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The National Intelligencer was an American tri-weekly newspaper established in Washington by Samuel H Smith, in 1800, as the organ of Jefferson's administration. This journal was in reality an offshoot of a publication begun at Philadelphia in 1793 by Joseph Gales, the elder. Gales was an English immigrant, whose republican principles had forced him to leave England. In 1810 Joseph Gales Jr, became one of the editors of the National Intelligencer and was joined in 1813 by William Seaton, also an English immigrant. This paper wielded considerable influence in political circles. Its publication was suspended in 1866.
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Climatology is the study of climate, its global variations and causes. Climatologists record mean daily, monthly, and annual temperatures and monthly and annual rainfall totals, as well as maximum and minimum values. Other data collected relate to pressure, humidity, sunshine, cold cover, and the frequency of days of frost, snow, hail, thunderstorms, and gales. The main facts are summarised in tables and climatological atlases published by nearly all the national meteorological services of the world.
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In astronomy the equinoctial is the circle in the heavens otherwise known as the celestial equator. When the sun is on the equator there is equal length of day and night over all the earth: hence the name equinoctial.
Equinoctial gales are storms which are observed generally to take place about the time of the sun's crossing the equator, that is, at the vernal and autumnal equinox, in March and September.
Equinoctial points are the two points wherein the celestial equator and ecliptic intersect each other;
the one, being in the first point of Aries, is called the vernal point; and the other, in the first point of Libra, the autumnal point. These points are found to be moving backward or westward at the rate of 50 minutes of a degree in a year. This is called the precession of the equinoxes.
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Festival Mild was a mild by George Gales & Co of Horndean, Hampshire first brewed in 1990 in response to the CAMRA calls to revive cask milds. Festival Mild was brewed with floor malted Otter pale ale malt, black malt and crystal malt and a blend of Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops.
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GB Bitter was a cask conditioned real ale brewed by George Gales & Co of Horndean, Hampshire since 1998 replacing their earlier IPA and Best Bitter. Unusually for a real ale, the brewer recommended serving it through a sparkler so as to generate a north of England style 'head' on the beer.
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Gales HSB (Horndean Special Bitter) was a strong cask conditioned real-ale brewed by George Gales & Co of Horndean, Hampshire, first brewed in 1959 until the closure of the brewery in 2005.
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Prize old ale was a remarkable bottle conditioned ale of 9% alcohol from Gales of Horndean, Hampshire. It was an intensely warming beer with a hop and fruitcake flavour. It was matured for between six and twelve months before being put into corked bottles, where it continued to mature for several years.
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Algoa Bay is a bay on the south coast of South Africa 680 kilometers east from the Cape of Good Hope. It is the only place of shelter on this coast for vessels during the prevailing north-west gales. The usual anchorage is off Port Elizabeth, on its west coast.
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Bermuda (formerly known as Bermudas, Somers Islands and Summers' Isles) is a group of British possession islands in the Caribbean with a total area of 50 km2. They are the most northernly coral islands in the world. The climate is subtropical mild, humid with gales and strong winds common in the winter. The terrain is low hills separated by fertile depressions. Natural resources are limestone and a pleasant climate fostering tourism. The religion is 37% Anglican, 14% Roman Catholic, 10% African Methodist Episcopal (Zion), 6% Methodist, 5% Seventh-Day Adventist, 28% other. The language is English.
The islands of Bermuda were colonised from Virginia by Sir George Somers after he was shipwrecked at the islands in 1609, and subsequently named after him, Somers.
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Gales is a township in Redwood County, Minnesota, USA.
Gales is a township in Aurora County, South Dakota, USA.
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