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  2. King Canute and the tide - Wikipedia

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    Then the king leapt backwards, saying: 'Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws. '" He then hung his gold crown on a crucifix, and never wore it again "to the honour of God the almighty King". [2]

  3. King tide - Wikipedia

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    King tides are the highest tides. They are naturally occurring, predictable events. Tides are the movement of water across Earth's surface caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon, Sun, and the rotation of Earth which manifest in the local rise and fall of sea levels.

  4. Salt-Water Poems and Ballads - Wikipedia

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    "Sea-Fever" is quoted by Willy Wonka in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The poem is quoted in part by Captain James T. Kirk in both the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Ultimate Computer" and the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. It is also quoted in the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

  5. When? Where? Why? A primer on those extra high high tides ...

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    According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s king tides fact sheet “Sea level rise will make today’s king tides become the future everyday tides.”. Put another way, Monday’s high ...

  6. José Rizal - Wikipedia

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    The poem is more aptly titled "Adiós, Patria Adorada" (literally "Farewell, Beloved Fatherland"), by virtue of logic and literary tradition, the words coming from the first line of the poem itself. It first appeared in print not in Manila but in Hong Kong in 1897, when a copy of the poem and an accompanying photograph came to J. P. Braga who ...

  7. Close call: video of woman nearly swept away highlights king ...

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    King tides, the highest predicted tides of the year, are a captivating natural event that occurs along coastlines worldwide, including East Coast cities like Miami and Miami Beach, as well as ...

  8. Crossing the Bar - Wikipedia

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    Crossing the Bar" is an 1889 elegiac poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The narrator uses an extended metaphor to compare death with crossing the " sandbar " between the river of life, with its outgoing "flood", and the ocean that lies beyond death , the "boundless deep", to which we return.

  9. King tides are arriving in California. Here's what they can ...

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