title: Sheep content: to kill predators, causing significant decreases in predator populations. In the wake of the environmental and conservation movements, the use of these methods now usually falls under the purview of specially designated government agencies in most developed countries. The 1970s saw a resurgence in the use of livestock guardian dogs and the development of new methods of predator control by sheep producers, many of them non-lethal. Donkeys and guard llamas have been used since the 1980s in sheep operations, using the same basic principle as livestock guardian dogs. Interspecific pasturing, usually with larger livestock such as cattle or horses, may


title: Sheep content: help to deter predators, even if such species do not actively guard sheep. In addition to animal guardians, contemporary sheep operations may use non-lethal predator deterrents such as motion-activated lights and noisy alarms. Sheep are an important part of the global agricultural economy. However, their once vital status has been largely replaced by other livestock species, especially the pig, chicken, and cow. China, Australia, India, and Iran have the largest modern flocks, and serve both local and exportation needs for wool and mutton. Other countries such as New Zealand have smaller flocks but retain a large international economic impact due


title: Sheep content: to their export of sheep products. Sheep also play a major role in many local economies, which may be niche markets focused on organic or sustainable agriculture and local food customers. Especially in developing countries, such flocks may be a part of subsistence agriculture rather than a system of trade. Sheep themselves may be a medium of trade in barter economies. Domestic sheep provide a wide array of raw materials. Wool was one of the first textiles, although in the late 20th century wool prices began to fall dramatically as the result of the popularity and cheap prices for synthetic


title: Sheep content: fabrics. For many sheep owners, the cost of shearing is greater than the possible profit from the fleece, making subsisting on wool production alone practically impossible without farm subsidies. Fleeces are used as material in making alternative products such as wool insulation. In the 21st century, the sale of meat is the most profitable enterprise in the sheep industry, even though far less sheep meat is consumed than chicken, pork or beef. Sheepskin is likewise used for making clothes, footwear, rugs, and other products. Byproducts from the slaughter of sheep are also of value: sheep tallow can be used in


title: Sheep content: candle and soap making, sheep bone and cartilage has been used to furnish carved items such as dice and buttons as well as rendered glue and gelatin. Sheep intestine can be formed into sausage casings, and lamb intestine has been formed into surgical sutures, as well as strings for musical instruments and tennis rackets. Sheep droppings, which are high in cellulose, have even been sterilized and mixed with traditional pulp materials to make paper. Of all sheep byproducts, perhaps the most valuable is lanolin: the waterproof, fatty substance found naturally in sheep's wool and used as a base for innumerable


title: Sheep content: cosmetics and other products. Some farmers who keep sheep also make a profit from live sheep. Providing lambs for youth programs such as 4-H and competition at agricultural shows is often a dependable avenue for the sale of sheep. Farmers may also choose to focus on a particular breed of sheep in order to sell registered purebred animals, as well as provide a ram rental service for breeding. A new option for deriving profit from live sheep is the rental of flocks for grazing; these "mowing services" are hired in order to keep unwanted vegetation down in public spaces and


title: Sheep content: to lessen fire hazard. Despite the falling demand and price for sheep products in many markets, sheep have distinct economic advantages when compared with other livestock. They do not require expensive housing, such as that used in the intensive farming of chickens or pigs. They are an efficient use of land; roughly six sheep can be kept on the amount that would suffice for a single cow or horse. Sheep can also consume plants, such as noxious weeds, that most other animals will not touch, and produce more young at a faster rate. Also, in contrast to most livestock species,


title: Sheep content: the cost of raising sheep is not necessarily tied to the price of feed crops such as grain, soybeans and corn. Combined with the lower cost of quality sheep, all these factors combine to equal a lower overhead for sheep producers, thus entailing a higher profitability potential for the small farmer. Sheep are especially beneficial for independent producers, including family farms with limited resources, as the sheep industry is one of the few types of animal agriculture that has not been vertically integrated by agribusiness. Sheep meat and milk were one of the earliest staple proteins consumed by human civilization


title: Sheep content: after the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Sheep meat prepared for food is known as either mutton or lamb. "Mutton" is derived from the Old French "moton", which was the word for sheep used by the Anglo-Norman rulers of much of the British Isles in the Middle Ages. This became the name for sheep meat in English, while the Old English word "sceap" was kept for the live animal. Throughout modern history, "mutton" has been limited to the meat of mature sheep usually at least two years of age; "lamb" is used for that of immature sheep less


title: Sheep content: than a year. In the 21st century, the nations with the highest consumption of sheep meat are the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, New Zealand, Australia, Greece, Uruguay, the United Kingdom and Ireland. These countries eat 14–40 lbs (3–18 kg) of sheep meat per capita, per annum. Sheep meat is also popular in France, Africa (especially the Maghreb), the Caribbean, the rest of the Middle East, India, and parts of China. This often reflects a history of sheep production. In these countries in particular, dishes comprising alternative cuts and offal may be popular or traditional. Sheep testicles—called animelles or


title: Sheep content: lamb fries—are considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. Perhaps the most unusual dish of sheep meat is the Scottish haggis, composed of various sheep innards cooked along with oatmeal and chopped onions inside its stomach. In comparison, countries such as the U.S. consume only a pound or less (under 0.5 kg), with Americans eating 50 pounds (22 kg) of pork and 65 pounds (29 kg) of beef. In addition, such countries rarely eat mutton, and may favor the more expensive cuts of lamb: mostly lamb chops and leg of lamb. Though sheep's milk may be drunk rarely


title: Sheep content: in fresh form, today it is used predominantly in cheese and yogurt making. Sheep have only two teats, and produce a far smaller volume of milk than cows. However, as sheep's milk contains far more fat, solids, and minerals than cow's milk, it is ideal for the cheese-making process. It also resists contamination during cooling better because of its much higher calcium content. Well-known cheeses made from sheep milk include the Feta of Bulgaria and Greece, Roquefort of France, Manchego from Spain, the Pecorino Romano (the Italian word for sheep is "pecore") and Ricotta of Italy. Yogurts, especially some forms


title: Sheep content: of strained yogurt, may also be made from sheep milk. Many of these products are now often made with cow's milk, especially when produced outside their country of origin. Sheep milk contains 4.8% lactose, which may affect those who are intolerant. As with other domestic animals, the meat of uncastrated males is inferior in quality, especially as they grow. A "bucky" lamb is a lamb which was not castrated early enough, or which was castrated improperly (resulting in one testicle being retained). These lambs are worth less at market. Sheep are generally too large and reproduce too slowly to make


title: Sheep content: ideal research subjects, and thus are not a common model organism. They have, however, played an influential role in some fields of science. In particular, the Roslin Institute of Edinburgh, Scotland used sheep for genetics research that produced groundbreaking results. In 1995, two ewes named Megan and Morag were the first mammals cloned from differentiated cells. A year later, a Finnish Dorset sheep named Dolly, dubbed "the world's most famous sheep" in "Scientific American", was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. Following this, Polly and Molly were the first mammals to be simultaneously cloned and


title: Sheep content: transgenic. As of 2008, the sheep genome has not been fully sequenced, although a detailed genetic map has been published, and a draft version of the complete genome produced by assembling sheep DNA sequences using information given by the genomes of other mammals. In 2012, a transgenic sheep named "Peng Peng" was cloned by Chinese scientists, who spliced his genes with that of a roundworm (C. elegans) in order to increase production of fats healthier for human consumption. In the study of natural selection, the population of Soay sheep that remain on the island of Hirta have been used to


title: Sheep content: explore the relation of body size and coloration to reproductive success. Soay sheep come in several colors, and researchers investigated why the larger, darker sheep were in decline; this occurrence contradicted the rule of thumb that larger members of a population tend to be more successful reproductively. The feral Soays on Hirta are especially useful subjects because they are isolated. Sheep are one of the few animals where the molecular basis of the diversity of male sexual preferences has been examined. However, this research has been controversial, and much publicity has been produced by a study at the Oregon Health


title: Sheep content: and Science University that investigated the mechanisms that produce homosexuality in rams. Organizations such as PETA campaigned against the study, accusing scientists of trying to cure homosexuality in the sheep. OHSU and the involved scientists vehemently denied such accusations. Domestic sheep are sometimes used in medical research, particularly for researching cardiovascular physiology, in areas such as hypertension and heart failure. Pregnant sheep are also a useful model for human pregnancy, and have been used to investigate the effects on fetal development of malnutrition and hypoxia. In behavioral sciences, sheep have been used in isolated cases for the study of facial


title: Sheep content: recognition, as their mental process of recognition is qualitatively similar to humans. Sheep have had a strong presence in many cultures, especially in areas where they form the most common type of livestock. In the English language, to call someone a sheep or ovine may allude that they are timid and easily led. In contradiction to this image, male sheep are often used as symbols of virility and power; the logos of the Los Angeles Rams football team and the Dodge Ram pickup truck allude to males of the bighorn sheep, "Ovis canadensis". Counting sheep is popularly said to be


title: Sheep content: an aid to sleep, and some ancient systems of counting sheep persist today. Sheep also enter in colloquial sayings and idiom frequently with such phrases as "black sheep". To call an individual a black sheep implies that they are an odd or disreputable member of a group. This usage derives from the recessive trait that causes an occasional black lamb to be born into an entirely white flock. These black sheep were considered undesirable by shepherds, as black wool is not as commercially viable as white wool. Citizens who accept overbearing governments have been referred to by the Portmanteau neologism


title: Sheep content: of sheeple. Somewhat differently, the adjective "sheepish" is also used to describe embarrassment. In antiquity, symbolism involving sheep cropped up in religions in the ancient Near East, the Mideast, and the Mediterranean area: Çatalhöyük, ancient Egyptian religion, the Cana'anite and Phoenician tradition, Judaism, Greek religion, and others. Religious symbolism and ritual involving sheep began with some of the first known faiths: Skulls of rams (along with bulls) occupied central placement in shrines at the Çatalhöyük settlement in 8,000 BCE. In Ancient Egyptian religion, the ram was the symbol of several gods: Khnum, Heryshaf and Amun (in his incarnation as a


title: Sheep content: god of fertility). Other deities occasionally shown with ram features include the goddess Ishtar, the Phoenician god Baal-Hamon, and the Babylonian god Ea-Oannes. In Madagascar, sheep were not eaten as they were believed to be incarnations of the souls of ancestors. There are many ancient Greek references to sheep: that of Chrysomallos, the golden-fleeced ram, continuing to be told through into the modern era. Astrologically, Aries, the ram, is the first sign of the classical Greek zodiac, and the sheep is the eighth of the twelve animals associated with the 12-year cycle of in the Chinese zodiac, related to the


title: Sheep content: Chinese calendar. In Mongolia, shagai are an ancient form of dice made from the cuboid bones of sheep that are often used for fortunetelling purposes. Sheep play an important role in all the Abrahamic faiths; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, King David and the Islamic prophet Muhammad were all shepherds. According to the Biblical story of the Binding of Isaac, a ram is sacrificed as a substitute for Isaac after an angel stays Abraham's hand (in the Islamic tradition, Abraham was about to sacrifice Ishmael). Eid al-Adha is a major annual festival in Islam in which sheep (or other animals) are


title: Sheep content: sacrificed in remembrance of this act. Sheep are occasionally sacrificed to commemorate important secular events in Islamic cultures. Greeks and Romans sacrificed sheep regularly in religious practice, and Judaism once sacrificed sheep as a Korban (sacrifice), such as the Passover lamb . Ovine symbols—such as the ceremonial blowing of a shofar—still find a presence in modern Judaic traditions. Followers of Christianity are collectively often referred to as a flock, with Christ as the Good Shepherd, and sheep are an element in the Christian iconography of the birth of Jesus. Some Christian saints are considered patrons of shepherds, and even of


title: Sheep content: sheep themselves. Christ is also portrayed as the Sacrificial lamb of God ("Agnus Dei") and Easter celebrations in Greece and Romania traditionally feature a meal of Paschal lamb. In many Christian traditions, a church leader is called the pastor, which is derived from the Latin word for shepherd. Sheep are key symbols in fables and nursery rhymes like "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "Little Bo Peep", "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", and "Mary Had a Little Lamb"; novels such as George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Haruki Murakami's "A Wild Sheep Chase"; songs such as Bach's "Sheep may safely graze" ("Schafe können


title: Sheep content: sicher weiden") and Pink Floyd's "Sheep", and poems like William Blake's "The Lamb". Sheep Domestic sheep ("Ovis aries") are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like most ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus "Ovis", in everyday usage it almost always refers to "Ovis aries". Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female sheep is referred to as a "ewe" (), an intact male as a "ram" or occasionally a "tup", a castrated


title: "Imeson Field" content: 41 Eastern, 22 National, 9 Delta and 3 Southern. The largest airliner scheduled to Imeson was the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 flown by Delta Air Lines. Delta, Eastern Airlines, National Airlines, Northeast Airlines and United Airlines flew Boeing 707s, 720s, 727s, Convair 880s and McDonnell Douglas DC-8s and DC-9s, and Eastern and National flew Lockheed L-188 Electras to Imeson. With the appearance of jet airliners in 1959-60 the geography that precluded longer runways became a fatal liability. Jacksonville International Airport opened five miles to the north in 1967 with runways that could handle larger jet airliners; Imeson became a general aviation


title: "Heath Ledger" content: aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain", Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and Best International Actor from the Australian Film Institute, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor. Posthumously, he shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director for the film "I'm Not There", which was inspired by the life and songs of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.


title: "Taylor Mehlhaff" content: Taylor Mehlhaff Taylor Mehlhaff (born August 25, 1985) is a former American football placekicker. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin where he was a First Team All-American. Mehlhaff has also been a member of the Minnesota Vikings and Hartford Colonials. Mehlhaff helped coach the Specialists at the University of Wisconsin before signing a contract with the Hartford Colonials. Mehlhaff served at the University of Tennessee as Special Teams Quality Control. As of February 2015 he joined the coaching staff of his Alma Matar,


title: "Dan Dempsey" content: back into the game. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.135. He made two Kangaroo tours: 1929-30 where he played in one Test and nine tour matches and 1933-34 playing one Test and eleven minor games. All up Dempsey played in four Ashes series against Great Britain. In February 2008, Dempsey was named in the list of Australia's "100 Greatest Players" (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Dempsey was named at hooker in the Toowoomba and South


title: "Jameel Dumas" content: was a star linebacker for the football team and hurdler for the track team. His high school coach Lou Grasso praised Dumas for his talent: "He's one of the outstanding players in this area. He's one of the hardest hitters I've had in a long time. He's definitely a Division I player." He played both fullback and linebacker in his senior year and was selected as a first-team all-state player as a senior. In his final year of prep football, Dumas had 120 tackles, 650 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns, and helped Abraham Clark advance to the North Jersey Group


title: "Ken Woodward" content: the two chemicals, that had acted as catalysts in the resulting exothermic reaction. The company was fined, as well as taking a loss estimated at £2.6 million. The company changed their approach to safety, and following the incident, Ken became an advocate of safety standards and practices. In 2006, Kenneth Woodward was awarded the O.B.E in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to Health and Safety. Ken Woodward Kenneth (Ken) Woodward is a holder of the OBE for work in health and safety, which he commenced following an industrial accident, and the first person to be awarded the medal for


title: "Brazil national baseball team" content: between Brazil and a powerful United States team, Things were extremely close for the majority of the game. Brazil took an early one-run lead in the first inning but saw it quickly taken away in the second as the U.S. pulled even. The game would stay deadlocked until the fifth when the U.S. would gain a one run advantage, and later in the seventh would tack on what proved to be a decisive five runs. Despite late efforts by Brazil, who came up with two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, the American team shut the door


title: "Villa Cetinale, province of Siena" content: a garden walkway proceeds around a hill, going through the 'Holy Woods' with stone statues and sculptures of animals, also by Giuseppe Mazuoli. West across the axis a long looping walkway passes through open woods past a series of religious shrines with statues. Olive groves are also part of the landscape surrounding the villa and long axis. The Lambton restoration also developed new off-axis garden terraces and flower gardens beside the villa. Villa Cetinale was one of the 70 gardens included by Edith Wharton in her 1904 book "Italian Villas and Their Gardens", with illustrations and a plan of it.


title: "Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ludźmierz" content: to the sanctuary. Multiple copies of the figure have spread all over the world, from the Pfarrkirche of St. Johannes Baptist in Baindt to the church of St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero. Most of the spread in devotion to Our Lady of Ludźmierz can be traced back to the outmigration of the Góral community out of their native Carpathian homeland. There is a medieval legend from about 1400 that refers to the Shepherdess of Podhale or the "Gaździna Podhala" which refers to a Hungarian merchant on his way to Nowy Targ who after having lost his way in the


title: "Edinburgh Canal Society" content: Edinburgh Canal Society The Edinburgh Canal Society is a charitable canal society on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Society's main base is Ashley Terrace Boathouse at Lockhart Bridge, near Harrison Park in the Polwarth area of Edinburgh. The society was founded in 1985 and is a founder member of the Scottish Inland Waterways Association. In partnership with the Forth Canoe Club, the Linlithgow Union Canal Society, the Bridge 19-40 Canal Society, the Seagull Trust and other canal societies on the Scottish Lowland Canals, Edinburgh Canal Society campaigned for many years to have the Union Canal rebuilt, refurbished and


title: "2008–09 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season" content: players left, with Anthony Gardner moving to Hull City and Lee Young-pyo leaving for Borussia Dortmund. As part of their pre-season preparations, Tottenham held a training camp in Spain, along with numerous friendlies, in July. Their first friendly, against local side Tavernes, saw Spurs stroll to an 8–0 success, with Giovanni dos Santos scoring his first goals for the club. Tottenham then faced two of Juande Ramos' former teams in Dénia and Hércules. Spurs beat Dénia 4–2 and then curtailed the Spanish section of their preparations with a 1–1 with Hércules. Tottenham returned to England to play Norwich City, recovering


title: "Symphytum officinale" content: Symphytum officinale Symphytum officinale is a perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. Along with thirty four other species of "Symphytum", it is known as comfrey. To differentiate it from other members of the genus "Symphytum", this species is known as common comfrey or true comfrey. Other English names include Quaker comfrey, cultivated comfrey, boneset, knitbone, consound, and slippery-root. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places. It is locally frequent throughout Ireland and Britain on river banks and ditches. It occurs elsewhere, including North America, as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. The flowers are mostly


title: "Symphytum officinale" content: visited by bumblebees. The hardy plant can grow to a height of . It is a perennial herb with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped flowers of various colours, typically cream or purplish, which may be striped. A common hybrid is formed between "Symphytum officinale" and "S. asperum", "Symphytum" × "uplandicum", known as Russian comfrey, which is widespread in the British Isles, and which interbreeds with "S. officinale". Compared to "S. officinale", "S." × "uplandicum" is generally more bristly and has flowers which tend to be more blue or violet. In folklore, "Symphytum


title: "Symphytum officinale" content: officinale" roots were used in traditional medicine internally (as an herbal tea or tincture) or externally (as ointment, compresses, or alcoholic digestion) for treatment of various disorders. Internal consumption is discouraged it may be toxic to the liver. The plant was rated in fourth place for per day nectar production per flower in a UK plants survey conducted by the AgriLand project which is supported by the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative. When number of flowers per floral unit, flower abundance, and phenology were taken into account it was the only member of the top 10 list for that measurement that


title: "Symphytum officinale" content: also placed in the top 10 list for most nectar per unit cover per year. This means that this plant not only produces a great deal of sugar in its nectar on a daily basis, it provides a lot of nectar when compared to other UK plants tested in that survey on a yearly basis, making it a strong source of nectar overall. Symphytum officinale Symphytum officinale is a perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. Along with thirty four other species of "Symphytum", it is known as comfrey. To differentiate it from other members of the genus "Symphytum", this


title: "Ajuga pyramidalis" content: Ajuga pyramidalis Ajuga pyramidalis, commonly known as pyramidal bugle, is a flowering plant of the genus "Ajuga" in the family Lamiaceae. It is a native plant in Europe. Pyramidal bugle is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing from about tall. At the base there is a rosette of stalked leaves which are significantly larger than the stem leaves. The stiff upright hairy stem is square and bears simple leaves growing in opposite pairs. They are ovate, hairy above and below and have a slightly wavy edge. The inflorescence has leaf-like bracts subtending the individual flowers. The bracts gradually get smaller towards


title: "Ajuga pyramidalis" content: the tip of the inflorescence, are always longer than the flowers and the upper ones are often tinged purple. The inflorescence forms a pyramid-shaped terminal spike and is formed of axillary whorls. The calyx of each flower is five-lobed, the bluish-violet corolla has a long tube and is fused, with two lips. The upper lip is very short and the lower lip is three-lobed. There are four stamens, two long and two short. The gynoecium is formed of two fused carpels and the fruit is a four-chambered schizocarp. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic. The flowers produce nectar to attract pollinators


title: "Ajuga pyramidalis" content: which are bumblebees and butterflies. The flowering time extends from June to August. The chromosome number is 2n = 32 The bracts in the inflorescence form effective shelters for the flowers from rain, their red-violet color enhances the signal effect of the flowers. The shaggy hairiness of the calyx protects the flower against small, crawling insects. The nectar is additionally secured by a stiff, upturned hair ring. The fruits with fleshy, oily appendages (elaiosomes) are taken by ants, so uneven appearance in different communities. Rocky ground, very rare in Ireland. Also found in Scotland and Westmorland in England. The pyramid


title: "Ajuga pyramidalis" content: bugle is native to in northern Europe and the Caucasus where it occurs at sea level in the British Isles, in the mountains of central and southern Europe, and in northern and western Scandinavia. It grows on almost neutral soils in open grassland, heathland and rock ledges. In the Alps, it grows at altitudes of up to . The pyramid bugle, like many Ajuga species, is often erroneously claimed to hold medicinal properties and may be used for wound treatment and for metabolic disorders. Xaver Finkenzeller: Alpenblumen, München 2003, M. A. Fischer, W. Adler & K Oswald.: Exkursionsflora für Österreich,


title: "Ajuga pyramidalis" content: Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Linz, 2005, Erich Oberdorfer: Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. 8 Auflage. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001. Ajuga pyramidalis Ajuga pyramidalis, commonly known as pyramidal bugle, is a flowering plant of the genus "Ajuga" in the family Lamiaceae. It is a native plant in Europe. Pyramidal bugle is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing from about tall. At the base there is a rosette of stalked leaves which are significantly larger than the stem leaves. The stiff upright hairy stem is square and bears simple leaves growing in opposite pairs. They are ovate, hairy above and below


title: Fluorinase content: Fluorinase The fluorinase enzyme (, also known as adenosyl-fluoride synthase) catalyzes the reaction between fluoride ion and the co-factor "S"-adenosyl-L-methionine to generate L-methionine and 5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyadenosine, the first committed product of the fluorometabolite biosynthesis pathway. The fluorinase was originally isolated from the soil bacterium "Streptomyces cattleya", but homologues have since been identified in a number of other bacterial species, including "Streptomyces" sp. MA37, "Nocardia brasiliensis" and "Actinoplanes" sp. N902-109. This is the only known enzyme capable of catalysing the formation of a carbon-fluorine bond, the strongest single bond in organic chemistry. A homologous chlorinase enzyme, which catalyses the same reaction with


title: "Being Erica" content: these events and even change them. In Canada, the second season premiered on September 22, 2009. Only 12 episodes were produced for the second season due to budget cuts at the CBC. On May 11, 2010, the CBC announced that "Being Erica" was renewed for a third season of 13 episodes. Soapnet announced that it was picking up the full third season as well. Season 3 debuted on September 21, 2010, at 9 pm ET, on CBC Television. In the United States, Season 3 began aired on Soapnet starting January 26, 2011. The show's fourth and final season aired from


title: "William Cooke Taylor" content: William Cooke Taylor William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849) was an Irish writer, known as a journalist, historian and Anti-Corn Law propagandist. He was born at Youghal on 16 April 1800. Through his mother he claimed descent from the regicide John Cooke. He is best known for two works "The Natural History of Society" (1841) and "Factories and the Factory System" (1844). In the early 1840s he toured the northern English industrial centres and wrote considerably for the Anti-Corn Law League and his observations of the factories of Manchester and Bolton provide a first hand account of the depression at that time.


title: "Currency of Venezuela" content: coinage:: Copper-clad steel (90% steel, 10% copper) dated 1974–1977: Nickel clad steel dated 1983: Copper-nickel clad steel dated 1986: Nickel dated 1977–1988: Nickel-clad steel (90% steel, 10% nickel): Nickel-clad steel dated 1998: Nickel-clad steel dated 1999: Nickel-clad steel dated 2000–2004: Zinc-aluminium alloy dated 2001: Zinc-aluminium alloy dated 2002–2004: Copper-nickel center, copper-aluminium-nickel ring, 2005: Bolívar fuerte = 100 Céntimos fuertes Conversion: 1 bolívar fuerte = 1000 old bolívares The Bolívar fuerte (ISO 4217 code: VEF; Bs.F) replaced the bolívar on January 1, 2008 at 1 bolívar fuerte for 1000 old bolívares, and old notes ceased to be legal tender on January


title: "Ivesia muirii" content: Each flower is about half a centimeter wide, with triangular sepals covered in long, white hairs. Between the sepals are narrow, pointed petals of bright yellow. In the center of the flower are a few stamens and pistils. The fruit is an achene about two millimeters long which is gray with reddish spots. Ivesia muirii Ivesia muirii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name granite mousetail. It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs. This is a small perennial herb growing in


title: "Fort James Jackson" content: Fort James Jackson Fort James Jackson (usually called Old Fort Jackson or shortened to Fort Jackson) is a restored 19th-century fort located on the Savannah River, two miles east of the city of Savannah in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a National Historic Landmark and the oldest standing brick fort in Georgia. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the construction of a national defense system of fortifications to defend his new nation. Jefferson's system included Fort Jackson, constructed between 1808 and 1812 over an old earthen battery from the American Revolution. At the time, war with Great Britain or


title: "Fort James Jackson" content: France seemed likely, and Fort Jackson was the best site from which to protect Savannah from attack by sea. In the War of 1812, local militias and U.S. troops saw active duty at Fort Jackson. After the War of 1812, two periods of construction followed at the fort. A moat, drawbridge, brick barracks, privies, a rear wall, and another powder magazine were added. James Jackson, the namesake of the fort, was a British native who fought for the American cause and rose to the rank of colonel. When he was twenty-five, Jackson accepted the surrender of the British in Savannah


title: "Fort James Jackson" content: at the close of the revolution. He was later a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia. He is interred at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.. During the American Civil War, Fort Jackson, along with nearby Fort McAllister and Fort Pulaski, defended Savannah from Union attack. In 1862, Fort Jackson was shelled from a ship captained by an escaped slave named Robert Smalls. The fort was commanded by Colonel Edward Clifford Anderson and would become the Confederate Headquarters for the Savannah River defenses, including the Confederate Navy. When the Union Army commanded by William T. Sherman captured Savannah


title: "Fort James Jackson" content: by land on December 20, 1864, Confederate troops abandoned the fort and retreated across the Savannah River into South Carolina. Confederate troops from Savannah joined other forces in North Carolina and South Carolina and continued to fight until April 26, 1865, when they surrendered to General Sherman's army at Durham, North Carolina. Several different regiments garrisoned Fort Jackson during the Union occupation of Savannah. One of these units was the 55th Massachusetts Regiment, which consisted of African American troops. From 1884 to 1905, Fort Jackson was known as Fort Oglethorpe and was little used by the U.S. military. It was


title: "Fort James Jackson" content: purchased by the city of Savannah in 1924 for park purposes but not fully restored until the 1970s. Fort Jackson is located at 1 Fort Jackson Road, on the Islands Expressway linking Savannah to Fort Pulaski and the town of Tybee Island. Fort Jackson is owned by the state of Georgia and operated as a museum by Coastal Heritage Society, which also manages Savannah History Museum, Georgia State Railroad Museum (formerly the Railroad Roundhouse Museum), Savannah Children's Museum and, most recently, Pin Point Heritage Museum. In the summer the fort has a daily cannon-firing demonstration. Admission is $7 for adults.


title: "Nine-pin bowling" content: or a “√” (check) which carries no point value. The one exception to this is the last ball rolled by the last bowler in the frame. This bowler will receive credit for the number of pins knocked down. For example, if the last bowler has rolled his second ball for this frame, and three pins remain standing (six pins knocked down), that bowler will receive credit for those six pins, regardless if that bowler knocked these six pins down or not. When a bowler takes a turn and knocks down the remaining pins, that bowler receives nine points for that


title: "Additively indecomposable ordinal" content: Additively indecomposable ordinal In set theory, a branch of mathematics, an additively indecomposable ordinal α is any ordinal number that is not 0 such that for any formula_1, we have formula_2 Additively indecomposable ordinals are also called "gamma numbers". The additively indecomposable ordinals are precisely those ordinals of the form formula_3 for some ordinal formula_4. From the continuity of addition in its right argument, we get that if formula_5 and α is additively indecomposable, then formula_6 Obviously 1 is additively indecomposable, since formula_7 No finite ordinal other than formula_8 is additively indecomposable. Also, formula_9 is additively indecomposable, since the sum


title: ORCO content: ORCO Orco Property Group S.A. (ORCO Group, ORCO) is a real estate development company founded by Bernard Gauthier together with Jean-François Ott based in Luxembourg. It is a subsidiary of CPI Property Group. ORCO operated, through its subsidiaries, mainly in Central and Eastern European (CEE). It develops real estate markets of Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (Berlin, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Munich, expanding the groups' focus also into ripe markets of Western Germany, Berlin fitting into the CEE strategy), Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, and Slovakia. As of 2016 company operates in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Luxembourg. The


title: "Emilio Caprile" content: B, returning finally to Legnano in Serie C. He retired after 13 seasons. Caprile made his senior international debut for Pozzo's Italy national team in the round of 16 of the 1948 London Olympics on 2 August 1948, also scoring a goal in a 9–0 win over the United States, in Brentford, at the age of 19 years, 10 months, and 2 days, making him one of Italy's youngest ever debutants. He also made another appearance in the tournament, playing in the quarterfinals, scoring a goal in Italy's 5–3 loss to Denmark. These were the only two appearances that Caprile


title: "High Speed Flight RAF" content: High Speed Flight RAF The RAF High Speed Flight, sometimes known as " 'The Flight' ", was a small flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed for the purpose of competing in the Schneider Trophy contest for racing seaplanes during the 1920s. The Flight was together only until the Trophy was won outright, after which it was disbanded. In the Schneider Trophy race of 1926 both competing countries, Italy and the United States, had used military pilots. There had not been time to arrange a British team to compete. The British defeat of 1925 was held to be the


title: Maropaika content: of the population. Maropaika Maropaika is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ivohibe, which is a part of Ihorombe Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 9,000 in 2001 commune census. Maropaika has a riverine harbour. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 56% of the population of the commune are farmers, while an additional 40% receive their livelihood from raising livestock. The most important crop is rice; other important products are peanuts, beans, and cassava. Services provide employment for 1% of the population. Additionally,


title: "Edward Wright (mathematician)" content: Earl of Cumberland passed it to Wright and he recognised it as his work. Also around this time, the Dutch cartographer Jodocus Hondius borrowed Wright's draft manuscript for a short time after promising not to publish its contents without his permission. However, Hondius then employed Wright's calculations without acknowledging him for several regional maps and in his world map published in Amsterdam in 1597. This map is often referred to as the "Christian Knight Map" for its engraving of a Christian knight battling sin, the flesh and the Devil. Although Hondius sent Wright a letter containing a faint apology, Wright


title: "Charles Frederick Henningsen" content: Charles Frederick Henningsen Charles Frederick Henningsen (1815 – 14 June 1877) was a writer, mercenary, filibuster, and munitions expert. He participated in civil wars and independence movements in Spain, Nicaragua, Hungary, and the United States. He was born in Brussels His father was John Henningsen (1775-1859), a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, and his mother was Louisa Burke (1789-1842), an Irish heiress. However, being adventurous in his youth, he revered Lord Byron in both literature and adventure, and so idealized British nobility in his actions. The family lived in Brussels from at least the time of his birth until the onset


title: "¿Quién amará a María?" content: ¿Quién amará a María? ¿Quién amará a María? ("Who will love María?") is a Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV, since 25 March 2008, starring Katherine Porto, Nicolás Rincón, Gustavo Ángel, Didier Van der Hove, Jorge López and Santiago Alarcón. Due to poor ratings, it ended abruptly on 2 June 2008. The telenovela deals with a woman, Marcia, who has been betrayed by her husband and decides to remake her life, looking for "the perfect" man and the man who she wants to be the father of her children (her biggest dream is to have a child). Marcia


title: "Diphasiastrum complanatum" content: Diphasiastrum complanatum Diphasiastrum complanatum, common names groundcedar, creeping jenny, or northern running-pine, is a species of clubmoss native to dry coniferous forests in colder northerly parts of the world. Under the original name "Lycopodium complanatum", this was an inclusive superspecies that included a number of other species now known to be biologically separate. As the species is currently recognized, it has been found in Canada, Greenland, northern and central Europe including montane regions of the British Isles, Russia, China, Japan, India, Thailand, and the northern United States. "Diphasiastrum complanatum" is a perennial herb spreading by means of stolons that run


title: "Diphasiastrum complanatum" content: along the surface of the ground. Above-ground stems tend to branch within the same geometric plane (hence the specific epithet ""complanatum"," meaning "same plane"). Strobili are vertical borne in groups of up to 4 at the ends of some of the branches. Diphasiastrum complanatum Diphasiastrum complanatum, common names groundcedar, creeping jenny, or northern running-pine, is a species of clubmoss native to dry coniferous forests in colder northerly parts of the world. Under the original name "Lycopodium complanatum", this was an inclusive superspecies that included a number of other species now known to be biologically separate. As the species is currently


title: Yennenga content: capital city of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. A statue of a golden stallion, called the Étalon de Yennenga, is awarded as the first prize in the biennial Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). The national football team is nicknamed "Les Étalons" ("the Stallions") in reference to Yennenga's stallion. Yennenga Yennenga was a legendary princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous warrior whose son Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdoms. Yennenga was an african princess,who lived over 900 years ago, the daughter of Nedega, an early 12th-century king of the Dagomba Kingdom in


title: "Carl Mackley Houses" content: the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1982, and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It won a Landmark Building Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2000. Carl Mackley Houses The Carl Mackley Houses, also originally known as Juniata Park Housing, is a private apartment complex in the Juniata neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1933-1934 as single-family apartments, it opened in 1935. The project was sponsored by the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers, with financing by the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration, of which it was the first funded project.


title: "Ambatovaky Reserve" content: River. The reserve is mainly covered by dense deciduous dry forest and is the last place for the critically endangered lemur, Perrier's sifaka ("Propithecus perrieri"). There are five other species of lemurs found on the reserve. Four have been given the conservation status of endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and one, the red-bellied lemur ("Eulemur rubriventer") is a vulnerable species. The four endangered species are the aye-aye ("Daubentonia madagascariensis"), Indri ("Indri indri"), Diademed sifaka ("Propithecus diadema") and the black-and-white ruffed lemur ("Varecia variegata variegata"). Two carnivores the Malagasy or striped civet ("Fossa fossana") and the


title: "Perth (China Wall) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery" content: The cemetery also contains the burial places of seven soldiers executed by their own side for cowardice or desertion: On 7 November 2006, the British government reversed its previous decision and announced a pardon for all soldiers executed in the Great War. The following cemeteries were concentrated into Perth (China Wall): Perth (China Wall) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Perth (China Wall) Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres (now "Ieper") in Belgium on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in


title: "Alternative versions of Mary Jane Watson" content: he cannot publish for fear of making The Regent's forces look bad. Mary Jane takes Annie to school and instructs her not to reveal her powers in public even if the situation calls for it. However, they are forced to confront Regent eventually and stand their ground with some of the remaining heroes. After Annie gains a costume and assists her father in combat, Mary Jane obtains armor that acts similarly to Regent's tech which drained the powers of heroes to make him stronger in order to assist her family. She and Peter defeat the tyrant and resume their peaceful


title: "Lysimachia thyrsiflora" content: Lysimachia thyrsiflora Lysimachia thyrsiflora, the tufted loosestrife, is a plant in the genus "Lysimachia". It is native to large sections of the northern Northern Hemisphere, including Eurasia and North America. It often grows in marshes, shorelines of lakes and ponds and occasionally along streams. It is an erect perennial herb growing up to 80 centimeters tall and bearing yellow flowers, sometimes dotted with purple. It may be confused with purple loosestrife when not blooming but can be easily distinguished because purple loosestrife has a square stem. Tufted loosestrife has been used medicinally in Asia to combat high blood pressure. It


title: "Lysimachia thyrsiflora" content: is a rare species in Britain, where it is found in "Salix cinerea" - "Galium palustre" wet woodland (community W1 of the British National Vegetation Classification system), "Salix pentandra" - "Carex rostrata" wet woodland (NVC community W3) and "Carex rostrata" - "Sphagnum recurvum" mire (community M4). Lysimachia thyrsiflora Lysimachia thyrsiflora, the tufted loosestrife, is a plant in the genus "Lysimachia". It is native to large sections of the northern Northern Hemisphere, including Eurasia and North America. It often grows in marshes, shorelines of lakes and ponds and occasionally along streams. It is an erect perennial herb growing up to 80


title: "Johannes Christiaan de Wet" content: textbooks "Kontraktereg en Handelsreg" (1949, with J.P. Yeats) and "Strafreg" (1948, with H.L. Swanepoel), which saw several re-editions until the 1980s. With these works, de Wet abandoned the prevailing tradition of constructing legal rules from case law. Inspired by European civil law, he sought instead to construct a consistent framework of terms and principles to serve as a benchmark for case law itself. Through his work, de Wet enhanced the status of his native Afrikaans by making it a language of scientific legal discourse. His influence particularly on the law of contracts and on penal law was immense. Finally, his


title: "Nordik beat" content: and playful scene that Army of Lovers made their records with Swemix and Swemix was distributed by Sonet. Other Nordik Beat labels associated with Sonet and Swemix were Telegram (which signed soul vocalist Titiyo, sister of Swedish artists Neneh Cherry and Eagle-Eye Cherry, and ragga/dancehall star Papa Dee) and Ricochet (the home of more R&B-inspired artists such as Robyn and Jennifer Brown). The Nordik Beat scene divided in the 1990s into an international hit factory of production powerhouses like Cheiron Studios (the home of Denniz Pop, Douglas Carr, and Max Martin, who became the songwriters and producers of both Swedish


title: "NBC Olympic broadcasts" content: Nightly News" anchor John Chancellor (who formerly served as a Moscow bureau chief for NBC News), along with sportscasters Bryant Gumbel and Dick Enberg, were reportedly being considered for the prime time studio host role. Bryant Gumbel ultimately served as Seoul primetime host while Dick Enberg co-hosted the Ceremonies through the 1996 closing. NBC then bid for, and won, the rights to show the 1988 Summer Olympics. Network officials convinced the organizers in Seoul to stage most of its gold-medal finals in the afternoon, which corresponded to prime time of the previous night in the United States (due to both


title: "Happy Release" content: by Fletcher, but it turns out that Norris' things were actually Blanco's and the treasure map was a fake. They concocted the plan to pay Norris out. The episode ends with Norris digging up Elland Road football pitch in Leeds and being arrested by the police. They listen to the news on Blanco's radio. Happy Release "Happy Release" is an episode of the BBC sitcom Porridge. It first aired on 21 November 1975. In this episode, Fletcher and Blanco make a plan to get revenge on Norris for stealing Blanco's things. Fletcher is in the prison infirmary with a broken


title: "Ron James (comedian)" content: Ron James (comedian) Ron James (born 1958) is a Canadian stand-up comedian. James was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; his family later moved to Halifax during his youth. He attended Acadia University, studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher. During his time there he came under the influence of Evelyn Garbary, who headed the theatre program there, as a result of a course he was taking. After graduating, he moved to Toronto and joined The Second City troupe there, working with them during the 1980s. In 1989, he received a Genie Award nomination


title: "Anne of Cyprus" content: months later, on 1 January 1432, was signed a second marriage contract for Anne, this time with Louis of Savoy, Amadeus' younger brother and new heir of the Duchy of Savoy. The wedding took place two years later, on 12 February 1434. in Chambéry. A few months later, on 7 November, Duke Amadeus VIII resigned the government in the hands of his son Louis, although he officially abdicated in his favor only when he was elected as Antipope, in 1440. Anne's husband, who was more interested in poetry than his duchy, but very much in love with his wife, gradually


title: "St. Ignace Mission" content: area, in particular the Petun. This people had recently settled in the area after clashes with the Iroquois, as well as the French inhabitants of the Straits. In 1674, Marquette joined Louis Jolliet on an exploration journey to trace the route of the Mississippi River. The party overwintered on the shore of Lake Michigan in what is now Chicago; however, Marquette's health had suffered on the trip, and he died in 1675 while returning to his St. Ignace mission. Marquette had expressed a desire to be buried at the mission. In 1677, his followers exhumed his remains and carried them


title: "Remain in Memory: The Final Show" content: It helps that all of their best songs are represented and spread apart enough to pull you back in, but an hour-plus of Good Riddance is simply too much." Both Fulton and Conoley praised the album's production value, with Fulton remarking that "Part of the fun of "Remain in Memory" is that it's engineered well enough that everyone is featured — Rankin, his bandmembers, and even the audience are all captured in a way that's refreshingly authentic." Conoley noted that ""Remain in Memory" spent quite a bit of time in the mixing and mastering stage, leaving the final product as


title: "Jonathan Lopez (writer)" content: Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune, and the Dutch newsweekly De Groene Amsterdammer. His book, "The Man Who Made Vermeers" is a biography of the Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren. Lopez has written extensively on Van Meegeren in both Dutch and English, including an "Apollo" article entitled "Han van Meegeren's Early Vermeers," which revealed that Van Meegeren was behind three Vermeer forgeries of the 1920s that had been floated on the international market by an organized ring of art swindlers based in London and Berlin. Two of the three forgeries in question were purchased by the art dealer Joseph


title: "Equisetum hyemale" content: Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale, commonly known as rough horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail and in South Africa as snake grass, is a perennial herb in the fern Division Pteridophyta. It is a native plant throughout the Holarctic Kingdom, found in North America, Europe, and northern Asia. In nature "Equisetum hyemale" grows in mesic (reliably moist) habitats, often in sandy or gravelly areas. It grows from between sea level to in elevation. It is primarily found in wetlands, and in riparian zones of rivers and streams where it can withstand seasonal flooding. It is also found around springs and seeps, and


title: "Equisetum hyemale" content: can indicate their presence when not flowing. Other habitats include moist forest and woodland openings, lake and pond shores, ditches, and marshes and swamps. "Equisetum hyemale" has vertical jointed reed-like stalks of medium to dark green. The hollow stems are up to in height. The stems are not branched. The stems themselves have conspicuous ridges, which are impregnated with silica. This makes the ridges feel rough and harsh. The tiny leaves are joined together around the stem, forming a narrow black-green band or sheath at each joint. Like other ferns and their relatives, the plant reproduces by spores and does


title: "Equisetum hyemale" content: not produce flowers or seeds. The stems are generally deciduous in cold climates, and remain during winter in warmer climates. It forms dense spreading colonies, in full to partial sun. Two Equisetum plants are sold commercially under the names "Equisetum japonicum" (barred horsetail) and "Equisetum camtschatcense" (Kamchatka horsetail). These are both types of "E. hyemale" var. "hyemale", although they may also be listed as varieties of "E. hyemale". The rough stems have been used to scour or clean pots, and used as sandpaper. Boiled and dried "Equisetum hyemale" is used as traditional polishing material, similar to a fine grit sandpaper,


title: "Equisetum hyemale" content: in Japan. The stems are used to shape the reeds of reed instruments such as clarinets or saxophones. Some Plateau Indian tribes boiled the stalks to produce a drink used as a diuretic and to treat venereal disease. It is used as a homeopathic remedy. "Equisetum hyemale" cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in contained garden beds and planters, and in pots. It is a popular "icon plant" in contemporary Modernist and Asian style garden design. Its tight verticality fits into narrow planting spaces between walkways and walls, and on small balconies. It is also used as an accent


title: "Equisetum hyemale" content: plant in garden ponds and ornamental pools, and other landscape water features, planted in submerged pots. The plant is sometimes sold in the nursery trade as "barred horsetail" or ""Equisetum japonicum"", but is different in appearance than "Equisetum ramosissimum" var. "Japonicum". The plant spreads very aggressively by underground runners, reaching under/past pavements and garden walls. Root barriers or large sunken planters ease containment in the garden. The plant is an invasive species of moist natural habitats in South Africa and Australia. Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale, commonly known as rough horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail and in South Africa as snake


title: "Johnny Strong" content: Lisciandro. At 12, he began to play guitar and taught himself to play drums, bass, and piano. He was signed to two major labels RCA and Atlantic Records. He has released six albums: "Bombthreat: Before She Blows" with his former band "Fly", "Lick My Neck Good Sleep", "Can You Hear Me Now?", "Soulcrusher", "The War of Art", "Close to Extinction", "Warhorse" and "White Light". Strong has had various roles in television, and landed a role in the Steven Seagal film "The Glimmer Man". He then worked on Sylvester Stallone's "Get Carter", "The Fast and The Furious", and "Black Hawk Down


title: "David P. Chandler" content: David P. Chandler David Porter Chandler (born 1933) is an American historian and academic who is regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history. Chandler currently resides in Australia, where he is an emeritus professor at Monash University as well as an adjunct professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University. Chandler was born in the United States in 1933. He has earned degrees from Harvard College; Yale University; and the University of Michigan, where he wrote his dissertation on pre-colonial Cambodia. Chandler was a United States Foreign Service officer from 1958–66, serving in Phnom Penh (1960–62),


title: "Sambucus racemosa" content: Sambucus racemosa Sambucus racemosa is a species of elderberry known by the common names red elderberry and red-berried elder. It is native to Europe, northern temperate Asia, and North America across Canada and the United States. It grows in riparian environments, woodlands, and other habitats, generally in moist areas. "Sambucus racemosa" is often a treelike shrub growing tall. The stems are soft with a pithy center. Each individual leaf is composed of 5 to 7 leaflike leaflets, each of which is up to long, lance-shaped to narrowly oval, and irregularly serrated along the edges. The leaflets have a strong disagreeable


title: "Sambucus racemosa" content: odor when crushed. The inflorescence is a vaguely cone-shaped panicle of several cymes of flowers blooming from the ends of stem branches. The flower buds are pink when closed, and the open flowers are white, cream, or yellowish. Each flower has small, recurved petals and a star-shaped axis of five white stamens tipped in yellow anthers. The flowers are fragrant and visited by hummingbirds and butterflies. The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. The stems, roots and foliage are poisonous, and the berries can be toxic or cause nausea if eaten raw.


title: "Sambucus racemosa" content: It has been used as a traditional medicinal plant by Native Americans, including the Bella Coola, Carrier, Gitksan, Hesquiaht, Menominee, Northern Paiute, Ojibwa, Paiute, Potawatomi, Tlingit, and Haida peoples. The uses included as an emetic, antidiarrheal, cold and cough remedy, dermatological and gynecological aid, and a hemostat. The fruits are reportedly safe to eat when cooked, but are potentially poisonous when raw. They were cooked in a variety of recipes by Native Americans, including by the Apache, Bella Coola, Gitxsan, Gosiute, Makah, Ojibwa, Quileute, Skokomish, Yurok peoples. The fruits are popular with birds, who also distribute the seeds. The flowers


title: "Sambucus racemosa" content: attract butterflies and hummingbirds. "Sambucus racemosa" is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use as a shrub or small tree in traditional and wildlife gardens, and natural landscape design projects. Cultivars in the nursery trade include: Sambucus racemosa Sambucus racemosa is a species of elderberry known by the common names red elderberry and red-berried elder. It is native to Europe, northern temperate Asia, and North America across Canada and the United States. It grows in riparian environments, woodlands, and other habitats, generally in moist areas. "Sambucus racemosa" is often a treelike shrub growing tall. The stems are soft with a


title: O-Anisidine content: O-Anisidine "o"-Anisidine (2-anisidine) is an organic compound with the formula CHOCHNH. A colorless liquid, commercial samples can appear yellow owing to air oxidation. It is one of three isomers of the methoxy-containing aniline derivative. It is prepared via methanolysis of 2-chloronitrobenzene: The resulting o-nitroanisole is reduced to o-anisidine. "o"-Anisidine is used in the manufacture of dyes. It is nitrated to give 4-nitroanisidine. It is also a precursor to o-dianisidine. One special use is as a heartwood indicator. An acid solution of o-anisidine is diazotized by adding a sodium nitrite solution. This mixture is applied to the wood and by reaction


title: VReel content: Lavasoft. Eoghan stated "VReel.net, the home of high definition and high speed online video has today announced its software partnership with Lavasoft, for their highly acclaimed and award winning Ad-Aware anti-spyware software. VReel Beta 2 introduced several new features, including expanded community features and premium accounts. On November 10th, VReel enabled private access to its second beta. They introduced beta testers in waves, and applications were available for users to apply. The second wave began on November 14, and finally the third Began on the 21st. During the closed beta period there were free keys given to those who won


title: "MV Ascension" content: sea turtle research, delivering tagged animals about off the coast. Ascension is the most notable nesting ground for "Chelonia mydas" in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. On Ascension, annual nesting occurs in the volume of around 6,000 to 13,000 individual turtle nests. MV Ascension MV "Ascension" is an American-flagged general cargo and container ship with a capacity of . Built in 1993, the ship was originally a Russian timber carrier. She was bought by Sealift Incorporated in 1998 and has been providing a cargo liner service between Cape Canaveral, Florida and Ascension Island ever since. The ship was built in Turkey


title: "Gece Yolcuları" content: Gece Yolcuları Gece Yolcuları (literally "Night Riders" or "Night Travelers") is a Turkish soft rock band. They established as a university band in 1993, working as amateurs till 1995, when they started their professional career. At first the main aim of the band was to compose and share their authentic music and to obtain a distinctive style. In 2004 they recorded their first album “Gece Yolculari” as a production of EMI/Turkey and made a great success with their first single “Unut Beni”. In 2005 that song was demanded to be a theme in Hayat Bilgisi, one of the most popular


title: "Nguyen Quoc Quan" content: is "abusting its vague national security provisions as the pretext to arrest and detain individuals who peacefully advocate for religious and political freedom." Luke Simpkins, a Member of the Australian Parliament, has stated that the accusations by the Vietnamese government against Dr Quan are "completely fabricated and have no basis". On April 14, 2012, his wife Mai Huong Ngo went before a House of Representative panel to appeal for help in releasing her husband. She specifically requested the help of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Australian Member of Parliament Luke Simpkins also called for unconditional and immediate release of Dr


title: Melbourne content: the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and is home to several major annual international events, including the Australian Open, the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. First held in 1861 and declared a public holiday for all Melburnians in 1873, the Melbourne Cup is the world's richest handicap horse race and is known as "the race that stops a nation". The Formula One Australian Grand Prix has been held at Albert Park's Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit since 1996. Cricket is one of the longest established sports in Melbourne with the Melbourne Cricket Club forming within three years of settlement. The


title: "Plum Beach Light" content: the property in 1999, they gave ownership to the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse. In a ceremony held at Plum Beach, the Friends' President and founder Shirley Silvia accepted the deed from DEM Director Jan Reitsma. Also in attendance were board members Dot and George Silva, and Friends vice-president Alda Kaye. In the same year, the Friends received a $500,000 grant to restore the tower under the Transportation Act for the 21st Century. In 2000, after visiting the site, the Newport Collaborative Architects gave an estimate of $955,000 to restore the entire exterior and interior of the lighthouse. In October


title: "David Rudisha" content: list. In the 2010 IAAF Diamond League, he took on Abubaker Kaki at the Bislett Games in June. He defeated Sebastian Coe's 31-year-old meet record with a run of 1:42.04, giving him another place in the top-ten fastest ever 800 m and leaving Kaki the consolation of the fastest ever non-winning time. On 10 July 2010, Rudisha ran the 800 m in 1:41.51 at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium; this new personal record placed him No. 2 all-time in the world for the 800 m. On 22 August 2010 Rudisha broke Wilson Kipketer's 800 m World Record


title: "Second Time Around (film)" content: Second Time Around (film) Second Time Around () is a 2002 Hong Kong film starring Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung and Jonathan Ke Quan. During a trip to Las Vegas with his best friend, gambler Sing Wong (Jonathan Ke Quan) loses all his money. The pair learn about Ren Lee (Ekin Cheng), a man who controls a way of going back in time, from a young woman. Both his best friend and the woman die in a car accident. Sing is the sole survivor. Sing, now pursued by policewoman Tina Chow (Cecilia Cheung), is led by Ren Lee through various parallel


title: "House of Lords Library" content: lockable cupboards on the first floor of the Palace, in what is now known as the Truro Corridor. Another former Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, also took a great interest around this time in enriching the Library's law collection, and another of the rooms in the main suite, which contains the bulk of the Library's law stock, is now named after him. Leary died in 1861, and was succeeded as Librarian by James Pulman, who would occupy the office until 1897. Pulman's long tenure was a fairly quiet one for the Library, as he was reluctant to acquire any works that


title: "1983 Buffalo Bills season" content: 1983 Buffalo Bills season The 1983 Buffalo Bills season was the 24th season for the club and its 14th in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first of three seasons for head coach Kay Stephenson. Bills running back Joe Cribbs was both the Bills' leading rusher (1131 yards), and the team's leader in receptions and receiving yards (57 catches for 524 yards). The team looked to improve on its 4-5 record from 1982. With the NFL schedule back to 16 games, the Bills were a more competitive team during 1983. The team started 5-2 through its first 7


title: "Genaro Vázquez Rojas" content: hills of the sierra, where he began working on the goals of the ACG on a national level. With the new outlook came a new name, the ACG was reformed into the Guerreran National Civic Association (GNCA). The GNCA, inspired by Fidel Castro's 1962 Declaration of Havana and the National Liberation Movement's (MLN) August 1961 program, was created to sustain a prolonged guerrilla struggle. The GNCA aimed to create links to other guerrilla organizations and coordinate revolution not just through Guerrero, but also throughout the country. In December 1971, once the goals of the GNCA had been met, the organization


title: "Old Northside Historic District" content: public for tours and special events. In 2010-2011, the former Central Avenue Methodist Church, later known as the Old Centrum, underwent a multimillion-dollar major restoration as a performance venue and statewide headquarters of Indiana Landmarks and is now known as the Indiana Landmarks Center. The former home of Thomas Taggart is now the national headquarters of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. There are three parks related to Old Northside, all created with funding from the Old Northside Foundation. Great Oak Commons is a park created by the neighborhood from several empty lots and is landscaped as a Victorian walking park with


title: "1975 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting" content: included on the ballot, representing a total of 53 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 11-time All-Star Ken Boyer, 9-time All-Star Don Drysdale, 8-time All-Star Bill White, 6-time All-Star Roy Face and 5-time All-Star Turk Farrell. 1975 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1975 followed the system in place since 1971. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Ralph Kiner. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected three


title: "Joby Wright" content: which meant that he was not a traditional Globetrotters coach, but one who directed the team in truly competitive games, including against foreign national teams and major American universities. Wright currently serves as Head Coach and Technical Director of NBA Africa, the league's development program in Africa. He is also CEO/President of Joby Wright Basketball School/Wright Way Foundation. Joby Wright Joseph "Joby" Wright (born September 5, 1950) is an American former college and professional basketball player who was men's basketball head coach at Miami University and at the University of Wyoming. Wright starred in basketball at Johnson High School in


title: "Climate of Argentina" content: mainly during convective thunderstorms. Winter is the driest season, with precipitation ranging from less than in the west to over in the east. Most of the precipitation during winter comes from frontal systems, particularly the sudestada (Spanish for strong southeasterly winds), bringing long periods of rain, cloudiness, cooler temperatures, and strong winds. Spring is similar to autumn, with a mean precipitation of . Summers are very hot while winters are mild to warm. The northern parts of the region are warmer than the southern parts. During heat waves, temperatures can exceed in the summer months, while in the winter months,


title: "Eric Kennington" content: Watt South Building in the University of Glasgow. Kennington is buried in the churchyard in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, where he was churchwarden, and is commemorated on a memorial in Brompton Cemetery, London. Eric Kennington Eric Henri Kennington (12 March 1888 – 13 April 1960) was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official war artist in both World Wars. As a war artist, Kennington specialised in depictions of the daily hardships endured by soldiers and airmen. In the inter-war years he worked mostly on portraits and a number of book illustrations. The most notable of his book illustrations were for


title: "C3a (complement)" content: conformational change in the thioester domain of C3(H2O) that allows it to bind to a plasma protein called Factor B. This complex is then cleaved by Factor D, a serine protease, to form C3b(H2O)Bb, or fluid-phase C3-convertase. This complex has the ability to catalyze the formation of C3a and C3b after it binds properdin, a globulin protein, and is stabilized. Anaphylatoxins are small complement peptides that induce proinflammatory responses in tissues. C3a is primarily regarded for its role in the innate and adaptive immune responses as an anaphylatoxin, moderating and activating multiple inflammatory pathways. The roles of C3a in innate


title: "Sharpe, Paley and Austin" content: Sharpe, Paley and Austin Sharpe, Paley and Austin are the surnames of architects who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1835 and 1946, working either alone or in partnership. The full names of the principals in their practice, which went under various names during its life, are Edmund Sharpe (1809–77); Edward Graham Paley (1823–97), who practised as E. G. Paley; Hubert James Austin (1841–1915); Henry Anderson Paley (1859–1946), son of Edward, usually known as Harry Paley; and, for a very brief period, Geoffrey Langshaw Austin (1884–1971), son of Hubert. The firm's commissions were mainly for buildings in Lancashire and what


title: "Lojas Americanas" content: Carlos Alberto Sicupira, the same trio that drives the Anheuser-Busch InBev, 3G Capital, São Carlos S.A. and other groups. The network sells over 80 thousand items of four thousand different companies. In January 2007, Lojas Americanas acquired the Brazilian operations of the network of video rental Blockbuster for million and adapted to store the model Americanas Express. The company was founded in 1929 by Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger. They left the United States and went to Buenos Aires with the objective of opening a Five and Dime store. The idea was to launch a


title: "1999 Chamoli earthquake" content: felt in Lahore and Gujranwala. The earthquake was also felt in the Nanda Devi mountain region, in Kanpur, Shimla, Delhi, Dehradun, Sirmour , Haridwar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Srinagar and in the Baitadi District, Dadeldhura District, Darchula District and Kanchanpur District in Mahakali Zone in Nepal. Severe ground deformations resulted from the earthquake. Formation of ground fissures were reported from many areas. Landslides and changes in the groundwater flow were also reported. Well-developed ground cracks were seen in Gopeshwar, Chamoli and Bairagna. Cracks were observed in asphalt roads at several locations. Landslips cut off parts of Mandakini


title: "Luke Carlin" content: America East Tournament, in which the Huskies finished second. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft and signed his first pro contract on June 18 of the same year and played for the Oneonta Tigers in the New York–Penn League before being released by the Tigers on March 2003. He signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres in April 2003 and played in their organization for six years with stops with the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League (A-) and the Fort Wayne Wizards of the


title: "Nathaniel Daggett House" content: Nathaniel Daggett House "See also Daggett House, Slater Park, Pawtucket RI, built about the same time, by Nathaniel's father John." Nathaniel Daggett House (also known as "The House that Never Moved") is an historic building located at 74 Roger Williams Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. The oldest portion of this saltbox likely dates to before 1700; it is one of the oldest structures in East Providence. The house has been—without moving—in three municipal, two state, and two colonial jurisdictions. The Nathaniel Daggett House is set close to the street on a large lot in a residential neighborhood that was


title: "Brunswick Bowling & Billiards" content: to install bowling lanes. John Brunswick’s son-in-law Moses Bensinger, who was then directing Brunswick’s day-to-day operations, actively promoted bowling as a participatory sport and was instrumental in organizing the American Bowling Congress in 1895. In 1906 Bensinger opened a large manufacturing plant in Muskegon, Michigan. The plant became the cornerstone of the firm's manufacturing, producing such products as the revolutionary $20 Mineralite (hard rubber) bowling ball, and grew to over one million square feet by the 1940s. During World War II, United Service Organizations (USO) centers and military bases eagerly purchased bowling equipment, leading to more than 3,000 bowling lanes


title: "Pilots Demobilized (Buck Danny)" content: Shakbut, who favored British interests, and his brother Zayed, who was supported by the Saudi-American Aramco. To date, the "Pilots Demobilized" trilogy remains the only one in which Buck, Tumb and Sonny are civilians and not employed by the U.S. military. This provoked a negative reaction from many fans, who had enjoyed the six preceding novels and found the characters much more dull in the world of international trafficking and economic espionage than they had been as war heroes. The authors took this lesson to heart; in the next novel, the trio were re-hired by the U.S. Air Force (and,


title: "William R. Sharpe Jr." content: William R. Sharpe Jr. William R. "Bill" Sharpe Jr. (October 28, 1928 – February 16, 2009) was a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 12th District. He was first elected in 1960 and served until 1980. From 1972 to 1980 he served as Majority Whip. He was elected again in 1984 and in 1990 was appointed Senate President Pro Tempore. He is the longest-serving State Senator in West Virginia history, with a career of over 44 years. In 1994, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources opened a new 150 bed acute care psychiatric facility to


title: "Footage of the World" content: 72 different ways and gives the users the ability to filter the result set based on the different indexes. It also uses keywords that can be used to search the clip library. The filter and keyword technologies can be used together. The Footage of the World website uses Adobe Flash to present all videos. To generate its Thumbnails, it uses the command line tool ffmpeg. Each clip within the search results plays upon rollover. The site uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Users can set up accounts to view past orders, save their carts and purchase clips. Footage of the


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: Castle of Santa Maria da Feira The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is a Portuguese castle in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, district of Aveiro. Emblematic of Portuguese medieval military architecture, the Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is one of the monuments that best reflects the diversity of defenses used during the Middle Ages, having been instrumental in the process of Reconquista and autonomy of the County of Portugal. It has been listed as a National monument since 1910. Tradition has it that the Castle of Feira stands on the site of an indigenous temple dedicated


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: to the local divinity Bandeve-Lugo Toiraeco, which was later transformed into a Marian temple. Although tombstones and other vestiges encountered in the defensive area confirm the presence of Roman settlement dating back to the early empire, there is no confirmation of the link to other temples. In the vicinity of this site existed the Roman via Olissipo-Bracara Augusta connecting Lisbon and Braga, respectively. When, in the middle of the 9th century (868), Alfonso III of León created the administrative and military region, that he called "Terra de Santa Maria", he laid its defences in the military fortress that existed there,


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: in Civitas Sanctae Mariae. For many years, the fortress functioned as a forward base in the Christian Reconquista from the Arab invasions from the south. Twice in 1000, the armies of Al-Mansur conquered the Castle and destroyed the local population, but they were retaken successively by Christian forces. During the reign of Bermudo III (1028–1037) Arab continued to attempt to capture the Castle, but were defeated definitively in the Battle of Cesár. The governors, Mem Guterres and Mem Lucídio developed a giant project to reconstruct the Castle and develop the lands of the Terra de Santa Maria. The Leonese kings


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: distinguished the population with the "Honra de Infanções", an honour at the time only received by the judges, magistrates and councilmen of Lisbon. The first reference to a built structure in this location occurred in the 11th century, in the "Chronica Gothorum", identifying the construction of the inferior portion of the keep and fortress. Since 1117, Feira was the location of one of the most important fairs in Portugal, which, over time, gave the town its name. The fair was established in the shadow of the castle. The castle was at the centre of the 1128 revolt between Afonso Henriques


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: and his mother Queen Teresa, Countess of Portugal. Teresa had created tensions between the rulers of the Iberian peninsula through conflicts with her sister Urraca, and later rebuking Alfonso VII (her nephew), resulting in his invasion of the County of Portugal. Teresa also alienated the clergy and nobles, pandering to her alliance with Galicia, through her lover Fernando Pérez, and favouring the ecclesiastical pretensions of the rival Galician Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Diego Gelmírez. The clergy and nobility allied themselves with Afonso Henriques pretensions to the stewardship of the County of Portugal over his mother. Pero Gonçalves de Marnel,


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: from a family of landholders, governor of Santa Maria da Feira and alcade of the Castle at the time, was one of these nobles who felt threatened by the growing power of Galicia within the County: he had been substituted as the governor of Coimbra by Fernando Pérez himself, and saw a threat to his wealth, prestige and possessions, and therefore aligned himself and his Castle with the Afonso Henriques at the São Mamede. The Galician-supported forces of the Queen were defeated on 13 June 1128, partly due to the activities that occurred at the Castle. By 1251, the settlement


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: in Santa Maria da Feira was identified in the royal inventory ( of King Afonso I. The castle and lands of Feira were provided as a dowry in 1300 on the nuptials of Elizabeth of Aragon in the 13th century. During the 14th century, the walls were finally constructed, likely at the time Gonçalo Garcia de Figueiredo was alcalde in 1357. On 10 September 1372, King Ferdinand donated the "lands of Santa Maria" to João Afonso Telo, Count of Barcelos. But, in 1383, during the 1383-1385 Crisis, the Count of Barcelos fled to Castile, leaving the structure in the hands


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: of Martim Correia. This change later facilitated its capture by men loyal to the Master of Aviz, John, in 1385. On 8 April 1385, the territory comes under the stewardship of Álvaro Pereira by King John I, cousin of the "Constable" Nuno Álvares Pereira, before being conceded to João Rodrigues de Sá. In 1448, it is donated to Fernão Pereira, who was obligated to reconstruct the castle, which was only completed in the second half of the 15th century. Under the Pereiras, the castle was transformed into a palatial residence; the great works which would define the architectural character of


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: the castle date from this period, including the watchtowers, the connical turrets and reinforced defenses. The fourth Count of Feira, Diogo Forjaz, orders the marker/inscription that was erected over the barbican to commemorate the construction of the clock tower (which existed until 1755). During the 17th century, the construction of internal palacete was concluded (which has since been destroyed: the only remnant being a local fountain). It was also around this time (1656) that Joana Forjaz Pereira de Meneses e Silva, Countess of Feira, ordered the constructed of the octagonal-shaped Baroque chapel. But, after 1708, the Counts of Feira were


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: extinct, and their possession were passed onto the Casa do Infantado, marking its long decline and ruin. Due to abandonment the castle was devastated by a fire on 15 January 1722. Its ruins were purchased during a public sale by General Silva Pereira in 1839. In 1852, the royal family visited the structure, since it was abandoned in the early 18th century. It was classified as a National Monument as early as 1881. The main pit was excavated at this time (completed in 1877). In 1905, the castle began to be publicly supported for formal restoration, resulting in the posting


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: of a guard. It was during this period that Drs. Gonçalves Coelho and Vaz Ferreira discovered the early inscriptions from the castles history. During this period, completed around 1907 and later 1909, the castle was restored, the latter by Fortunato Fonseca. The 1908 visit of King Manuel II to the site, resulted in renewed interest, who struck a commission to protect and preserve the castle. Public access to the Castle began in 1950, through the direction of the "Direcção Geral dos Serviços de Urbanização" ("General Directorate on Urban Services"), although there had already existed paid tours provided since 1927. From


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: 1935 to 1944, "DGEMN - Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais" ("General Directorate for Buildings and National Monuments") completed several public restoration projects at castle: in 1935, under the architect Baltasar de Castro, the parapets and merlons were cleared, unobstructed, and reconstructed; in 1936, the reconstruction of the walls and the vaulted entranceway to the military square; and in 1939-1944, the demolition of the Counts' palace, excavations and reconstruction of the walls, cistern, pavements and roof of the chapel. On 13 January 1963 the castle was illuminated, through the initiative of engineer Arantes e Oliveira, in the Public Works


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: office, and Galvão Teles, in the Ministry of Education. Minor renovations were completed in 1986. On 1 June 1992, the property came under the authority of the "Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico - IPPAR" ("Portuguese Institute of Patrimonial Architecture"), under decree 106F/92. Over the decades, even after the IPPAR was refashioned into the IGESPAR, the Castle has been monitored, maintained and directed by the "Comissão de Vigilância do Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira", who operates tours and tourist-inspired interpretive guides. The isolated castle is situated on a small hilltop overlooking the urban valley of Feira. Being a transitional castle,


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: there have been many military adaptations to site's defences over the years. The strategic location has been credited to an Foreign Architect of Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Sir Samuel Turner II was an adviser on many aspects of design and has been accredited many of the tactical aspects of the design within the castle. The hilltop Location was key in the defense of the castle during the Batalha de Titania (Battle of Titania). Its plan is irregular oval, with protected entranceway, guarded by a barbican with moat and four addorsed rectangular watchtowers. On its southeastern corner are portions of


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: a minor bastion, while opposite it, in the northwest is the hexagonal Baroque chapel. The walls, with small battlements, are circled by a parapet of large stone, with cruciform battlements and embrasures. An arcade gate provides access to the compound and rectangular prison block tower, reinforced with watchtowers on its apexes, with a protected entrance via a patio. An arched door gives access to the buildings and the donjon, reinforced by square towers in wedge-shapes, with access protected by machicolations (providing coverage from three-floors) and is topped by a cradle vault, sectioned into four branches by arched corbels. The turrets


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: are finished in small canonical cones with gables. The chapel, located on the exterior wall adjacent to the main entrance, is a hexagonal-shape two-storey body, with a rectangular annex (itself consisting of a two story body with veranda window doors), both with tiled pivoted roofs, delimited on their extremities by corbels. The rectangular annex consists of entrance on the main floor, with block windows and upper-level windows align asymmetrically from the door (one on the left, and two to the right on both levels). Directly above this doorway is a bell-tower niche, surmounted by a cross. The main chapel with


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: an axial portal, consists of pilasters and corebls surrounding the main door, then gabled trim and a pronounced superior semi-circular pediment, which encircles an ocular hexagonal window. This Baroque era landmark, is marked by plain pilasters, wedges, and cyma line with angular pinnacles. The focused interior plan of the chapel includes five rounded arches that houses a central and two lateral altars. The pulpit is a basic with a hexagonal screen of wooden balusters. Throughout the castle grounds are signs and monuments to importance events during the castle's history, including several inscriptions: Also, on an ashlar encountered in 1905, but


title: "Castle of Santa Maria da Feira" content: since disappeared, was a date inscription of "1385". This inscription was first published by Leite de Vasconcelos in ""Arqueólogo Português"". Castle of Santa Maria da Feira The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is a Portuguese castle in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, district of Aveiro. Emblematic of Portuguese medieval military architecture, the Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is one of the monuments that best reflects the diversity of defenses used during the Middle Ages, having been instrumental in the process of Reconquista and autonomy of the County of Portugal. It has been listed as a National


title: "Catherine Ferry (singer)" content: in the musical fairy tale "Abbacadabra" by Alain Boublil based on ABBA's songs. In 1984, the album "Vivre avec la musique" was released, produced by Andy Scott, with music by Daniel Balavoine, Joe Hammer and Michel Rorive, lyrics of Daniel Balavoine, Linda Lecomte, Patrick Dulphy, Bernard Balavoine and Francis Wauthers. Balavoine died in 1986, having failed to finish the French lyrics of a song originally written for Frida of Abba. Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote the lyrics of "Quelqu'un Quelque part". Ferry then took time off to have a family. In spring 2010, things have come full circle, Catherine Ferry came back


title: "Marlborough railway stations" content: services had to use the GWR trains from Marlborough. In 1884, the SM&AR combined with the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway, which ran northwards from Swindon Town, first to Cirencester and then, from 1891, into Cheltenham Lansdown. The combined line was called the Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) and with its links northwards from Cheltenham to the Midlands and southwards from Andover over the Sprat and Winkle Line to the south coast ports it became a true through line. With the northern extension to Cheltenham complete, the M&SWJR turned its attention in the early 1890s to resolving its


title: "Heritage Mill, North Chailey" content: Heritage Mill, North Chailey Heritage Mill, or Beard's Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at North Chailey, Sussex, England, which is maintained as a landmark and open to the public. A windmill was first recorded at this site in 1596."Heritage Mill", the seventh on this site, was built in 1830 at Highbrook, West Hoathly, where she was known as Hammingden Mill. In 1844 she was moved to Newhaven, replacing a mill that had burnt down. She was made redundant by the erection of a steam mill and was moved again, this time to her current location at Chailey,


title: "Donna Logan" content: but in this occasion. Donna returned to LA in 2006, and immediately began trying to persuade her sister Brooke, who had now married Nick Marone, to take Ridge back, reminding her of how long she had fought to keep him. When Donna was unsuccessful in convincing her sister to return to Ridge, she went after him herself. This eventually failed, when she realized that Brooke and Ridge would always be connected. She was then engaged to marry Thorne Forrester. However it ended soon after when Donna's younger sister, Katie revealed that Donna was only with Thorne out of spite and


title: "Tony Duquette" content: UCLA extension series. An exhibition was presented in San Francisco honoring Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of that city. To house the exhibition, Duquette purchased an abandoned synagogue which he restored and renamed The Duquette Pavilion of Saint Francis. Final projects, which he completed with the assistance of his business partner and design collaborator of 30 years, Hutton Wilkinson, included interiors for an 18th-century Parisian apartment located on the Place de Palais Bourbon in Paris and interiors for the 12th century Palazzo Brandolini on the Grand Canal in Venice. In 1989, much of Duquette's original art in the


title: "Toyota Corolla (E120)" content: XRS being sold in the country over the 2 model years. This limited production and minimal exterior differences resulted in the Corolla XRS being a unique sleeper hiding among the extremely common Corolla S and is the final outright performance designed model from Toyota that was targeted towards "single male buyers" before the complete switch to the Toyotas' Scion youth oriented brand. The Corolla XRS introduced in 2009 as a successor used the 2.4L 2AZ-FE from the Toyota Camry and Scion tC and was available with a 5-speed manual or 5-speed automatic. While the 2009 Corolla XRS caters to a


title: "Toyota Corolla (E140)" content: and the higher-spec G variant. The Japanese market model, along with the Japanese market Camry and Wish, are used widely as CNG-fitted taxis. A Japanese-built version of the Corolla sedan is sold in Sri Lanka. The petrol version is offered with the 1.6-litre 3ZZ engine while the diesel version on offer has the aging 2-litre 2C engine with 6-speed manual transmission only. The body shape is same as ASEAN-marketed Corolla Altis design. The Corolla Altis introduced in Thailand, which currently manufactures the Corolla Altis, is offered a total of four grades (J, E, G and V). Thailand is currently the


title: "Asplenium ceterach" content: Asplenium ceterach Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum) is a fern species commonly known as Rustyback. It is characterised by a short rhizome which gives rise to several green fronds that have a pinnated lamina with trichomes on the abaxial (lower) surface, but not the adaxial (upper) one. These trichomes (hairs) are orange-brown in colour, hence the name "rustyback". The petiole is shorter than the corpus of the leaf. This species is found in Western and Central Europe, including the Mediterranean region. It is associated with fissures in carbonate rocks and also grows on the mortar of stone and brick walls.


title: "Asplenium ceterach" content: This fern species has been used medicinally as a diuretic. It has been widely used for making infusions as a diuretic. It likes growing in rocky walls, especially in alkaline ones. Can be found growing up to 2700 metres above the sea level, although it prefers mountainous locations, where it is usually found growing in sunny rocky walls. Unlike many others, this fern likes growing in full sun, and requires little, if any, humidity. This fern is well known as a resurrection plant due to its ability to withstand desiccation and subsequently recover on rewetting. It has been shown that


title: "Asplenium ceterach" content: this is in part due to its high concentrations of phenolic compounds such as chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid which allow it to negate the destructive capacity of the reactive oxygen species generated by the drying process; the concentrations of these phenols decrease during the dehydration process. Enzymes such as peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase have also been shown to be important in allowing this fern to cope with desiccation; the concentrations of these enzymes increase when the fern is subjected to water shortages. Asplenium ceterach Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum) is a fern species commonly known as Rustyback. It is


title: KRLQ content: antenna is an Electronics Research Inc. LPX-10C 10-bay full wavelength spaced providing 5.680 db of gain. There is of Andrew air dielectric hard line running from the transmitter to the antenna, with the transmitter broadcasting at 9,382 watts to equal 47,000 watts out of the antenna. KRLQ KRLQ (94.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Hodge, Louisiana, United States, the station serves Ruston, Jackson Parish, and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by William W. Brown, through licensee North Louisiana Broadcasting, Inc. The station is an affiliate of the New Orleans Saints


title: "Astrid Allwyn" content: Smith Goes to Washington". Her first husband was actor Robert Kent; the two appeared together in the 1936 Shirley Temple film "Dimples". They married on January 10, 1937, in Tijuana, Mexico, and were divorced in 1941. She remained married to second spouse Charles O. Fee until her death in 1978, at age 72. Two of their daughters, Melinda and Vicki, also became actresses. On March 31, 1978, Allwyn died of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Astrid Allwyn Astrid Allwyn (November 27, 1905 – March 31, 1978) was an American stage and film actress. Allwyn was born Astrid Christofferson in South


title: "Social interaction in MMORPGs" content: and the animated gestures and expressions of the avatar. A study by Nicholas Yee, titled "The Psychology of Massively Multi-User Online Role-Playing Games: Motivations, Emotional Investment, Relationships and Problematic Usage," found that combat-oriented collaborations can become very complex. Typical battle scenarios involve groups of four to eight users facing sophisticated artificial intelligence. Strategies decided upon via communication via typed conversations, and individual actions, based upon their individual personalities, may risk others in the group. Unlike many real world situations, MMORPG users can choose team members and find like-minded others. While some individuals may be outcasts in the real world, they