Pern

Pern is a fictional planet created by Anne McCaffrey beginning in the 1960s, the setting for the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction books. In the story it is "Rukbat 3", the third planet in orbit around the star Rukbat, counting outward.

No Pern fiction has been published since June 2012, several months after Anne McCaffrey's death. There are two collections of Pern stories; twenty-three novels, some written jointly or solely by Todd McCaffrey, the son of Anne; and a few authorized companion books by other writers. The figure shows the habitable portion of Pern's northern continent and a tiny portion of its southern continent, which are the setting for the first novel Dragonflight (1968) and its sequel Dragonquest. East–West it shows approximately that hemisphere known prior to the last two books (2011, 2012). North–South it does not show the abandoned region of "Landing" and early colonization, further to the southeast, whose rediscovery and resettlement is one unifying theme of the stories that follow Dragonquest in Pern historical time, perhaps one third of the series.

Firestone

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Firestone (song)

"Firestone" is a song by Norwegian Tropical house producer Kygo featuring vocals from Australian singer Conrad Sewell. Released on 1 December 2014, the single reached number one on VG-lista, the official Norwegian singles chart and became a big international hit for Kygo on many other charts.Birdy performed a cover of the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Music video

The music video was released on Kygo's official Vevo channel on 9 March 2015, where it had gained over 160 million views as of December 2015. The video starts with a young woman (played by Rachel Echelberger, contestant of America's Next Top Model cycle 13) bumping into a young man, who pulls him in and seems about to kiss him before walking off with a suggestive display. He is entranced, and follows her through a series of doors that open up into different scenes, such as a forest, parties (where Kygo is seen playing music), a pool, and the dry riverbed in Los Angeles. They briefly reconnect at one of the parties before she leaves again. As he steps up the chase, she continues running, and when he appears to have lost her for good, he loses his temper. However, after he sees her walking casually by in a rugged warehouse loft, the chase continues. At the end of the video he ends up at the same location where they first met, but on exiting the next door, he finds her standing alone on a building rooftop in the city, where he meets her as the video fades. Kygo made this song as an homage to his maiden namesake, the same namesake which inspired Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.

Firestone (surname)

Firestone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Harvey Firestone family

Others

Pernå

Pernå (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈperno]; Finnish: Pernaja) is a former municipality of Finland.

Pernå is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of 1,107.07 square kilometres (427.44 sq mi) of which 687.6 km² (265.5 sq mi) is water. The population density was 9.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.4/sq mi).

The municipality was bilingual, with the majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

Pernå is the oldest municipality in the Eastern Uusimaa region. The current municipalities of Lapinjärvi, Liljendal and Loviisa were originally part of it. Mikael Agricola, the founder of written Finnish was born in Pernå in the early 16th century. He is also considered to be the "Reformator of Finland" in the transfer from Catholicism to Lutheranism.

Situated conveniently by the coast, and engulfing also a small river, the lands of Pernå were attractive at a time when waterways rather than proper roads provided the means of transport. There are a number of manor houses in the Pernå area - most notably Savlaks manor, which dates back to the 1450s - at a time when Finland was a part of Sweden.

European honey buzzard

The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), also known as the pern or common pern, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Etymology

Despite its English name, this species is more closely related to kites of the genera Leptodon and Chondrohierax than to true buzzards in Buteo. The binomen is due to Linné, derived from περνης, an Aristotelian term for a bird of prey, and Latin apivorus "bee-eating" (although bees are much less important than wasps in the bird's diet).

Description

The 52–60-centimetre-long (20–24 in) honey buzzard is larger and longer winged, with a 135–150-centimetre (53–59 in) wingspan, when compared to the smaller common buzzard (Buteo buteo). It appears longer necked with a small head, and soars on flat wings. It has a longer tail, which has fewer bars than the Buteo buzzard, usually with two narrow dark bars and a broad dark sub-terminal bar. The sexes can be distinguished on plumage, which is unusual for a large bird of prey. The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. The female is slightly larger and darker than the male.

Pakistan Education and Research Network

The Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN) is a part of an IT Action Plan that was launched by Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman as Minister of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan, in August 2002. The project was financed by the Government of Pakistan in cooperation with PTCLs (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) Research and Development funds.

The network was designed, operated and maintained by NTC and now by PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) and it is managed by Higher Education Commission(HEC). The project interlinks all public/private sector chartered universities/degree awarding institutes registered with the Higher Education Commission. The interconnectivity of these universities/institutes will integrate data banks, help collaboration for research and development activities and up-grade teaching and learning skills.

PERN2

The Higher Education Commission Pakistan redesigned PERN and established a National Research and Research Education Network (NREN), known as PERN2, for the academic sectors of Pakistan. PERN2 has connectivity to other NRENs of the world including APAN (Asia), Internet2 (USA), and GEANT2 (Europe). PERN2 features include QoS, IPv6, MPLS routing/switching, gigabit networks, adaptive applications and multicasting.