title: "Abraham Lincoln (Morse books)" content: "unparalleled greatness"]." Morse has written of "the insoluble problem of two men - two lives - one following the other with no visible link... we have physically one creature, morally and mentally two beings." Project Gutenberg eTexts Abraham Lincoln (Morse books) Abraham Lincoln is a 2-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln written by John Torrey Morse (1840-1937). Originally published in 1893, "The New York Times" found it to be "for its scope, admirable. It will even stand up and appear respectable in the most distinguished company of Lincoln biographies that might be assembled." The author is "a sane biographer, who brings


title: "National Geographic Abu Dhabi" content: dubbed from English including local productions specifically created for the region including: Mission Everest - The UAE Military Team, Megastructures: Louvre Abu Dhabi, Global Village, & Every Emirati's Son. National Geographic Abu Dhabi is considered as a free alternative to the subscription variants offered and available via OSN and beIN Network's pay TV services. It is co-owned by the National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group & Abu Dhabi Media Company. The latter is also responsible for launching the Arabic version of the "National Geographic" magazine. National Geographic Abu Dhabi National Geographic Abu Dhabi (Arabic: ناشيونال جيوغرافيك أبوظبي) is a free-to-air documentary


title: "Heretic (band)" content: Torres; Halpin and Patton were soon replaced by Bobby Marquez and Dennis O'Hara respectively. After their debut track on the "Metal Massacre Vol. 7" compilation on Metal Blade Records, Torres was replaced by Julian Mendez. This lineup released the "Torture Knows No Boundary" EP on Metal Blade in 1986, and began performing alongside of numerous noted heavy metal bands in Los Angeles. Mike Howe replaced Mendez later that year. The "Breaking Point" album was issued on Metal Blade in 1988, shortly before Howe left the band to join Metal Church and Heretic disbanded. O'Hara and Korban formed Reverend in 1989


title: "Government Performance Coalition" content: year on performance-based topics as well as methodologies and best practices for transparency and citizen services. A February 2009 article in Government Executive magazine described the Coalition as “An unfunded organization with no professional staff, the coalition is run through the volunteer efforts of good government group leaders. Early in the Bush administration, the coalition received some funding for a joint book project on performance management advice, but it now operates primarily as a clearinghouse for its member organizations' efforts.” The article continues: “The loose structure isn't just a vehicle for agreement at the coalition. It's a requirement. Because of


title: "Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River" content: allowed. Greer Spring and a corridor along its sizable spring branch were added to the Wild and Scenic River at a later date. Remains of mills and small dams are found on springs and branches along the river. At Turner Spring, a 25-feet in diameter mill wheel stands upright in the spring branch, as well as rockwork and foundations of the former millsite. Boze Mill Spring has a very old dam and turbine. A dam stands at the old Morgan Spring aquatic plant farm area of the Narrows area near Billmore. Several smaller and less notable dam remains can be


title: "The Naked Ladies" content: also some mounted nymphs of a similar style, which went to Beale Park; one of the latter bore the mark "O SPALMACH, STUDIO O ANDREONI, ROMA." identifying the studio of the Roman sculptor Orazio Andreoni, so it is possible that they were all sculpted there by Oscar Spalmach. The statues were acquired from Witley Park and brought to their current location by Sir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata. Sir Ratan had bought York House from the duc d'Orléans in 1906, and by the end of 1909 he had had the Riverside gardens redesigned in the Italian style and the statues installed. Sir


title: "Giorgio de Stefani" content: only rubber of that quarterfinal. Their most controversial match came in the 1934 French Championships quarterfinal where Stefani led two sets to one with Perry leading in the fourth to force a deciding set, when the Briton fell awkwardly while running to the net and hurt his ankle. Subsequently Perry tried fix the match with Stefani. He wanted to lose as a noble thus offering his Italian opponent "an honourable victory" if they avoid long, wide rallies that would damage his ankle more. According to Perry it was Stefani who rushed to help him up when this happened. Subsequently Stefani


title: "Coudersport Area School District" content: 12th graders in rural school districts took the exam, compared to 32 percent of urban students in the same grades. The average math and verbal scores were 495 and 497, respectively, for rural students, while urban test-takers averaged 499 and 507, respectively. Pennsylvania's SAT composite score ranked low on the national scale in 2004. The composite SAT score of 1,003 left Pennsylvania ranking 44 out of the 50 states and Washington, DC. The Pennsylvania Department of Education reported that 71 percent of students in rural areas of Pennsylvania chose to continue their education after high school in 2003, whereas 79


title: "Eggenberg Palace, Graz" content: close, personal confidant of Ferdinand II, Hans Ulrich wanted a grandiose residence representing his new status and authority when he was named "Gubernator" (Governor) of Inner Austria after the emperor chose Vienna as his imperial capital. In 1625 Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg commissioned court architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis with the planning of his new palace, inspired by El Escorial in Spain. As an architect, painter, and "medailleur" (designer and minter of medals), de Pomis, originally from Lodi near Milan, became the most important artist at the Grazer court. Incorporating the original medieval family residence into the new palace,


title: "Unpaid work" content: (non-reliant on fossil fuels) To reduce the amount of time spent collecting fuel for household energy demands, central governments and states should sponsor renewable energy sources for the purpose of reducing the amount of time women spend of fetching fuelwood. In addition, an alternative is investing in biogas production which is a better alternative to standard forms of household fuel given that it is pollution-free[30] leading to a reduction in indoor air pollution that will benefit all members of a household. Family-friendly workplace policies Shortened work weeks, flexible paid leave and the ability to work from home are possible solutions


title: "Range Rover" content: Range Rover The Land Rover Range Rover (generally known simply as a Range Rover) is a full-sized luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) from Land Rover, a marque of Jaguar Land Rover. The Range Rover was launched in 1970 by British Leyland. This flagship model is now in its fourth generation. Jaguar Land Rover has also extended the use of the Land Rover Range Rover sub-brand with the introduction of Range Rover Evoque, the Range Rover Velar and the Range Rover Sport. The Rover Company (originator of the Land Rover marque) was experimenting with a larger model than the Land Rover


title: "Range Rover" content: Series in 1951, when the Rover P4-based two-wheel-drive "Road Rover" project was developed by Gordon Bashford. This was shelved in 1958, and the idea lay dormant until 1966, when engineers Spen King and Bashford set to work on a new model. In 1967, the first Range Rover prototype was built (number plate SYE 157F), with the classic Range Rover shape discernible, but with a different front grille and headlight configuration. The design of the Range Rover was finalised in 1969. Twenty-six Velar engineering development vehicles were built between 1969 and 1970 and were road registered with the number plates YVB151H


title: "Range Rover" content: through to YVB177H. Though being chassis no. 3, the vehicle YVB 153H is believed to have been the first off the production line as a vehicle in that colour was urgently required for marketing. The Velar name was derived from the Italian "velare" meaning to veil or to cover. Range Rover development engineer Geof Miller used the name as a decoy for registering pre-production Range Rovers. The Velar company was registered in London and produced 40 pre-production vehicles that were built between 1967 and 1970. Most of these Velar pre-production vehicles are accounted for and have survived into preservation. The


title: "Range Rover" content: Range Rover was launched in 1970. In the early 1970s, the Musée du Louvre in Paris exhibited a Range Rover as an "exemplary work of industrial design". In 1972, the British Trans-Americas Expedition became the first vehicle-based expedition to traverse the Americas from north-to-south, including traversing the roadless Darién Gap. The specially modified Range Rovers used for this expedition are now on display in the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust collection at Gaydon, Warwickshire. Between 1974 and 1987, Land Rover vehicles were only sold in the United States through the grey market. The Land Rover company began selling the Range


title: "Range Rover" content: Rover officially in the U.S. on 16 March 1987. From that time until 1993, the U.S. marketing was all in the name of Range Rover, because it was the only model offered in the American market. In 1993, with the arrival of the Defender 110 and the imminent arrival of the Land Rover Discovery, the company's U.S. sales were under the name "Land Rover North America". In 2004, Land Rover launched another model under the Range Rover brand – the Range Rover Sport, which was based on the Land Rover Discovery platform, but the new Range Rover Sport has the


title: "Range Rover" content: latest Range Rover platform. In 2011, the Range Rover Evoque was launched. The first-generation Range Rover was produced between 1970 and 1996. It was available only in a 2-door body until 1981, though prior to this 4-door models were produced by specialist firms. Unlike other 4x4s such as the Jeep Wagoneer, the original Range Rover was not designed as a luxury-type vehicle. While certainly up-market compared to preceding Land Rover models, the early Range Rovers had fairly basic, utilitarian interiors with vinyl seats and plastic dashboards that were designed to be washed down with a hose. Convenience features such as


title: "Range Rover" content: power steering, carpeted floors, air conditioning, cloth/leather seats, and wooden interior trim were fitted later. The Range Rover was a body-on-frame design with a box section ladder type chassis, like the contemporary Series Land Rovers. The Range Rover used coil springs as opposed to leaf springs, permanent four-wheel drive, and four-wheel disc brakes. The Range Rover was originally powered by various Rover V8 engines and diesel engines. Originally, the Range Rover was fitted with a detuned version of the Buick-derived Rover V8 engine. In 1984, the engine was fitted with Lucas fuel injection, boosting power to . The 3.5-litre (3,528


title: "Range Rover" content: cc) engine was bored out to a displacement of 3.9 litres (3,947 cc) for the 1990 model year, and 4.2-litre (4,215 cc) in 1992 (1993 model year) for the 108-inch Long Wheelbase Vogue LSE (County LWB [long wheelbase] in North America). One of the first significant changes came in 1981, with the introduction of a four-door body. Shortly after twin thermo fan technology was introduced to reduce significant overheating problems 1970s models experienced in Australia. In 1988, LR introduced a 2.4-litre turbodiesel (badged Vogue Turbo D) arrived with , manufactured by Italian VM Motori. The same engine was also available


title: "Range Rover" content: in the Rover SD1 passenger car. The diesel project was codenamed project Beaver. During the project, 12 world records were broken, including the fastest diesel SUV to reach , and the furthest a diesel SUV has travelled in 24 hours. In 1990 project Otter was unveiled. This was a mildly tuned 2.5-litre, version of the 'Beaver' 2.4. In 1992, Land Rover finally introduced their own diesel engines in the Range Rover, beginning with the 200TDi, first released in the Land Rover Discovery and following in 1994, the 300 TDi, again with 111 bhp. The Range Rover with chassis no. 1


title: "Range Rover" content: was a green model with the registration "YVB 151H", and is now on exhibition at Huddersfield Land Rover Centre, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The first generation model was known as the Range Rover until almost the end of its run, when Land Rover introduced the name Range Rover Classic to distinguish it from its successors. Jaguar-Rover-Australia began assembly of the Range Rover from CKD kits at its Enfield plant, in New South Wales, Australia in 1979. Government increases in the tariff on parts led to Australian assembly being discontinued in 1983. The first-generation Range Rover served as the base for specialist


title: "Range Rover" content: utility vehicles. These included the Carmichaels International six-wheel Fire Tender. This was a two-door model with an extended chassis and a third "lazy" axle added. Designed for small airfield use, it had a water-pump mounted on the front bumper driven directly by the V8's crankshaft. The MoD purchased them for the RAF, this version was called the TACR2. Carmichaels was contracted to supply the modified chassis and the fire-fighting body was supplied and mounted by Gloster-Saro. These were four-door versions using an internally mounted water-pump driven by a gearbox PTO. At least one of these (at Duxford IWM) has been


title: "Range Rover" content: converted into a full 6x6 by linking a drive-through unit to the two rear axles' differentials. 25 years from the introduction of the first-generation Range Rover, the second-generation Range Rover—model-designation P38A—was introduced for the 1995 model year, with an updated version of the Rover V8 engine. There was also the option of a 2.5-litre BMW six-cylinder turbo-diesel with a Bosch injection pump. This was the first diesel injection with electronic controls in a Land Rover, before common rails were introduced. This was a result of BMW's subsequent ownership of Rover Group and hence the Land Rover brand. The new model


title: "Range Rover" content: offered more equipment and premium trims, positioning the vehicle above the Land Rover Discovery to face the increased competition in the SUV marketplace. This model was the last to feature the Rover V8 and interior leather supplied by Connolly who went out of business in 2002. It was the first model to feature Satellite Navigation as an option. In 2002, the third-generation model was introduced, which saw the model move further up-market. Planned and developed under BMW ownership the third generation was to share components and systems (electronics, core power units etc.) with the BMW 7 Series (E38). It was


title: "Range Rover" content: designed to accommodate BMW's 4.4 litre M62 V8 engines for future models. The manual transmission was dropped entirely, leaving only the automatic. The 7 Series electronics system was being phased out during the development of the third-generation Range Rover and being replaced with the electronics from the BMW 5 Series (E39). Note that there were three "Generations" of the L322, from 2002 until 2005 was the aforementioned M62 BMW V8 with ZF 5HP-24 transmission, going along to 2006 until 2009 a 4.4-litre Jaguar derived engine alongside a 4.2-litre supercharged variant of the Jaguar engine partnered with the ZF 6HP-26 transmission.


title: "Range Rover" content: In 2010 Land Rover fitted the newly designed 5.0 N/A and Supercharged engine with ZF 6HP-26 until the 2012 model year, which saw the end of the L322 production. This list does not give diesel options. From 2002-2004 the L322 saw a standard BMW E39 electrics system. From 2005-2009 the L322 saw an updated Jaguar derived electrics system with fibre optics and Bluetooth. From 2010-2012 the L322 saw an updated (different from 05-09) Jaguar derived electrics, the first "modern feeling" system. In MY06 the first exterior update was applied with a slight face-lift of front fascia, tail lamps. Some other


title: "Range Rover" content: slight differences can be found on the "Supercharged" variant. The second exterior update was in 2010, bringing a true modern feel to the L322 with new fascia, tail lamps, side grills, and clear side markers. The interiors stayed relatively the same with exclusions i.e. Supercharged trim black piano finish until 2006.5, (NAS 2007) where an updated interior was released. Another major change was in 2010. The fourth generation Range Rover, codenamed L405, was exhibited in September 2012 at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The Range Rover Hybrid is diesel-powered hybrid electric model unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The


title: "Range Rover" content: ordering process began in September 2013, and retail deliveries in Europe were slated to start in early 2014. The success of Jaguar Land Rover since its formation in 2008 is reflected largely in the rising sales of the Range Rover. In 2009, as a severe recession took hold, just over 22,000 were sold. Four years later, it sold more than twice as many units, with more than 45,000 being sold. By 2015, Range Rover sales worldwide exceeded 60,000. This table excludes Range Rover Sport and Evoque. The total figure is from 2009, excluding those sold prior to that year. A


title: "Range Rover" content: Range Rover was used to win the 1979 inaugural and 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally, completing a race distance in each case of approx 10,000 km. Range Rovers also competed in the East African Safari Rally throughout the 1980s. On 26 November 2004, Land Rover released the first photographs of the Range Rover Sport, a new model it planned to show to the public for the first time at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The Range Rover Sport is a production car development of the Range Stormer concept vehicle the company showcased in the 2004 North American International Auto Show.


title: "Range Rover" content: Though called the Range Rover Sport "L320", it was not merely a new specification within the Range Rover line-up, but rather an adapted Discovery "L319", or T5 Platform Discovery/LR3 with Range Rover exterior styling and Range Rover interior seating and dash forms, a shortened wheelbase, smaller luggage capacity and a single rather than split tailgate which was angled back for styling improvements. With entry model pricing close to upper Discovery models, the Sport became the biggest seller of all the Land Rover products. This model was released for sale in late 2004 as a 2004 model. In 2013 a redesigned


title: "Range Rover" content: version was released for sale as a 2014 model year "L494". Unlike the original and current Discovery, it does not have a steel chassis rails but is based on the new D7u alloy Platform, which much more resembles current flagship Range Rover with closer equipment levels and capabilities in a smaller body style. Hence the L494 Range Rover Sport is around 400 kg lighter than the previous generation and benefits in performance due to its weight reduction. The Range Rover Evoque, which went into production in July 2011, has its roots in the Land Rover LRX concept car; with which


title: "Range Rover" content: it bears an almost identical resemblance. It is available with either a three-door or five-door hatchback body, front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive and with a 2-litre turbocharged petrol engine or one of two different power output 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engines. In 2012, at the Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover unveiled a convertible concept, which featured four seats and a drop-down tailgate. Land Rover unveiled a mid-size crossover using the Range Rover name in March 2017. Named the Range Rover Velar, it has a roof line running away on its bodywork and uses the same platform as the Jaguar F-Pace, which serves


title: "Range Rover" content: as the basis for its design. The Range Rover brand has attracted some controversy, particularly from those concerned with the potential negative environmental impact of large, luxury vehicles. In 2005, members of Greenpeace temporarily disrupted Range Rover production at the Land Rover plant in Solihull. In 2004, Spen King criticised SUV owners who drove their vehicles in urban areas, saying that vehicles like the Range Rover he created were "never intended as a status symbol but later incarnations of my design seem to be intended for that purpose." In 2014 it was reported that Range Rovers could be opened and


title: "Range Rover" content: started using hand-held equipment readily available from eBay. High levels of theft rendered Range Rovers not insurable. Range Rovers, according to AutoTrader, "can be complicated, costly vehicles, and are loaded with very expensive parts." Reliability issues are common complaints. J.D. Power rankings for the Land Rover are in the lowest category - known as "The Rest" - for quality overall, dependability, sales satisfaction, and customer service, with the cars only earning a "Better than Most" rank in the performance and design overall category. The Land Rover brand has "a legacy of quality problems" and ranks "at the bottom of the


title: "Range Rover" content: J.D. Power reliability ratings for three-year-old vehicles". The JD Power 2014 U.S. Customer Service Index (CSI) study ranked Land Rover last in overall customer satisfaction. However, one "Motor Trend" review of a 2014 Range Rover after turned up only two things that went wrong with the car. According to an automotive journalist, "Land Rover doesn't care about JD Power ratings because it doesn't need to care" since people "still line up for months to pay full sticker." Range Rover The Land Rover Range Rover (generally known simply as a Range Rover) is a full-sized luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) from


title: "Cranberry Area School District" content: districts received the same level of funding for special education that they received in 2010-11. This level funding is provided regardless of changes in the number of pupils who need special education services and regardless of the level of services the respective students required. The District Administration reported that 24 or 2% of its students were gifted in 2009. By law, the district must provide mentally gifted programs at all grade levels. The primary emphasis is on enrichment and acceleration of the regular education curriculum through a push in model with the gifted instructor in the classroom with the regular


title: "Doug Fister" content: strikeouts. He was also first in the Southern League in runs allowed; and was second in losses, and earned runs allowed. At the end of the 2008 regular season, Fister played in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) with the Peoria Javelinas. In the AFL, Fister was involved in no decisions with a 3.32 ERA, and 22 strikeouts in 11 games, all in relief. In 2009, Fister began the season with the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx for the third time in his career. However, he was later promoted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, and eventually the Seattle Mariners. In just


title: "Sultan Singh Rathore" content: Armed Constabulary at Jodhpur. In 1968 he was promoted as Inspector General of Police, Rajasthan he remained on the post till 15 February 1974 On 16 February 1974 he was appointed as Director Civil Defence & Commandant General, Home Guards, Rajasthan and same year on 10 November 1974 he died due to heart failure. Photographs Official website of Sultan Singh Sultan Singh Rathore Sultan Singh Rathore (born April 1, 1916) was a former chief of Rajasthan Police. He served in that position from 7 November 1968 to 16 February 1974. His father's name was Shri Laxman Singh Rathore and his


title: Hajj content: changes from year to year. Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which pilgrims wear two white sheets of seamless cloth and abstain from certain actions. The Hajj (sometimes spelt Hadj, Hadji or Haj also in English) is associated with the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca is considered by Muslims to stretch back thousands of years to the time of Abraham. During Hajj, pilgrims join processions of hundreds of thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform


title: "Peace Corps" content: Crisis Corps after the National Peace Corps Association's successful Emergency Response Network (ERN) of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers willing to respond to crises when needed. ERN emerged in response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On November 19, 2007 Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter changed Crisis Corps's name to Peace Corps Response. The change to Peace Corps Response allowed Peace Corps to include projects that did not rise to the level of a crisis. The program deploys former volunteers on high-impact assignments that typically range from three to twelve months in duration. Peace Corps Response volunteers generally receive the same allowances


title: "Catch 22 (Tinchy Stryder album)" content: 2/5 stars: "Tinchy Stryder may be the second-biggest name in grime, but Catch 22 suggests he's more in the mould of Akon than Dizzee Rascal: there's little of Dizzee's bonkers charm about these tracks, and plenty of Akon's reliance on auto-tuned hooks and romantic themes. Indeed, when not reflecting on his success, Tinchy's time seems mostly taken up with oiling his way into girls' affections, trying to extricate himself from their clinging attentions, or apologising for mistreating them." At the beginning of the week commencing Monday 17 August 2009 "Catch 22" was duelling with Calvin Harris's "Ready for the Weekend"


title: "Bishop's House, Iona" content: study, contemplation and Eucharist". Despite protests from the local established church minister the house continued to be supported by the Duke and the Bishop. Thanks to Bishop Chinnery-Haldane’s close involvement with the project, the house became known as the Bishop's House, a title which has stuck. The House was occupied by members of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist from 1896-1906. Despite the minister's fears they were seeking proselytes, they seem to have been more interested in avoiding the roof leaking and finding space for contemplation. Known locally as "Cowley Fathers", they ran services and held tea parties for


title: "2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia" content: defeated the Melbourne Rebels 35–0. The test series against Australia was even more successful and drew the record sporting attendance to each stadium used. The first test saw 52,499 at Suncorp Stadium, the second test drew 56,771 to Melbourne's Etihad Stadium, while 83,704 attended the third and deciding test at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Fox Sports and Network Ten televised the tour in Australia, and in the UK and Ireland the games were shown by Sky Sports. Talksport provided live UK radio commentary of all matches. Sky Sports NZL covered the tour in New Zealand and SuperSport in South


title: "Bahia Bakari" content: she released a memoir book, ""Moi Bahia, la miraculée"" ("I'm Bahia, the miracle girl"), co-authored with a French journalist as a ghostwriter, detailing her survival and rescue. She has reportedly turned down an offer by Steven Spielberg to make a film based on her book. Bakari and her mother, Aziza Aboudou, were traveling to the Comoros for a summer vacation. Like many of the passengers of Yemenia Flight 626, they began their voyage from Paris, France on Yemenia Flight 749, an Airbus A330-200, which made an intermediate stop in Marseille and then landed in Sana'a, Yemen. There the passengers boarded


title: Kerchoonz.com content: to provide a comprehensive music catalogue for fans. The same magazine reported that artist and bands were paid for streams of their music on the site. The first Kerchoonz Live Sessions were announced by the company in December 2008. The online competition encourages artists to upload their music, get paid for their streams, and perform for a live studio audience to be broadcast across the web. Bands who participate in Kerchoonz Live Sessions benefit by receiving promotion in hard press, worldwide blog networking, professional live studio recordings and interview sessions with top journalists around the globe and cash prizes. The


title: Blumea content: Blumea Blumea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Asteraceae family. Genus "Blumea" is found in the tropical and sub-tropical zones of Asia, especially the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A few species are found in Australia and still fewer in Africa. The plants of this genus are mostly relatively small weeds. Some of them are ruderal species. A few of the species were formerly included in genus "Conyza". Many species of genus "Blumea" are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Other uses include as decorative dry plants. "Blumea balsamifera" (Nat; หนาด) is reputed to ward off spirits in


title: "Train Simulator (video game)" content: has said that it will continue to support, and create new content, for the previous-generation "Train Simulator". Train Simulator (video game) Train Simulator (originally RailWorks) is a train simulation game developed by Dovetail Games. It is the successor to "Rail Simulator", and was released online on 12 June 2009 and in stores on 3 July 2009. The first release of "RailWorks" contained all five real-world routes of the original European and North American releases of "Rail Simulator", and added three new fictional routes: a large UK goods yard, a route set in the Alpine region and a route based around


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: Katoghike Church, Yerevan Katoghike Holy Mother of God Church (, "Kat'oghike Surp Astvatsatsin yekeghetsi"), is a small medieval church in the Kentron District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. According to the scripts carved on one of the walls of Katoghike Church, the surviving structure dates back to 1264. After the 1679 Yerevan earthquake, a large basilica named after the Holy Mother of God was built between 1693 and 1695, in the ancient Shahar district of Yerevan, occupying the western edge of the Katoghike Church. The new church was built of typical Armenian tuff stones and did not have dome.


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: It belonged to the three-nave basilica type of the Armenian church architecture. The church With its prayer hall measuring 14.0 x 19.3 meters, and an outside perimeter of 16.4 x 28.4 meters, was considered one of the most capacious churches of old Yerevan. The church had entrances on the southern and western sides. In 1936, the basilica of the Holy Mother of God was demolished under the Soviet rule to make way for residential buildings and a linguistic institute at the Sayat-Nova Avenue. During the demolition, the 13th-century church of Katoghike was discovered encased within the structure of the large


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: basilica. After protests from archaeologists, the church was preserved. Many old khachkars (cross-stones) were found in the walls of the demolished church dating back to the 15th and 17th centuries. However, the demolished basilica itself had been built on the foundations of an old church known as the Holy Mother of God. The hypothesis that this old church had existed was completely confirmed during the demolition of the Katoghike Church, when the southern and northern walls to which the two vestries were annexed were opened. The oldest inscriptions found on these walls date back to 1264. There are inscriptions engraved


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: on the western façade dating back to the years 1284, 1229 and to the sixteenth century, whereas on the northern walls the inscriptions refer to the year 1609. Consequently, a chapel has probably been built early in the 17th century at the western side of the Holy Mother of God Church at whose site the building of the Katoghike Church was erected toward the end of the same century. This finding was significant in that it confirms the conclusion that the St. Holy Mother of God Church was the only one of the churches of Yerevan that survived and stood


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: firm after the earthquake. The current Holy Mother of God Church, which continues to bear the name of Katoghike, is relatively of small size (5.4 x 7.5 m). Due to the very limited space it can offer for the required church rituals, it serves only as a prayer house. A new religious complex was constructed to the north of the church. The new complex includes a much bigger church, named after Saint Anna, and a building designated to serve as the Yerevan residence of the Catholicos. On July 4, 2009, a ground blessing service was conducted by Catholicos Karekin II


title: "Katoghike Church, Yerevan" content: for the construction of Saint Anna Church and the associated complex. The ceremony was attended by President Serzh Sargsyan; President of the Constitutional Court, Gagik Harutyunian; Mayor of Yerevan, Gagik Beglarian; Members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, Members of the Supreme Spiritual Council national and benefactors Hirair Hovnanian and his wife. The architect is Vahagn Movsisyan. Finally, on 30 April 2015, the Saint Anna Church was consecrated by Catholicos Karekin II. Katoghike Church, Yerevan Katoghike Holy Mother of God Church (, "Kat'oghike Surp Astvatsatsin yekeghetsi"), is a small medieval church in the Kentron District of Yerevan, the capital of


title: "Rufus Nelson England" content: married twice: first to a Miss Beach and then, in 1890, to Mary Cornelia Lambkin. England died in Montreal at the age of 60 and was buried in Knowlton. Rufus Nelson England Rufus Nelson England (May 4, 1851 – November 28, 1911) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Brome in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1889 to 1897 as a Conservative. He was born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Israël England and Mary Villiers Curtis, and was educated at the Knowlton Academy and Stanstead College. England was a telegraph operator for the Canadian


title: "Idol 2009 (Sweden)" content: marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol." The second final week was broadcast on 16 October 2009. The American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Swedish Idol 2008 winner Kevin Borg began the program by together singing her and Chris Brown's song No Air from 2008. The participants also sang together "We Are The World" by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie. At the end of the program (in the elimination round), Jordin Sparks sang her newest song S.O.S.. "The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing


title: "John Jones (doctor)" content: John Jones (doctor) John Jones (1729 – June 23, 1791) was an 18th-century physician who wrote the book "Plain, Concise, Practical Remarks on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures". Jones was born in Jamaica, Queens County, New York. He graduated from Reims University in 1751 with a degree in medicine. Among others Jones studied medicine under Percival Pott. Jones served as a surgeon in the French and Indian War. After the war he wrote his guide on wound treatment and served as a professor of medicine at King's College, which is today Columbia University. In his book, first published in


title: "Ebenopsis ebano" content: Ebenopsis ebano Ebenopsis ebano is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the coastal plain of southern Texas in the United States and eastern Mexico. It is commonly known as Texas ebony or ebano (in Spanish). Texas ebony is a small, evergreen tree that reaches a height of and a crown width of . The range of "E. ebano" stretches from Laredo and Corpus Christi, Texas south through the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Campeche, and Yucatán in Mexico. It can be found in the Tamaulipan matorral, Tamaulipan mezquital,


title: "Ebenopsis ebano" content: Veracruz dry forests, and Yucatán dry forests ecoregions. Its habitat extends from sea level to , averages in temperature, and receives a mean of of annual rainfall. Texas ebony is cultivated in xeriscaping for its dense foliage and fragrant flowers. It is also used in bonsai. "E. ebano" is a host plant for the caterpillars of the coyote cloudywing ("Achalarus toxeus") and "Sphingicampa blanchardi". The seedpods host the bean weevils "Stator beali" and "S. limbatus". Despite the native range of Texas ebony overlapping with that of the latter, "S. limbatus" only feeds upon it in locales where it is grown


title: "Ebenopsis ebano" content: as an ornamental and is not native. "E. ebano" is also a preferred host of the epiphyte Bailey's ball moss ("Tillandsia baileyi"). Ebenopsis ebano Ebenopsis ebano is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the coastal plain of southern Texas in the United States and eastern Mexico. It is commonly known as Texas ebony or ebano (in Spanish). Texas ebony is a small, evergreen tree that reaches a height of and a crown width of . The range of "E. ebano" stretches from Laredo and Corpus Christi, Texas south through the states of


title: "Château-ferme de Roly" content: is surrounded on two sides by moats. The castle also contains a private chapel, dedicated to Saint Anthony. Château-ferme de Roly Roly Castle () is a "château-ferme", or fortified farmhouse, in Roly in the municipality of Philippeville, province of Namur, Belgium. The existence of a fortification, in the form of a tower, is recorded here as early as 1069, but the present donjon dates from the 13th century, and this is the oldest extant part of the buildings. Major restorations and reconstructions took place in 1616 and between 1746 and 1749, and as of 2010 the buildings are again undergoing


title: "2008–09 National Division Three South" content: of just one year as champions of South West Division 1 and finally Rugby Lions who were transferred from the 2008–09 National Division Three North to ensure that there was not an imbalance of teams between the two regional leagues. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into what would be known as National League 1 from 2009-10 but unlike previous


title: "Nazi rule over the Danube River" content: Nazi rule over the Danube River Nazi rule over the Danube River was brought about by force of arms, through annexation of Austria, invasion of Yugoslavia and of the Soviet Union and treaties with the Kingdom of Romania and Hungary, but a legal cover was provided through moves that resulted in a new international order on the river beginning in 1940 and ending in 1945. Before World War II, international trade and commerce at the mouths of the Danube River, as well as many of the physical works needed to keep vessels from running aground, were regulated by an international


title: "Watts family" content: the Beale family. Den grew up with Pete Beale and was his best friend since childhood. Angie was a best friends with both Pat Butcher and Kathy Beale, who were both married to Pete. Sharon was a former girlfriend of Ian Beale and they remain very close friends. Den was also the godfather of Bobby Beale, Ian's youngest son. Bobby also befriended Sharon's son Dennis Rickman Jnr, who was also close to Bobby's father, calling him 'Uncle Ian.' Den and Angie also were very close to Pauline and Arthur, Angie was the godmother of Martin Fowler (though relations between Pauline


title: "Ringlegged earwig" content: Ringlegged earwig The ringlegged earwig ("Euborellia annulipes") is a species of earwig in the family Anisolabididae. Adult "Euborellia annulipes" are typically dark brown, and to in length. It is a wingless species, and like most earwigs, the females are larger than the males. Their legs are a pale brown color, and have a noticeable dark band around the middle of the femur, or occasionally the tibia, hence their common name. Their antenna generally have sixteen segments, although other numbers are possible. Their cerci share similar characteristics to most earwigs, as males' cerci are more curved than females'. Further sex differences


title: "Ringlegged earwig" content: can be found in the species abdomen: males have ten abdominal segments, while females have eight. Described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1847, the ringlegged earwig has been known to inhabit the United States since 1902. Over the years, it has obtained cosmopolitan status, documented across Canada, Central and Southern America, Europe, India, China, Japan, and others. The species, like other earwigs, tends to inhabit both tropical and temperate climates. Adult females generally lay eggs in batches, with an average of fifty eggs in each batch, and two to four batches. Eggs are laid at different seasons during the year. If


title: "Ringlegged earwig" content: laid in the fall, they will usually incubate over the winter, while those laid in spring will incubate for a shorter time before hatching. During the incubation period, the mother guards the eggs, protecting them from predators, and eating any fungi that starts to grow on them. A few days after being born, nymphs will leave their nest. They resemble adults in shape, except for their smaller size, and absence of wingpads. Also, while the number of abdominal segments varies in adults depending on sex, nymphs always have ten abdominal segments. They will continue to develop for five instars, which


title: "Ringlegged earwig" content: will generally last for 45 and 176 days, until they become adults. Approximately 75% of nymphs will develop into females. The earwigs will mate soon after they reach adulthood, and after a period of approximately eleven days, the eggs are laid. Ringlegged earwigs generally complete two to three generations per year, or one for spring and one for autumn, and a single generation can be completed in 61 days. Adult ringlegged earwigs can be found throughout the year, except in winter, when they stay underground. Ringlegged earwig The ringlegged earwig ("Euborellia annulipes") is a species of earwig in the family


title: "The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters" content: masquerades" as Peter gave many of the men titles that they addressed each other by, often for ridiculous reasons. For example, a boyar named Ivan Buturlin was forever known as "The Polish King" because he played the enemy in a mock battle at Preobrazhenskoye, while Fyodor Romodanovsky was first known as "King of Pressburg" and then as "Prince-Caesar". Many years later, Peter would address Romodanovsky as "Your Majesty" and even presented him as the Tsar to defeated military opponents. The Jolly Company eventually formed a group known as The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters, which had a "Prince-Pope",


title: "Braine Castle" content: in the place called "Les Monts". In the 11th–12th century, two twinned big artificial hills (mottes) were erected on the top of a spur dominating a village set up on the rivier Hain. Such a twin structure is very infrequent north of the river Loire.<br> The castle of Braine existed until 1722 but was rebuilt in different places according to the increase of the village. In the beginning of the 13th century, the lords of Trazegnies, owners of the domain, left the spur and built a squarish castle in the middle of a marshy area; the castle was surrounded by


title: "Chimay Castle" content: Jean II de Croÿ from Philip the Good. Jean II de Croÿ was exiled by Charles the Bold in 1465 and pardoned by him in 1473, leaving descendants of the line of Croÿ to lead the new county of Chimay. The place was at the height of its power in the 15th century: in 1486, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, erected Chimay into a principality. Unfortunately, waves of invading Austrian and French troops successively undermined the citadel. Chimay Castle Chimay Castle () is a château in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium. The castle has been owned by the Prince of Chimay and


title: "Mežmuiža Manor" content: Mežmuiža Manor Mežmuiža Manor, also called Augstkalne Manor, is a Neo-Gothic style manor house in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia. Restored between 1992 and 1994, Mežmuiža Manor dates back to the mid seventies of the 19th century. The first owners were the Lievens. The main building is located a midst the mills, the gardeners, the maids, and the administrative building, situated a little away from the barns. The manor complex also includes a 12-hectare park with pillars where exotic species are grown, such as balm, the European fir, red oak, black and mountain pine. Since 1954, it has


title: "Nechí River" content: Nechí River Nechí River is a river of northwestern Colombia. It flows into the Cauca River. Nechí River rises in the municipality of Yarumal, and serves as a boundary between the municipalities of Antioquia, Campamento, Angostura, Anorí, Yarumal, Valdivia, Tarazá, Cáceres, Zaragoza, El Bagre, Caucasia and Nechí. Significant gold deposits have been found in the area. Nechí in the Yamesí language takes its name from "Ne" which means "gold", and "Chi" which means "river". This is because there are significant mineral reserves in the area, including gold. The river is about 7 degrees north of the equator. The Porce River,


title: "Roman–Etruscan Wars" content: fled the Etruscan camp, leading away a group of Roman virgins. Porsena demanded she be returned, and the Romans consented. Upon her return, however, Porsena, being impressed by her bravery, allowed her to choose half the remaining hostages to be freed. She selected from among the hostages the young Roman boys to be freed. The Romans honoured Cloelia with the unusual honour of a statue at the top of the Via Sacra, showing Cloelia mounted on a horse—that is, as an "eques". Livy recounts that during his own time, public auctions of goods at Rome were by tradition referred to


title: "Yurendell DeCaster" content: he played with Tigres del Chinandega and won the Triple Crown when he hit .417 and had 13 home runs and 56 RBI. DeCaster returned to Winnipeg in 2013 and ended the year with the Acereros de Monclova. He combined for a .315 average in 94 games for both teams, including 13 homers, 64 RBI, and 171 total bases for a .461 slugging average. Yurendell DeCaster Yurendell Eithel DeCaster (born September 26, 1979) is a former professional baseball third baseman. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Originally signed by the Tampa Bay


title: "DuBois Area School District" content: pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English. In 2013, Dubois Area School District students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 483. The Math average score was 496. The Writing average score was 454. The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing. The nationwide SAT results were the same as


title: "Dani Wadada Nabudere" content: was engaged in helping to raise the political consciousness of young Ugandans studying or working in the UK and in Europe. One of the main activities of the organization was to lobby British parliamentarians for Uganda's independence. When he returned from the UK in 1964, he quickly began to fall out of favor with the Uganda People's Congress. The Uganda People's Congress (UPC) was a radical nationalist party. Its then Secretary-General, John Kakonge, had broad communist leanings, and had a strong following among the youth wing of the party, among them, Nabudere. At the Gulu Conference of the party in


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: Sequoia sempervirens Sequoia sempervirens is the sole living species of the genus "Sequoia" in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–1,800 years or more. This species includes the tallest living trees on Earth, reaching up to in height (without the roots) and up to in diameter at breast height (dbh). These trees are also among the oldest living things on Earth. Before commercial logging and clearing began by the 1850s, this massive tree occurred naturally in an estimated along much


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: of coastal California (excluding southern California where rainfall is not sufficient) and the southwestern corner of coastal Oregon within the United States. The name sequoia sometimes refers to the subfamily Sequoioideae, which includes "S. sempervirens" along with "Sequoiadendron" (giant sequoia) and "Metasequoia" (dawn redwood). Here, the term redwood on its own refers to the species covered in this article, and not to the other two species. Scottish botanist David Don described the redwood as the evergreen taxodium ("Taxodium sempervirens") in his colleague Aylmer Bourke Lambert's 1824 work "A description of the genus Pinus". Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher erected the genus


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: "Sequoia" in his 1847 work "Synopsis coniferarum", giving the redwood its current binomial name of "Sequoia sempervirens". Endlicher probably derived the name Sequoia from the Cherokee name of George Gist, usually spelled Sequoyah, who developed the still-used Cherokee syllabary. The redwood is one of three living species, each in its own genus, in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Molecular studies have shown that the three are each other's closest relatives, generally with the redwood and giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") as each other's closest relatives. However, Yang and colleagues in 2010 queried the polyploid state of the redwood and speculate that it may


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: have arisen as an ancient hybrid between ancestors of the giant sequoia and dawn redwood ("Metasequoia"). Using two different single copy nuclear genes, LFY and NLY, to generate phylogenetic trees, they found that "Sequoia" was clustered with "Metasequoia" in the tree generated using the LFY gene, but with "Sequoiadendron "in the tree generated with the NLY gene. Further analysis strongly supported the hypothesis that "Sequoia" was the result of a hybridization event involving "Metasequoia" and "Sequoiadendron". Thus, Yang and colleagues hypothesize that the inconsistent relationships among "Metasequoia", "Sequoia," and "Sequoiadendron" could be a sign of reticulate evolution (in which two


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: species hybridize and give rise to a third) among the three genera. However, the long evolutionary history of the three genera (the earliest fossil remains being from the Jurassic) make resolving the specifics of when and how "Sequoia" originated once and for all a difficult matter—especially since it in part depends on an incomplete fossil record. The coast redwood can reach tall with a trunk diameter of . It has a conical crown, with horizontal to slightly drooping branches. The bark can be very thick, up to , and quite soft and fibrous, with a bright red-brown color when freshly


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: exposed (hence the name redwood), weathering darker. The root system is composed of shallow, wide-spreading lateral roots. The leaves are variable, being long and flat on young trees and shaded shoots in the lower crown of old trees. On the other hand, they are scale-like, long on shoots in full sun in the upper crown of older trees, with a full range of transition between the two extremes. They are dark green above and have two blue-white stomatal bands below. Leaf arrangement is spiral, but the larger shade leaves are twisted at the base to lie in a flat plane


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: for maximum light capture. The species is monoecious, with pollen and seed cones on the same plant. The seed cones are ovoid, long, with 15–25 spirally arranged scales; pollination is in late winter with maturation about 8–9 months after. Each cone scale bears three to seven seeds, each seed long and broad, with two wings wide. The seeds are released when the cone scales dry out and open at maturity. The pollen cones are ovular and long. Its genetic makeup is unusual among conifers, being a hexaploid (6n) and possibly allopolyploid (AAAABB). Both the mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of the


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: redwood are paternally inherited. Coast redwoods occupy a narrow strip of land approximately in length and in width along the Pacific coast of North America; the most southerly grove is in Monterey County, California, and the most northerly groves are in extreme southwestern Oregon. The prevailing elevation range is above sea level, occasionally down to 0 and up to 3,000 ft (about 920 m). They usually grow in the mountains where precipitation from the incoming moisture off the ocean is greater. The tallest and oldest trees are found in deep valleys and gullies, where year-round streams can flow, and fog


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: drip is regular. The trees above the fog layer, above about , are shorter and smaller due to the drier, windier, and colder conditions. In addition, Douglas fir, pine, and tanoak often crowd out redwoods at these elevations. Few redwoods grow close to the ocean, due to intense salt spray, sand, and wind. Coalescence of coastal fog accounts for a considerable part of the trees' water needs. The northern boundary of its range is marked by groves on the Chetco River on the western fringe of the Klamath Mountains, near the California-Oregon border. The largest (and tallest) populations are in


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: Redwood National and State Parks (Del Norte and Humboldt Counties) and Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Humboldt County, California), with the majority located in the much larger Humboldt County. The southern boundary of its range is the Los Padres National Forest's Silver Peak Wilderness in the Santa Lucia Mountains of the Big Sur area of Monterey County, California. The southernmost grove is in the Southern Redwood Botanical Area, just north of the national forest's Salmon Creek trailhead. The southernmost grove can be seen from California Highway 1 at the approximate coordinates 35°49'42 N 121°23'14 W. The prehistoric fossil range of the


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: genus is considerably greater, with a subcosmopolitan distribution including Europe and Asia until about 5 million years ago. During the last ice age, perhaps as recently as 10,000 years ago, redwood trees grew as far south as the Los Angeles area (coast redwood bark found in subway excavations and at La Brea tar pits). This native area provides a unique environment with heavy seasonal rains up to annually. Cool coastal air and fog drip keep this forest consistently damp year round. Several factors, including the heavy rainfall, create a soil with fewer nutrients than the trees need, causing them to


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: depend heavily on the entire biotic community of the forest, especially complete recycling of the trees when dead. This forest community includes coast Douglas fir, Pacific madrone, tanoak, western hemlock, and other trees, along with a wide variety of ferns, mosses, mushrooms, and redwood sorrel. Redwood forests provide habitat for a variety of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles. Old-growth redwood stands provide habitat for the federally threatened spotted owl and the California-endangered marbled murrelet. Coast redwoods are resistant to insect attack, fungal infection, and rot. These properties are conferred by concentrations of terpenoids and tannic acid in redwood leaves, roots,


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: bark, and wood. Despite these chemical defenses, redwoods are still subject to insect infestations; none, however, are capable of killing a healthy tree. Redwoods also face predation from mammals: black bears are reported to consume the inner bark of small redwoods, and black-tailed deer are known to eat redwood sprouts. The oldest known coast redwood is about 2,200 years old; many others in the wild exceed 600 years. The numerous claims of older redwoods are incorrect. Because of their seemingly timeless lifespans, coast redwoods were deemed the "everlasting redwood" at the turn of the century; in Latin, "sempervirens" means "ever


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: green" or "everlasting". Redwoods must endure various environmental disturbances to attain such great ages. In response to forest fires, the trees have developed various adaptations. The thick, fibrous bark of coast redwoods is extremely fire-resistant; it grows to at least a foot thick and protects mature trees from fire damage. In addition, the redwoods contain little flammable pitch or resin. If damaged by fire, a redwood readily sprouts new branches or even an entirely new crown, and if the parent tree is killed, new buds sprout from its base. Fires, moreover, appear to actually benefit redwoods by causing substantial mortality


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: in competing species while having only minor effects on redwood. Burned areas are favorable to the successful germination of redwood seeds. A study published in 2010, the first to compare post-wildfire survival and regeneration of redwood and associated species, concluded fires of all severity increase the relative abundance of redwood and higher-severity fires provide the greatest benefit. Redwoods often grow in flood-prone areas. Sediment deposits can form impermeable barriers that suffocate tree roots, and unstable soil in flooded areas often causes trees to lean to one side, increasing the risk of the wind toppling them. Immediately after a flood, redwoods


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: grow their existing roots upwards into recently deposited sediment layers. A second root system then develops from adventitious buds on the newly buried trunk and the old root system dies. To counter lean, redwoods increase wood production on the vulnerable side, creating a supporting buttress. These adaptations create forests of almost exclusively redwood trees in flood-prone regions. The height of "S. sempervirens" is closely tied to fog availability; taller trees become less frequent as fog becomes less frequent. As "S. sempervirens"' height increases, transporting water via water potential to the leaves becomes increasingly difficult due to gravity. Despite the high


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: rainfall that the region receives (up to 100 cm), the leaves in the upper canopy are perpetually stressed for water. This water stress is exacerbated by long droughts in the summer. Water stress is believed to cause the morphological changes in the leaves, stimulating reduced leaf length and increased leaf succulence. To supplement their water needs, redwoods utilize frequent summer fog events. Fog water is absorbed through multiple pathways. Leaves directly take in fog from the surrounding air through the epidermal tissue, bypassing the xylem. Coast redwoods also absorb water directly through their bark. The uptake of water through leaves


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: and bark repairs and reduces the severity of xylem embolisms, which occur when cavitations form in the xylem preventing the transport of water and nutrients. Fog may also collect on redwood leaves, drip to the forest floor, and be absorbed by the tree's roots. This fog drip may form 30% of the total water used by a tree in a year. Coast redwood reproduces both sexually by seed and asexually by sprouting of buds, layering, or lignotubers. Seed production begins at 10–15 years of age. Cones develop in the winter and mature by fall. In the early stages, the cones


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: look like flowers, and are commonly called "flowers" by professional foresters, although this is not strictly correct. Coast redwoods produce many cones, with redwoods in new forests producing thousands per year. The cones themselves hold 90–150 seeds, but viability of seed is low, typically well below 15% with one estimate of average rates being 3 to 10 percent. The low viability may discourage seed predators, which do not want to waste time sorting chaff (empty seeds) from edible seeds. Successful germination often requires a fire or flood, reducing competition for seedlings. The winged seeds are small and light, weighing 3.3–5.0


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: mg (200–300 seeds/g; 5,600–8,500/ounce). The wings are not effective for wide dispersal, and seeds are dispersed by wind an average of only from the parent tree. Seedlings are susceptible to fungal infection and predation by banana slugs, bush rabbits, and nematodes. Most seedlings do not survive their first three years. However, those that become established grow very fast, with young trees known to reach tall in 20 years. Coast redwoods can also reproduce asexually by layering or sprouting from the root crown, stump, or even fallen branches; if a tree falls over, it generates a row of new trees along


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: the trunk, so many trees naturally grow in a straight line. Sprouts originate from dormant or adventitious buds at or under the surface of the bark. The dormant sprouts are stimulated when the main adult stem gets damaged or starts to die. Many sprouts spontaneously erupt and develop around the circumference of the tree trunk. Within a short period after sprouting, each sprout develops its own root system, with the dominant sprouts forming a ring of trees around the parent root crown or stump. This ring of trees is called a "fairy ring". Sprouts can achieve heights of in a


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: single growing season. Redwoods may also reproduce using burls. A burl is a woody lignotuber that commonly appears on a redwood tree below the soil line, though usually within in depth from the soil surface. Coast redwoods develop burls as seedlings from the axils of their cotyledon, a trait that is extremely rare in conifers. When provoked by damage, dormant buds in the burls sprout new shoots and roots. Burls are also capable of sprouting into new trees when detached from the parent tree, though exactly how this happens is yet to be studied. Shoot clones commonly sprout from burls


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: and are often turned into decorative hedges when found in suburbia. Coast redwood is one of the most valuable timber species in the lumbering industry. In California, of redwood forest are logged, virtually all of it second growth. Though many entities have existed in the cutting and management of redwoods, perhaps none has had a more storied role than the Pacific Lumber Company (1863–2008) of Humboldt County, California, where it owned and managed over of forests, primarily redwood. Coast redwood lumber is highly valued for its beauty, light weight, and resistance to decay. Its lack of resin makes it resistant


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: to fire. P.H. Shaughnessy, Chief Engineer of the San Francisco Fire Department wrote, In the recent great fire of San Francisco, that began April 18th, 1906, we succeeded in finally stopping it in nearly all directions where the unburned buildings were almost entirely of frame construction, and if the exterior finish of these buildings had not been of redwood lumber, I am satisfied that the area of the burned district would have been greatly extended. Because of its impressive resistance to decay, redwood was extensively used for railroad ties and trestles throughout California. Many of the old ties have been


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: recycled for use in gardens as borders, steps, house beams, etc. Redwood burls are used in the production of table tops, veneers, and turned goods. The Yurok people, who occupied the region before European settlement, regularly burned off ground cover in redwood forests to bolster tanoak populations from which they harvested acorns, to maintain forest openings, and to boost populations of useful plant species such as those for medicine or basketmaking. Extensive logging of redwoods began in the early nineteenth century. The trees were felled by ax and saw onto beds of tree limbs and shrubs to cushion their fall.


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: Stripped of their bark, the logs were transported to mills or waterways by oxen or horse. Loggers then burned the accumulated tree limbs, shrubs, and bark. The repeated fires favored secondary forests of primarily redwoods as redwood seedlings sprout readily in burned areas. The introduction of steam engines let crews drag logs through long skid trails to nearby railroads, furthering the reach of loggers beyond the land nearby rivers previously used to transport trees. This method of harvesting, however, disturbed large amounts of soil, producing secondary-growth forests of species other than redwood such as Douglas-fir, grand fir, and western hemlock.


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: After World War II, trucks and tractors gradually replaced steam engines, giving rise to two harvesting approaches: clearcutting and selection harvesting. Clearcutting involved felling all the trees in a particular area. It was encouraged by tax laws that exempted all standing timber from taxation if 70% of trees in the area were harvested. Selection logging, by contrast, called for the removal 25% to 50% of mature trees in the hopes that the remaining trees would allow for future growth and reseeding. This method, however, encouraged growth of other tree species, converting redwood forests into mixed forests of redwood, grand fir,


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: Sitka spruce, and western hemlock. Moreover, the trees left standing were often felled by windthrow; that is, they were often blown over by the wind. The coast redwood is naturalized in New Zealand, notably at Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua. Redwood has been grown in New Zealand plantations for over 100 years, and those planted in New Zealand have higher growth rates than those in California, mainly due to even rainfall distribution through the year. Other areas of successful cultivation outside of the native range include Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Haida Gwaii, middle elevations of Hawaii, Hogsback in South Africa, a small


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: area in central Mexico (Jilotepec), and the southeastern United States from eastern Texas to Maryland. It also does well in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia), far north of its northernmost native range in southwestern Oregon. Coast redwood trees were used in a display at Rockefeller Center and then given to Longhouse Reserve in East Hampton, Long Island, New York, and these have now been living there for over twenty years and have survived at . This fast-growing tree can be grown as an ornamental specimen in those large parks and gardens that can accommodate its massive size.


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Trees over are common, and many are over . The current tallest tree is the Hyperion tree, measuring . The tree was discovered in Redwood National Park during the summer of 2006 by Chris Atkins and Mchael Taylor, and is thought to be the world's tallest living organism. The previous record holder was the Stratosphere Giant in Humboldt Redwoods State Park at (as measured in 2004). Until it fell in March 1991, the "Dyerville Giant" was the record holder. It, too, stood in Humboldt Redwoods State Park and was


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: high and estimated to be 1,600 years old. This fallen giant has been preserved in the park. As of 2016, no living specimen of other tree species exceeds . Numerous historic reports exist of Redwood trees 350 to 400 feet high, a tree reportedly 375 feet (114.3 m) in length was felled in Sonoma County by the Murphy Brothers saw mill in the 1870s another claimed to be was cut down in 1914, and one tree was even reported to be was felled in November 1886 by the Elk River Mill and Lumber Co. in Humboldt County, yielding 79,736 marketable


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: board feet from 21 cuts. However, these accounts and many others must be viewed with some skepticism as limited evidence corroborates the measurements, and exaggerated claims were not uncommon in the lumber industry. Fairly solid evidence indicates that coast redwoods were the world's largest trees before logging, with numerous historical specimens reportedly over . The theoretical maximum potential height of coast redwoods is thought to be limited to between , as evapotranspiration is insufficient to transport water to leaves beyond this range. Further studies have indicated this cap is eased by fog, which is prevalent in these trees' natural environment.


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: The largest known living coast redwood is Grogan's Fault, discovered in 2014 by Chris Atkins and Mario Vaden in Redwood National Park, with a main trunk volume of at least . Other high-volume coast redwoods include Iluvatar, with a main trunk volume of ,</small> and the Lost Monarch, with a main trunk volume of . About 230 albino redwoods (mutant individuals that cannot manufacture chlorophyll) are known to exist, reaching heights of up to . These trees survive as parasites, obtaining food by grafting their root systems with those of normal trees. While similar mutations occur sporadically in other conifers,


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: no cases are known of such individuals surviving to maturity in any other conifer species. Recent research news reports that albino redwoods can store higher concentrations of toxic metals, going so far as comparing them to organs or "waste dumps". Heights of the tallest coast redwoods are measured yearly by experts. Even with recent discoveries of tall coast redwoods above , it is likely that no taller trees will be discovered. Diameter stated is as measured at 1.4 m (about 4.5 ft) above average ground level (at breast height). Details of the precise locations for most tallest trees were not


title: "Sequoia sempervirens" content: announced to the general public for fear of causing damage to the trees and the surrounding habitat. The tallest coast redwood easily accessible to the public is the Founders Tree in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, standing over 346 ft tall. A taller coast redwood is also accessible to the public in Tall Trees Grove of Redwood National Park. Sequoia sempervirens Sequoia sempervirens is the sole living species of the genus "Sequoia" in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–1,800 years


title: "Wickrema Weerasooria" content: was placed first in order of merit. He started he law practise and lectured at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya; the Sri Lanka Law College; the Vidyodaya University (now University of Sri Jayawardanapura); the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Bankers. In 1972 he obtained a PhD from the London School of Economics and became a senior academic at the Monash University from 1972–1977. In 1977 he returned to Sri Lanka and served as Permanent Secretary of The Ministry of Plan Implementation till 1986 when he was appointed the High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand and Ambassador


title: Bat content: the bush-rat, and now hides by day to avoid arrest. More positive depictions of bats exist in some cultures. In China, bats have been associated with happiness, joy and good fortune. Five bats are used to symbolise the "Five Blessings": longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and peaceful death. The bat is sacred in Tonga and is often considered the physical manifestation of a separable soul. In the Zapotec civilisation of Mesoamerica, the bat god presided over corn and fertility. The Weird Sisters in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" used the fur of a bat in their brew. In Western culture, the bat


title: "Military history of South America" content: command, he found it vastly different from when he had been there just five years before, the consequence of the intervening civil war and the disease that was now destroying the Inca Empire. Arranging a sequence of discussions with Emperor Atahualpa, Pizarro laid a trap for the Inca leader. When Atahualpa arrived in Cajamara in November, accompanied by 7,000 unarmed soldiers and attendants, the Spanish made a surprise attack, initiating the battle of Cajamarca. The shocked Incas offered such feeble resistance that the battle has often been labeled a massacre with the Inca losing 2,000 dead compared to five of


title: "Ovan Lake" content: water resources. Surrounded by "Avan", "Varbon", "Zavardasht" and "Zar-abaad" villages, the lake is located in an altitude of 1800 meters above sea level, its maximum length is 325 meters, and it has a width of 275 meters. The deepest section of the lake is 7.5 meters and extends over 70,000 square meters. The water of Ovan lake is provided from rainwater and also the ever-gushing springs in its ground which results in very clean and transparent clear water. The excess water of the lake which is actually overflow of this lake forms a small river which irrigates farmlands in the


title: "Julius Berman" content: leadership capacity at the following organizations: Julius Berman Rabbi Julius Berman received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University in 1959, and in 1960 graduated NYU School of Law "cum laude", first in class. His nephew is Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Julius Berman, a 1956 graduate of Yeshiva College and 1959 graduate of RIETS, is a longstanding board member and is currently chairman emeritus of RIETS, having served as its chairman for many years. He currently serves as the president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. He has headed many national and international Jewish organizations,


title: "GOES 13" content: 2013 GOES-13 was apparently hit by a micrometeorite or orbital debris (MMOD) which caused it to lose track of the stars that it uses to maintain attitude. The satellite then went into safe mode and shut down all of its instruments. The hit was believed to occur on the solar array yoke. In the short term GOES 15 was reconfigured to cover the entire United States, but operators activated GOES 14 to take over GOES-East operations at 06:00 UTC on May 23. GOES 13 was scheduled to return to operational status at 15:45 UTC on June 6, 2013 However that


title: "Hollingsworth v. Perry" content: that require and warrant judicial determination." On November 2, 2010, Brown was elected governor and Kamala Harris was elected attorney general. Both ran on platforms promising not to defend the proposition, and the state continued to decline defending Proposition 8 in court after they assumed office. Two groups, the official proponents of Proposition 8, ProtectMarriage.com, led by then-Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, and a rival group, the Campaign for California Families, sought to intervene as defendants. The court allowed the official proponents to intervene, filling the void left by the state officials' acquiescence. The judge denied the request from the Campaign for


title: "East Lycoming School District" content: through a push in model with the gifted instructor in the classroom with the regular instructor. This approach permits such specialized instructional strategies as tiered assignments, curriculum compacting, flexible grouping, learning stations, independent projects and independent contracts. The referral process for a gifted evaluation can be initiated by teachers or parents by contacting the student's building principal and requesting an evaluation. All requests must be made in writing. To be eligible for mentally gifted programs in Pennsylvania, a student must have a cognitive ability of at least 130 as measured on a standardized ability test by a certified school psychologist.


title: "Judith Hill" content: ("The Ringmaster General" and "The Blackbird Diaries"); Rod Stewart ("Soulbook"); Robbie Williams ("Intensive Care"); She is a featured vocalist for albums such as "" by George Benson, "I'll Take Romance" by Steve Tyrell, "The Last Ai" by Ai and "That's Life" by Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.. She has also provides vocals for soundtracks such as "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture", "Happy Feet Two (Soundtrack)", A number of Hill's original ballads, including "Desperation" produced by Brian West, were featured in the 2012 Spike Lee film "Red Hook Summer" which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.


title: "Pine River (Mississippi River tributary)" content: Pine River (Mississippi River tributary) The Pine River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States. It rises in Cass County at the outlet of Pine Mountain Lake, southeast of Backus, and takes a winding route generally southeast. It passes the city of Pine River and flows into Crow Wing County, where it enters Upper and then Lower Whitefish Lake, followed by Rush Lake and Cross Lake. The river continues to wind southeast, passing through Crow Wing State Forest and entering the Mississippi northwest of Ironton. Pine River is an English translation of the Ojibwe language


title: "North Vietnam" content: the election and block the election in some places, where there are self-nominated candidates, publicly run, free elections are taking place everywhere. After the election results are announced, the truth is not the same as the propaganda parties. Many prestigious delegates of classes, classes, religions and ethnic groups were elected in the First National Assembly, most of them not party members. The presence of Chiang Kai-shek's army up to that time ensured the survival of Vietnam’s Nationalist Party and Việt Cách. These two parties did not have a cohesive program to enlist the people like the Việt Minh The leaders


title: "Lupinus formosus" content: Lupinus formosus Lupinus formosus, the summer lupine or western lupine, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to California and Oregon in the United States. "Lupinus formosus" has been cited as a poisonous plant. Although it is not endangered it faces eradication in some areas at the hands of cattle farmers as it has been implicated in crooked calf disease. This lupine, along with five others, is poisonous from the time it starts growth in the spring until the seed pods shatter in late summer or early fall. However, the younger the plant


title: "Thong Lan" content: fell ill and died en route. His son, Thong Lan, then succeeded to the throne of Ayutthaya. Thai chronicles state that Thong Lan was 15 years of age when he ascended the throne in 750 LE (1931 BE, 1388/89 CE). Based on this information, Thong Lan was possibly born in 735 LE (1916 BE, 1373/74 CE). But the Dutch document "Van Vliet Chronicle" says he was 17 when ascending the throne. After Thong Lan had reigned for merely seven days, Ramesuan came from Lop Buri with his army and seized the throne. Ramesuan had Thong Lan put to death at


title: "Firewater containment" content: 2004/35/EC and the long-standing requirements of PPG11, PPG18 and PPG21. Firewater containment Firewater containment is the process of containing (fire water) the run-off from fighting fires. Firewater contains many hazardous substances which are the by-products of combustion which turns normally safe materials into toxic, polluting and environmentally damaging substances. The preferred method of firewater containment is to use pneumatic bladders / drain stoppers that block the outflow from the drain or pneumatic non-return valves both of which can convert the drains into containment vessels (called sumps) from which the firewater can be pumped away into tankers for safe disposal. In


title: "Carl DeMaio" content: worked in Washington from 1994 to 1999. After college, he established The Performance Institute, a for-profit think tank that provided training for government officials, followed by the American Strategic Management Institute, which provided financial and management training to corporations. He sold both companies to the Thompson Publishing Group in late 2007. DeMaio moved to San Diego in 2002. That year he appeared on behalf of the Performance Institute in front of the San Diego City Council to present an award to the city for having the most efficient government in California. He later alleged this award was based on "false


title: "Margot Kalinke" content: in the Celle constituency in 1957. Together with Ernst August Farke she represented the "Arbeitnehmerflügel" ("Worker's Wing") of the German Party in parliament. From 1955 to 1957 she was deputy chair of the Bundestag Committee for Public Welfare. From 1957 until her exit from the party on 1 June 1960, she was vice chair of the German Party. She joined the Christian Democratic Union on 20 September 1960, and from 1969 to 1971 she was "Landesvorsitzende" ("State President") of the women's union in Lower Saxony. Unlike most women in her party, Margot Kalinke opposed the "Stitch Ruling" (pertaining to the


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: Grifola frondosa Grifola frondosa is a polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the base of trees, particularly oaks. The mushroom is commonly known among English speakers as hen of the woods, hen-of-the-woods, ram's head and sheep's head. It is typically found in late summer to early autumn. In the United States' supplement market, as well as in Asian grocery stores, the mushroom is known by its Japanese name maitake (舞茸, "dancing mushroom"). Throughout Italian American communities in the northeastern United States, it is commonly known as the signorina mushroom. "G. frondosa" should not be confused with "Laetiporus sulphureus", another


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: edible bracket fungus that is commonly called chicken of the woods or "sulphur shelf". Like all polypores, the fungus becomes inedible when older, because it is then too tough to eat. The fungus is native to China, the northeastern part of Japan and North America, and is prized in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbology as a medicinal mushroom. It is widely eaten in Japan, and its popularity in western cuisine is growing, although the mushroom has been reported to cause allergic reactions in rare cases. Like the sulphur shelf mushroom, "G. frondosa" is a perennial fungus that often grows in


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: the same place for a number of years in succession. It occurs most prolifically in the northeastern regions of the United States, but has been found as far west as Idaho. "G. frondosa" grows from an underground tuber-like structure known as a sclerotium, about the size of a potato. The fruiting body, occurring as large as 100 cm, is a cluster consisting of multiple grayish-brown caps which are often curled or spoon-shaped, with wavy margins and 2–7 cm broad. The undersurface of each cap bears about one to three pores per millimeter, with the tubes rarely deeper than 3 mm.


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: The milky-white stipe (stalk) has a branchy structure and becomes tough as the mushroom matures. In Japan, the "maitake" can grow to more than , earning this giant mushroom the title "king of mushrooms". Maitake is one of the major culinary mushrooms used in Japan, the others being "shiitake, shimeji", and "enoki". They are used in a wide variety of dishes, often being a key ingredient in "nabemono" or cooked in foil with butter. In 2009, a phase I/II human trial, conducted by Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, showed "maitake" could stimulate the immune systems of breast cancer patients. Small experiments


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: with human cancer patients have shown it can stimulate immune system cells, such as NK cells. "In vitro" research has also shown "G. frondosa" can stimulate immune system cells. An "in vivo" experiment showed that it could stimulate both the innate immune system and adaptive immune system. "In vitro" research has shown "maitake" can induce apoptosis in various cancer cell lines, and inhibit the growth of various types of cancer cells. Small studies with human cancer patients revealed that a portion of this mushroom, known as the "mitake" D-fraction, possesses anticancer activity. "In vitro" research demonstrated the mushroom has potential


title: "Grifola frondosa" content: antimetastatic properties. "Maitake" has a hypoglycemic effect, and may be beneficial for the management of diabetes. It lowers blood sugar because the mushroom naturally contains an alpha glucosidase inhibitor. This species contains antioxidants and may partially inhibit the enzyme cyclooxygenase. An extract of "maitake" inhibited angiogenesis via inhibition of the vascular endothelial growth factor. Lys-N is a unique protease found in "maitake". Lys-N is used for proteomics experiments because of its protein cleavage specificity. Grifola frondosa Grifola frondosa is a polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the base of trees, particularly oaks. The mushroom is commonly known among English


title: "Tom Bramble" content: history of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from its formation through to the Gillard Government from a Marxist perspective. Australian National University academic Norman Abjorensen described it as "A veritable tour de force. Not since Vere Gordon Childe’s "How Labour Governs", published nearly 90 years ago, has the ALP been subjected to such a searching analysis". In 2008 Bramble authored the book also published by Cambridge University Press: "Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide," a controversial Marxist analysis of the Australian labour movement, attacking the trade union bureaucracy and the ALP. Pilger said of the


title: "Bagdad Cafe (TV series)" content: cancelled after two seasons. Insiders say that production of the series ended on November 16, 1990, after a dispute between Goldberg and the show's co-executive producer, Thad Mumford. Executive producer Kenneth Kaufman was told that Goldberg called CBS president Jeff Sagansky in late November to say that she was quitting the show. With no time to recast Goldberg's role, CBS ended the series and pulled the remaining episodes from the broadcast schedule. Fifteen episodes were produced, and are registered with the United States Copyright Office. Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" rated the series a C, saying that "rarely has a


title: "Upper Rideau Lake" content: would dump untreated sewage twice annually into the lake. Most recently, in August 2014, toxins were confirmed present in blue-green algae blooms. Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit issued a public health notice warning not to drink the lake water, or allow pets or livestock to do so. This outbreak can be attributed to the sewage dump, erosion, high spring runoff, and zebra mussel population among other causes. Blue-green algae blooms, although not always toxic, is a repeated issue for residents and visitors of Upper Rideau Lake. Plans for the management, protection, and sustainability of the Rideau Canal, including


title: "Agri Broadcast Network" content: state in the mid-west covered by the network. Agri Broadcast Network The Agri Broadcasting Network (ABN) was a radio news network in the U.S. state of Ohio. ABN programming was heard on more than 60 radio stations statewide, including the major markets of Canton, Toledo, and Columbus. Its direct successor to the original ABN, the Ohio Ag Net now airs on most of the original affiliates. The Network was founded in 1972 by the late Ed Johnson, President of Agri Communicators Inc., which included the Agri Broadcasting Network (ABN Radio), Ohio's Country Journal, a monthly farm newspaper, and the television


title: "Indian Peace Commission" content: issues. These included the ratification of the treaties of the prior year, and the creation of districts where the tribes could turn to agriculture, "barbarous dialects" could be "blotted out and the English language substituted," and government subsidies eventually withdrawn entirely. Here they envisaged that in a span of 25 years, the buffalo on which many tribes depended would be gone, the nomadic natives would be assimilated, tribal identity eliminated and replaced with "one homogeneous mass", and the commission could avert "another generation of savages". They looked forward to the coming year and negotiations with the Navajo, at the time


title: "Control–feedback–abort loop" content: by the driver and a second control (police car, signs and speed) becoming the primary control. In 2004, Mr. LeDoux worked with Dr. Susan Wheeler, Ed. D., a former Instructional Design Consultant with Nims, Inc. and the present Director of Technology Services at Illinois Central College, to identify the range of uses for the CFA Loop. The CFA Loop is now being used to analyze system activities in several Fortune 100 companies. A discussion of its use is also included in the management book “Takeoff!: The Introduction to Project Management Book that Will Make Your Projects Take Off and Fly!”


title: "Unicorn Chan" content: by Jin Auyeung in "Bruce Lee, My Brother" (2010) which is based on Bruce Lee's early life. Unicorn Chan Unicorn Chan aka Little Unicorn (1940 – 31 March 1987) was a Hong Kong actor, stuntman and one of Bruce Lee's best friends since childhood. He acted in many films during childhood including "The Birth of Mankind" (1946) in which Bruce Lee starred. After Lee left for the States, Chan acted in Hong Kong films in supporting and minor roles. After Lee returned to Hong Kong, Chan was cast in "Fist of Fury" (1972) and "Way of the Dragon" (1972). Unicorn


title: "Khalid ibn al-Walid" content: two routes towards Syria from Iraq, one was via Daumat-ul-Jandal (Now known as "Skaka") and the other was through Mesopotamia passing through Raqqa. Since the Muslim forces in Syria were in need of urgent reinforcement, Khalid avoided the conventional route to Syria via Daumat-ul-Jandal because it was a long and would take weeks to reach Syria. He also avoided the Mesopotamian route because of the presence of Roman garrisons in northern Syria and Mesopotamia. Engaging them at the time when Muslim armies were being outflanked in Syria, was also ruled out since it would mean fighting on two fronts. Khalid


title: "Carnegie United Kingdom Trust" content: Carnegie United Kingdom Trust The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust is an independent, endowed charitable trust based in Scotland, and operating throughout Great Britain and Ireland. It is incorporated by a royal charter. The Trust is one of over twenty foundations established by Scottish-American steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of several trusts based in Dunfermline, Fife, where Carnegie was born in 1835. It shares purpose-built premises with the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and the Carnegie Heroes Trust. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust was founded in 1913 to address the changing


title: "Glen Alps" content: Glen Alps Glen Alps was a printmaker and educator who is credited with having developed the collagraph. A collagraph is a print whose plate is a board or other substrate onto which textured materials are glued. The plate may be inked for printing in either the intaglio or the relief manner and then printed onto paper. Although the inventor of the process is not known, Alps made collagraphy his primary art form and coined the word "collagraph" in 1956. He disseminated the techniques he developed for making collagraphs during his long career as both an artist and a teacher. Alps


title: "Tourism in Azerbaijan" content: regions. The complex was converted into a museum in 1975, and receives about 15,000 visitors a year. It was nominated as a World Heritage site in 1998, and was declared a state historical-architectural reserve. Gobustan National Park, southwest of Baku, is noted for its rock carvings. The park was founded in 1966, when the region was declared a national historical landmark to preserve its ancient carvings and mud volcanoes. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, in the park, has more than 6,000 rock engravings dating back from 5,000 to 40,000 years. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements


title: "Denise Sherwood" content: Denise Sherwood Denise Sherwood ("née" Branch) is a fictional character on the Lifetime television series "Army Wives", portrayed by Catherine Bell. Denise is a military brat and has at least two sisters, Beth and Suzanne. She mentioned having brothers but the exact number of siblings she has is never confirmed. At age 19 or 20, as a nursing student, she was doing her clinical hours at a hospital near Fort Bliss when she first met Frank Sherwood. Frank was brought in with a broken leg and arm after jumping off a radio tower as part of a bet. They subsequently


title: "Charles H. Welch" content: Charles H. Welch Charles Henry Welch "(called C. H. Welch)" (1880–1967) was a Christian dispensational theologian, writer and speaker. During his lifetime he produced over 60 books, booklets and pamphlets, and more than 500 audio recordings. His most significant works are 56 bound volumes of the Berean Expositor, a Bible study magazine edited by Mr. Welch from 1906 until his death in 1967, and 10 volumes of The Alphabetical Analysis. He also taught his dispensational approach of the Bible with lectures throughout Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the United States. Welch promoted the Acts 28 position which he


title: "Bobby Ray (singer)" content: States, and moved to Austin, Texas in 1987 to pursue a college degree. His music career began not long after when he was asked by a friend to help him sing at a VFW hall. He has appeared on numerous radio & television commercials, and has played in popular regional bands such as Rain Dance, The Fury, country western band Shilo, blues band Blue Sun Rising, Mojave, among others mostly in the Central Texas area in and around the popular Austin live music scene. Bobby Ray has played alongside, worked with, or opened for many well known Texas based musicians


title: "Battle of Tripolje" content: forces with the new Ottoman sultan, Lazarević had Branković imprisoned. Freed by a friend, Branković joined the Ottoman ranks and was set to fight Lazarević. Buoyed by Ottoman reinforcements, Branković set up in Kosovo, along the route through which Lazarević would return from the Adriatic coast to the Serbian interior. The two sides clashed at the field of Tripolje on 21 November 1402. The larger part of Lazarević's army, commanded by his brother Vuk, engaged Branković's forces while Lazarević clashed with the Ottomans. While Vuk experienced setbacks fighting Branković's forces, Lazarević encountered more success in fending off the Ottomans, thereby


title: "St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai" content: Session VSSC & IEEE students activity Chair Kerala Section. He delivered an awareness session on IEEE and its activities. We are proud to have Mr. C Brajesh, Project manager NEST as the branch mentor. He is acting as a mediator between the college and industries. The total strength of IEEE student branch was 32 students with Mr. Binu P John as the Branch Counselor. The branch has conducted many activities like personality development Invited talks national level technical Symposium and as well as a Project Exhibition. The student branch secured the award for the largest student branch in Kerala Section


title: "Cypripedium reginae" content: Cypripedium reginae Cypripedium reginae, known as the showy lady's slipper, pink-and-white lady's-slipper, or the queen's lady's-slipper, is a rare terrestrial lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. Despite producing a large amount of seeds per seed pod, it reproduces largely by vegetative reproduction, and remains restricted to the North East region of the United States and south east regions of Canada. Although never common, this rare plant has vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss. It has been a subject of horticultural interest for many years with Charles Darwin who, like many, was unsuccessful in cultivating


title: "Cypripedium reginae" content: the plant. It is the state flower of Minnesota, United States, and the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The species name "reginae" is Latin for "of a queen". Common names also include fairy queen, white wing moccasin, royal lady's slipper, nervine, and silver-slipper. The plant became the state flower of Minnesota in 1902 and was protected by state law in 1925. It is illegal to pick or uproot a showy lady's slipper flower in Minnesota. Although this plant was chosen as the provincial flower for Prince Edward Island in 1947, it is so rare on the island that


title: "Cypripedium reginae" content: another lady's-slipper, "C. acaule" (moccasin flower or pink lady's slipper), replaced it as the province's floral emblem in 1965. "Cypripedium reginae" grows in wetlands such as fens and open wooded swamps that are sometimes populated by tamarack and black spruce.[7] "Cyp. reginae" thrives in neutral to basic soils but can be found in slightly acidic conditions. The plants often form in clumps by branching of the underground rhizomes. Its roots are typically within a few inches of the top of the soil. It prefers very loose soils and when growing in fens it will most often be found in mossy


title: "Cypripedium reginae" content: hummocks. This photo, taken in a forested, calcareous fen in Williamstown, MA, is only one of 14 occurrences currently documented in the state (1984 to the present 2016). The increasing rarity of this plant is attributable to destruction of a suitable alkaline habitat – and an exploding deer population whose browsing stunts or eliminates its growth. It can tolerate full sun but prefers partial shade for some part of the day. When exposed to full sun, the flower lip is somewhat bleached and less deeply colored. It is occasionally eaten by white-tailed deer.[8] "Cypripedium reginae" can be found in Canada