Tidal Power: Pros & Cons. Consistent Power-Tides move constantly throughout the day, which provides a consistent stream of electricity generation capacity.Pollution-Free-By taking advantage of only the tide, tidal power creates no greenhouse gas emissions or water pollutants.fficient-Tidal Power converts roughly 80% of the kinetic energy into electricity, as opposed to coal and oil which convert only 30% of the energy held within.
Lester Flatt was born on June 19, 1914 in Overton County, Tennessee, USA as Lester Raymond Flatt. He is known for his work on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), A Prairie Home Companion (2006) and Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964). He was married to Gladys. He died on May 11, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. See full bio Â».
Billie Holiday and Lester Young: the intimate friendship between Lady Day and Prez. To mark what would have been Holidayâs 100th birthday on 7 April, hereâs a piece on the relationship between the singer and the saxophonist, taken from Rockâs Backpages, the online home of music writing. âStill my Lady Dayâ â¦ said Lester Young of his friend Billie Holiday in 1959. Photograph: Gilles Petard/Redferns I n Paris, a couple of weeks before his death on 15 March, 1959, Lester Young spoke about his friend Billie Holiday. âSheâs still my Lady Day,â he commented mournfully. By 13 March, suffering from stabbing pains in the stomach, he returned to New York.