title: "Antonio Conte" content: for his omission of Andrea Pirlo and Sebastian Giovinco from Italy's 30-player shortlist for its Euro 2016 squad, and for his comments regarding the quality of their league, Major League Soccer. Conte had stated in a press conference, "When you make a certain choice and go to play in certain leagues, you do so taking it into account that they could pay the consequences from a footballing viewpoint." On 23 October 2016, while his team were leading 4–0 against José Mourinho's Manchester United, Conte waved up the home crowd, asking them to make more noise to support Chelsea. However, media


title: "Music in Leeds" content: featured a number of the labels artists in a special "Breezeblock" show about Leeds electronic music. Leeds is very well known for its current DIY underground music scene, encompassing the genres of punk, skate punk, hardcore, post-hardcore, post-punk, noise rock, dub reggae, dubstep and electronic music among others. There is a vibrant and active community based around the DIY ethic, supported in part by Cops and Robbers, a monthly guide to DIY events in and around Leeds, and Leeds Music Scene, a guide to the city's independent music scene. Between 1979-84 Leeds was host to the Futurama Festival, an all


title: "Mexican milk snake" content: sized animals they encounter if voracious enough. Their choice of habitat is semi-arid brush areas, with sandy soils. While these snakes are primarily nocturnal and crepuscular as stated, they will occasionally bask for short periods during the day, and in captivity, if provided with a basking lamp. Breeding occurs on rainy spring evenings, and approximately 50 days later, the female will lay 4–10 eggs which will incubate for 55–60 days before hatching. Newborns are around 6–7 inches (15–17 cm) long. The Mexican milk snake adapts well to captive care, and its smaller size and interesting coloration can make it an


title: "Vivian Sørmeland" content: Vivian Sørmeland Vivian Sørmeland (born July 8, 1985 in Osen), came 3rd in season 4 of Idol (Norway) in May 2006. Her boyfriend was season 4-winner Aleksander Denstad With Audition: "I wish" by Stevie Wonder Top 40: "Foolish Games" by Jewel Top 12: "Joe Dallesandro" by Briskeby Top 11: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin Top 10: "I Want You Back" by Jackson Five Top 9: "Love Explains It All" by Venke Knutson Top 8: "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica Top 7: "First Time" by Robin Beck Top 6: "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA Top 5: "Big Spender" by Peggy


title: "Saint Peter-Marian High School" content: The Boys Football team had a highly successful run in the 1990s, winning 5 league Super Bowls and ranking seventh in Massachusetts in 1994. Students at Saint Peter-Marian may participate in the following school-sponsored organizations: Art Club (Jr. and Sr. High), Best Buddies, Campus Minister Team, Chorus (Jr. and Sr. High), Class Officers, Computer Club, Declamation Club (Jr. High), Eucharistic Ministers, Fair Tax Club, French Club, Guardian Globe, Guardians for Life, Habitat for Humanity, Junior High Speech Club Linus Club (Jr. High), Literary Magazine, Liturgical Choir, Math Club (Jr. High), Math Team, Mock Trial Team, Model UN (Junior High), Musicians


title: "Solanum elaeagnifolium" content: Solanum elaeagnifolium Solanum elaeagnifolium, the silverleaf nightshade or silver-leaved nightshade, is a common weed of western North America and also found in South America. Other common names include prairie berry, silverleaf nettle, white horsenettle or silver nightshade. In South Africa it is known as silver-leaf bitter-apple or satansbos ("Satan's bush" in Afrikaans). More ambiguous names include "bull-nettle", "horsenettle" and the Spanish "trompillo". The plant is also endemic to the Middle East. It is a perennial 10 cm to 1 m in height. The stems are covered with nettle-like prickles, ranging from very few on some plants to very dense on


title: "Solanum elaeagnifolium" content: others. Leaves and stems are covered with downy hairs (trichomes) that lie against and hide the surface, giving a silvery or grayish appearance. The leaves are up to 15 cm long and 0.5 to 2.5 cm wide, with shallowly waved edges, which distinguish it from the closely related Carolina Horsenettle ("S. carolinense"), which has wider, more deeply indented leaves. The flowers, appearing from April to August, have five petals united to form a star, ranging from blue to pale lavender or occasionally white; five yellow stamens and a pistil form a projecting center. The plant produces glossy yellow, orange, or


title: "Solanum elaeagnifolium" content: red berries that last all winter and may turn brown as they dry. Its range is from Kansas south to Louisiana, and west through the Mexican-border states of the United States into Mexico, as well as Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. It may have originated in North America and was accidentally introduced to South America or the reverse. It can grow in poor soil with very little water. It spreads by rhizomes as well as seeds, and is common in disturbed habitats. It is considered a noxious weed in 21 U.S. states and in countries such as Australia, Egypt, Greece, India,


title: "Solanum elaeagnifolium" content: Israel, Italy, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It is toxic to livestock and very hard to control, as root stocks less than 1 cm long can regenerate into plants. However, some gardeners encourage it as a xeriscape ornamental. The Pima Indians used the berries as a vegetable rennet, and the Kiowa used the seeds together with brain tissue to tan leather. Ingestion of silverleaf nightshade has been implicated as a cause of ivermectin toxicosis in horses given the recommended dosage of the drug. Metabolites from the plant are speculated to disrupt the blood-brain barrier, allowing ivermectin to enter and disrupt neurotransmitter


title: "Solanum elaeagnifolium" content: function in the brain and spinal cord. This plant has been described under a range of names, all now invalid. These contain many homonyms among them: Several varieties and forms of "S. elaeagnifolium" have been named. They are not usually considered taxonomically distinct: "S. elaeagnifolium" var. "ovalifolium" does not refer to the "S. ovalifolium" as described by Dunal and does not belong to the present species; it is actually "S. aridum". Meanwhile, "S. crispum" var. "elaeagnifolium" is just the normal "S. crispum" of Ruiz and Pavón Jiménez. Solanum elaeagnifolium Solanum elaeagnifolium, the silverleaf nightshade or silver-leaved nightshade, is a common


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: Erebuni Fortress Erebuni Fortress (), also known as Arin Berd (; meaning the "Fortress of Blood"), is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is above sea level. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartian border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast kingdom. The name Yerevan itself is derived from Erebuni. On an inscription found at Karmir Blur, the verb "erebu-ni" is used in the sense of "to seize, pillage, steal, or kidnap" followed by a changing direct object. Scholars have conjectured that the word,


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: as an unchanging direct object, may also mean "to take" or "to capture" and thus believe that the Erebuni at the time of its founding meant "capture", "conquest", or "victory." The Circassian historian Amjad Jaimoukha gives an alternative etymology, however: "eri" (referring to the Èrs, the people living in the area) + "buni". "Buni" comes from the Nakh root which spawned the Chechen word "bun" meaning shelter or cabin; the root however simply means lair or shelter. With its Indo-European roots "bun" initially derives from the Armenian word "buyn" (բույն) for "birds nest" or "lair". From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeuH-no-, from *bʰeuH-


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: (“to be; to grow”). Cognates include Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, "world"), Albanian bun ("shepherd's hut") and Middle Persian بن bun ("bottom"). It may have spawned the word "van" in Armenian (a language with a strong Urartian substratum), albeit possibly through different roots (Urartian "biani" rather than Èr "buni") which similarly means shelter. Interpreted in that way, the fortress would be the capital city of the Èr people. "Van" as a root is also present in numerous other placenames in historical Armenia, including the city Van, Lake Sevan, and Nakhichevan, so it is probable that the "van" in "Yerevan" is another direct


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: translation of the root. Jaimoukha states furthermore that the name of the Èr also serves as the root for the Arax valley (the Erashki gorge) and for the Medieval Georgian name used in the "Georgian Chronicles" for Lake Sevan- "Lake Ereta". Erebuni was founded by Urartian King Argishti I (r. ca. 785–753 BC) in 782 BC. It was built on top of a hill called Arin Berd overlooking the Aras River Valley to serve as a military stronghold to protect the kingdom's northern borders. It has been described as being "designed as a great administrative and religious centre, a fully


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: royal capital." According to Margarit Israelyan, Argishti began the construction of Erebuni after conquering the territories north of Yerevan and west of Lake Sevan, roughly corresponding to where the town of Abovyan is currently located. Accordingly, the prisoners he captured in these campaigns, both men and women, were used to help build his town. In the autumn of 1950, an archaeological expedition led by Konstantine Hovhannisyan discovered an inscription at Arin Berd dedicated to the city's founding which was carved during Argishti's reign. Two other identical inscriptions have been found at the citadel of Erebuni. The inscription reads: Argishti left


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: a similar inscription at the Urartian capital of Tushpa (current-day Van) as well, stating that he brought 6,600 prisoners of war from Khate and Tsupani to populate his new city. Similar to other Urartian cities of the time, it was built on a triangular plan on top of a hill and ensconced by high ramparts. Behind them, the buildings were separated by central and inner walls. The walls were built from a variety of materials, including basalt, tuff, wood and adobe. Argishti constructed a grand palace here and excavations conducted in the area have revealed that other notable buildings included


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: a colonnaded royal assembly hall, a temple dedicated to Khaldi, a citadel, where the garrison resided, living quarters, dormitories and storerooms. The inner walls were richly decorated with murals and other wall paintings, displaying religious and secular scenes. Successive Urartian kings made Erebuni their place of residence during their military campaigns against northern invaders and continued construction work to build up the fortress defences. Kings Sarduri II and Rusa I also utilized Erebuni as a staging site for new campaigns of conquest directed towards the north. In the early sixth century the Urartian state, under constant foreign invasion, collapsed. The


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: region soon fell under the control of the Achaemenian Empire. The strategic position that Erebuni occupied did not diminish, however, becoming an important center of the satrapy of Armenia. Despite numerous invasions by successive foreign powers, the city was never truly abandoned and was continually inhabited over the following centuries, eventually branching out to become the city of Yerevan. Erebuni's close affinity to Yerevan was celebrated in a splendid festival held in September 1968, commemorating Erebuni's 2,750th birthday. The site of Erebuni Fortress was atop the tall hill of Arin Berd as a strategic position overlooking the Ararat plain and


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: the main roads leading to the citadel. It also overlooked cramped Urartian town made up of residences below at the foot of the hill. The main entrance to the fortress was located at the more gently sloped southeastern site of the hill. It led to the central yard of the citadel. Ceremonies held by the personal guards of Argishti I and guards of the fortress garrison were held here. In the southwest portion of the yard was a temple of the god Khaldi. The temple had a large oblong plan with a staircase that led to the roof of a


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: ziggurat type tower and a side room on the lower floor. Surrounding the hall was a double-rowed twelve-column open portico with benches along the walls. An altar for sacrifices was located at the left wall. The walls were decorated with colorful frescoes depicting representations of human figures, gods, geometric and floral designs. One of the frescoes uncovered depicts the god Khaldi standing on a lion with a warder in his left hand and a horned crown upon his head. It is typical of other representations of Khaldi found at other sites. The floor of the temple contrasted greatly from the


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: rest of the complex in that it had wood floors composed of small planks, compared to the clay-coated adobe floors that were faced with stone slabs found in the rest of the citadel's rooms. Early excavations began during the 19th century while more systematic excavations were carried out at Erebuni in 1952, under the joint sponsorship of the Armenian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography and the Pushkin Museum's Board for the Preservation and Restoration of Architectural Monuments. The team was led by Konstantine Hovhannisyan and Boris Piotrovsky, who served as an on-site adviser. In the course of


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: the early stage of the excavations (1950–1968), Argishti's palace, the royal assembly hall, temples and over a hundred rooms were excavated. Dozens of Urartian and Achaemenian artifacts, such as pottery, earthenware, belt-buckles, bracelets, beads, drinking vessels, helmets, arrows and silver coins, were also uncovered. The fragments of murals that were uncovered were found to be decorated with important religious themes, including "processions of gods, sacred animals, and trees of life", as well as scenes of everyday life, displaying scenes of "hunting, cattle breeding, and agriculture." Storage areas for grain, oil, and wine were also uncovered. On the doors of the


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: storage areas inscriptions were placed at the entry doors telling the who built the storage area and the quantity of the items placed in them. One such inscription reads: The enormous ceramic jars that held the wine and oil had markings upon them. Smaller ceramic vessels were also found in excavations and are known to have been used in brewing beer made from barley. Other much larger vessels were used for storing foods and wine. Small circular markings on the sides of these containers near the top indicated the amount that could be stored inside. The larger of the vessels


title: "Erebuni Fortress" content: were usually buried half-way into the soil which naturally kept the contents cool. Numerous cuneiform inscriptions carved on basalt have been found around the complex. Some of which are currently displayed in the museum, while others can still be found displayed on the walls. In 1968 the Erebuni Museum of History was established. Its opening was timed to coincide with the 2750th anniversary of Yerevan. The museum houses items uncovered during the excavations at Arin Berd and Karmir Blur and gives a history of the site. Erebuni Fortress Erebuni Fortress (), also known as Arin Berd (; meaning the "Fortress


title: "Contra Celsum" content: Ambrose, however, continued to insist that Origen needed to write a response. Finally, one of Celsus's major claims, which held that no self-respecting philosopher of the Platonic tradition would ever be so stupid as to become a Christian, provoked Origen to write a rebuttal. In his introduction, Origen specifically states that "Contra Celsum" is not intended for converted Christians, but rather for outsiders who were interested in the faith that had not yet made the decision to convert. John Anthony McGuckin states that Origen probably undertook the task of writing "Contra Celsum" in the interest of furthering the Christian school


title: "Rubén Maldonado" content: of the 2010 season, the Clausura 2010 in Paraguay. Rubén Maldonado Rubén Dario Maldonado Brizuela (born 29 April 1979 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football defender who currently plays for Nacional in the Paraguayan Primera División. He made his Italian Serie A debut on 11 March 2000, against Bologna F.C. 1909. Maldonado was part of the Paraguay national under-20 football team that participated in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship he has since gone on to represent Paraguay at senior international level. Maldonado has recently signed for the team where he was "born in soccer", Club Olimpia. He will take


title: "Thalictrum thalictroides" content: Thalictrum thalictroides Thalictrum thalictroides, synonym Anemonella thalictroides, the rue-anemone, is a herbaceous perennial native to woodland in eastern North America. It has white or pink flowers surrounded by a whorl of leaflets and blooms in spring. "Thalictrum thalictroides" is a hairless plant growing from a cluster of tuberous roots, with upright stems tall that end with flowers. The basal leaves have petioles (leaf stalks) long and leaf blades that are two times ternately compound. The leaflets are widely rounded in shape and the ends are three lobed. It flowers in spring and the flowers are borne singularly, or in umbel-like


title: "Thalictrum thalictroides" content: inflorescences with 3 to 6 flowers. The flowers have short stems that hold the fully opened flowers above the foliage. The involucral bracts have three leaflets like the leaves. The showy rounded flowers have 4-15 carpels surrounded by many yellow stamens in the middle, and a cup of 5 to 10 white to pinkish-lilac petal-like sepals. The sepals are about long and the filaments long. In late spring, long, to shaped fruits called achenes are released. The green achenes have 8 to 10 prominent veins and become dark brown when ripe. Originally described as "Anemone thalictroides" by Linnaeus in 1753,


title: "Thalictrum thalictroides" content: it was transferred to a new, monospecific genus, "Anemonella", by Édouard Spach in 1839. Although similar to plants in the genus "Thalictrum", Sprach considered the diminutive size, umbelliform inflorescence, and tuberous roots of this species to be distinctive enough to designate a new genus. Bernard Boivin considered this distinction suspect, and transferred the species to the genus "Thalictrum" in 1957. Molecular evidence supports the placement of the species within "Thalictrum", and this placement is accepted by several modern treatments, although The Plant List retains it in "Anemonella". The false rue-anemone ("Enemion biternatum") is similar. It has single flowers that are


title: "Thalictrum thalictroides" content: always white and usually have 5 sepals. They appear individually in leaf axils on a branching stem. Thalictrum thalictroides Thalictrum thalictroides, synonym Anemonella thalictroides, the rue-anemone, is a herbaceous perennial native to woodland in eastern North America. It has white or pink flowers surrounded by a whorl of leaflets and blooms in spring. "Thalictrum thalictroides" is a hairless plant growing from a cluster of tuberous roots, with upright stems tall that end with flowers. The basal leaves have petioles (leaf stalks) long and leaf blades that are two times ternately compound. The leaflets are widely rounded in shape and the


title: "Jeopardy! College Championship" content: tournament until the following installments due to scheduling conflicts. Three College Champions have made the Tournament of Champions finals (Tom Cubbage in 1989, Jeff Stewart in 1994, and Cliff Galiher in 2007), but only Cubbage won the event. Many college champions have been invited to later Jeopardy! "all-time best" tournaments as well, with varying degrees of success: The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in the tournament. Finalists who earned more than the minimum guarantee are as indicated. Stanford University is the only college to have two winners. The only College Champions from Ivy League schools


title: "Martin Comerford" content: for Kilkenny's 2-19 to 0-12 provincial decider defeat of Wexford. Comerford became a regular member of the starting fifteen in 2002. He won his first National Hurling League medal that year, as a late Brian Dowling free secured a narrow 2-15 to 2-14 victory over Cork. Comerford made his senior championship debut on 9 June 2002 in a 2-10 to 1-14 provincial semi-final defeat of Offaly. He later collected his first Leinster medal on the field of play as Kilkenny recorded a narrow 0-19 to 0-17 defeat of fourteen-man Wexford. On 8 September 2002 Comerford lined out in his first


title: "British African-Caribbean people" content: than any other British male athlete to date. Christie's career highlight was winning a gold medal in the immensely competitive 100 metres event in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Welsh Hurdler Colin Jackson, who went to considerable lengths to explore his Jamaican heritage in a BBC documentary, held the 110 metres hurdles world record for 11 years between 1993 and 2004. Ethel Scott (1907–84) had a Jamaican father and an English mother was the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an international athletics competition. She was a sprinter active in international competitions for a brief period in the 1930s.


title: "John Edward (Ned) Shewry" content: of axemen”, and carried on his winning streak at a number of other chopping events around Taranaki and the King Country. In 1912, he competed in Auckland against world champion Dave Pretty, and Australian greats Bill Peck and Charlie Miley, and beat them all. Shewry went on to compete in Australian events in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Rockhampton and MacKay, then returned to New Zealand to win the world championship in Eltham, winning the 24 inch championship, the visitors' trophy for the 15 inch standing chop and the 12 inch underhand chop. Shewry’s woodchopping career was interrupted by World War I, and


title: "Joe C. Paul" content: and attended high school for one year before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps on April 26, 1963 in Dayton, Ohio, shortly after his seventeenth birthday. In August 1963, after completing recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, he was transferred to the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where he underwent individual combat training with the Second Infantry Training Regiment, graduating in October 1963. He then joined Company H, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, in Hawaii where he was promoted to private first class in December 1963 and to lance corporal in October 1964.


title: "Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing" content: bombers. Richard Bowling was arrested by Atlanta police on October 18 and, by October 22, all five suspects had been denied bail. The first suspect to be tried, George Bright, initially appeared before the court on December 1, 1958 represented by, among others, James R. Venable, Imperial Wizard of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Bright's attorneys filed a motion arguing that the law Bright had been charged under, which allowed for the death penalty in cases of bombings of dwellings, did not include "houses of worship." This argument was dismissed by the judge, who ordered Bright bound


title: "Biopsychiatry controversy" content: Big Pharma has helped reduce stigma associated with psychiatric treatment and with psychiatrists." However, Sharfstein acknowledged that the goals of individual physicians who deliver direct patient care can be different from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Conflicts arising from this disparity raise natural concerns in this regard including: Nevertheless, Sharfstein acknowledged that without pharmaceutical companies developing and producing modern medicines - virtually every medical specialty would have few (if any) treatments for the patients that they care for. Studies have shown that promotional marketing by pharmaceutical and other companies has the potential to influence physician decision making. Pharmaceutical manufacturers


title: "University Hospital Hairmyres" content: Home Secretary, John Reid MP, voicing his disapproval of the plans. In September 2006, the plan was approved by Lewis MacDonald, Deputy Health and Community Care minister. In May 2007, the Labour administration lost out to the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament Elections 2007 and the decision was overturned by the new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon. She demanded that NHS Lanarkshire find a way of keeping three fully functioning consultant-led A+E departments in Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire have since developed seven possible combinations of keeping three A+E departments open, which have now been delivered for


title: "Texas river cooter" content: Texas river cooter The Texas river cooter ("Pseudemys texana") is a species of freshwater turtle native to creeks, rivers, and lakes of the US state of Texas. It is found in the river basins of the Colorado, Brazos, Guadalupe, and San Antonio Rivers. It is one of two species of cooter native to the state, the other being the Eastern River Cooter. The Texas River Cooter is a relatively large turtle, capable of growing to a shell length of 12+ inches (30.5 cm). They are green in color, with yellow and black markings that fade with age. Males can be


title: "Texas river cooter" content: distinguished from females by their longer tails, longer claws, and overall smaller size. The Texas Cooter was once reclassified to a subspecies of the Eastern Cooter, "Pseudemys concinna", but was given full species status in 1991. The Red-eared slider ("Trachemys scripta elegans") shares its range and habits, but can easily be distinguished from the Texas Cooter by red patches on either side of its head. Various species of map turtle can also look much like juvenile Texas Cooters. Texas river cooter The Texas river cooter ("Pseudemys texana") is a species of freshwater turtle native to creeks, rivers, and lakes of


title: "Colac railway station" content: the gauge Crowes line. This line was built in the early 1900s, to service the farming and timber harvesting areas in the Otway Ranges. The line was built in two stages, with the first to Beech Forest opening on 1 March 1902, and the second to Crowes, on 20 June 1911. The line was closed in sections; Ferguson to Crowes on 9 December 1954, followed by a reopening to Weeaproinah on 19 January 1955, and full closure on 30 June 1962. Colac has one platform. It is serviced by V/Line Warrnambool line services. Platform 1: Colac railway station Colac railway


title: "Colchester Community Stadium" content: stadium's antiquated wooden structure, it became of utmost importance to accelerate Colchester United's move from the timber-constructed Layer Road stands to a new stadium. Just 18 days later, the Heysel Stadium disaster occurred, leading to 39 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Layer Road faced £500,000 of safety improvements, but with no money, the club closed sections of the ground which reduced capacity to 4,900. A new location for a replacement stadium was mooted at Turner Rise, Colchester, as new owner and chairman Jonathan Crisp introduced developers Norcross Estates as shirt sponsors for the 1987–88 season. Crisp considered selling Layer Road


title: "Jessie Bond" content: She enjoyed good runs as Helen Tapeleigh in the musical comedy "Go-Bang" (1894) and Nanna in Gilbert and F. Osmond Carr's "His Excellency" (1894–95). In 1894, she also played in "Wapping Old Stairs", by Stuart Robertson and Howard Talbot (with Courtice Pounds and Richard Temple), and "Pick-me-up" at the Trafalgar Square Theatre (with George Grossmith, Jr. and Letty Lind). During these years, Bond owned a fox terrier named Bob. She returned to the Savoy to play Pitti-Sing in the revivals of "The Mikado" that ran off and on from November 1895 to February 1897. When the revivals were over, Bond


title: "Ben O'Connor" content: Ben O'Connor Ben O'Connor (born 25 January 1979) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork senior team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. O'Connor made his first appearance for the team during the 1999 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement during the 2012 National League. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and two All-Star awards. In 2004 O'Connor captained the team to the All-Ireland title. At club level O'Connor is an All-Ireland medalist with Newtownshandrum. In


title: "Pont au Change" content: Pont au Change The Pont au Change is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet. Several bridges bearing the name "Pont au Change" have stood on this site. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops on an earlier version of the bridge in the 12th century. The current bridge was constructed from 1858


title: "Pont au Change" content: to 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III, and bears his imperial insignia. The Pont au Change is featured in the novel "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo. Police Inspector Javert finds himself unable to reconcile his duty to surrender Jean Valjean to the authorities with the fact that Valjean saved his life. He comes to the Pont au Change and throws himself into the Seine. It also plays a role in the novel "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Süskind; the perfumier Baldini, who takes the protagonist Grenouille as his apprentice, owns a shop on the bridge. After


title: "Pont au Change" content: Grenouille leaves him, the bridge collapses and his house and shop, with him inside, falls into the river. Pont au Change The Pont au Change is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet. Several bridges bearing the name "Pont au Change" have stood on this site. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops


title: "Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania" content: of Bloomsburg."" ""Upper Augusta [Township] and Lower Augusta [Township] were formed by the division of Augusta township in 1846...However, at the time of the division the name of "Porter" had been suggested for the southern portion."" The Northumberland County Historical Society: Township Names of Old Northumberland County Their Origin and Meaning, By Charles Fisher Snyder Presented Before The Society March 17, 1936 Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Augusta Township was one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was formed in 1772 and ceased to exist in 1846 when Upper Augusta and Lower


title: "Sam Nzima" content: the legislative assembly. Nzima faced many years of torment while trying to publish the most famous of his pictures, the Pieterson image. Until his demise, he lived in Lillydale, where he managed a photography school. He served on the councils of the Lillydale municipality and of the Bohlabela District. Nzima would obtain the copyright to his photograph, after many years of trying, when the Argus Newspaper Group, that owned "The World", was sold to the Independent Group. "Times" Magazine regards Nzima's famous image as one of 100 influential images of all time. Sam Nzima Sam Nzima (8 August 1934 in


title: "Paul of the Cross" content: Father Christopher Danei, tried to arrange a marriage, but Paul had no plans to marry. When his uncle died, he kept for himself only the priest's Breviary. When he was 26 years old, Paul had a series of prayer-experiences which made it clear to him that God was inviting him to form a community who would live an evangelical life and promote the love of God revealed in the Passion of Jesus. In a vision, he saw himself clothed in the habit he and his companions would wear: a long, black tunic on the front of which was a heart


title: Syrrako content: Kostas Krystallis and the first Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Kolettis. Syrrako is built on the slopes of Mount Peristeri (Lakmos) in the Pindus, offering natural shelter and security. Syrrako is separated from its twin village Kalarites by the deep ravine of the river Chroussias, a tributary of the Arachthos. Tradition says that the river’s name derives from Νeoptolemos’ son, Chroussios, who drowned there, not being aware of the fact that water rises fast during bad weather conditions. Syrrako was inhabited before the 15th century (possibly in the 11th century) by Aromanians (Vlachs). Evidence for this includes the age of


title: "Leon Bott" content: Leon Bott Leon Bott (born 19 October 1981 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league and union footballer. Bott attended Lurnea Public School, Lurnea High School, Moorebank High School and Westfield Sports High School, making the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union Team in 1998 & 1999. Leon Bott made his debut in the National Rugby League in the 2005 season playing for the Brisbane Broncos, the club he followed as a boy. He signed with the Brisbane Broncos for a reported A$20,000 a year and reportedly turned down a contract from the Sydney Roosters worth around A$350,000 a


title: "Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary" content: Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) is one of six official seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary also houses an undergraduate college, Spurgeon College (until recently known as 'Midwestern College'), offering numerous programs and diploma options for those pursuing a college degree. Midwestern Seminary was officially founded on May 29, 1957 when the Southern Baptist Convention voted to establish the institution and elected a board of trustees. Since that time, the trustees have been regularly and exclusively elected by the Southern Baptist Convention. Under


title: "Piana degli Albanesi" content: of dairy products, cereals, olive oil, wine and fruit, and by herds of sheep, cattle and goats. The office and industrial sector is thriving, the country is precisely known for the presence of accommodation such as guesthouses and restaurants that specialize in preparing dishes of those particular goods Art and craft products include Byzantine style icons created according to the traditional canons. Modern painters of icons (religious pictures on wood) draw inspiration from Byzantine art and spirituality. Other products include the women's costumes, mosaics, gold jewels and marble art. <br> Piana degli Albanesi Piana degli Albanesi (Albanian: Hora e Arbëreshëvet,


title: Pyramidellidae content: Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs. The pyram family is distributed worldwide with more than 6,000 named species in more than 350 nominal genera and subgenera. This family of micromollusks has been little studied and the phylogenetic relationships within the family are not well worked out. There is an absence of a general consensus regarding which species belong to a specific genus or subgenus, contributing to much confusion. Schander (1999)


title: "Dying Rebel" content: Dying Rebel "The Dying Rebel" is a popular Irish rebel song about a man finding a dying Irish rebel from County Cork in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising. Its age is uncertain, but it is still sung by contemporary Irish singers. The song does not refer to the death of any particular rebel. It reflects on the human cost of rebellion rather than the glorification of the conflict and the martyrdom of its leaders. It has been performed and recorded by many Irish artists. It originates from sometime before 1961, but the author is unknown. It was recorded in


title: "Ouachita National Recreation Trail" content: at Talimena State Park to the Big Cedar trailhead on US Highway 259 at approximately Mile Marker (MM) 30.5 in Oklahoma, and from the Talimena Scenic Drive Trailhead at MM 54.1, east to Highway 7 at mile 160.4, north of Jessieville, Arkansas. The trail's western end is at Talimena State Park in southeastern Oklahoma, and the eastern end is at Pinnacle Mountain State Park in the small community of Natural Steps, Arkansas in central Arkansas. The first lie within the Ouachita National Forest; the remaining , maintained by Pinnacle Mountain State Park, traverse lands owned by timber companies and Central


title: "Government of Alaska" content: Government of Alaska The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts. Alaska has 246 federally recognized tribal governments and one federal Indian (Native American) reservation. The Governor of Alaska is the senior-most official of the Alaska executive branch. The main Alaska state agencies are the: Other agencies are the: Alaska has


title: Gerrans content: everything except the tower was rebuilt (by William White of Truro) though this was done as closely as possible to the original church. The two-stage tower is buttressed, battlemented, and topped by a spire. There is a fine Cornish cross in the churchyard. According to Andrew Langdon (1994) this cross was not originally a churchyard cross but a wayside cross. No other ancient stone cross exists in the Roseland Peninsula; however a cross called Penpirthe Cross is shown on the parish terrier of 1613 as standing on the boundary of the parishes of Gerrans and Philleigh. The manor of Tregear


title: "Renewable Energy Corporation" content: Series REC TwinPeak 2S 72 Series Total numbers at end-2016 REC Group (REC) is a leading manufacturer and brand of solar panels. REC panels are distributed and installed all over the world. REC’s sales operation is divided into four regions: EMEA (headquartered in Munich, Germany), APAC (headquartered in Singapore), the Americas (headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA), and Japan (headquartered in Tokyo). In some regions, REC is referred to as "REC Solar". In the USA, a company named REC Solar, Inc. operates as an installer of solar energy systems for commercial, industrial, and utility-scale applications. REC Group and REC Solar,


title: "Osceola High School (Largo, Florida)" content: Osceola High School (Largo, Florida) Osceola Fundamental High School is a fundamental high school in Seminole, Florida operated by Pinellas County Schools. Osceola has recently become one of the top rated high schools in Pinellas County for performing arts. The school auditorium was originally built to house the Pinellas County Center for the Arts which ultimately would be housed at Gibbs High School, and as such is one of the largest and better equipped auditoriums of Pinellas County High Schools, featuring such accommodations as sound-dampening paneling and a computer-controlled lighting array. The school is named for Osceola, war chief of


title: "Balak (parsha)" content: , "lavi" in and , "laish"; , "shachal"; and , "shachatz". The Tosefta read “as a lion . . . he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain,” to support the categorization of blood as a “drink” for the purpose of Sabbath limitations. Rabbi Joḥanan interpreted to support the rule of Mishnah Bava Batra 3:7 that a person should not construct a house so that its doorway opens directly opposite another doorway across a courtyard. Rabbi Joḥanan taught that the words of "And Balaam lifted up his eyes and he


title: "Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media" content: intrigued by, "finding conventional harmonic progressions," in unconventional tunings. "What I was particularly interested in was chord progressions that would give a sensation either of modal coherence or else of tonality. That is to say you can actually identify subdominants, dominants, tonics, and keys." Blackwood likened the task to writing a "sequel" to "The Well-Tempered Clavier". The "Twelve Microtonal Etudes" were re-released on CD in 1994, accompanied by two additional compositions of Blackwood's in tunings he explored in the "Etudes": "Fanfare in 19-note Equal Tuning", Op. 28a, and "Suite for Guitar in 15-note Equal Tuning", Op. 33. The fanfare, like


title: "Right Rhythm" content: a relative failure, only reaching #36 on the "Billboard" R&B charts. The second single, a ballad called "After You," also failed to find a widespread audience. A third single, a remixed version of the album's "Insanity," managed a #62 R&B peak (#11 on the "Billboard" dance charts). "Right Rhythm" would be the only album release by the Pointer Sisters on Motown. The "Right Rhythm" track "Billy Said Yes" featured background vocals by Issa Pointer, the daughter of Ruth Pointer: Issa Pointer would replace June Pointer in the group's membership in 2002. Right Rhythm Right Rhythm is the fourteenth studio album


title: "Adam Murray" content: That season he went on to make 38 appearances as Mansfield won the National league title, that was then titled the Blue Square Bet Premier – and with it achieve promotion back League 2. Murray became caretaker manager of the Stags after Paul Cox's departure on 21 November 2014. Murray's first game as manager, a day later, was a 1–0 victory at home to Plymouth Argyle. After a successful month as caretaker manager Murray was appointed into the position of permanent player-manager of League 2 side Mansfield Town on 5 December 2014, becoming the youngest manager in the Premier League


title: "Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church" content: Korea took place in Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 1988, Moon matched 2,500 Korean members with Japanese members for a Blessing ceremony held in Korea, partly in order to promote unity between the two nations. The Blessing ceremonies have attracted a lot of attention in the press and in the public imagination, often being labeled "mass weddings". However, in most cases the Blessing ceremony is not a legal wedding ceremony. Some couples are already married and those that are engaged are later legally married according to the laws of their own countries. "The New York Times" referred


title: "William Landsborough" content: June 1913, his widow had him reburied at Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane. William Landsborough was in the vanguard of exploration in northern and eastern Queensland in the middle of the 19th century, his explorations resulting in the opening up of vast areas of northern and north-eastern Australia to settlement. As a result, there are numerous places named after William Landsborough, including: as well as a number of streets, creeks and mountains in Australia and also in New Zealand. A number of heritage-listed sites are associated with William Landsborough's explorations, including: William Landsborough William Landsborough (21 February 1825 – 16 March


title: "Uranium in the environment" content: reproductive, and neurological effects from chronic exposure. A 2005 epidemiology review concluded: "In aggregate the human epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU." The World Health Organization, the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations which is responsible for setting health research norms and standards, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends, states that no risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic effects have been reported in humans due to DU exposure. This report has been criticized by Dr. Keith Baverstock for not including


title: "Allan Roberts (politician)" content: to openly gay Labour MP, Chris Bryant, gay. His experience with council housing issues was a considerable asset in winning selection, and he made a speech to the Labour Party conference in 1978 arguing that public authorities needed a surplus of council housing in order to solve the housing crisis. As a supporter of Tony Benn in the Deputy Leadership election of 1981, Roberts was unopposed for reselection that June. He opposed the Falklands War, and joined the Socialist Campaign Group in December 1982. The Militant tendency was active in his constituency, which neighboured the group's Walton base in Liverpool,


title: "Tree of knowledge system" content: of neurological behavior that allows for the emergence of mental experience is considered the "hard" problem of conscious and the ToK System does not address this question explicitly. In contrast, through the Justification Hypothesis (see below), the ToK System involves a very direct analysis of the other issue of consciousness, that of self-awareness. Another frequent question that is raised is "Where does individual human behavior fall on the ToK?" To analyze human behavior from the context of the ToK, one uses the ToK like a prism to separate the dimensions of behavior into physiochemical, biogenetic, neuropsychological and sociolinguistic. Thus if


title: "Toilet brush" content: the brush holder. A toilet brush has been patented which introduces a reservoir of anti-bacterial fluid, allowing the brush to be dipped and sanitized after each use. In recent years many new products aiming to reinvent the traditional toilet brush have emerged to the market. Toilet brush A toilet brush is a tool for cleaning a toilet bowl. The modern plastic version was invented in 1932 by William C. Schopp of Huntington Park, California, US and later patented in 1933 by The Addis Brush Company. Generally the toilet brush is used with toilet cleaner or bleach. The toilet brush can


title: "Hydrological transport model" content: interactions. Worldwide a number of basin models have been developed, among them RORB (Australia), Xinanjiang (China), Tank model (Japan), ARNO (Italy), TOPMODEL (Europe), UBC (Canada) and HBV (Scandinavia), MOHID Land (Portugal). However, not all of these models have a chemistry component. Generally speaking, SWM, SHE and TOPMODEL have the most comprehensive stream chemistry treatment and have evolved to accommodate the latest data sources including remote sensing and geographic information system data. In the United States, the Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center in conjunction with a researchers at a number of universities have developed the Gridded Surface/Subsurface Hydrologic


title: "Anti-Indian sentiment" content: them. The clashes soon escalated into large-scale anti-Indian riots in the city. Over two hundred Indians were killed and their dead bodies flung into the river. Authorities ordered the police to fire upon any assembly of five or more who refused to lay down their arms, under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Within two days the riot spread throughout the country to locations such as Maymyo. After Burma achieved Independence, Burmese law treated a large percentage of the Indian community as "resident aliens". Though many had long ties to Burma or were born there, they were not considered


title: "Ahmed Errachidi" content: of the pay stubs to the Globe. On August 7, 2008 the "Washington Post" reported that the Guantanamo guards defied their orders to discontinue the illegal practice of arbitrarily moving captives multiples times a day to deprive them of sleep. The report stated that Ahmed Rashidi was routinely having six-hour interrogations in the middle of the night, followed by a series of cell relocations. Guards called this practice the "frequent flyer program". Lieutenant-Colonel David Cooper, of the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants, wrote Rashidi's lawyers on February 22, 2007. He wrote that Rashidi and


title: "Diadem-class cruiser" content: mounted side by side. These changes saved about £100,000 per ship (approximately 15%) relative to the "Powerful" design. With eight ships, each of 11,000 tons and costing £600,000, the "Diadem"s were an important class. However, they proved controversial. The naval journalist Fred Jane characterised them as "much-discussed" and complained that "all the weak points of the "Powerful"s were exaggerated in them". In particular, contemporary critics raised objections to their indifferent speed, poor manoeuvrability, and lack of heavy guns, and the fact that, while most of the armament was well protected in casemates, the fore and aft pairs of guns, which


title: "RMAF Butterworth" content: Indonesian aircraft always turned back before crossing the international boundary, thereby averting possible conflict. During this period, No. 33 Squadron RAF was stationed at Butterworth to provide ground to air defence with Bloodhound missiles. No. 20 Squadron RAF with Hunter FGA9 aircraft were detached here as also were RAF Vulcans and Canberras. No. 52 Squadron RAF provided air supply support to ground troops and police working in the Malaysian Peninsular jungle areas with their Valetta C2 twin engine aircraft along with RAF Single and Twin Pioneer aircraft. 52 Squadron also provided air support to units working in the Borneo jungle


title: "Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary" content: Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary Chimmini Wildlife sanctuary is a national park located along the Western Ghats in Chalakudy taluk of Thrissur District of Kerala state in India. Established in 1984, the sanctuary with an area of about 85.067 km is on the Western slopes of the Nelliyampathi Hills. The highest peak in sanctuary is Punda peak (1116 m). Along with the neighboring Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary it forms a continuous protected area of 210 km. It also lies just west of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, providing some habitat connectivity with the forests of that relatively large protected area. The sanctuary consists of the


title: "Human rights in Transnistria" content: of the most high-profile cases involved Ilie Ilaşcu, who was convicted in 1993 of killing two Transnistrian officials. He was initially sentenced to death by Transnistria's Supreme Court. This was repealed to a life prison sentence. Three other associates were sentenced to 12 to 15 years’ imprisonment and confiscation of their property. Ilaşcu was released in 2001, following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), while the other three were released in 2004 and 2007 when they finished serving their sentences. In the case of "Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia" (2004), the European Court of


title: Sundarar content: briefed by a 15th-century, Chidambaram temple inscription.During the time of cholas etc. the temple hymn service workers were known as uvacchar and marars. These terms are of very ancient origin and traceable to even early sangam times. "Periya Puranam", the 11th-century Tamil book on the Nayanars that forms the last volume of the "Tirumurai" primarily had references only to "Tevaram" and subsequently expanded to 12 parts and is one of the first anthologies of "Tirumurai". One of the first anthologies of "moovars" hymns called the "Tevara Arulmuraitirattu" is linked to Tamil Saiva siddhantha philosophy by grouping ninety-nine verses into 10


title: "Tullgarn Palace" content: their summer residence. Tullgarn Palace Tullgarn Palace () is a royal summer palace in the province of Södermanland, south of Stockholm, Sweden. Built in the 1720s, the palace offers a mixture of rococo, Gustavian and Victorian styles. The interior design is regarded as one of Sweden's finest. Tullgarn Palace is mainly associated with King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria, who spent their summers here at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. However, the palace was originally built for Duke Fredrik Adolf in the 1770s. Since Tullgarn was a popular summer palace amongst Swedish royalty,


title: Ah-So content: Ah-So Ah-So is a line of Asian sauces and marinades from Allied Old English, Inc., Port Reading, New Jersey. This garlicky, sweet, sticky, brightly red marinade is popular in the Northeast United States. A plastic squeeze bottle version exists. This sauce falls in into the American Chinese cuisine genre of Chinese cooking and aims to replicate the sweet smokey flavor of boneless spareribs found on the menus of most Chinese take-out restaurants. The sauce contains corn syrup, fermented soy beans and garlic. The expression "ah so" comes from Japanese "ā sō desu ka?" ("oh, is that so?"), which starts with


title: Hastamalakacharya content: one's hand. Adi Shankara took the boy into his party and started towards his next destination. Hastamalakacharya Hastamalakacharya (IAST "") (c. 4th century BCE) was a disciple of Adi Shankara, the Advaita philosopher. He was made the first Jagadguru ("head") of the Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ, the monastery founded by Adi Shankara in Dwaraka. Hastamalaka founded a matha by name Idayil Matham in Thrissur, Kerala. The Mādhavīya Śaṃkaravijayam states that when Adi Shankara was at Kollur, he accepted invitations by brāhmaņas to have Bhikşa ("alms" or food) at their houses. On such an occasion he visited a village called Śrī Bali (present


title: "Kirton Lindsey railway station" content: Kirton Lindsey railway station Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, England. The station was opened in 1849 on the former main line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway which became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The station was built with two flanking platforms with the main station building on the Sheffield-bound side at the top of a long approach road. The Grimsby-bound platform had a simple waiting shelter and the platforms were linked by a latticed footbridge. The footbridge and Grimsby bound platform have since been removed and


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: Calendula officinalis Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold, ruddles, common marigold or Scotch marigold, is a plant in the genus "Calendula" of the family Asteraceae. It is probably native to southern Europe, though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and it may possibly be of garden origin. It is also widely naturalised further north in Europe (as far as southern England) and elsewhere in warm temperate regions of the world. The Latin specific epithet "officinalis" refers to the plant’s medical and herbal uses. "Calendula officinalis" is a short-lived aromatic herbaceous perennial, growing to tall, with sparsely branched


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: lax or erect stems. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, long, hairy on both sides, and with margins entire or occasionally waved or weakly toothed. The inflorescences are yellow, comprising a thick capitulum or flowerhead 4–7 cm diameter surrounded by two rows of hairy bracts; in the wild plant they have a single ring of ray florets surrounding the central disc florets. The disc florets are tubular and hermaphrodite, and generally of a more intense orange-yellow colour than the female, tridentate, peripheral ray florets. The flowers may appear all year long where conditions are suitable. The fruit is a thorny curved achene


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: and weight in average 10.1 mg (n=50). Calendulas are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage moth, Gothic moth, Large yellow underwing, and Setaceous Hebrew character. "Calendula officinalis" is widely cultivated and can be grown easily in sunny locations in most kinds of soils. Although perennial, it is commonly treated as an annual, particularly in colder regions where its winter survival is poor, and in hot summer locations where it also does not survive. Calendulas are considered by many gardening experts as among the easiest and most versatile flowers to grow in a garden,


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: especially because they tolerate most soils. In temperate climates, seeds are sown in spring for blooms that last throughout the summer and well into the fall. In areas of limited winter freezing, seeds are sown in autumn for winter color. Plants will wither in subtropical summer. Seeds will germinate freely in sunny or half-sunny locations, but plants do best if planted in sunny locations with rich, well-drained soil. Pot marigolds typically bloom quickly from seed (in under two months) in bright yellows, golds, and oranges. Leaves are spirally arranged, 5–18 cm long, simple, and slightly hairy. The flower heads range


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: from pastel yellow to deep orange, and are 3–7 cm across, with both ray florets and disc florets. Most cultivars have a spicy aroma. It is recommended to deadhead (remove dying flower heads) the plants regularly to maintain even blossom production. Numerous cultivars have been selected for variation in the flowers, from pale yellow to orange-red, and with 'double' flowerheads with ray florets replacing some or all of the disc florets. Examples include 'Alpha' (deep orange), 'Jane Harmony', 'Sun Glow' (bright yellow), 'Lemon' (pale yellow), 'Orange Prince' (orange), 'Indian Prince' (dark orange-red), 'Pink Surprise' (double, with inner florets darker than


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: outer florets) and 'Chrysantha' (yellow, double). 'Variegata' is a cultivar with yellow variegated leaves. The cultivar group ‘Fiesta Gitana’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Pot marigold florets are edible. They are often used to add color to salads or added to dishes as a garnish and in lieu of saffron. The leaves are edible but are often not palatable. They have a history of use as a potherb and in salads. Flowers were used in ancient Greek, Roman, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures as a medicinal herb, as well as a dye for fabrics, foods,


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: and cosmetics. Many of these uses persist today. They are also used to make oil that protects the skin. Marigold leaves can also be made into a poultice that helps scratches and shallow cuts to heal faster, and can help prevent infection. The petals and pollen of "Calendula officinalis" contain triterpenoid esters and the carotenoids flavoxanthin and auroxanthin (antioxidants and the source of the yellow-orange coloration). The leaves and stems contain other carotenoids, mostly lutein (80%), zeaxanthin (5%), and beta-carotene. Plant extracts are also widely used by cosmetics, presumably due to presence of compounds such as saponins, resins, and essential


title: "Calendula officinalis" content: oils. The flowers of "Calendula officinalis" contain flavonol glycosides, triterpene oligoglycosides, oleanane-type triterpene glycosides, saponins, and a sesquiterpene glucoside. Plant pharmacological studies have suggested that "Calendula" extracts may have anti-viral, anti-genotoxic, and anti-inflammatory properties "in vitro". In an "in vitro" assay, the methanol extract of "C. officinalis" exhibited antibacterial activity and both the methanol and the ethanol extracts showed antifungal activities. Along with horsetails ("Equisetum arvense"), pot marigold is one of the few plants which is considered astringent despite not being high in tannins. Calendula officinalis Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold, ruddles, common marigold or Scotch marigold, is a plant


title: "Hurricane Erika (2003)" content: within the storm. Erika turned to the west-southwest on August 16, and attained hurricane status just prior to making landfall near Boca San Rafael, Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico, or about 40 miles (70 km) south of the United States–Mexico border. The storm rapidly weakened over the mountainous Sierra Madre Oriental, and Erika dissipated early on August 17. The mid-level circulation maintained integrity as it crossed Mexico, and led to the formation of a tropical disturbance after entering the Gulf of California on August 18. It turned to the northwest and weakened on August 20. Operationally Erika was never upgraded to


title: "Charlie's Angels (video game)" content: Charlie's Angels (video game) Charlie's Angels is a beat 'em up video game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Ubi Soft for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. Versions for the Xbox and Game Boy Advance were also planned, but they were later cancelled. "Charlie's Angels" is based on the first and in the series. It follows the continuing adventures of private investigators Alex Munday (Lucy Liu), Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore) and Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz) as they attempt to solve the mystery of a series of missing national monuments. The heroines do not use firearms but can utilize blunt


title: "Grapplers (comics)" content: their illegal activities and become legitimate wrestlers. They soon branched out, and several new members joined their ranks. Soon after, Titania was slain by the Scourge of the Underworld. Investigating her death, Letha also soon met her demise at the Scourge's hands. Screaming Mimi later joined the Thunderbolts, while Poundcakes became a freelance mercenary. Letha and Titania were resurrected years later by the Hood, alongside several other victims of the Scourge. The Hood also gifted the pair with new powers: Letha with the ability to inspire irrational rage telepathically and Titania with the ability to inspire irrational lust. Titania took


title: "Place Stanislas" content: Place Stanislas The Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine region. Since 1983, the architectural ensemble comprising the Place Stanislas, the extension of its axis, the Place de la Carrière, and the Place d'Alliance, has been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. After the War of the Polish Succession in 1737, the Duchy of Upper Lorraine, of which Nancy was the capital, was given to Stanisław I Leszczyński, former Ruler of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and father-in-law to King Louis XV of France. An earlier ruler, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, had


title: "Place Stanislas" content: undertaken much reconstruction in Lorraine, which had been ravaged by a series of wars. He had recruited numerous artists and architects for this work, including Germain Boffrand, who trained Emmanuel Héré. Hence, Stanisław found a pool of talent and experience to draw from on his arrival. The square was a major project in urban planning, conceived by Stanisław I as a way to link the medieval old town of Nancy and the "new" town built in the 17th century under Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. The square was also intended as a "place royale" to honour Stanisław's son-in-law, Louis XV.


title: "Place Stanislas" content: The design created a large urban square or "place" that linked two handsome existing buildings: the Hôtel de Ville (city hall, now centred on its grand square) and the "Hôtel du Gouvernement", the seat of the duchy. The seat of city government and the seat of Ducal government thus faced each other as complements through a series of rational, symmetrical but varied urban spaces, unequalled in Europe at the time. The square and the surrounding buildings, unified by their colossal orders, were designed by the royal architect Emmanuel Héré de Corny (1705–1763). Construction began in March 1752, and ended in


title: "Place Stanislas" content: November 1755. Barthélémy Guibal and Paul-Louis Cyfflé created a bronze statue of Louis XV that was erected in the center of the square. It was removed during the iconoclasm of the Revolution, when it was replaced with a simple winged figure. The square was renamed ", and later ". In 1831, a bronze statue of Stanisław (" in French) was placed in the middle of the square; since then it has been known as the 'Place Stanislas'. The square has always been used for public assemblies and festivities. It has undergone several makeovers in its history and, in a low


title: "Place Stanislas" content: period of appreciation, served as a car parking area for nearly a quarter of a century, between 1958 and 1983. The city has since reserved it for pedestrian use. In 2004 and 2005, the city undertook a massive restoration of the square, based on the original 18th-century plans. The ten-month project cost approximately 9 million euros. It was financed by a combination of city and local, regional, national and private funds. The inauguration of the new Place Stanislas, in May 2005, coincided with the square's 250th anniversary. The Place Stanislas is 125 metre long and 106 metre wide. It is


title: "Place Stanislas" content: paved with light ochre stones, with two lines of darker stones forming a diagonal cross motif. The square is surrounded by an architecturally harmonious ensemble of buildings, most notably these: An "", by Emmanuel Héré, stands in the centre of the fourth side, leading to the adjoining Place de la Carrière, where the main axis is developed as a double avenue of trees, with symmetrical buildings facing each other down its length. The far end is defined by the hemi-cycles of colonnades that enclose the sides and are carried across the pre-existing façade of the "Palais du Gouvernement". The four


title: "Place Stanislas" content: corners and the west and east sides of the square feature gilded wrought iron gates and lanterns, created by Jean Lamour (1698–1771); who was also responsible for the wrought iron balustrade on the main staircase in the Hôtel de Ville, and the balcony across the centre of its main façade. The north-west and north-east corners also feature ornate fountains designed by Barthélémy Guibal (1699–1757). Because of these gates, Nancy is nicknamed City with Golden Gates ("Ville aux Portes d'Or"). The statue in the centre of the "Place Stanislas", created by Georges Jacquot, represents Stanislas standing, dressed in flowing robes, holding


title: "Place Stanislas" content: a sword in his left hand and pointing towards the north with his right hand. The inscriptions on the high marble pedestal read: The ' (City Hall), also known as ' (Stanislas's Palace), is the largest building in the square at 98 metres long, and occupies the whole south side of the square. Built in 1752–1755, it has served as the city hall since its construction. It was designated as a monument historique on 12 July 1886. Place Stanislas The Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine region. Since 1983, the


title: "Paul Fenton (musician)" content: 1975. Fenton along with Mickey Finn, formed a T. Rex tribute band in 1997, named Mickey Finn's T-Rex. Even after the death of Finn in 2003, he continued to play drums for the band, which now performs named more simply as T-Rex. In 2008, a petition signed by the likes of David Bowie, Roy Wood and Tony Visconti called for Paul Fenton to change the band's name in order to make it clear that it was a tribute act, not the actual T. Rex. Paul Fenton (musician) Paul Fenton (born 4 July 1946 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) is an English


title: "Robin Hood and the Bishop" content: but Robin quickly reveals his identity. Meanwhile, the Bishop has gone to the old woman's house, and catches her there, believing her to be Robin; they ride away through the forest on horseback. But up ahead they sight a hundred bow-men gathered under a great green-wood tree, and, to the Bishop's shock and dismay, the old woman identifies them as Robin Hood and his men and herself as an old woman. Before the Bishop can flee, Robin calls him to stay, grabs his horse by the reins, and ties it to a tree. He then empties the Bishop's five hundred


title: WHLX content: to restore WSMA to its former glory, broadcasters David Barr and Rick Schremp formed Barr/Schremp Communications in 1993 and took control of WSMA that year. Coincidentally, Barr's father William was the former owner of WATC AM 900 & WZXM FM 95.3 (now 101.5 WMJZ) in Gaylord, 220 miles north of Detroit, before selling it in 1986. Barr/Schremp Communications changed the station's call letters to WIFN, and began a gradual phase-out of the country music format in favor of personality talk. Under the new format, the station bore such talents such as G. Gordon Liddy, Larry King, Chuck Harder and Sports


title: FutureSex/LoveSounds content: Comes Around" are thought to have similar meaning to "Cry Me a River". In an interview, he revealed that the song was based on one of his friends' experience. "My Love" was also noted as "arguably" similar with "Cry Me a River". Timberlake however confirmed in many interviews that the record is not autobiographical, although he himself had an experience from which to draw. Six major singles were issued from the album, led by "SexyBack" which was released on July 7, 2006, two months prior to the publication of the album. Regarding the song, Timberlake surmised he did not sound


title: "Kinetic Engineering Limited" content: debut. Kinetic Engineering Limited Kinetic Engineering Limited is an Indian automotive manufacturer. The company was founded in the year 1972 by HK Firodia. Today it is an automotive component manufacturer which formerly sold two-wheelers under the brand names Kinetic Honda and later Kinetic. It introduced the Kinetic Luna moped which sold well domestically and was exported extensively to Argentina, Brazil, the US, and Sri Lanka. Later Kinetic Engineering formed a joint venture with Honda Motor Company to introduce Kinetic Honda scooters, which had electric start and gearless transmissions. Kinetic and Honda parted ways in 1998 when the Firodias bought out


title: "Pacific Repertory Theatre" content: Director since 2009. The organizational name changed to Pacific Repertory Theatre in 1994 when the company acquired the historic site of the Golden Bough Playhouse in downtown Carmel, and announced intentions to establish a professional theatre for the region. In 2001, in order to facilitate an appearance by Olympia Dukakis and Louis Zorich in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", the company entered into a seasonal agreement with Actors' Equity Association, and as a result, it became the only professional theatre in Monterey County. The company gained national attention, beginning in 2001, for its series of Shakespeare plays entitled "Royal Blood: The


title: "De Havilland DH.60 Moth" content: necessitated. The new Gipsy engines could simply be built in-house on a production-line side by side with the production-line for Moth airframes. This also enabled de Havilland to control the complete process of building a Moth airframe, engine and all, streamline productivity and in the end lower manufacturing costs. While the original DH.60 was offered for a relatively modest £650, by 1930 the price of a new Gipsy-powered Moth was still £650, this in spite of its state-of-the-art engine. A metal-fuselage version of the Gipsy Moth was designated the DH.60M Moth and was originally developed for overseas customers, particularly Canada.


title: Yurok content: Yurok The Yurok, whose name means "downriver people" in the neighboring Karuk language (also called "yuh'ára", or "yurúkvaarar" in Karuk), are Native Americans who live in northwestern California near the Klamath River and Pacific coast. Their autonym is Olekwo'l meaning "Persons." Today they live on the Yurok Indian Reservation, on several rancherías, including the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, throughout Humboldt County, and beyond. They are enrolled in seven different federally recognized tribes today. They ate lots of berries and meats, but whale meat was prized above others. Yuroks did not hunt whales, instead, they waited until


title: Sherkole content: that religion. Concerning education, 6.94% of the population were considered literate, which is less than the Zone average of 18.49%; only 5.37% of children aged 7-12 were in primary school, while a negligible number of the children aged 13-14 were in junior secondary school, and none of the inhabitants aged 15-18 were in senior secondary school. Concerning sanitary conditions, 1.8% of all houses had access to safe drinking water, and 2.4% had toilet facilities at the time of the census. Sherkole Sherkole is one of the 20 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Asosa Zone, it


title: "Rauracian Republic" content: old Lictors' Bundle which had been a favoured symbol of authority under the old Roman Republic and which still appears in the seal of the French state and on the cantonal shield of St. Gallen. Rauracian Republic The Rauracian Republic was a short-lived state that included parts of modern France and Switzerland around the Jura mountains. It was created from the northern portion of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Rauracian Republic existed for just a few months. It was inaugurated on 17 December 1792, and absorbed into France on 23 March 1793.


title: "Tropical Storm Kammuri (2002)" content: Province to Guangdong experienced heavier rainfall, peaking at in Quanzhou. Two stations in the city reported the highest daily total on record. In a six-hour period, a total of was recorded in Pingtan County. Wind gusts reached 79 km/h (49 mph) in Putian, Fujian. The province experienced river flooding due to the heavy rains; the Dazhang Stream crested at in Yongtai County, which was above "danger" flood levels. Damage in the province totaled $131 million (¥1.085 billion yuan). There were 19 deaths in Fujian. Significant flooding from Kammuri occurred inland, related to the storm's remnants' merging with a cold front.


title: "Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)" content: Call on Me (Eric Prydz song) "Call on Me" is a song co-written and recorded by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. The song is based on a sample of Steve Winwood's 1982 song "Valerie" from the album "Talking Back to the Night". "Call on Me" received massive sales success and topped several record charts. The song is known for its music video, which features several women and a man performing aerobics in a sexually suggestive manner. "Call on Me" is a dance music track based on a sample of Steve Winwood's 1982 song "Valerie" from the album "Talking Back


title: "Human Writes" content: 'Human Writes' is not linked to any particular political or religious groups. The organisation has become well known internationally though and many prominent public figures actively encourage and support the work that they do, among them the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, who describes the organisation's aims as: A small but hugely significant witness, telling someone that they are not facing death alone. 'Human Writes' has become generally known and accepted by the US prison authorities as a reputable organisation, working within the parameters of their systems. Human Writes Human Writes is a long established, non-profit organization founded


title: Desmostylus content: Desmostylus Desmostylus is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal of the family Desmostylidae living from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene subepoch through the Late Miocene subepoch (28.4 mya—7.250 Mya) and in existence for approximately . "Desmostylus" was a large, hippopotamus-like creature of about long which weighed about . It had a short tail and powerful legs with four hooves. Both the creature's jaws were elongated and sported forward-facing tusks, which were elongated canines and incisors. Most likely fully aquatic, "Desmostylus" is thought to have lived in shallow water in coastal regions, usually less than 30 meters deep. Recent


title: "Mississippi MudCats" content: christened the Mississippi MudCats (honoring the state's catfish industry), the same day they would announce Brian Brents as their head coach. In 2007, the Mudcats had a great first season and averaged over 3,200 fans per game more than any other team in the AIFA. At the end of the 2007 season, civil rights attorney Jim Waide bought the team from Todd Ellis the founder of the team. After another great start, the MudCats won their final two games and the Division Playoff game against the Columbus Lions, ending their season with only 2 losses, the best record in the


title: "Weller brothers" content: of Tahatu, Paparu, and after her death to Taiaroa’s daughter, Nikuru. There were daughters, Fanny and Nani, by each alliance. By the end of the 1830s, exports of whale products (Southern Right Whale or Humpback Whale) were at a peak, the station taking about 300 Southern Right Whales on the first season, as was the resident European population. Anticipating British annexation the Wellers started buying land and settling it. But a sudden decline in whales saw Edward’s exit at the end of 1840 followed by the firm’s bankruptcy. He and George lived out their lives in New South Wales. Otago,


title: "Community of the Sisters of the Love of God" content: Community of the Sisters of the Love of God The Community of the Sisters of the Love of God is a contemplative community of women founded in 1906 within the Anglican Church, to witness to the priority of God, and to respond to the love of God for us, reflected in our love for God. Its members believe they are called to live a substantial degree of withdrawal from everyday life, devoting themselves to prayer in the belief that this prayer, rooted in the praise and worship of God, is essential for the peace and well-being of the world. The


title: "Arabian Fight" content: the far back of the screen and give a feeling of perspective. The game also makes use of the foreground, something rarely done at this time, as characters perform special attacks very close to the screen, some so close that only their torso and head will fit; likewise enemies can jump from the foreground to fight (characters cannot be hit while in these animations). The corrupt Sheikh Sazabiss has abducted Princess Lurana, and he is utilizing every unscrupulous means of power he has at his disposal to achieve his ultimate ambition of conquering the world. The quartet of valiant and


title: "Mühleberg" content: men, 22.7% were Swiss women, 2.8% were non-Swiss men and 1.8% were non-Swiss women. The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship. During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 273 students attending classes in Mühleberg. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 47 students in the municipality. Of


title: "Clergy Corporation" content: was Auditor General of Land Patents, was appointed Secretary Receiver of the Corporation. Five years later the Executive Council ordered that the Corporation should cease making any new leases of the reserves, as it had been thought that the land would be sold to the Canada Company. This option was championed by Egerton Ryerson, who was upset at the state of the reserves and wanted them to be available to the Methodists. In August 1828 Heward, the Secretary Receiver, died and was succeeded by George Herchmer Markland. The issuance of new leases resumed in April 1829. However this only continued


title: "Ins, Switzerland" content: Ins, Switzerland Ins () is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Ins is first mentioned in 1009 as "Anestre". In 1179 it was mentioned as "Anes". The area around Ins has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age. On Schaltenrain hill, individual graves and groups of grave mounds have been found stretching over of the hill. At least four different sites have been discovered. The first excavation was carried out under the direction of Gustav von Bonstetten in 1848, who placed his discoveries in the Historical Museum of Berne. In the


title: "Type I and type II errors" content: security screening, which are ultimately visual inspection systems. The installed security alarms are intended to prevent weapons being brought onto aircraft; yet they are often set to such high sensitivity that they alarm many times a day for minor items, such as keys, belt buckles, loose change, mobile phones, and tacks in shoes. The ratio of false positives (identifying an innocent traveller as a terrorist) to true positives (detecting a would-be terrorist) is, therefore, very high; and because almost every alarm is a false positive, the positive predictive value of these screening tests is very low. The relative cost of


title: Pteromalidae content: - "Romanisca" - "Roptrocerus" - "Scaphepistenia" - "Sceptrothelys" - "Schimitschekia" - "Schizonotus" - "Sciatherellus" - "Scutellista" - "Sedma" - "Seladerma" - "Selimnus" - "Semiotellus" - "Sennia" - "Shedoepistenia" - "Sigynia" - "Sirovena" - "Sisyridivora" - "Solenura" - "Sorosina" - "Spalangia" - "Spalangiopelta" - "Spaniopus" - "Spathopus" - "Sphaeripalpus" - "Sphegigaster" - "Sphegigastrella" - "Sphegipterosema" - "Sphegipterosemella" - "Spilomalus" - "Spinancistrus" - "Spintherus" - "Spodophagus" - "Staurothyreus" - "Stenetra" - "Stenomalina" - "Stenophrus" - "Stenoselma" - "Stichocrepis" - "Stictolelaps" - "Stictomischus" - "Stinoplus" - "Storeya" - "Strejcekia" - "Striatacanthus" - "Sympotomus" - "Synedrus" - "Syntomopus" - "Systasis" - "Systellogaster" - "Systolomorpha"


title: "Yarrow Reservoir" content: Yarrow Reservoir Yarrow Reservoir - named after the River Yarrow - is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir. Construction of the reservoir, designed by Liverpool Borough Engineer Thomas Duncan, began in 1867. In 2002, several tons of fish were transported to this reservoir when the Upper Rivington reservoir was completely drained for essential maintenance work. The construction of Yarrow Reservoir was described in Wm. Fergusson Irvine's book "A Short History Of The Township Of Rivington" : On the banks of the reservoir is a 'face in the


title: "Simone Luzzatto" content: Simone Luzzatto Simone (Simcha) Luzzatto () (1583–1663) was a prominent rabbi in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Italy. He shared the rabbinate of Venice with another very famous rabbi, Leone de Modena. Luzzatto was educated by some of the most outstanding rabbis of his period. By the age of 22, many of his works were being published and discussed throughout the Jewish community. These works, called "responsa", gained him a good deal of popularity; including a rather interesting work that deemed it was acceptable to travel by gondola on Shabbat (a day during which motorized travel is normally forbidden to


title: "Siege of Tuyên Quang" content: Chinese at a respectable distance from the main perimeter. Accordingly, he had a blockhouse built on a hill 300 metres to the south of the citadel, which was occupied by a strong force of legionnaires. He also built a separate defensive perimeter to the southeast of Tuyen Quang which was occupied by Captain Dia and his company of Tonkinese riflemen. This position, centred on a fortified pagoda on the river bank, was christened 'Little Gibraltar'. These positions could be evacuated if necessary, and as long as they held they would severely limit the pressure the Chinese could exert on the


title: "Flossie Wong-Staal" content: her teachers to further her studies in the United States. Her teachers also suggested Wong-Stall to change her name to something in English. Her father chose the name Flossie for her after a massive storm that had struck their area around this time. When she was at the age of 18, she left Hong Kong in order to attend the University of California, Los Angeles where she would pursue a BS in bacteriology. She earned cum laude in just three years. Once she had earned her bachelor's degree, she would go on to earn a PhD in molecular biology from


title: "The Magic Sword (1962 film)" content: aided by magic. He contacts Sybil and mocks her abilities. Stung, she tries to cast a spell to help George, but ends up inadvertently stripping away all his magical powers. Sir Dennis and Sir James of Scotland perish when they reconnoiter ahead. Branton then leads George and Sir Patrick of Ireland into a trap, revealing his partnership with Lodac before sealing them in a cave with deadly green apparitions. Patrick, through the power of his faith, enables George to escape at the cost of his own life. George sneaks into Lodac's castle and rescues Helene, only to be captured. The


title: "Benevolent Asylum" content: Benevolent Asylum The Destitute Asylums (usually known as Benevolent Asylums or Infirmaries for the destitute) were institutions established throughout the colonies of Australia in the 19th century to house deserted and destitute men, women and children not able to support themselves. Low employment prospects, poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and the adjoining workhouse and few hopes of finding a husband or some means of support made for a terrible and prolonged experience behind the walls of the asylum. The buildings of the Adelaide Destitute Asylum are now home to the SA Migration Museum, which opened on August 26, 2003.


title: "Eram Garden" content: Eram Garden Eram Garden (, "Bāgh-e Eram") is a historic Persian garden in Shiraz, Iran.The garden, and the building within it, are located at the northern shore of the Khoshk River in the Fars province. Both the building and the garden were built during the middle of thirteenth century by the Ilkhanate or a paramount chief of the Qashqai tribes of Pars. The original layout of the garden however, with its quadripartite Persian Paradise garden structure was most likely laid in eleventh century by the Seljuqs, and was then referred to as "Bāgh-e Shāh" ("The emperor's garden" in Persian) and


title: "Eram Garden" content: was much less complicated or ornamental. Cornelius de Bruyn, a traveller from the Netherlands, wrote a description of the gardens in the eighteenth century. Over its 150 years the structure has been modified, restored or stylistically changed by various participants. It was one of the properties of noble Shiraz Qavami Family.The building faces south along the long axis. It was designed by a local architect, Haji Mohammad Hasan. The structure housed 32 rooms on two stories, decorated by tiles with poems from the poet Hafez written on them. The structure underwent renovation during the Zand and Qajar dynasties. In 1965,


title: "Eram Garden" content: Sir Denis Wright, a British ambassador in Iran, was invited by the Chancellor of Shiraz University, Asadollah Alam, to a party in Eram Garden for Princess Alexandra of the Oglivy. The compound came under the protection of Pahlavi University during the Pahlavi era, and was used as the College of Law. The building also housed the Asia Institute. Today, Eram Garden and building are within Shiraz Botanical Garden (established 1983) of Shiraz University. They are open to the public as a historic landscape garden. They are World Heritage Site, and protected by Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization. Eram Garden Eram Garden


title: "Numbers Rabbah" content: are of different origin and extent. The first portion, sections 1–14 (on Torah portions Bamidbar and Naso) — almost three-quarters of the whole work — contains a late homiletic commentary upon . The second part, sections 15–33, reproduces the Midrash Tanchuma from almost word for word. Midrash Tanchuma generally covered in each case only a few verses of the text and had regular formulas of conclusion. The second portion of Numbers Rabbah follows closely those readings of the Tanchuma that appear in the oldest edition. M. Beneviste drew attention as early as 1565 to the fact that Tanchuma and Numbers


title: "History of Bikaner" content: History of Bikaner The region of Bikaner, stretching across northern Rajasthan State in India, was earlier known as Jangladesh. It included the present-day districts of Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh. It is bounded on the south by Marwar and Jaisalmer regions, on the east by Ajmer-Merwara region. Bikaner state was a princely state that was founded in the 15th century in this region. After becoming a British protectorate in 1818, it persisted until shortly after India's Independence in 1947. Prior to the mid 15th century, the region that is now Bikaner was a barren wilderness called Jangladesh. Rao Bika established


title: "Tilton School" content: The atrium of the tower is used as a common space for students during free periods, as an art gallery, and sometimes as a dance floor for school socials. Skinner Tower is home to the Davis Lecture Hall, a 100-seat, SAT-certified lecture hall which is used as a classroom and venue for speakers and presentations. The first floor comprises a biology laboratory (complete with two-story greenhouse), a chemistry laboratory, and the 9th grade FIRST Program seminar room with a connecting outdoor classroom space. The second floor houses the physics laboratory, math classrooms, and integrated math/science faculty work spaces, which enhance


title: "Shmuel Salant" content: 93. His gravestone was an ancient pillar that had stood in the Hurva courtyard, where he lived in the Old City. En route, in Constantinople, he met and gained the friendship of Sir Moses Montefiore, then on his way to defend the Jews falsely accused in the Damascus Blood Libel. Salant arrived in Jerusalem in 1841, rejoining his father-in-law and about 500 other Ashkenazim who had preceded him. From 1848 to 1851 he served as a "meshulach" (fund-raiser), visiting the principal cities of Lithuania and Poland to collect money for the impoverished Jews of the Old Yishuv. This age-old practice


title: "Bank of United States" content: closure, bank failures reached a critical mass. People flocked to withdraw their money from other banks. In turn, the banks called in loans and sold assets in order to stay liquid. In that month alone, over 300 banks around the country failed. Notes Bank of United States The Bank of United States, founded by Joseph S. Marcus in 1913 at 77 Delancey Street in New York City, was a New York City bank that failed in 1931. The bank run on its Bronx branch is said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression. The Bank of


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: Green Mosque (Bursa) Green Mosque (, "Yeşil Mosque"), also known as Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of the larger complex (a külliye) located on the east side of Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before they captured Constantinople in 1453. The complex consists of a mosque, türbe, madrasah, kitchen and bath. The Yeşil Mosque can be shown as the perfect blend between architecture and embellishment, the proof that such works of art were produced in a country where the battles between siblings had come to an end and peace had returned. It was commissioned by


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi and completed in December 1419 or January 1420. The mosque was built between 1419–1421 by architect vezir Hacı İvaz Pasha. The artists of painted decorations were Ali bin Ilyas and Mehmed el Mecnun. Following the 1855 Bursa earthquake, the building underwent an extensive renovation led by architect Léon Parvillée, as Ahmet Vefik Pasha, the Vali (governor) of Bursa, was unable to find a qualified Turkish architect. Parvillée managed to save the mosque but he lacked experience of the Seljukian and early Ottoman architecture. He was also hampered by shortages of money and skilled labour. The original


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: decorations of the vaults and the walls were not restored. But his whitewash was perhaps to be preferred over botched attempts at reproducing old paintwork. The architectural style known as "Bursa Style" begins with Green Mosque. The mosque is based on a reverse T-plan with a vestibule at the entrance leading to a central hall flanked by eyvans on the east and west and a larger eyvan with mihrab niche on the south. Two small eyvans flank the entryway above which the royal box ("hünkar mahfili") is located. There are four rooms with fireplaces to the north and south of


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: side eyvans accessed through the vestibule and the central hall respectively. Stairs on both sides of the vestibule lead to the upper floor where the royal lodge and two adjacent rooms for the royal women are located. Here, a passage opens to the balconies on the northern façade where the minaret steps begin. A portico was designed but never built, because, when the sultan died, work on his private mosque would stop. The large entrance to the mosque is flanked by recessed marble sofas with twin cubby-holes ("papuçluks") for the shoes. Above the door is a long Arabic inscription in


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: bronze. The door is crowned by a half- dome with a cascade of mocárabe (stalactites) that taper into a star. The flat face of the half-dome, set in a ribbed frame, is adorned with arabesques and inscriptions in Rumi scripts. Between the inscription and the mocárabes is a small window that lights the floor of the foyer to the sultan's box. Above the niches on each side of the entrance door is an inscription dedicated to Hacı İvaz, son of Ahi Beazit who designed the mosque. As Ahi Beazit was the prefect and later the governor of Bursa, it is


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: not likely that he would have been the architect. But he would have concerned with overseeing the work. The builder would probably have relied on the teamwork and the craftsmanship of the Mason's Guild to execute his plans. Beneath the central dome, the sculpted white marble fountain within an octagonal pool adds to the beauty of the mosque. On one's left and right side are two large "eyvans" (a vaulted recess open on one side). The walls of the inner vestibule are covered with dark green tiles and, on each side, a great circle filled with blue, white and golden-yellow


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: arabesques of tendrils and flowers. The interior of the mosque is decorated with a mosaic of blue-green tiles on the walls and ceiling of the eyvans, from which it gets its name. (The exteriors with its domes, now clad with lead, were once also adorned with blue-green tiles in "cuerda seca" style). One ascends from the vestibule to prayer hall via three steps. This stair is flanked on each side by four cubby-holes ("papuçluk") for slippers. This shows the vestibule was paved and not carpeted as nowadays. Opposite stands the "mihrab", the prayer leader place (Imam), with its moulded tile


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: frame. Its niche is crowned by twelve rows of mocárabe, coming together in a six-ribbed shell on top. The intricate pattern of the tiles, full of flowers and entwining stems, was achieved through the "cuerda seca" technique, followed by ingenious gilding patterns. Recessed on each side of the vestibule are "mahfils" (tribune for müezzins), richly decorated with tiles and whose ceilings are filled with complex roseate arabesques. The deep blue hexagonal wainscot tiles are somewhat less intricate, with traces of gold embedded. The two "tabhane" (lodging rooms for travellers) rooms, beyond the eyvans, contain niches and "ocaks" (fireplaces with a


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: tall hood). A calligraphic inscription in three lines is put in an arch over one of its doors. The northern eyvans, the royal lodge and the mihrab are embellished with tiles bearing polychromic flower motifs and scriptures in relief. There are many 19th century replacements among the tiles. There is also little left of the polychromic paintwork that used to embellish the rooms. The doors and window shutters are adorned with interlaced motifs carved on wood. Light reaches the dim interior through windows pierced into drums in the domes as well as through windows on exterior walls. An oculus above


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: the ablution basin in the central hall was enclosed with a lantern at the time of restoration. A scripture in the mihrab area acknowledges "the work of Masters of Tabriz" on the tiles, and the name "Nakkas Ali bin Ilyas Ali" appears above the royal box as designer of the entire decorative scheme. The mosque is built out of sandstone and clad with marble panels, a majority of which was replaced in the nineteenth century. Flower designs and scriptures carved in marble frame the entry and the windows, with a different design featured in tympana of every window. The grand


title: "Green Mosque (Bursa)" content: entrance and the mihrab niches on the northern façade are crowned with marble mocárabe half-domes. The iron parts used on the door, windows and cupboards of the mosque are proof of excellent workmanship. The two minarets are later additions to the building. They were both rebuilt on an old base by Parvillée. They have been fitted with stone spires carved in the baroque manner at the time of renovation. They can only be accessed through the sultan's apartments and the climbing up the winding stairs to the attics. Green Mosque (Bursa) Green Mosque (, "Yeşil Mosque"), also known as Mosque


title: "William Hayward Jr." content: William Hayward Jr. William Hayward Jr. (1787 – October 19, 1836) was an American politician. Born at "Shipshead", near Easton, Maryland, Hayward attended Easton Academy and graduated from Princeton College in 1808. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and commenced practice in Easton. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1818–1820, and was elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress from the seventh congressional district of Maryland. He served one term from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. Afterwards, he continued the practice of law in Easton until