Legge , producing very popular albums of lieder by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf . |
He retired from the concert hall as of New Year 's Day , 1993 , at 67 , and dedicated himself to conducting , teaching ( especially the interpretation of Lieder ) , painting and writing books . | He retired from the concert hall on New Year 's Day , 1993 , at 67 , and spent his time conducting , teaching ( especially the interpretation of Lieder ) , painting and writing books . |
Both American recitals were accompanied by Gerald Moore . | For his recitals there he was accompanied by Gerald Moore . |
Albert Dietrich Fischer was born in 1925 in Berlin to Albert Fischer , a school principal , and Theodora ( née Klingelhoffer ) Fischer , a teacher . | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin . |
In 1947 , Fischer-Dieskau returned to Germany where he launched his professional career as a singer in Badenweiler , singing in Brahms ' Ein Deutsches Requiem without any rehearsal . | In 1947 he returned to Germany where he started his professional career singing the baritone solo in Brahms ' Ein Deutsches Requiem without any rehearsal . |
He gave his first Lieder recital in Leipzig in the autumn of 1947 and followed it soon afterwards with a highly successful first concert at Berlin 's Titania-Palast . | He gave his first Lieder recital in Leipzig later that year . |
In addition , he recorded in French , Russian , Hebrew and Hungarian . | He sang in many languages as well as German : French , Russian , Hebrew and Hungarian . |
( He was a last-minute substitute for an indisposed singer . ) | ( He was a last-minute substitute for a singer who was ill . ) |
His first tour in the United States took place in 1955 , when he was 29 , with his concert debut in Cincinnati on 15 April ( J. S. Bach 's Kreuzstab cantata ) and 16 April ( Ein Deutsches Requiem ) . | His first tour in the United States took place in 1955 , when he was 29 . |
They gave recitals together until Moore retired from public performance in 1967 . | He recorded many Lieder with Gerald Moore , and gave many recitals with him until Moore retired in 1967 . |
The Seychelles frogs ( Sooglossidae ) are a family of frogs found on the Seychelles Islands and India . | The Seychelles frogs ( Sooglossidae ) are a family of frogs . |
One species lacks tadpoles , with the eggs hatching directly into froglets , while the others carry the tadpoles on their backs until metamorphosis . | One species lacks tadpoles , with the eggs hatching directly into froglets . |
All of the species are relatively small terrestrial frogs , about 4 cm ( 1.6 in ) in length , hiding under fallen leaves or in rock crevices . | All of the species are small land frogs , about 4 centimetres ( 1.6 in ) in length . |
The remaining members of the genus are substantially smaller , with E. megalocyathus having an average mass of 4 kg and reaching a total length of 1 m. E. magnificus reaches a total length of around 1.5 m. | E. megalocyathus has an average weight of 4 kg and a total length of 1 m. E. magnificus has a total length of around 1.5 m. |
The member of this genus that best embodies the common name `` giant octopus '' is Enteroctopus dofleini , which holds the record of being the world 's largest octopus based on direct measurements of a 71-kg ( 156.5-lb ) individual weighed live . | The only member of this genus that deserves the common name `` Giant octopus '' is Enteroctopus dofleini . |
He was the disciple of Tilopa and brother , or some sources say partner and pupil , of Niguma . | He was the disciple of Tilopa and also brother and pupil of Niguma . |
He gained the reputation of a great scholar and faultless debater , essential at that time as the tradition of debate was such that the loser automatically became a student of the winner . | He had the reputation of a great scholar and debater . |
Plautus was sometimes accused of teaching the public indifference and mockery of the gods . | Plautus is sometimes accused of teaching the public indifference and mockery of the gods . |
Plautus perhaps does this to demoralize the characters . | Plautus perhaps does this to further demoralize the characters . |
Plautus did not make up or encourage irreverence to the gods , but reflected ideas of his time . | Plautus did not make up or encourage irreverence to the gods , but used the ideas of his time . |
It is likely that there was already much skepticism about the gods in Plautus ' era . | It is likely that there was already much skepticism about the gods in Plautus ' time . |
Parasites , pimps , and courtesans often praise the gods with scant ceremony . | Parasites , pimps , and courtesans often praise the gods with little ceremony . |
Young men , meant to represent the upper social class , often belittle the gods in their remarks . | Young men , meant to represent the upper social class , often make fun of the gods in their remarks . |
It is not uncommon , too , for a character to scorn the gods , as seen in Poenulus and Rudens . | This can be seen in Poenulus and Rudens . |