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Michael Howe (1787 – 21 October 1818) was a famous bushranger in Tasmania, Australia. He called himself the "Lieutenant Governor of the Woods". He kept a written record of his thoughts in a book he called "The Journal of Dreams". Early life. Howe was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, in 1787. He joined the merchant navy at Hull. After a short while he ran away and joined the Royal Navy. He deserted (left without permission) the navy after two years. He had his own small boat and carried coal. In 1811 Howe was arrested at York and charged with highway robbery. He was sentenced to seven years in Van Diemen's Land. Convict. Howe arrived in Hobart on October on the convict ship "Indefatigable". He was sent to work for John Ingle, who had once been the Supervisor of Convicts. He was now a farmer and merchant. Howe soon escaped and went into the bush. He joined up with a large group of escaped convicts who had become bushrangers (robbers). The gang of 28 was led by John Whitehead. It included two soldiers (who had deserted) and two aboriginal women. Bushranger. The bushrangers robbed a lot of houses and farms around New Norfolk. On April 25, 1815, the gang went to the house of a Mr.Carlisle. Carlisle and his friends went out to stop the gang from stealing a boat. Carlisle was shot dead, and his neighbour, Mr.O'Birne, was badly wounded. O'Birne died a few days later. The gang returned to New Norfolk in May 1815, to rob more houses. They met a group of soldiers and John Whitehead was shot and killed. To claim a reward for killing a bushranger, the body had to be identified. To stop people from claiming a reward for their capture, Howe and Whitehead had made a promise to each other. This would be to cut the head off whoever was killed first so no one would know who it was. As soon as Whitehead was shot, his head was cut off by Howe
Neil Ellwood Peart (September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian musician. He was best known as the drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush. He was also an author of 4 books, including "Ghost Rider", a book about his life after both his daughter and his wife died within a year of each other.  He won many awards for his drumming, and was a guest star as himself in the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" movie. Peart died from glioblastoma, which is a type of brain cancer, on January 7, 2020, in Santa Monica, California. He was 67.
Béthon is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in west France.
Briosne-lès-Sables is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
Chassillé is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in west France.
Domfront-en-Champagne is a commune. Location. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in the west of France.
Pirmil is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in the west of France. Here is a graph showing how this commune's population went up or down:
Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in the west of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tuffé-Val-de-la-Chéronne. The commune is 70 to 120 meters above sea-level. The figure below shows the evolution of the population:
Souillé is a commune. It is in the Pays de la Loire region in the Sarthe department in west France.
Aizenay is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France. Transport. Road. The D6, D50, D100A, D107, D948, D978, D2948 and D2978 roads pass through the commune.
Antigny is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. Transport. Road. The D19, D63, D67, D938T and D949B roads pass through the commune.
Apremont is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France. Transport. Road. The D21, D40, D94 and D107 roads pass through the commune.
Avrillé is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France. Transport. Road. The D19, D105, D130, D949 and D949A roads pass through the commune.
Breuil-Barret is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Terval.
Cezais is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais.
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2022, it was merged into the new commune of L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île.
L'Oie () is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2016, it became a part of the new commune of Essarts-en-Bocage.
La Chapelle-aux-Lys is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Terval.
La Faute-sur-Mer is a former commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2022, it was merged into the new commune of L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île.
La Tardière is a former commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of Terval.
Maché is a commune. It is in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in the west of France.
Montreuil is a commune. It is in Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France.
Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2019, it became a part of the new commune of Montaigu-Vendée. It is the childhood home of Thierry Rautureau The Chef In The Hat!!! Owner of Rover's Restaurant in Seattle, Washington in the Northwest Region of the United States.
Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais.
Thouarsais-Bouildroux is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais.
Heflin is a city in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 3,431. The city is the county seat of Cleburne County. History. Heflin was first settled in 1882 as a station on the railroad line from Atlanta. The town quickly grew and was incorported in 1886. Edwardsville was the county seat until 1905. In an election the county decided to move the county seat to Heflin. WKNG-FM 89.1 FM (Southern gospel /worship music) WPIL 91.7 FM (Southern gospel/classic country/bluegrass) "Cleburne News" (weekly)
Hartselle is the second largest city in Morgan County, Alabama, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Decatur, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census estimates, the population of the city is 15,455.
The M40 motorway is a motorway between Denham, near London; and Solihull near Birmingham in England. It also goes through Oxford. It was built in stages between 1967 and 1991 and is long. Junctions. Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Where a junction goes across several hundred metres, both start and end locations are given.
Dumbrăveni is a commune in Suceava County, Romania. It has two villages, Dumbrăveni and Sălăgeni.
Rast is a commune in Dolj County, Romania. It has one village, Rast. Rast was severely affected by flooding in the April 2006 Danube floods. More than 4,000 people were evacuated. Hundreds of households were destroyed.
Adak is a city in the state of Alaska in the United States. It is in the Aleutians West Census Area. Before, people called it Adak Station. In 2020, there were 171 people living there. Adak is the most western municipality in the United States. It is also the most southern city in Alaska. Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base used to be there. Transportation. Adak Airport is located west of the town.
Allakaket ( ) ("Aalaa Kkaakk’et" in Koyukon) is a city in the state of Alaska, in the United States. It is in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough. There were 177 people living in the city in 2020. Location. Allakaket's coordinates are (66.562610, -152.64756) (Sec. 14, T020N, R024W, Fairbanks Meridian.) It is in the Fairbanks Recording District. (In Alaska, the "Recorder's Office" is a part of the government that keeps track of who owns land. The "Recording District" is the area that a particular Recorder's Office is in charge of. Allakaket's Recording Office is in the city of Fairbanks, Alaska.) Allakaket is on the bank (side) of the Koyukuk River. It is south of the place where the Koyukuk joins the Alatna River. The city is about northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is about up the river from Hughes, Alaska. The village of Alatna, Alaska is on the other side of the Koyukuk River from Allakaket. The United States Census Bureau says that Allakaket's size is . It has of land and of water. 13.6% of the city's area is water. Weather. The area around Allakaket has a cold, continental climate. The difference between the high temperature and the low temperature is very large. In July, the average high temperature is . In January, the average low temperature is . The highest temperature ever was . The lowest temperature ever was .  Allakaket gets about of precipitation every year. "Precipitation" is any kind of water falling from the sky to the earth. Rain, sleet, and snow are all kinds of precipitation. The city usually gets about of snow every year. When it is cold, the Koyukuk River will have ice on it. There is usually no ice from June until November. History and culture. There are different Native American groups that live or used to live around
Utqiaġvik (; , ), officially the City of Utqiaġvik and known as Barrow () until 2016, is a city in Alaska. It is the northernmost city of the United States of America and one of the northernmost cities in the world. It is located on the north coast of Alaska along the Arctic Ocean and is the administrative capital of the North Slope Borough. It is about 1,300 miles or 2,100 kilometers from the North Pole. Its antipode is located in Antarctica. Climate. Utqiagvik experiences a tundra climate with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers. Temperatures are below freezing from early October until late May. The high temperature is above freezing for only about 138 days per year, and there are temperatures at or below on an average of 145 days per year. Freezing temperatures and snowfall can happen during any month of the year. Because Utqiagvik is located above the Arctic Circle, there are some days when the sun never rises and some days when the sun never sets. When the sun sets on November 18 or 19, it will stay below the horizon for about 65 days, until January 22 or 23. This phenomenon is called polar night. The opposite, midnight sun, occurs during the summer. When the sun rises on May 10 or 11, it will remain above the horizon until August 1 or 2. Winters are extremely cold and dry with temperatures at or below -40°F/C sometimes occurring. Summers in Utqiagvik are cool with temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s. There are on average 26 days per year above 50°F (10°C) and around 5 days above 60°F (18°C). Temperatures above 70°F are rare. The average yearly temperature in Utqiagvik is . The highest temperature recorded in Utqiagvik was on July 13, 1993 and the lowest temperature was on February 4, 1924. Utqiagvik is warming quickly due to being in the Arctic. The Arctic region is warming at rate three times the global
Bethel is a city in Alaska, of the United States. The only way to get to the town is by river or by airplane. Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River. Bethel is the largest community in western Alaska. It is inside the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
Buckland is a town in Alaska, United States. The town name is "Nunatchiaq" in Iñupiaq. At the 2020 census the population was 550.
Circle is a city in Alaska, United States. Circle is the end of the Pan-American Highway. The town started in 1893 because gold was found in Birch Creek. Circle was named by miners who believed the town was on the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is actually about north. Each February, the town has a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Cold Bay is a town in Alaska, United States. The town name is Udaamagax in the Aleut language. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50. Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the Alaska Peninsula. It is home to Cold Bay Airport. The offices for Izembek National Wildlife Refuge are also in the town.
Craig is a city in Alaska, United States. Craig is the largest town on Prince of Wales Island. Commercial fishing brings much of the income in Craig. There are two harbors in the center of town. Tourism provides jobs and income to the community. Lodges are available to guests who visit the island for the salmon fishing as well as black bear and deer hunting. Another main employer in Craig is the U.S. Forest Service.
Dillingham is a city in Alaska. It is in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. Dillingham is on Nushagak Bay. Dillingham has no roads from the Alaska Highway. The only way to reach Dillingham is by plane or sea. Dillingham was once known as the Pacific salmon capital of the world. Commercial fishing is an important part of the local economy. Dillingham is the headquarters for nearby Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is home to walruses, seals, terrestrial mammals, migratory birds and fish. It includes one of the largest wild herring fisheries in the world.  The University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus (BBC) is in Dillingham.
Diomede is a city in Alaska, United States. It is on Little Diomede Island. The island is in the middle of the Bering Strait. It is near the International Date Line. There are no major roads on the island. There also are no banks or restaurants. A general store has basic supplies, while a laundromat has washers, dryers, and showers for people living in the village. There is a medical clinic for basic health care found in the same building as the store and laundromat. Diomede is the only place people live on the island. Mail is delivered to the island by helicopter.
Eek is a town in Alaska. It is about 400 miles west of Anchorage. The name comes from an Eskimo word that means "two eyes".
Fairbanks is a city in Alaska. It is the borough seat of Fairbanks North Star Borough. In 2020, 32,515 people lived there.  The only city in Alaska with more people is Anchorage.  Fairbanks was founded in 1901, and is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, an American Senator and Vice President. It was found on the Chena River. The University of Alaska has one of its main campuses in Fairbanks. Climate. Being so far north, Fairbanks has long, very cold winters. It is normal for the temperature to be −15 °F (−26 °C) to −25 °F (−32 °C), and it can get as cold as −60 °F (−51 °C).  The summers are short but warm by Alaska standards. It is usually around 70 °F (21 °C), but it can get as warm as 90 °F (32 °C). In the winter the days are very short, on the winter solstice it is light outside for less than three hours. In the summer the opposite is true, it can be light outside for twenty two hours a day. This is called the midnight sun.
Galena is a small village in Alaska with a population of 500+ people. Galena is located on the Yukon River about 270 miles west of Fairbanks Alaska by plane and 350 miles north of Anchorage, AK. During the summertime, the only way to get to Galena is by plane, boat, or barge, and during winter, the only ways in are by plane, snow-machine, dogsled, or other all-terrain vehicles. Galena has only two stores that get their materials in only by barge or plane. The two store names are Sweetsirs and Alaska Commercial Company.  History. Galena was established in 1918 as a trading station and became an Air Force base on July 1, 1943, until 1993. After the military retired from the old Air force base, the townspeople turned the building and facilities into a boarding school. The retired Air force base was put into new ownership of the school in September 2008. Galena's community school was named after an Athabascan elder who is famous throughout all of Alaska who also served on the board of fish and wildlife for a total of 9 years. It is also the home of two schools called Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) and the Sidney C. Huntington School.  Iditarod. Galena is also one of the checkpoints for the famous Iditarod sled dog race but the trail changes its route every other year. Like the Iditarod, Galena is also another checkpoint for another race called the Iron Dog Race which is an off-road snow-machine race that takes place over 2,600 miles across Alaska.  Climate. During the summer Galena can have temperatures of 90 above and in the winter the temperatures of minus 40 below zero with a record of negative 64 below freezing. In May 2013 Galena had a massive flood event that most of the buildings in the village had significant flood damage, and many were flooded by at least seven feet of water. On June 25, 2013, President Barack Obama issued a Major Disaster Declaration for the village. The people of Galena continue to clean up and
Golovin is a town in Alaska, United States. It is on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska. The town name is in honor of Russian Vice-Admiral Vasily Golovnin. The town name was spelled incorrectly. Nearby Golovnin Bay has the correct spelling. Golovin is a checkpoint, or stop along the way for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Grayling is a town in Alaska, United States. The town name is "Sixno' Xidakagg" in the Holikachuk language. The town is a checkpoint, or stop along the way for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Kachemak is a small city in the US state of Alaska. It is in the southern part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Kachemak is north east of Homer, Alaska, a larger city. It is on the north side of Kachemak Bay, in south-central Alaska. The city covers a total of of land. The city limits do not include any water. The city has only one road: East End Road. In 2020, there were 576 people living in Kachemak. These people were mostly Caucasian (white), along with a few Asians, and Native Americanss. There were 282 males and 294 females living there then. About one-sixth of the population (17.9%) was under eighteen years old.
Kake is a town in Alaska, United States. It is on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island. The town name comes from a Tlingit word that means “mouth of dawn” or “opening of daylight”.
Kaktovik () is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. There were 283 people at the 2020 census.
Kaltag is a town in Alaska. Kaltag is on the west bank of the Yukon River, 120 km (75 miles) west of Galena. In 2020, there were 158 people living in Kaltag. Most of the people who live in Kaltag are Native Americans. History. The first people to live in the area were the Koyokon people, part of the Athabascan nation. They used Kaltag as a cemetery for surrounding villages. It is on an old walking track which led west through the mountains to Unalakleet. The Athabascans had many camps in the area. They moved as the animals they hunted for food moved to different areas. There were 12 summer fish camps on the Yukon River between the Koyukuk River and the Nowitna River. The Russians named Kaltag after a Koyokon man named Kaltaga. In 1839 smallpox killed many of the people who lived in the area. When the United States took over Alaska, the army built a telegraph line along the north side of the Yukon River. A trading post opened around 1880. There was a gold rush in 1884-85. Steamboats travelled along the river carrying supplies for the gold miners. In 1900 there were 46 steamboats on the river. Measles and food shortages during 1900 reduced the population of the area by one-third. The village of Kaltag began after this when the people who were left in three nearby villages moved to the area.  By 1906, most of the people looking gold had left for Fairbanks or Nome. The Galena lead mines opened 1919. Kaltag was down the river from the mines and grew as a point on the transportation route for the mines. It declined in the 1940s as mining declined. The old cemetery was washed into the river around 1937. An airport and medical clinic were built during the 1960s. Kaltag today. Kaltag has a week long Stick Dance Festival every two years that draws visitors from many other villages. This festival is held by relatives of people who have died, to thank those who helped during their time of mourning. Most of the people in Kaltag live by hunting and fishing. Salmon, whitefish, moose, bear, waterfowl and berries are the main foods.
Ketchikan is a city in Alaska, United States. Ketchikan is on Revillagigedo Island. Climate. Ketchikan has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: "Cfb"), with very high precipitation. It rivals Yakutat as the wettest "city" in the United States, with a yearly precipitation (1991−2020 normals) of , which falls on 229 days of the year, including of snow, almost all of it falling from November through April. (However, with a yearly precipitation of , the city of Whittier has more yearly precipitation than both Ketchikan and Yakutat, which makes it the wettest city in Alaska and the United States, and Yakutat and Ketchikan the second- and third-wettest cities in Alaska, respectively.)
Klawock is a city in Alaska. It is on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, on Klawock Inlet, across from Klawock Island. The population was 720 at the 2020 census. It is 90 km (56 mi) from Ketchikan, 11 km (seven mi) from Craig, and 39 km (24 mi) from Hollis.
Kodiak is a city in Alaska. It is one of seven towns on Kodiak Island. The Alutiiq people were the first to live on the island. In the 18th century the town became the capital of Russian Alaska. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. Kodiak became a center for commercial fishing
Kotzebue is a city in the United States. It is found in the state of Alaska. Kotzebue is the largest city in the Northwest Arctic Borough. Ralph Wien Memorial Airport is the only airport in the Borough. Kotzebue is at the end of the Baldwin Peninsula in the Kotzebue Sound. It is north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska's western coast. Kotzebue is a gateway to Kobuk Valley National Park.
Suzette is a commune. It is found in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in the Vaucluse department in the south of France. Transport. Road. The D90 road passes through Suzette.
Kwethluk is a city in Alaska. Geography. Kwethluk has a total area of 11.8 square miles.
Vacqueyras is a commune of 1,260 people (2015). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Vaucluse department in the south of France. Geography. Vacqueyras is on the southern edge of the Dentelles de Montmirail, about east of Orange and north of Carpentras.
"Not to be confused with Napaskiak, Alaska" Napakiak is a city in Alaska.
"Not to be confused with Napakiak, Alaska" Napaskiak is a city in Alaska.
New Stuyahok is a village in in the American state of Alaska. It is on the Nushagak River. In 2020 there were 512 people living in New Stuyahok. The name "Stuyahok" means "going down river place". In 2008 a new airport was built at a cost of $3,000,000. The village of New Stuyahok has been moved at least three times. It moved down the river from the first site in 1918. In 1942, new location of the village was said to be still too far up the river. Also, it was being flooded too often. This caused them to move village to its current location. A school and a post office were built in 1961.