SOBRE SIDNEY POITIER

Uma discreta homenagem à memória de Sidney Poitier (SEE), falecido em 6 de janeiro de 2022, sobre um de seus mais belos papéis, To Sir, with Love (1967).

НОВОГОДНЕЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ ПУТИНА

РУССКИЙ

Настоящий государственный деятель. Этим словом самый сильный человек на Земле приветствует свой народ с уважением и благодарностью.

DUAS BOAS CANÇÕES

1. Rock the Boat (1974), do Hues Corporation, grupo de soul e pop californiano, que encerrou suas atividades a mais de 40 anos atrás.

2. Dance Bonne Pa Dance (1985), de Gérard Hubert, uma excelente canção de um estilo musicável notável, a zouk, originária da Martinica e Guadalupe (VER), de origem fortemente africana, e diga-se de passagem, muito melhor (muito mesmo) que o samba brasileiro.

LAND ROVERS IN MARS

In the art below a summary of several manned vehicles that landed on Mars, with image and nation (mainly U.S.A., only one of China). The list is incomplete due to the absence of Soviet vehicles, and dates vary between years of release and arrival.

RUSSIA ✕ UCRÂNIA

É é bom os cartografos ucranianos já irem se adequando ao novo mapa de seu país (direita).

HOW TO FIND Π?

The π to 45 decimal places, and 19 ways to deduce it - some, however, are remodeling of others already constant, so that in essence the origin is a little less.

BRAZIL ✕ MEXICO/COLOMBIA: BOTANY

Revised orders: Amborellales, Austrobaileyales, Acorales, Petrosaviales, Ceratophyllales, Tetrachondrales, Dilleniales, Berberidopsidales, Vahliales, Bruniales, Aquifoliales, Paracryphiales, and Escalloniales.

AMBORELLALES

Order absent in New World.

AUSTROBAILEYALES

SCHISANDRACEAE

Three genera worldwide, llicium (40, E Himalaya to Japan and Malesia, SE U.S.A. to E & Central Mexico, Cuba to Hispaniola), Kadsura (17, S China to temperate E Asia and tropical Asia), and Schisandra (26, Himalaya to Russian Far East and Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands, SE U.S.A. to N & E Mexico). 8 spp. in New World: 3 in Cuba (Illicium), two only in Hispaniola (Illicium), two from SE U.S.A. to C Mexico (Illicium and Schisandra one each), and one from Florida and Dominican Republic (Illicium).

ACORALES

Order absent in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, present in New World.

PETROSAVIALES

Order absent in New World.

CERATOPHYLLALES

Brazil, Colombia and Mexico has the same species in this order

TROCHODENDRALES

Order absent in New World.

DILLENIALES

All New World genera occur in Brazil. Among all New World genera, Brazil has the greatest diversity, except for Neodillenia, in which Colombia holds higher diversity (2 ✕ 1).

BERBERIDOPSIDALES

Order absent in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, present in New World.

VAHLIALES

Order absent in New World.

AQUIFOLIALES

AQUIFOLIACEAE ‣ Brazil surpasses Colombia and Mexico in the number of species within this family.

PHYLLONOMACEAE ‣ The highly remarkable Phyllonoma (5) does not occur in Brazil — both Mexico and Colombia each host one species.

ESCALLONIALES

Escalloniales does not occur in Mexico. Brazil surpasses Colombia in the number of species within the order (9 ✕ 4).

BRUNIALES

Order absent in New World.

PARACRYPHIALES

Order absent in New World.