Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Pitt Island


Related Topics

  
  The Chatham Islands
The Islands were first discovered by Europeans on the 29th November 1791 when Lieutnant Broughton in the HM Brig "Chatham" landed and took possession.
High School children are flown home to the Islands on the mainland and a few remain on the Island and complete their education by correspondence.
The Islands have a population of 753 (1991 Census: Population usually resident in Chatham Islands County)
www.sll.fi /mpe/chatham   (1598 words)

  
  Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: William Pitt (1759-1806).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pitt's policy during the ensuing years to the Peace of Amiens (1802) "was twofold: it was a naval policy and a policy of subsidy."8 Unlike his father, the younger Pitt had no desire, general like, to conduct the war from the prime minister's office; he was first and foremost a manager of finances.
Pitt is known as an orator during a time when there was an assembly of brilliant orators.
In any event, William Pitt was quite different when he was with "the gang." One of the stories recounted was the time that Lady Hester had managed to fled her brother's, the prime minister's face while some of the members of the family pinned him down, much to the delight of the children.
www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/Pitt.htm   (2861 words)

  
 Brad Pitt Center: Magazine Articles & Interviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pitt’s inspiration will require a flurry of preparation: his torso will have to be wrapped in gauze, the fence reinforced and the lights reconfigured.
Pitt’s strict code of ethic is a part of his onscreen appeal, and it has also been his greatest protection from the self-destruction and narcissism that so often infects those in the public eye.
The fact that Brad Pitt can’t get the girl is an irony he relishes: even if he can’t stop the public from invading his bedroom, he can control how he enters their living room.
pittcenter.com /magazines/prem97   (3771 words)

  
 Basketball: Pitt wears out Rhode Island for 87-71 victory
Pitt, ranked No. 3 in the USA Today/ESPN poll and No. 4 by The Associated Press, flexed its muscles underneath, enjoyed significant contributions from almost the entire roster and rode the hot shooting of Brandin Knight.
Pitt outreboudned Rhode Island, 45-27, and held the Rams to 31 percent shooting from the field.
Pitt's bench proved to be much deeper as the Panthers weathered the loss of two starters to lead, 47-31, at halftime.
www.post-gazette.com /sports/pitt/20021222pittbb1222p4.asp   (759 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The millennial bashes on the islands were a showcase of the region's cultural diversity and rich heritage: A ritual fish catch and feast on Fiji; indigenous Moriori dances on the Chathams; a performance of Handel's "Messiah" for 300,000 people in Auckland, New Zealand.
Pitt Island, for example, will be the first "permanently inhabited" land to see the millennium dawn.
The competition was expected to continue into the new millennium: A couple in the Chatham Islands, for example, were aiming to win the title of first wedding by timing their ceremony so the words "I do" come immediately after the tick of midnight.
www.sptimes.com /News/123199/mill/city1.shtml   (464 words)

  
 Pikey Island - Pikey Brad Pitt
Added info: Pitt is a self confessed soap dodger but hides this fact from women by telling them he is practising for a film role.
The trouble was that Pitt was starting to earn a reputation of being a bit of a skunk, so his people arranged for him to be seen to be marrying one of the Hollywood beauties to improve is image.
It's a well known fact on the Island that Pitt can not talk a word of sense due to the fact that he was raised by wild goats when he was just a young boy after his parents left him in a kids adventure park.
www.theginge.com /pikeybradpitt.html   (555 words)

  
 Pitt Island/Rangiauria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pitt Island or Rangiauria is the second largest island in the Chatham Islands, territorially part of New Zealand, the mainland of which lies 800 kilometres to the west.
Pitt Island lies to the south of its larger neighbour, Chatham Island.
The island was first sighted by the crew of William R. Broughton's ship HMS Chatham in 1790.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pitt_Island   (154 words)

  
 [No title]
Although the islands were spread out over 142 miles of ocean from 29°10' to 31°30' south and from 171°45' to 179° west, d'Entrecastreux considered them as one group, which he named the "Kermadec Islands" after his second in command.
The island is surrounded by kelp, a seaweed that tends to foul propellers and to wash ashore and rot.
It is a round island with a maximum elevation of 9000 feet and an average annual temperature of 32.7°F. There are no natural harbors, and the wind seems to come from the wrong direction on all sides or, as a sailor would say, it has no lee side.
www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=1535   (15958 words)

  
 Chatham Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main island of the chain is dotted with numerous lakes and lagoons, notably the large Te Whanga Lagoon.
The grass landing-field at Hapupu, at the northern end of the Island, proved a limiting factor, as few aircraft apart from the Bristol Freighter had both the range to fly to the islands and the ruggedness to land on the grass airstrip.
Pitt Island and Kaingaroa are staffed by sole charge principals while Te One has three teachers and a principal.These schools cater for children from Year 1 to 8.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chatham_Islands   (1841 words)

  
 Pacific Ocean : Chatham Islands
The islands, with a land area of 97 km², consist of two main islands and numerous smaller islets and rock formations; in all there are around 40 or so minor islets.
Chatham Island is by far the largest island at around 90 km², with Pitt Island at 6.2 km² being the second largest.
The largest of the smaller islands is Rangatira (South East Island), located 2 km off the southeast coast of Pitt Island, covers 2.18 km² rising to height of 224 m near the cliffs on the west coast.
www.oceandots.com /pacific/chatham   (329 words)

  
 Basketball: Pitt improves record to 9-1
Pitt, a loser only to South Florida in the Robert Morris tournament, arrives at this juncture of its non-Big East schedule ready to embark on its first foray outside Allegheny County -- a Tuesday trip to Ohio State.
Pitt equaled its season low in point production while converting just 37 percent from the floor (23 for 61).
Rhode Island promptly went through an 0-for-9 shooting drought and, after a timeout, couldn't even let loose an attempt against the Panthers' defense, turning the ball over on a shot-clock violation.
www.post-gazette.com /sports/pitt/20011216pittbb1216np5.asp   (755 words)

  
 Millennium firsts
Pitt Island is part of New Zealand's Chatham Islands, 850km (528 miles) east from the mainland.
Mt Hakepa on Pitt Island was the first inhabited place on earth to welcome the third millennium.
The picture of Mt Hapeka is represented with the kind permission of Ken and Robert Lanauze of Pitt Island, New Zealand.
www.didyouknow.cd /millennium.htm   (966 words)

  
 Chatham Island
Pitt Island is 12 miles southeast of Chatham Island.
Paua (fl abalone): This shellfish is harvested in the inshore waters of the Chatham Island and exported fresh and frozen to many countries.
The history of Chatham Island is very interesting, as is the island itself.
www.musc.edu /cando/kidsat/chatham   (1163 words)

  
 Pitt Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Island that launched a thousand scripts; (1) property ON SUNDAY (2) As Brad Pitt in Troy confirms Malta's status as a brilliant film location, foreign buyers are joining in its amazing property boom.
Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health and Island of Tobago Sign Agreement for Research Collaboration.
Pitt softball drops 3 of 5 in USF tournament
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-pittisl.html   (180 words)

  
 Chatham Island
The two main islands are the only inhabited islands, with the smaller islands mostly conservation reserves with access restricted or prohibited.
The islands are hilly – Pitt more so than Chatham – with the highest point being a 290-metre summit on Pitt Island.
Chatham Island is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand, at 44°00′S 176°35′W — not exactly "halfway between the equator and the pole, and right on the International Date Line" but close enough for tourism marketing purposes.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/35/chatham-island.html   (817 words)

  
 Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Phillip Island section comprised of 190 hectares, the total area of neighbouring Phillip Island which lies 6 kilometres South of Norfolk Island from where it is clearly visible.
The two highest points on the Island, Mount Pitt and Mount Bates, are central to the Park and the landscape skirting these two peaks is mostly steep to undulating.
The north-eastern side the Mount Pitt section of the Park is bounded by the sea, whilst the north-west and western sides are bounded by roads, and its southern boundary adjoins private property.
www.deh.gov.au /parks/norfolk/index.html   (407 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Pitt Island Sheep
Pitt Island is 16 by 10 km and 6500 ha.
The mean shoulder height of the males is 766mm, body length 1240mm; females shoulder height 695mm, body length 1262mm.On Pitt Island 96.8% of rams have horns and the remainder are polled or (very rarely) have scurs.
Most Pitt Island ewes however, have scurs (53.6%); of the rest, 32,4% were polled and 12.8% had horns.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/sheep/pittisland/index.htm   (356 words)

  
 An observation of aggressive nest defence in the Pitt Island Shag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The fighting we observed in the Pitt Island Shag most closely fits the description for that in the closely related trio of the Macquarie Island Shag, Antarctic Shag and South Georgian Shag, both in the grasping of the neck and the high level of violence.
Presumably one of the Pitt Island Shags we observed fighting was female.
BERRY, H.H. Physiological and behavioural ecology of the Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis.
taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk /~mkennedy/wosabstracts/pis.html   (1429 words)

  
 Sydney Waterfront Accommdation - Pitt Point Cottage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pitt Point Cottage is on the sunny Northern point of Scotland Island just 30 kms and 45 minutes from the heart of Sydney.
Scotland Island is in beautiful Pittwater and only 5 minutes by ferry from the nearest land at Church Point.
Pitt Point is an idyllic location from which to paint, write, read, watch the yachts sail past or just sit in the spa and enjoy the sunset.
www.ozstays.com /5931   (327 words)

  
 Turtle Island Storyteller Lillian Pitt
The memories of the elders are very special because they are the last of the quote unquote traditional type of people who saw Celilo when it was a regular fishing place, who spoke only their Indian language, and who dressed the way they dressed.
Lillian Pitt, Yakama, Wasco, and Warm Springs artist from the Columbia River Gorge, is known as a great innovator within her tradition and is deeply influenced by the rich culture of Columbia River tribes of the Northwest.
The work of Lillian Pitt whispers to us with the wisdom of her ancestors and tells us that the magic and miracles needed to make the future possible reside in ancient stories handed down for generations on both sides of the Columbia River Gorge.
www.turtleislandstorytellers.net /tis_oregon/transcript_l_pitt.htm   (1070 words)

  
 PITT ISLAND SHEEP
In the nineteen-seventies a feral flock of several thousand sheep could be found on Pitt Island in the Chatham group (see map).
These possibly derived from Saxony Merinos first taken to South-East Island – another island in the Chatham group – in 1841 and later transferred to Pitt Island.
Pitt Island sheep are almost all coloured and have the self-shedding fleeces characteristic of feral breeds.
www.rarebreeds.co.nz /pittisland.html   (195 words)

  
 UConn edges Panthers in double OT - PittsburghLIVE.com
Twice, they started drives by handing it off on first and second down to LaRod Stephens-Howling, who rushed for 154 yards on 32 carries but was held to 22 in the second half.
In the second overtime, Pitt followed a 24-yard pass to Derek Kinder with a 1-yard scoring run by Stephens-Howling to take a 45-38 lead.
Pitt is now left wondering whether it can salvage a season in which it has lost three consecutive games after winning six of its first seven.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/blairsvilledispatch/sports/s_479408.html   (838 words)

  
 PITT VOLLEYBALL WINS AT HOME AGAINST LONG ISLAND :: Azadeh Boroumand and Diana Andreyko recorded double-doubles.
Pitt was more accurate in its hitting percentage, finishing at.166 compared to Long Island's.082, and the Panthers put up 15 blocks to the Blackbird's seven.
Pitt started with a three-point lead in game two after a block by Andreyko and Moses.
Pitt tried to close in several times, but the Blackbirds continued to take a two-point lead.
pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com /sports/w-volley/recaps/102706aaa.html   (730 words)

  
 Island Mullet Wrapper - Dauphin Island News from Boardwalk Realty
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab is opening its facilities Oct. 7 for families to come learn about the animals and habitats of the island...
DAUPHIN ISLAND -- In an odd twist, the 74th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo was as calm Saturday as it was frenetic on Friday.
The Island Mullet Wrapper is a public service of Boardwalk Realty and accepts no advertising, paid promotion or any remuneration for the information reported.
www.dauphinisland.net /news   (2877 words)

  
 PANTHERS CAPTURE SECOND TOURNAMENT TITLE AT RHODE ISLAND INVITATIONAL :: Pitt's Diana Andreyko and Stephanie Ross were ...
Pitt's Diana Andreyko and Stephanie Ross were named to the all-tournament team.
Pitt had its second tournament MVP of the season with outside hitter Diana Andreyko.
Pitt held the Huskies to only 20 points in the first game.
pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com /sports/w-volley/recaps/090206aab.html   (373 words)

  
 LIU Volleyball
Long Island (17-10) kept the first game close, but Pitt used a 7-1 run to take a 20-15 lead and held off a late LIU charge to win 30-20.
The game two win would be the highlight of the match for Long Island as Pitt (18-7) took game three by a 30-22 margin.
Pitt would eventually build a four-point lead before scoring the five straight points to close out the match.
www.brooklyn.liu.edu /bbut11/volly/06-Pitt.htm   (257 words)

  
 UConn edges Panthers in double OT - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
And Hernandez throwing the ball out of the stadium after his two-point conversion run provided the exclamation point on UConn's 46-45, double-overtime victory over Pitt on Saturday before a crowd of 40,000.
But Pitt couldn't tackle the 6-foot-1, 202-pounder, especially in the waning moments.
Even so, Pitt appeared poised to put the game away when Adam Graessle's punt was downed at the Huskies' 2.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_479380.html   (839 words)

  
 Chatham Islands, New Zealand
For one, it is one of the few oceanic islands or archipelagoes that resides between 40 and 50 degrees either north or south latitude.
So back to Chatham Island, and as we land I realize, in my imaginary global tour, that this is one of the few inhabited oceanic island groups in the world at this general latitude, in either the northern or southern hemisphere.
Also present was the endemic Chatham Island mahoe or Melicytus chathamica of the Violaceae family, with lance-shaped, sharply-toothed leaves 5-12 centimeters long, growing as an understory tree to 5 meters tall in rapidly revegetating regions of the coastal reserves.
www.spiritone.com /~brucem/chatham.htm   (3052 words)

  
 Mt Pitt - Virtual Island Tour - Norfolk Island
Mt Pitt - Virtual Island Tour - Norfolk Island
Use ctr or shift to zoom in or out.
Copyright © 2005 - 2006 Norfolk Island Tourism.
www.norfolkisland.com.au /virtual_island_tour/mt_pitt.cfm   (37 words)

  
 Chatham Lodge, Resort on the Chatham Islands in New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
First Class accommodation situated in the centre of the Island midway between the Airport and the township of Waitangi.
Sightseeing trips around the islands either on a self drive basis or with one of our guides.
A guide is recommended and will accompany self drives around the Island if required.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /new_zealand/hotels/cha_chathamlodge.html   (258 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.