title: "Anthriscus sylvestris" content: grow rapidly through rhizomes and to produce large quantities of seeds in a single growing season has made it an invasive species in many areas of the United States. Vermont has listed cow parsley on its "Watch List" of invasive species, while Massachusetts has banned the sale of the plant. It is classed as a Class B Noxious Weed in the State of Washington since 1989, where its sale is also banned. Cow parsley can be mistaken for several similar-looking poisonous plants, among them poison hemlock and fool's parsley. Cow parsley is considered to be edible, though having a somewhat


title: "Anthriscus sylvestris" content: unpleasant flavour, sharper than garden chervil, with a hint of carrot, to which it is related. Cow parsley can be confused with giant cow parsley/giant hogweed ("Heracleum mantegazzianum"), the sap of which can cause severe burns after coming in contact with the skin. Anthriscus sylvestris Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, or keck is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus "Anthriscus". It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: Loggia dei Lanzi The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street. The arches rest on clustered pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The wide arches appealed so much to the Florentines that Michelangelo proposed that they should be continued all around the Piazza della Signoria. Sometimes erroneously referred to as "Loggia dell' Orcagna" because it was once thought to be designed by that artist, it was built between 1376 and 1382 by Benci


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: di Cione and Simone di Francesco Talenti, possibly following a design by Jacopo di Sione, to house the assemblies of the people and hold public ceremonies, such as the swearing into office of the Gonfaloniers and the Priors. Simone Talenti is also well-known from his contributions to the churches Orsanmichele and San Carlo. The vivacious construction of the Loggia is in stark contrast with the severe architecture of the Palazzo Vecchio. It is effectively an open-air sculpture gallery of antique and Renaissance art. The name "Loggia dei Lanzi" dates back to the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo I, when it


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: was used to house his formidable landsknechts (In Italian: "Lanzichenecchi", corrupted to "Lanzi"), or German mercenary pikemen. After the construction of the Uffizi at the rear of the Loggia, the Loggia's roof was modified by Bernardo Buontalenti and became a terrace from which the Medici princes could watch ceremonies in the piazza. On the façade of the Loggia, below the parapet, are trefoils with allegorical figures of the four cardinal virtues (Fortitude, Temperance, Justice and Prudence) by Agnolo Gaddi. Their blue enamelled background is the work of Leonardo, a monk, while the golden stars were painted by Lorenzo de' Bicci.


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: The vault, composed of semicircles, was done by the Florentine Antonio de' Pucci. On the steps of the Loggia are the "Medici lions"; two Marzoccos, marble statues of lions, heraldic symbols of Florence; that on the right is from Roman times and the one on the left was sculpted by Flaminio Vacca in 1598. It was originally placed in the Villa Medici in Rome, but found its final place in the Loggia in 1789. On the side of the Loggia, there is a Latin inscription from 1750 commemorating the change of the Florentine calendar in 1749 to bring it into


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: line with the Roman calendar. The Florentine calendar began on 25 March instead of 1 January. The other inscription from 1893 records the Florentines who distinguished themselves during the annexation of Milan (1865), Venice (1866) and Rome (1871) to the kingdom of Italy. Underneath the bay on the far left is the bronze statue of "Perseus" by Benvenuto Cellini. It shows the mythical Greek hero holding his sword in his right hand and holding up the Medusa's severed head in his left. The well-proportioned muscular body of Perseus stands poised on the right leg. Perseus is reflecting and he seems


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: to be frightened by his same action. Blood is gushing from the head and the neck of the dead Medusa. The richly decorated marble pedestal, also by Cellini, shows four graceful bronze statuettes of Jupiter, Mercurius, Minerva and Danaë. The bas-relief on the pedestal, representing "Perseus freeing Andromeda", is a copy of the one in Bargello. Benvenuto Cellini worked almost ten years on this bronze (1545-1554). His wax design was immediately approved by Cosimo I de' Medici. He met numerous difficulties which, according to his autobiography, almost brought him to the brink of death. The casting of this bronze statue


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: was several times unsuccessful. When attempting again, the melting furnace got overheated, spoiling the casting of the bronze. Cellini gave orders to feed the furnace with his household furniture and finally with about 200 pewter dishes and plates, and his pots and pans. This caused the bronze to flow again. After the bronze had cooled, the statue was finished, except for three toes on the right foot. These were added later. On the far right is the manneristic group "Rape of the Sabine Women" by the Flemish artist Jean de Boulogne, better known by his Italianized name Giambologna. This impressive


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: work was made from one imperfect block of white marble, the largest block ever transported to Florence. The goccia model is now in the Galleria dell' Academia. Giambologna wanted to create a composition with the "figura serpentina", an upward snakelike spiral movement to be examined from all sides. This is the first group representing more than a single figure in European sculptural history to be conceived without a dominant viewpoint. It can be equally admired from all sides. The marble pedestal, also by Giambologna, represents bronze bas-reliefs with the same theme. This marble and bronze group is in the Loggia


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: since 1583. Nearby is Giambologna's less celebrated marble sculpture "Hercules beating the Centaur Nessus" (1599) and placed here in 1841 from the Canto de' Carnesecchi. It was sculpted from one solid block of white marble with the help of Pietro Francavilla The group "Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus", discovered in Rome stood originally at the southern end of the Ponte Vecchio. There is another version of this much-restored Roman marble in the Palazzo Pitti. It is an ancient Roman sculpture from the Flavian era, copied from a Hellenistic Pergamene original of the mid third century BC. This marble group


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: was discovered in Rome. It has undergone restorations by Ludovico Salvetti, to a model by Pietro Tacca (1640) and by Stefano Ricci (about 1830). The group "The Rape of Polyxena", is a fine diagonal sculpture by Pio Fedi from 1865. On the back of the Loggia are five marble female statues (three are identified as Matidia, Marciana and Agrippina Minor), Sabines and a statue of a barbarian prisoner Thusnelda from Roman times from the era of Trajan to Hadrian. They were discovered in Rome in 1541. The statues had been in the Medici villa at Rome since 1584 and were


title: "Loggia dei Lanzi" content: brought here by Pietro Leopoldo in 1789. They all have significant, modern restorations. The Feldherrnhalle in Munich, commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to honor the tradition of his military, was modelled after the Loggia dei Lanzi. Loggia dei Lanzi The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery. It consists of wide arches open to the street. The arches rest on clustered pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The wide arches appealed so much to the Florentines that Michelangelo proposed that


title: "William Cameron Edwards" content: William Cameron Edwards William Cameron Edwards (7 May 1844 – 17 September 1921) was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian. He was born in Clarence Township in Russell County, Ontario, the son of William Edwards and Ann Cameron, received basic schooling in Ottawa at the District Grammar School In 1885, he married Catherine Wilson. A Liberal, he was five times elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Ontario electoral district of Russell. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1887, and was re-elected in 1888, 1891, 1896 and 1900. On 17 March 1903 he was appointed to


title: "Save China's Tigers" content: aim is to act as a liaison for all those organizations concerned with the conservation of China's wildlife, sustainable development, biodiversity and habitat. The purpose of "Save China's Tigers" is to reverse the fate of the South China tiger from the brink of extinction by taking them out of zoos, breeding them, letting them regain their hunting abilities, and reintroducing them back to China's wild. The organization's stated goal is to save the South China tiger using this new method of rehabilitation and reintroduction. No captive-born large predators have ever been successfully reintroduced into the wild before. It is an


title: "Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser" content: position. The three battalions and six squadrons, commanded by General of Brigade Illier, held the position with ten artillery pieces. The French defensive line ran west from Lauterbourg on the Rhine to Saarbrücken. The western part of this line, from Lauterbourg to Wissembourg, was protected by the Lines of Wissembourg, a series of fortifications built nearly a century earlier to protect Alsace from invasion along the flat plain between the Vosges and the Rhine. The Army of the Rhine defended these Lines. The Army of the Rhine also was at Saarbrücken and the Corps of the Vosges linked the two,


title: Mthatha content: Force revoked its control of the airport in 2013. The airport was renamed Mthatha Airport. After the end of apartheid, some sections of the African business and professional community migrated to traditionally white areas of economic activity, and this has been widely posited as a cause of economic recession in the municipality, but a number of construction projects offer some hope for renewal. Many of South Africa's black leaders — including Walter Sisulu, Bantu Holomisa, and Nelson Mandela — come from this area, and the retired Mandela visited his home village of Qunu a few kilometres south of Mthatha. Mthatha


title: "Erythronium albidum" content: Erythronium albidum Erythronium albidum, the white fawnlily or white trout lily, is a small herbaceous flowering plant in the lily family. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec and southern Manitoba south to Georgia and Texas. It produces short, slender stems tall, which bear two oblong leaves on each stem. The leaves are lanceolate, long and broad, dark green and covered with a mottled pattern of purple blotches. At the end of the stem, the plant produces a white, lily-like flower in diameter, with six yellow stamens. The flowers are bent downward, and elongate with age. It


title: "Erythronium albidum" content: blooms in mid to late spring. The plant is mostly found in large groups on the forest floor, often in areas following ground disturbance. Its preferred growing conditions are in part sun to mostly shade and deep, moist loamy soils. It is also known as adder's tongue, dog's-tooth violet, serpent's tongue, trout lily, deer tongue, and yellow snowdrop. European settlers considered it to have similar properties to meadow saffron ("Colchicum autumnale"), and white fawnlily was often used as a substitute for it. The plant was listed in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States from 1820-1863 as a treatment for gout.


title: "Erythronium albidum" content: Some believe that wounds will be healed if the plant is soaked in cold water, then removed and wrapped it in cloth and applied to a wound or bruise. It is left there until the bundle is warm, and then removed and buried in a muddy place. Little is known of the constituents, because little research has been done. It is known to contain alpha-methylenebutyrolactone. The plant is emetic, emollient, and antiscorbutic when fresh. It is nutritive when dry. Certain groups of American Indians used it for its emetic and contraceptive properties. The Onondaga women used the leaves as a


title: "Erythronium albidum" content: temporary birth control method in the spring, to avoid giving birth in the most frigid part of winter. The leaves can be collected anytime, but the bulb enlarges throughout the summer and can be divided in the fall. At that time of year, the bulb is also edible. The fresh leaves are mostly used in the form of a stimulating poultice, applied to swellings, tumors and scrofulous ulcers. When made into a tea with horsetail ("Equisetum hyemale"), it is claimed to be good for bleeding or ulcers of bowels, or for tumors and inflammation of the bowels. It has been


title: "Erythronium albidum" content: used as a quick relief for nose bleeds and sore eyes. The fresh roots or leaves are simmered in milk; or the juice of the plant infused in apple cider; and these treatments are used for dropsy, hiccups, vomiting and bleeding of the bowels. Misuse may cause nausea or even vomiting. Erythronium albidum Erythronium albidum, the white fawnlily or white trout lily, is a small herbaceous flowering plant in the lily family. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec and southern Manitoba south to Georgia and Texas. It produces short, slender stems tall, which bear two oblong


title: "The Burmese Harp (1956 film)" content: with Inouye trained in music while Mizushima is self-taught in the Burmese harp, an instrument particularly associated with Burma. The group learns the war is over when Mizushima plays "Hanyo no yado", with the British joining in by singing "Home! Sweet Home!" In Japan, Nikkatsu, the studio that commissioned the film, released the first part of the film on 21 January 1956, running 63 minutes. The second part, running 80 minutes, was released on 12 February, with both parts as double features screened with B movies. It was screened at the Venice International Film Festival in August 1956, where it


title: "Urania (magazine)" content: famous or unknown authors. The winner is awarded with publication in the magazine. The first winner was Vittorio Catani with his "Gli universi di Moras" ("Urania" #1120). In 1994 Urania published the first novel by now-world-famed Valerio Evangelisti, who had won the "Premio Urania" for that year with "Nicholas Eymerich, inquisitore". Other winners include Nicoletta Vallorani and Massimo Mongai. First covers were by Carlo Jacono and Kurt Caesar, but the "golden era" of the magazine was marked by the renowned Dutch painter Karel Thole, who introduced his unparalleled, bizarre medley of surrealism, horror, classical citations and sense of humour. Other


title: "American red squirrel" content: American red squirrel The American red squirrel ("Tamiasciurus hudsonicus") is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus "Tamiasciurus", known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, "T. douglasii", and Mearns's squirrel, "T. mearnsi"). The American red squirrel is variously known as the pine squirrel, North American red squirrel and chickaree. It is also referred to as Hudson's Bay Squirrel, as in John James Audubon's work "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" (hence the species name). The squirrel is a small, , diurnal mammal that defends a year-round exclusive territory. It feeds primarily


title: "American red squirrel" content: on the seeds of conifer cones, and is widely distributed across North America wherever conifers are common, except on the Pacific coast, where its cousin, the Douglas squirrel, is found instead. The American red squirrel is not found on most of the Great Plains or in the southeastern United States, as conifer trees are not common in those areas. Recently, the squirrel has been expanding its range into hardwood forests. American red squirrels should not be confused with Eurasian red squirrels ("Sciurus vulgaris"); since the ranges of these species do not overlap, they are both commonly referred to as "red


title: "American red squirrel" content: squirrels" in the areas where they are native. The specific epithet "hudsonicus" refers to Hudson Bay, Canada, where the species was first catalogued by Erxleben in 1771. A recent phylogeny suggests the squirrels as a family can be divided into five major lineages. Red squirrels ("Tamiasciurus") fall within the clade that includes flying squirrels and other tree squirrels (e.g., "Sciurus"). There are 25 recognized subspecies of red squirrels. Red squirrels can be easily distinguished from other North American tree squirrels by their smaller size, total length (including tail), territorial behavior, and reddish fur with a white venter (underbelly). Red squirrels


title: "American red squirrel" content: are somewhat larger than chipmunks. The Douglas squirrel is morphologically similar to the American red squirrels, but has a rust-colored venter and is restricted to the southwestern coast of British Columbia and in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. These species' ranges do not overlap. American red squirrels are widely distributed across the North American continent. Their range includes most of Canada, excluding northern areas with no tree cover, the islands of Atlantic Canada (Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland), the southern half of Alberta and the southwestern coast of British Columbia; the southern half part of Alaska;


title: "American red squirrel" content: the Rocky Mountains area of the United States, and northern half of the eastern United States. American red squirrels are abundant and not of conservation concern throughout much of their range. However, an isolated population of red squirrels in Arizona has experienced considerable declines in population size. In 1987, this portion of the population was listed as an endangered species. American red squirrels are primarily granivores, but incorporate other food items into their diets opportunistically. In Yukon, extensive behavioral observations suggest white spruce seeds ("Picea glauca") comprise over 50% of a red squirrel's diet, but squirrels have also been observed


title: "American red squirrel" content: eating spruce buds and needles, mushrooms, willow ("Salix" sp.) leaves, poplar ("Populus" sp.) buds and catkins, bearberry ("Arctostaphylos" sp.) flowers and berries, and animal material such as bird eggs or even snowshoe hare leverets (young). White spruce cones mature in late July and are harvested by red squirrels in August and September. These harvested cones are stored in a central cache and provide energy and nutrients for survival over the winter and reproduction the following spring. The fallen scales from consumed seed cones can collect in piles, called middens, more than a meter across. White spruce exhibits two- to six-year


title: "American red squirrel" content: masting cycles, where a year of superabundant cone production (mast year) is followed by several years in which few cones are produced. American red squirrel territories may contain one or several middens. American red squirrels eat a variety of mushroom species, including some that are deadly to humans. American red squirrels are spontaneous ovulators. Females enter estrus for only one day, but venture from their territory prior to ovulation, and these exploratory forays may serve to advertise their upcoming estrus. On the day of estrus, females are chased by several males in an extended mating chase. Males compete with one


title: "American red squirrel" content: another for the opportunity to mate with the estrous female. Estrous females will mate with 4 to 16 males. Gestation has been reported to range from 31 to 35 days. Females can breed for the first time at one year of age, but some females delay breeding until two years of age or older. Most females produce one litter per year, but in some years reproduction is skipped, while in other years some females breed twice. Litter sizes typically range from one to five, but most litters contain three or four offspring. Offspring are pink and hairless at birth and


title: "American red squirrel" content: weigh about 10 g. Offspring grow at approximately 1.8 g per day while nursing, and reach adult body size at 125 days. They first emerge from their natal nests at around 42 days, but continue to nurse until approximately 70 days. Nests are most commonly constructed of grass in the branches of trees. Nests are also excavated from witches' broom – abnormally dense vegetative growth resulting from a rust disease – or cavities in the trunks of spruce, poplar, and walnut trees. American red squirrels rarely nest below ground. Each individual squirrel has several nests within its territory, and females


title: "American red squirrel" content: with young move them between nests. Some behavior has been reported within human dwellings using insulation as nesting fodder. A three-year study of a population of red squirrels in southwest Yukon reported female red squirrels showed high levels of multiple-male mating and would even mate with males with similar genetic relatedness. The relatedness of parents had no effect on the neonatal mass and growth rate of their offspring, nor did it affect the survival rate of offspring to one year of age. Juvenile American red squirrels must acquire a territory and midden prior to their first winter to survive. They


title: "American red squirrel" content: can acquire a territory by competing for a vacant territory, creating a new territory or by receiving all or part of a territory from their mothers. This somewhat rare (15% of litters) female behavior is referred to as breeding dispersal or bequeathal, and is a form of maternal investment in offspring. The prevalence of this behavior is related to the abundance of food resources and the age of the mother. In some cases, females will acquire additional middens prior to reproduction, which they later bequeath to their offspring. Offspring that do not receive a midden from their mother typically settle


title: "American red squirrel" content: within 150 m (3 territory diameters) of their natal territory. Observations suggest that male red squirrels have environmentally induced, alternative reproductive strategies that result in higher incidences of sexually selected infanticide in years when food is plentiful. American red squirrels experience severe early mortality (on average only 22% survive to one year of age). The survival probability, however, increases to age three, when it begins to decrease again. Females that survive to one year of age have a life expectancy of 2.3 years and a maximum lifespan of eight years. Chief predators include the Canadian lynx ("Lynx canadensis"), bobcat ("Lynx


title: "American red squirrel" content: rufus"), coyote ("Canis latrans"), great horned owl ("Bubo virginianus"), northern goshawk ("Accipiter gentilis"), red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis"), American crow ("Corvus brachyrynchos"), American marten ("Martes americana"), red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), gray fox ("Urocyon cinereoargenteus"), wolf ("Canis lupus"), and weasel ("Mustela" sp.). American red squirrel The American red squirrel ("Tamiasciurus hudsonicus") is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus "Tamiasciurus", known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, "T. douglasii", and Mearns's squirrel, "T. mearnsi"). The American red squirrel is variously known as the pine squirrel, North American red squirrel and chickaree. It is


title: "Ulster Workers' Council strike" content: a bomb wrecked the house of a Catholic family who were away on holiday. Another bomb wrecked seven shops in Castlederg. In an attempt to bring the strike to an end the Executive agreed to postpone certain parts of the Sunningdale Agreement until 1977 and to reduce the size of the Council of Ireland. The UWC leaders rejected these proposals although the British Government reiterated their earlier position that they would not enter into negotiations with the UWC. A bomb damaged a section of the Belfast–Bangor railway line. It was believed to be the work of loyalists intent on halting


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: Cephalanthera rubra Cephalanthera rubra, known as red helleborine, is an orchid found in Europe, North Africa and southwest Asia. Although reasonably common in parts of its range, this Cephalanthera has always been one of the rarest orchids in Britain. Each flowering shoots reach 20–70 cm height. The shoots grow from a creeping rhizome. The stem is smooth at the base and densely covered with short glandular hairs higher up. The shoots have between 2 and 8 lanceolate leaves which range in size from 5 to 14 cm long and from 1 to 3 cm wide. Each shoot may carry up


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: to 20 flowers, which may be pink to red or rarely white. They are up to 5 cm wide. The petals are curved and lanceolate. Flowers are produced from May to July. It is known to sometimes go many years without flowering. Chromosomes 2n=36 Not to be confused with "Epipactis atrorubens" (dark red helleborine). The red helleborine is found throughout most of Europe, east to the Urals and as far as 60 degrees north. It is however rare in Britain, the Low Countries and western France. It also occurs in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and in various parts of southern


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: Asia as far east as Iran. Found in light, dry forest, particularly among beech trees, pines and spruces. grows to an altitude of , especially on calcareous soils with a pH between 5.9–8.2. Flower colour is an indicator of the soil qualities, with darker blooms on more calcareous ground. Red helleborine is a very rare plant in Britain. It is found only at the following sites: During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the species was recorded from single sites in Somerset, Sussex and Kent, and a second Hampshire site (in the upper Test Valley). The species was also recorded


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: at additional Gloucestershire sites (including Stanley Wood, King's Stanley, now a Woodland Trust woodland), and persisted at some of these into the 1970s. It became a protected species in the UK in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act. "Cephalanthera rubra" is thought to be mainly pollinated by flies, although often self-pollination is triggered by rainfall. Pollination may also be carried out by "Chelostoma" bee ("Chelostoma campanularum"?) and the weevil "Miarus campanulae", both of which are thought to mistake the flowers for "Campanula persicifolia", a wildflower found on mountains in continental Europe. It is theorised that


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: "C. rubra" mimics "C. persicifolia" to increase pollination early in the year. As the flowers are frequently visited by flies, crab spiders have been observed hunting in them. "C. rubra" forms a mycorrhizal relationship with species in the genera "Leptodontidium", "Phialophora" and "Tomentella". This enables it to access soil nutrients which would otherwise be unavailable. "Cephalanthera" comes from the Greek κεφαλή ανθηρός, meaning "head flowering", thought to be a reference to the protruding position of the anthers. The species epithet "rubra" comes from the Latin for red, referring to the colour of the flowers. The Latin binomial was chosen by


title: "Cephalanthera rubra" content: a French botanist named Professor Louis Claude Marie Richard. "Helleborine" may refer to deer using the orchid for food (many conservationists have noted that helleborine orchids are grazed by deer ). Alternatively it may denote that the plants are similar to hellebores (a group of species in the family Ranunculaceae). "Hellebore" comes from the Greek "álkē" and "bora", translating as "fawn" and "food of beasts". In German, "Cephalanthera" are referred to as Waldvöglein, meaning little birds of the wood, a reference to the winged appearance of the flowers. Cephalanthera rubra Cephalanthera rubra, known as red helleborine, is an orchid found


title: "Romsey railway station" content: at Kimbridge Junction a short distance to the north en route to . The subway connecting the two platforms was added in 1887. The waiting room has a collection of framed photographs from earliest times through to the mid-20th century. The Romsey Signal Box has been preserved and can be visited. The Andover line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in September 1964, whilst the Eastleigh route closed to passengers in May 1969 - however it remained open for freight traffic and as a useful diversionary route; it eventually regained a regular passenger service in May 2003. The station is


title: "Groin vault" content: four corners. Groin vault construction was first exploited by the Romans, but then fell into relative obscurity in Europe until the resurgence of quality stone building brought about by Carolingian and Romanesque architecture. It was superseded by the more flexible rib vaults of Gothic architecture in the later Middle Ages. Difficult to construct neatly because of the geometry of the cross groins (usually elliptical in cross section), the groin vault required great skill in cutting stone to form a neat arris. This difficulty, in addition to the formwork required to create such constructions, led to the rib vault superseding the


title: "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island" content: on social security and free trade. Whitehouse carried Providence County, which contains approximately 60% of the state's population, with 59% to Chafee's 41%. Chafee's strongest showing was in Washington County (South County), where he took 55% of the vote against Whitehouse's 45%. Chafee also took Kent County by a small margin, while Whitehouse was victorious by extremely slim margins in Bristol and Newport Counties. After the election, when asked by a reporter if he thought his defeat would help the country by giving Democrats control of Congress, Chafee replied, "to be honest, yes." 2006 United States Senate election in Rhode


title: "Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System" content: Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), also popularly known as the Great Mayan Reef or Great Maya Reef, is a marine region that stretches over from Isla Contoy at the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula down to Belize, Guatemala and the Bay Islands of Honduras. The reef system includes various protected areas and parks including the Belize Barrier Reef, Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Belize), Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, and the Cayos Cochinos Marine Park. Belize's coastline, comprising the Belize Barrier Reef, is home to approximately 80% of MBRS. The Belize Barrier


title: "Virginia Defense Force" content: who serve as liaisons between the Virginia State Police and the Virginia National Guard in the event that the National Guard is deployed to take over shelter management from the police during a stateside emergency. During a deployment, the teams will deploy with the state police, note the practices and procedures put in place, and brief the National Guard on these procedures when the National Guard arrive so as to provide a smooth transition in the change of command. The Virginia Military Advisory Council is the Defense Force's link to a higher authority and the staff of the Adjutant General.


title: "Criticism of religion" content: as much reflections of contemporary social views as of what has been called scientific racism. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had excluded African Americans from the priesthood from 1860 to 1978. Most fundamentalist Mormon sects within the Latter Day Saint movement, rejected the Church's 1978 decision to allow African Americans to hold the priesthood and continue to deny activity in the church due to race. Due to these beliefs, in its Spring 2005 "Intelligence Report" the Southern Poverty Law Center added the Church to its "hate group" listing because of the church's teachings on race, which include


title: "Big Circle Gang" content: of some ten associations of the Big Circle Boys. The primary activity was smuggling and trafficking heroin from the 'Golden Triangle' region to the United States. Chung argued that the Big Circle Boys were a loosely affiliated group of gangs rather than a unified criminal group. Members often operated autonomously with small cells, engaging in illegal activities independently and co-operating only when necessary. Since 2000, few reports discuss the Big Circle Boys. Hong Kong and Western enforcement agencies label criminals originating from Guangzhou or other parts of China as 'Asian criminals' instead of calling them 'Big Circle Boys'. In terms


title: "Education in Romania" content: Project eLearn is being developed by European countries to accelerate and share their strategies in e-learning. Monet is a project which aims to facilitate the introduction of European integration studies in universities. The term “European integration studies” is taken to mean the construction of the European Community and its related institutional, legal, political, economic and social developments. The project targets disciplines in which community developments are an increasingly important part of the subject studied, i.e., The Erasmus Mundus program is a cooperation program intended to support high-quality European master courses. These courses are purposed to engage postgraduate studies at European


title: "Walter Boasso" content: Walter Boasso Walter Joseph Boasso (born May 10, 1960) is an American businessman and Democratic former state senator from Chalmette, the seat of government of St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana. He was defeated in a bid for governor in the October 20, 2007, nonpartisan blanket primary by the Republican Bobby Jindal. Boasso won 47 percent in his own St. Bernard Parish, his sole plurality showing in any of his state's sixty-four parishes. From 2004 to 2008, Boasso represented Senate District 1, which includes parts of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes, many of those areas having been


title: "The Kentucky Headhunters" content: The Kentucky Headhunters The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock and Southern rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which consisted of brothers Richard Young (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Fred Young (drums) along with Greg Martin (lead guitar, vocals) and Anthony Kenney (bass guitar, vocals). Itchy Brother performed together until 1982, with James Harrison replacing Martin from 1973 to 1976. The Young brothers and Martin began performing as The Kentucky Headhunters in 1986, adding brothers Ricky Lee Phelps (lead vocals, harmonica) and Doug Phelps (bass guitar, vocals) to the membership. With the release of their 1989


title: "Owensboro Bridge" content: the bridge be painted a different color, with 20 percent opting for teal, 18 percent for brick red, 12 percent for green, and 6 percent suggesting various "write-in" colors. Subsequently, Kentucky and Indiana highway officials indicated the bridge was scheduled for its next repainting in about 2017 (which happens to be Owensboro's bicentennial) at an estimated cost of $17 million. The repainting was rescheduled to begin in the spring of 2013. The bridge closed to traffic on May 12, 2013 for its first paint job since 1987. Originally planned to be done over the course of two construction seasons, by


title: "Ryan PT-22 Recruit" content: aircraft continues to be a popular sport plane and warbird. Ryan PT-22 Recruit The Ryan PT-22 Recruit, the main military version of the Ryan ST, is a military trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps during WWII for primary pilot training. The PT-22's fuselage is a simple monocoque structure, with thick gauge alclad skin. The wings feature spruce spars, aluminum alloy ribs, steel compression members, with aircraft fabric covering aft to the trailing edge and aluminum alloy sheet covering from the leading edge to the spar. The wings have 4° 10' of sweep back, 3° of incidence


title: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day (arcade game)" content: has been rated "R" (for Righteous) by the fictional "Motion Picture Gaming Association of America". In-game art that appears on the U.S. version of the arcade flyer shows several details that were not present in the released game. One image shows the T-1000 appearing on the Cyberdyne Systems level, implying that the player would have to protect John and Sarah from the T-1000. Another image has John Connor trying to open the fence the player destroys at the beginning of the Skynet level, a scene where the player may have had to protect John as he crosses the battle field.


title: "Bleddyn ap Cynfyn" content: Irish pretender Rhain before its conquest by Llywelyn. Gruffydd, Angharad's son by her first husband and Bleddyn's half-brother, was initially dispossessed upon his father's early death. Slowly, however, he rebuilt his father's realm, annexing its successor states. Although bards and annalists had called many leaders "King of the Britons", Gruffydd was the first to rule all the free Welsh after he conquered Morgannwg in response to its invasion of Dyfed. As this was going on, Bleddyn seems to have been resident in Powys, where he married Haer ferch Cillyn, daughter of the Lord of Gest Cillyn y Blaidd Rudd ("Cillyn


title: "Golden Gate, Vladimir" content: Golden Gate, Vladimir The Golden Gate of Vladimir (), constructed between 1158 and 1164, is the only (albeit partially) preserved ancient Russian city gate. A museum inside focuses on the history of the Mongol invasion of Russia in the 13th century. Golden Gates existed in the holiest cities of Eastern Orthodoxy: Jerusalem, Constantinople, and Kiev. On making Vladimir his capital, Andrew the Pious aspired to emulate these structures, commissioning a lofty tower over the city's main gate to be erected in limestone and lined with golden plaques. According to ancient Russian chronicles, the masons were invited from Friedrich Barbarossa. The


title: "Golden Gate, Vladimir" content: main arch used to stand 15 meters tall. The structure was topped with a barbican church dedicated to the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe and symbolizing the Theotokos's protection of Andrew's capital. The gate survived the Mongol destruction of Vladimir in 1237. By the late 18th century, however, the structure had so deteriorated that Catherine the Great was afraid to pass through the arch for fear of its tumbling down. In 1779, she ordered detailed measurements and drawings of the monument to be executed. In 1795, after many discussions, the vaults and barbican church were demolished. Two flanking round towers


title: "Golden Gate, Vladimir" content: were constructed in order to reinforce the structure, and artisans then reconstructed the barbican, following the drawings made in 1779. Golden Gate, Vladimir The Golden Gate of Vladimir (), constructed between 1158 and 1164, is the only (albeit partially) preserved ancient Russian city gate. A museum inside focuses on the history of the Mongol invasion of Russia in the 13th century. Golden Gates existed in the holiest cities of Eastern Orthodoxy: Jerusalem, Constantinople, and Kiev. On making Vladimir his capital, Andrew the Pious aspired to emulate these structures, commissioning a lofty tower over the city's main gate to be erected


title: "Low-dropout regulator" content: of an LDO regulator. formula_22 is the voltage variation resulting from the presence of the ESR (formula_23) of the output capacitor. The application determines how low this value should be. Low-dropout regulator A low-dropout or LDO regulator is a DC linear voltage regulator that can regulate the output voltage even when the supply voltage is very close to the output voltage. The advantages of a low dropout voltage regulator over other DC to DC regulators include the absence of switching noise (as no switching takes place), smaller device size (as neither large inductors nor transformers are needed), and greater design


title: "Galley Slave" content: a harbinger of a world in which a scholar would be left with only a barren choice of what orders to issue to robot researchers. The critic Joseph Patrouch has pointed out that the speech Asimov gives Ninheimer is an eloquent self-exculpation rather than a caricatured luddite tract and cites the story as an example of a general rule that Asimov's best stories are those in which his personal technophile optimism is thus qualified. Galley Slave "Galley Slave" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, originally published in the December 1957 issue of "Galaxy"; it was


title: "Maracaibo Basin" content: into an active margin. The Caribbean plate had subducted significant amounts of oceanic Proto-Caribbean crust by this time and was now subducting beneath the South American crust. This boundary interaction was greatly affecting the region of northwestern South America. Foreland basins formed across the region which received large amount of sediment due to the plate boundary interactions to the north. The Caribbean plate continued its eastward migration and continued to deform the northwestern regions of South America while also producing deformation along the northeastern regions. As plate migration proceeded, accretion along the South American plate increased. This accretion greatly influenced


title: "Merfyn Frych" content: in 829. Though Mercia managed to throw off Ecgberht's rule in 830, it was thereafter beset by dynastic strife and never regained its former dominance, either in Wales or eastern England. Merfyn was linked to the earlier dynasty through his mother Esyllt, the daughter of King Cynan (d. after 816), rather than through his father Gwriad ap Elidyr. As his father's origins are obscure, so is the basis of his claim to the throne. Extremely little is known of Merfyn's father Gwriad. Merfyn claimed descent from Llywarch Hen through him, and the royal pedigree in Jesus College MS. 20 says


title: "Craig Heyward" content: rushed for 1,791 yards to earn consensus All-America honors and finish fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting. Heyward was widely regarded as a nightmare for opposing defenses because he was often as big, and sometimes bigger, than the defenders who had to stop him, and had surprising quickness and agility. One of the NFL's best "big man" running backs in the vein of Earl Campbell, Heyward, at 5' 11" and reportedly weighing 340 pounds, was a punishing runner who was also a devastating blocker and good receiver. Heyward slimmed down to closer to 280. In 1997, Heyward showcased his sense


title: "James Baillie Fraser" content: in Berbice. He returned from the West Indies in 1806 due to ill health. All of his brothers travelled in the East and had successful careers. James' father had mortgaged the family estate to buy the sugar plantation in the West Indies. When sugar prices collapsed due to overproduction, they mortgaged the plantation and soon ran into debts. In early 1813 James set sail for India, hoping to set up a trade business in Calcutta to help pay off the family debts. His ship ran into a sandbank off Madras and he was finally able to reach Calcutta only in


title: "Chancellor (education)" content: Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, while the rector acts as the day-to-day chief executive). The current vice chancellor of UST is the Prior Provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, Very Rev. Fr. Napoleon Sipalay, OP. The current rector of the university is Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, OP. In the University of the Philippines, the chancellor assigns different vice-chancellors to handle different aspects of running the university. There is one for instruction, administration, and community affairs, among others. In Sweden, the rektor (rector) is the head of a Swedish university, but the word "vice-chancellor" ("vicekansler") is often used as the English


title: "Great Andamanese" content: dependent on support by the Indian government for survival. They now practice some agriculture, and have established some poultry farms. Great Andamanese The Great Andamanese are an indigenous people of the Great Andaman archipelago in the Andaman Islands. Historically, the Great Andamanese lived throughout the archipelago, and were divided into ten major tribes. Their distinct but closely related languages comprised the Great Andamanese languages, one of the two identified Andamanese language families. The Great Andamanese were clearly related to the other Andamanese peoples, but were well separated from them by culture and geography. The languages of those other four groups


title: "USS Union (AKA-106)" content: on 2 August 1945. The ship received orders to transport cargo to Leyte in the Philippines and got underway on 20 August. Upon arrival, she was directed to unload and proceed at once to Cebu where she loaded and transported units of the Americal Division to Japan as part of Transport Squadron (TransRon) 13, consisting of some 22 ships. The group steamed into Yokohama harbor on 8 September, and she unloaded her cargo and the Army personnel. Two days later, "Union" got underway for a turnaround trip to the Philippines. She was diverted to Okinawa to pick up repatriated prisoners


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: Flight 93 National Memorial The Flight 93 National Memorial is located at the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked in the September 11 attacks, in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about north of Shanksville, and southeast of Pittsburgh. The memorial was made to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93, who stopped the terrorists from reaching their target by fighting the hijackers. A temporary memorial to the 40 victims was established soon after the crash, and the first phase of the permanent memorial was completed, opened, and dedicated on September 10, 2011. The


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: design for the memorial is a modified version of the entry "Crescent of Embrace" by Paul and Milena Murdoch. A concrete and glass visitor center was opened on September 10, 2015, situated on a hill overlooking the crash site and the white marble "Wall of Names". An observation platform at the visitor center and the white marble wall are both aligned beneath the path of Flight 93. Of the four aircraft hijacked on September 11, Flight 93 is the only one that did not reach its intended target, presumed to be the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Several passengers


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: and crew members made cellular telephone calls aboard the flight and learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. As a result, the passengers and crew members decided to mount an assault against the hijackers and wrest control of the aircraft. The plane crashed in a field in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., killing all 39 civilians, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer, and four terrorists aboard. The memorial is located in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania. The entrance to the memorial


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: is located on U.S. Route 30 (Lincoln Highway). The site of the crash was enclosed by a fence and was closed to the public except for victims' family members. The temporary memorial was located on a hillside from the crash site. The memorial included a 40-foot (to commemorate the 40 passengers and crew) chain-link fence on which visitors can leave flowers, flags, hats, rosaries, and other items. The items were collected by the National Park Service. Many cities wanted to memorialize the heroes of United Flight 93. Among the first was Marshall, Texas, which by order of the City Commission,


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: named a street "United Flight 93" in early 2002. The keynote speaker was Barbara Catuzzi, the mother of victim Lauren Grandcolas. Next to the fence were several memorials including a bronze plaque of names, flags, and a large cross. The temporary memorial also included a row of small wooden angels, one for each passenger or crew member. There were also handwritten messages on the guardrails at the memorial. At the memorial site, there was also a small building where visitors could sign a guestbook. The building was staffed by National Park Service volunteers, called ambassadors, who answered questions. In the


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: years following the attacks, approximately 150,000 visitors each year came to the memorial site, a number that reached "nearly a million people" as of July 2008. The temporary memorial, for years on land leased for the memorial by Svonavec, Inc., a coal company based in Somerset, Pennsylvania, was moved in 2008 because Svonavec said they would not renew the lease. It was moved across the road on land that is part of about that the Families of Flight 93 foundation bought in 2008. In August 2009, it was announced that Svonavec had agreed to sell the land based on a


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: price determined by the courts. On March 7, 2002, Congressman John Murtha (PA-12) introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives to establish a National Memorial to be developed by a commission, and ultimately administered by the National Park Service. On April 16, 2002, Senator Arlen Specter (PA) introduced a version of the "Flight 93 National Memorial Act" in the Senate. On September 10, 2002, the bill passed both houses of Congress. The final bill specifically excluded the four hijackers from being memorialized. When signed by President George W. Bush on September 24, 2002, it became Public Law


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: No. 107-226, and the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. By September 2005, the commission was required to send to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress recommendations for the planning, design, construction, and long-term management of a permanent memorial. The boundaries of the National Memorial extend from Lambertsville Road to U.S. Route 30. It is about , of which about are privately held but protected through partnership agreements. The memorial site itself is a bowl-shaped area, with surrounding as a buffer. In December 2002, landowner Tim Lambert donated at the crash site and entered discussions


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: with the Conservation Fund regarding an additional . Using some funds donated from receipts for the film "United 93", the Families of Flight 93 organization purchased in the summer of 2006. The organization is also seeking $10 million in federal funding to use for acquiring land. In November 2006, the Conservation Fund acquired as buffer land, to be managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. PBS Coals Inc. sold to the families' organization in March 2008. The Flight 93 National Memorial Campaign is a partnership among the Families of Flight 93, the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission, the Flight 93 Memorial


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: Task Force, the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation and many representatives of local, state and national organizations, agencies and interests, as well as people from around the world to build a permanent memorial. Launched in 2005, this public-private partnership is seeking to raise $30 million from philanthropic individuals, corporations and foundations to enable the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial. After 14 years of planning and development, the Flight 93 National Memorial was completed and was open to family members of the victims on September 10, 2015. The commission decided to select the design for the memorial


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: through a multi-stage design competition funded by grants from the Heinz Foundations and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The competition began on September 11, 2004. With technology from Neighborhood America (now INgage Networks) supporting the competition, more than 1,000 entries were submitted online. In February 2005, five finalists were selected for further development and consideration. The 15-member final jury included family members, design and art professionals, and community and national leaders. After three days of review and debate, they announced the winner on September 7, 2005: "Crescent of Embrace" by a design team led by Paul and


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: Milena Murdoch of Los Angeles. The design featured a "Tower of Voices," containing 40 wind chimes — one for each passenger and crew member who died. A crescent would have been formed by a circular pathway lined with red maple trees that follows the natural bowl shape of the land. Forty groves of red and sugar maples and eastern white oak trees were to be planted behind the crescent. A black slate wall would mark the edge of the crash site, where the victims are buried. Bloggers and religious groups criticized the new design. Jury member Tom Burnett Sr., whose


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: son was killed in the crash, said he made an impassioned speech to his fellow jurors about what he felt the crescent represented. "I explained this goes back centuries as an old-time Islamic symbol. ... I told them we'd be a laughing stock if we did this," Burnett said. Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado has opposed the design's shape "because of the crescent's prominent use as a symbol in Islam." Mike Rosen of the "Rocky Mountain News" wrote: "On the anniversaries of 9/11, it's not hard to visualize al-Qaeda celebrating the crescent of maple trees, turning red in the fall,


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: "embracing" the Flight 93 crash site. To them, it would be a memorial to their fallen martyrs. Why invite that? Just come up with a different design that eliminates the double meaning and the dispute." The architect asserted that the alignment was coincidental and that there was no intent to refer to Muslim symbols. Several victims' families agreed that there was no intent to refer to Muslim symbols. Others criticized the design as too non-representational. James Lileks, a journalist and architectural commentator, wrote: In response to criticism, the designer agreed to modify the plan. The architect believes that the central


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: elements can be maintained to satisfy criticism. "It's a disappointment there is a misinterpretation and a simplistic distortion of this, but if that is a public concern, then that is something we will look to resolve in a way that keeps the essential qualities," Murdoch said in a telephone interview to the Associated Press. The redesigned memorial has the plain shape of a circle, as opposed to a crescent. The circle's design is bisected by the flight's trajectory, which is marked by a clearing in the trees. The new design was supposed to emphasize the area of impact. Paul Murdoch


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: Architects worked with graphic design consultants Impact Design Associates and ALT Design to conduct typographic studies to arrive at the approved visual representation of the 40 hero names. The objective for the representation of the names was to create a design that has the quality of being contemplative and inspirational, and would evoke a timeless tribute to the heroes of United Airlines Flight 93. The font Whitney-Semibold Small Caps was chosen for its simplicity and the angular detail of selected letter forms. The angular detail relates to subtle architectural elements of the memorial design. Each name is cut into a


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: 30- x 96-inch white marble panel with a horizontal brushed black stainless steel inlay. According to the memorial's architect, Paul Murdoch: The cost of the permanent memorial is estimated at $60 million. , $20 million in private donations had been raised, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was providing $18.5 million, and Congress had appropriated $10 million. In March 2011, the families of the victims of Flight 93 urged Congress to appropriate $3.7 million more in the fiscal year 2012 budget. The permanent memorial was originally planned for dedication on September 11, 2011; however, the pace of construction has been delayed due


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: to, among other factors, shortage of funding and the general economic downturn in America. Ground was broken on November 8, 2009 but , completion was still some way into the future. In 2017, construction of a -tall monumental "Tower of Voices" began. The tower contains 40 wind chimes — one for each passenger and crew member who died in the crash. The tower forms the 'gateway' to the National Memorial and will be visible from the Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30), which passes nearby. The largest such structure ever built, the precast concrete tower supports polished aluminum chimes varying in


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: length from to and varying tonalities, or voices. Construction was expected to be completed in 2018. The first phase of the memorial was dedicated on September 10, 2011, at a public ceremony attended by Vice President Joe Biden, former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Speaker of the House John Boehner, other dignitaries and family members of the passengers, and thousands of others. During the ceremony, Clinton announced that he and Boehner would launch a fundraising effort to raise the $10 million required to complete the memorial. Singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan performed both "Angel" and "I Will Remember You" at


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: the dedication ceremony. The Bells of Remembrance were tolled 40 times, once for each of the passengers and crew as their names were read, a tradition from the annual September 11 Observance. Dedication of Phase 2 was planned for September 11, 2018. On October 3, 2014, a fire badly burned three administrative buildings at the Memorial, causing extensive damage to the buildings, according to U.S. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst. All employees evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was not initially known that day. The buildings serve as the park's headquarters, including the


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: superintendent's office. The fire did not affect the actual memorial or the construction of the visitors center, which are about two miles away from the burned area on the large site. Officials hoped to finish construction of the visitors center by June 2015 to give park officials three months to install exhibits in time to open by the 14th anniversary of the attacks. The Pennsylvania State Police and the National Park Service Police conducted a joint investigation into the fire and later determined it to be likely caused by smoking materials. Park staff completed an initial inventory the following day


title: "Flight 93 National Memorial" content: and reported that the losses included the flag that had hung over the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2001; a handful of personal items of the passengers and crew; DVD copies of the annual commemoration ceremony and of meetings of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission; and about 100 tribute items left by visitors. Flight 93 National Memorial The Flight 93 National Memorial is located at the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked in the September 11 attacks, in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about north of Shanksville, and southeast of Pittsburgh.


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title: Artemon content: syllogism which may be devised to sustain their impiety. And if any one brings before them a passage of Divine Scripture, they see whether a conjective or disjunctive form of syllogism can be made from it. And as being of the earth and speaking of the earth, and as ignorant of him who cometh from above, they forsake the holy writings of God to devote themselves to geometry. Euclid is laboriously measured by some of them; and Aristotle and Theophrastus are admired; and Galen, perhaps, by some is even worshiped. Artemon Artemon (fl. c. 230 AD), a prominent Christian teacher


title: "Francis E. Anstie" content: proposed could be consumed daily with no ill effects. It is 1.5 ounces of pure ethanol, equivalent to two and one-half US standard drinks. At the time of his death Anstie's reputation was rapidly growing, and was as great in America as at home. Offers were made to induce him to accept a professorship and hospital appointment in that country, which family reasons, among others, induced him to decline. In 1874 he took part in the foundation of the Medical School for Women, and acted with great energy as the first dean of the school. Besides the works mentioned above,


title: COMSAT content: 2002. On 11 May 2004 Lockheed Martin announced that Intelsat, Ltd. would acquire Lockheed Martin's COMSAT General business for $90 million. At that time COMSAT General provided satellite-centric telecommunications services and equipment, concentrating on international fixed and mobile satellite systems. In the 2nd quarter of 2007 BT Group of the UK announced the acquisition of COMSAT International from CIH, and Lockheed Martin announced the sale of its remaining 20% interest in COMSAT International. COMSAT operated the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 2000 Link, and added to its sports portfolio by purchasing the Quebec Nordiques in


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Indian Mound Cemetery Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian mound, known as the Romney Indian Mound. Indian Mound Cemetery is also the site of Fort Pearsall, the Confederate Memorial, Parsons Bell Tower, and reinterments from Romney's Old Presbyterian Cemetery. The cemetery is currently owned and maintained by the Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. Indian Mound Cemetery is the burial site of two


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: governors of West Virginia, a United States House Representative, a United States Secretary of the Army, an owner of the Washington Redskins, and descendants of the family of George Washington. Days before the 150th anniversary of the Confederate Monument's dedication was to be observed, it was vandalized. The vandalism read "reparations now", and the extent of the damage is unclear. The Romney Indian mound is a burial mound that measures in height and approximately in diameter, according to the site marker. Since this marker was erected, further research indicates the mound has been opened at some point in the past.


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: It is the largest of the remaining mounds discovered in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The Romney Indian Mound is representative of thousands of small Middle and Late Woodland burial mounds that occurred throughout much of eastern North America. Throughout its history, the Romney Indian Mound has traditionally been covered in pine trees, of which several remain as of 2010. The Romney Indian Mound was constructed at what was once the crossroads of the Shawnee Trail, running north and south, and the east-west Indian Road (later the Northwestern Turnpike and U.S. Route 50) leading to the Allegheny Mountains. The original owner


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: of the mound, David Gibson, gave the site to the city of Romney on the condition that the mound would not be disturbed. For this reason, the city has never allowed the mound to be excavated. The Smithsonian Institution suggests the Romney Indian Mound possibly dates from between 500 and 1000 CE given the ages of similar mounds it excavated in the Eastern Panhandle. The mound was likely constructed by peoples of the Hopewell culture, who resided within West Virginia between 500 BC and 1,000 CE. The Romney Indian Mound is perhaps the only accessible mound east of the Allegheny


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Mountains that has been preserved. This is mostly due in part to both its location high above the flood plain of the South Branch Potomac River and that it was never plowed over. Several years prior to the onset of the American Civil War, Romney's Old Presbyterian Cemetery at Gravel Lane and High Street had become full and the city of Romney sought to procure a larger tract for a new spacious cemetery. Indian Mound Cemetery was incorporated by an act of the Virginia General Assembly around 1859. The land was conveyed to the Indian Mound Cemetery Company by David


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Gibson on May 31, 1860. The land conveyed by Gibson had previously been a tract of his nearby Sycamore Dale plantation. The cemetery's original design consisted of two plats: the higher plat around the Romney Indian Mound and the lower plat above Sulphur Spring Run reserved for the burials of African Americans. The latter separated from Indian Mound Cemetery and became known as the Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, which is currently maintained by the Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church. On May 22, 1869, a meeting was held at the Hampshire County Courthouse to elect a board of directors of the


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Indian Mound Cemetery Company. The company operated the cemetery until it was incorporated by the state of West Virginia on August 25, 1925 as the Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. The association has been administered by a self-perpetuating board of directors since 1925. On October 6, 1925, an additional five acres to the north were purchased by the Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. from Hiram C. and Katie Feidner Cooper. Due to its strategic location on a bluff commanding views of the South Branch Potomac River, the Romney Covered Bridge, and the Northwestern Turnpike for half a mile, Indian Mound


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Cemetery was an important lookout position during the American Civil War. On October 22, 1861, Union Army General Scott ordered General Benjamin Franklin Kelley to concentrate his forces at New Creek (now known as Keyser) and attack and capture Romney. Kelley left New Creek early on the morning of October 27 and the Confederate States Army at Romney began preparations for his arrival. The Confederates planted a twelve-pound rifle cannon and a mountain howitzer in Indian Mound Cemetery ready to fire at the lead of the Union Army column as it emerged from Mechanicsburg Gap in Mill Creek Mountain. The


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Union forces drove in and advanced to Indian Mound Cemetery where the Confederate forces made a stand and opened fire on the Federals with the twelve-pound rifle cannon and the mountain howitzer. A severe cannonade took place between the artillery of both the Union and Confederate forces for an hour. Also during the American Civil War, Indian Mound Cemetery was used as a burial ground by both Union and Confederate armies. The majority of soldiers killed in the vicinity of Romney were buried in blankets in the cemetery, many whose names are unknown. Captain Richard Ashby, the brother of Confederate


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: General Turner Ashby, was interred with all the honors of war under a giant oak tree on July 4, 1861 in Indian Mound Cemetery shortly after his death at nearby Washington Bottom Farm on July 3 from wounds received in a skirmish on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Turner Ashby attended his brother's funeral at Indian Mound Cemetery where his behavior was described in Edward A. Pollard's "Southern History of the War" as touching: Ashby's body was removed from the cemetery to Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia in October 1862 where it was reinterred next to Ashby's brother General Turner


title: "Indian Mound Cemetery" content: Ashby. Their grave is marked "The Brothers Ashby." The Confederate Memorial was erected by local ladies in honor of Hampshire County's Confederate dead and dedicated in Indian Mound Cemetery on September 26, 1867. It is considered one of the oldest, if not the first, permanent memorials to Confederate dead in the United States. Indian Mound Cemetery Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian


title: "Krivak-class frigate" content: and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. The first ship was Soviet frigate Bditelnyy that was commissioned in 1970. A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy (Russian Navy) and 8 modified ships of Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Currently 7 of Nerey subclass are in FSB Coast Guard and one is part of Ukrainian Navy. The ship's unique features—the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast, earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training —


title: "Pascal Lee" content: a year in Antarctica on national service duty. Upon his return, he moved to the United States to begin graduate studies in astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Pascal Lee studied astronomy and space sciences at Cornell, and worked as a research and teaching assistant for his thesis adviser Joseph Veverka, and the late Carl Sagan. Pascal Lee's PhD thesis dissertation was titled: "Physical properties and processing of asteroid regoliths and interiors". As a graduate student, Lee participated in several NASA planetary spacecraft missions, including "Voyager 2"s flyby of Neptune and its large moon Triton, "Galileo"s flyby of


title: "Singapore Arts Festival" content: The Lunatics from the Netherlands. It was held in Bedok Reservoir from 20–22 June. The 2010s theme, Between You and Me, was all about getting closer to the arts. For the first time, the Festival will actively reach out to everyone through an outreach programme called com.mune. Together with a stellar showcase of international performances, the Festival will truly touch you in ways you never imagined possible. Singapore Arts Festival 2011 will be held from 13 May to 5 June 2011 and its theme is 'I Want To Remember'. The opening show will be When a Gray Taiwanese Cow Stretched,


title: "European green lizard" content: European green lizard The European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) is a large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes from Slovenia and eastern Austria to as far east as the Black Sea coasts of Ukraine and Turkey. It is often seen sunning on rocks or lawns, or sheltering amongst bushes. There is an ongoing discussion as to whether "Lacerta viridis" and "Lacerta bilineata" are separate species. Genetic data weakly supports their separation into two species but more investigation needs to be done. The lizard reaches up to from the tip of the muzzle to the cloaca. The tail can be up to


title: "European green lizard" content: twice the length of the body, total length is up to . This lizard sometimes sheds its tail (autotomy) to evade the grasp of a predator, regrowing it later. The male has a larger head and a uniform green coloring punctuated with small spots that are more pronounced upon its back. The throat is bluish in the adult male and to a lesser extent in the female. The female is more slender than the male and has a more uniform coloration, often displaying between two and four light bands bordered by black spots. The European green lizard is native to


title: "European green lizard" content: southeastern Europe. Its range extends from southern Germany, Austria, eastern Italy, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece to southern Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and western Turkey. It has been introduced into the state of Kansas in the United States. Various attempts were made to introduce green lizards into Britain since the late 19th century, and a colony identified as "L. bilineata" has survived at Bournemouth since the late 1990s. It is known from elevations up to above sea level and its typical habitat is dense bushy vegetation in open woodland, hedgerows, field margins, embankments and bramble thickets. In


title: "European green lizard" content: the northern part of its range it may be found on bushy heathland and in the southern part it prefers damp locations. The European green lizard lives on the ground and in low, dense vegetation and likes to bask in the sun, early and late in the day. It feeds mainly on insects and other small invertebrates but it also sometimes takes fruit, birds eggs, fledglings, small lizards and even mice. In spring, the female lays six to twenty eggs which hatch in two to four months. Newly hatched juveniles are pale brown with a snout-to-vent length of . They


title: "European green lizard" content: become mature the following year by which time they will have doubled in size. The IUCN lists the European green lizard as being of "Least Concern". This is because it has a wide range and is common in at least part of that range. It is an adaptable species and no substantial threats have been identified over most of its range. However, in Turkey it may be impacted by the use of pesticides. European green lizard The European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) is a large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes from Slovenia and eastern Austria to as far east as


title: "United States – Indonesia Society" content: both the United States and Indonesia. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, USINDO does not lobby the U.S. Congress or the administration on any particular piece of legislation or policy. USINDO has approximately 8,000 participants, almost half of them residing in Indonesia, with the rest in the United States and other countries. United States – Indonesia Society The United States – Indonesia Society (USINDO) is the only non-government organization devoted to enhancing Americans’ understanding of Indonesia, Indonesians’ knowledge of America, and strengthening relations between the two countries and their people. It is a bi-national organization co-chaired by J. Stapleton Roy (former


title: Literomancy content: as signed by an individual, just as a professional handwriting analyst might, but uses instinct and divination techniques rather than applied analysis skills. As a superstition, literomancy is practised in Chinese-speaking communities and known as "cèzì" (). The subjects of a literomancy are traditionally single characters and the requestor's name (Chinese believe that the name can affect one's destiny). In modern times, elements such as foreign words or even more recently, e-mail addresses and instant message handles have come into use as a subject. Literomancy Literomancy, from the Latin "litero", "letter", "mancy", "divination", is a form of fortune-telling based on


title: "Calystegia sepium" content: Calystegia sepium Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed) (formerly "Convolvulus sepium") is a species of bindweed, with a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the temperate Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is an herbaceous perennial that twines around other plants, in a counter-clockwise direction, to a height of up to 2–4 m, rarely 5 m. The pale matte green leaves are arranged spirally, simple, pointed at the tip and arrowhead shaped, 5–10 cm long and 3–7 cm broad. The flowers are white, or pale pink with five darker stripes, produced from late spring to the end of


title: "Calystegia sepium" content: summer. In the bud, they are covered by large bracts which remain but scarcely overlap and do not cover the sepals of the open flower. The open flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3–7 cm diameter, white, or pale pink with white stripes. After flowering the fruit develops as an almost spherical capsule 1 cm diameter containing two to four large, black seeds that are shaped like quartered oranges. The seeds disperse and thrive in fields, borders, roadsides and open woods. Several regional subspecies have been described, but they are not considered distinct by all authorities: Other vernacular names include greater bindweed, bearbind,


title: "Calystegia sepium" content: hedge convolvulus, hooded bindweed, old man's nightcap, wild morning glory, bride's gown, wedlock (referring to the white gown-like flowers and the binding nature of the vine), white witches hat, belle of the ball. A common childhood pastime in the UK is to 'pop' the flowers from the sepals while chanting "Granny, granny — pop out of bed". "Calystegia sepium" is a plant with showy white flowers. However, because of its quick growth, clinging vines and broad leaves, it can overwhelm and pull down cultivated plants including shrubs and small trees. Its aggressive self-seeding (seeds can remain viable as long as


title: "Calystegia sepium" content: 30 years) and the success of its creeping rhizomes (they can be as long as 3–4 m) cause it to be a persistent weed and have led to its classification as a noxious weed. Calystegia sepium Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed) (formerly "Convolvulus sepium") is a species of bindweed, with a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the temperate Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is an herbaceous perennial that twines around other plants, in a counter-clockwise direction, to a height of up to 2–4 m, rarely 5 m. The pale matte green leaves are arranged spirally,


title: "Centreville High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)" content: 1st time since the 2000-2001 season with a 1st round Concorde District Tournament victory over Robinson Secondary School. During the 2011-2012 Men's Basketball season, the team won its first Northern Region Tournament game since 2001 by defeating Washington-Lee in the first round. They finished the season as one of the top eight teams in the region. Warren Denny was named the Concorde District Boys Basketball Co-Player of the Year in 2009-2010. Warren was also named to the First Team All Northern Region Team. Colin Miller (Class of 2006) won the Virginia State Heavyweight wrestling title. He signed a letter of


title: "Firehole River" content: mid-summer high temperatures caused by geothermal activity. The Firehole River is a famous and storied destination for serious fly fishermen. When it was discovered in the 1830s by American explorers, the Firehole was barren of trout above what is now called Firehole Falls. Brook trout were first introduced to the upper Firehole in 1889, while brown trout, the river's most plentiful trout today, was first stocked in 1890. Rainbow trout were not introduced until 1923. Mountain whitefish are native to the Firehole below Firehole Falls. By the late 19th century, the Firehole and Yellowstone National Park in general was a


title: Anaphalis content: Anaphalis Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the Asteraceae family, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia. There is one species native to North America that is fairly well known and popular in cultivation, namely the western pearly everlasting ("Anaphalis margaritacea"). The name probably derives from the common practice of drying the flowers and stems for decorations through winter months. This plant was used extensively by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes.


title: Anaphalis content: Two of the species, "A. javanica" and "A. longifolia" can be found on mountainsides on the Island of Java in Indonesia. "Anaphalis javanica", also known as the Javanese Edelweiss, is currently an endangered species. Anaphalis Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the Asteraceae family, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia. There is one species native to North America that is fairly well known and popular in cultivation, namely the western pearly everlasting ("Anaphalis


title: "Ebbw Valley Railway" content: Vale and Cardiff would be reopened. Morgan said it would be part of a "package of measures to offset hundreds of steel job losses at the Corus plant". At the time, the Assembly Government's financial commitment was estimated at £7 million over two years, the project cost was estimated at £15 million and the line forecast to open in 2004. Proposals for the Ebbw Valley line, forecast to cost £27.2 million, were unveiled to the public in January 2003. The scheme was to provide an hourly service to Cardiff beginning in 2005, followed by an hourly service to Newport beginning


title: "Scott Benzel" content: .sound at the Schindler House". Both shows presented historical and contemporary experimental musical works in unusual settings. Musical projects have included Destroy All Monsters, the band led by American artist Mike Kelley and Machines of Loving Grace. In 2009, Benzel released Blak Bloc, a composition for string quartet and guitar feedback and synthesizer, chosen by Artforum magazine as a Best of 2009: Music. In addition to production and remix work with The Red Krayola, Destroy All Monsters, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams, Boss Hog, , , and various others, Benzel has produced albums for Fat Possum Records, Plug Research


title: "Volcano, California" content: bought the property, which is still owned and managed by their descendants. Approximately 300,000 flowers are in bloom during the Spring. The 2010 United States Census reported that Volcano had a population of 115. The population density was 76.6 people per square mile (29.6/km²). The racial makeup of Volcano was 109 (94.8%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 2 (1.7%) Native American, 2 (1.7%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 0 (0.0%) from other races, and 2 (1.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 persons (6.1%). The Census reported that 115 people (100% of the


title: "Nathaniel Carl Goodwin" content: "Evangeline" company in 1874. It was at this time that he married Eliza Weathersby (d. 1887), an English actress with whom he played for two seasons in Benjamin E. Woolf's "Hobbies". It was not until 1889, however, that Nat Goodwin's talent as a comedian of the legitimate type began to be recognized. From that time he appeared in a number of plays designed to display his drily humorous method, such as Brander Matthews' and George H. Jessop's "A Gold Mine", Henry Guy Carleton's "A Gilded Fool" and "Ambition", Henry V. Esmond's "When We Were Twenty-one", and others. He also found


title: "Tepehuán" content: along with 70 black slaves, 200 Spaniards of all age and condition, and the countless converts who embraced their faith so much they chose death over renouncing it. The Northern Tepehuan refer to themselves as "Ódami." Although the etymology of the name "Tepehuan" is still a matter of contention, the word almost certainly stems from tepetl, the Nahuatl word for "mountain." The Northern Tepehuan are scattered over sparsely settled high woodlands and canyons in the southwestern corner of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Southern Tepehuan are separated from the Northern by several hundred kilometers, and are found in


title: "John William Fletcher" content: Wesley's and his Methodist societies which in many cases came into tension with the parish clergy, John Fletcher believed the Methodist model functioned best within the parochial system, and himself implemented his own brand of Methodism in his own parish. John Wesley had chosen Fletcher to lead the Methodist movement upon Wesley's passing, but Fletcher died prior to Wesley. In 1781, Fletcher returned from the Continent where he had been convalescing from a severe respiratory disorder. Upon his return he picked up a correspondence with a woman he had met nearly thirty years previous, Mary Bosanquet, who in the early


title: "Scars (Soil album)" content: in late 2001. They began 2002 by touring with Soulfly, Static-X and Onesidezero in the US. That spring, Soil went to Europe with Adema before joining Sevendust for five weeks. They performed as a Second Stage act on Ozzfest 2002 where Zakk Wylde performed "Halo" with the band. Soil's second album gave the band a foothold in the mainstream scene with the singles "Halo" and "Unreal". Both songs had music videos which were shown on MTV2 and MMUSA. The lead single's video depicts the band performing in a rundown house filled with youngsters dancing to the song. The crumbling, dust


title: "Pacific Data Images" content: movies. This started with a project for a real time performance character for Jim Henson Productions. During these years of transition, PDI moved away from the motion graphics market and focused their attention on commercials and 3D visual effects for feature films. Notable among the commercials was the first Pillsbury Doughboy created in CG. Pillsbury was the first company to move an established icon to CG. Before this, all previous animated commercials were done with stop-motion. Other notable commercials include the "Bud Bowl" and "Scrubbing Bubbles" spots. Early in the 1990s, Thaddeus Beier and Shawn Neely developed a method for


title: "Killian Nine" content: States District Court in Miami. The complaint alleged that Miami-Dade County violated Cuesta's First Amendment right to free speech and Fourth Amendment freedom from unreasonable search and seizure under the U.S. Constitution. Killian Nine The Killian Nine were a group of high school students at Miami Killian High School who, on February 23, 1998, made a satirical pamphlet called "First Amendment" and passed it out to fellow students. The pamphlet contained poems, essays, cartoons, and writings, several of which were deemed objectionable by the school administration. Included were a drawing of a dart through the head of the school's principal,


title: "Chorister School, Durham" content: 20 boy choristers who sing separately alongside the 12 men of the choir. Choristers typically join the choir between the ages of 7 and 9 and remain until the age of 13. The choristers receive a (50%) discounted education as boarding pupils. Further means tested financial support can be provided. Choristers are able to participate fully in all of the extra-curricular activities that the school offers, including drama and sport. Choristers receive a first class musical education and experience performing to the highest of standards in one of Britain's favourite buildings. The majority of the choir's singing takes place during


title: "2001 Pacific typhoon season" content: to the west of Hong Kong and dissipated on July 26. On July 29, Typhoon Toraji hit eastern Taiwan and continued westward to make landfall on southeast China on the July 30. Torrential rainfall produced by the storm triggered flash flooding and landslides across Taiwan, killing 200 people and leaving NT$7.7 billion ($245 million USD) in damage. At least 30 people were killed in a village located in Nantou County which was completely buried by mud and rocks. In the wake of the storm, Taiwan's Premier, Chang Chun-hsiung criticized the excessive development of Taiwan and lack of heedance of possible


title: "2000 Pacific typhoon season" content: storm dissipated on September 10. Severe Tropical Storm Sonamu developed on September 15 from the remnants of Bopha. It headed east-northeastward and then north-northeastward, peaking with winds of 100 km/h (65 mph). By September 18, Sonamu dissipated near Hokkaido. On September 14, a low-pressure area formed near the southern Marshall Islands. Favorable conditions allowed the low to strengthen into a tropical depression on September 17, and to intensify into a typhoon early on September 20. Shanshan reached peak intensity on September 21 as a Category 4 super typhoon. Due to the Fujiwhara effect, Shanshan was weakened by an extratropical cyclone


title: "Craig Bolton" content: SCG in Round 4, ruling him out for the year. On 24 March 2011, Bolton announced his immediate retirement after an ankle injury which would rule him out of the upcoming 2011 AFL season. Following his playing career, Bolton commenced a media career as an Australian Rules Football commentator on ABC Local Radio and also a guest commentator of the sport on the Seven Network. ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006


title: "Mortal Engines Quartet" content: all over the globe. This, as well as the Stalker minds found among Old-Tech (and Shrike) seems to prove that robots had, by the time of the Sixty Minute War, achieved sentience. In the first book Medusa is the machine that is added to London. London uses it to fire at another traction city and the city ends up in flames. Some people didn't like this as they said it was a waste, as they cannot salvage anything. The Fever Crumb Series, although released after the Mortal Engines Quartet, takes place centuries or millennia before the events depicted in the


title: "Antonius Diogenes" content: about the plot. The few surviving papyrus fragments of the novel, however, do reveal some aspects of the structure and content. Even though Photios praises the work in high tones, both for its style clarity and its plot credibility, the summary of the content that he presents creates a confusing impression, mainly because of the multiple nested levels of narration. The novel begins in an outermost layer where the author writes about a certain Roman fellow, Faustinus, reporting on his travels in search of books. He's even off to Tyros, looking for marvels for his sister Isidora, who basically loves


title: "Juanita Hansen" content: brought by Evelyn Nesbit against Jack Clifford. Clifford left Nesbit in 1918, and she divorced him in 1933. She began working in live theatre, appearing in 1928 in the short-lived Broadway production "The High Hatters". Ten years after her last film in 1933, she was given a secondary role in the Monogram Pictures B-movie "Sensation Hunters" (1933). This, her first talkie, was her last film, and the ensuing years were marked by continual struggles with her drug addiction. In 1934, Juanita tried a comeback in movies but it was unsuccessful. At one point, she attempted suicide with an overdose of


title: "Snowbird (song)" content: Way Is My Way", in 1969. Murray would recall: "Gene told me he wrote ["Snowbird"] in twenty minutes while walking on a beach in PEI." The theme and approach broadly resemble that of the earlier hits "Message to Michael" (a.k.a. "Kentucky Bluebird" in hit versions by Lou Johnson and Adam Faith) and "Yellow Bird" in contrasting the narrator's being stranded in the place of his/her heartache to the bird's ability to just up and fly away. "Snowbird" sold well over a million copies and was recently picked as 19th on the "" list, a partially populist approach to defining the


title: "Rafe Judkins" content: artist and father being an inventor. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of five. His time was spent towards teaching English and science to inner city middle school students. He graduated in 2001 and was selected as the member of the senior class most likely to be on Survivor. Judkins moved to Providence, Rhode Island, sometime after graduating from the Academy to attend Brown University. His main focus during this time was in biology and anthropology. He also managed the Brown Outdoor Leadership Training (BOLT) program, which is used to give students exposure to wilderness situations with small


title: Esegel content: a Türkic tribe"". Constantine Porphyrogenitus wrote that endoethnonym of the "Magyar Türks" was "Savartoiaskaloi", i.e. "Savart" (Suvar/Sabir) and "Eskel". Yu.A.Zuev summarized that "It is held that Eskels (Esegels) merged with Hungarians (Magyars). The ethnographic group "Sekei" (written form Szekler) are recognized as their descendants". Esegels left a prominent trace in the Northern and Western Europe as last and first names, mostly in the form "Askel". Esegel Esegels (aka "Izgil" (), "Äsägel", "Askel", "Askil", "Ishkil", pinyin "Asijie", "Sijie") were a, possibly,Turkic dynastic tribe that in the Middle Ages joined the Itil Bulgaria state and were assimilated to Bulgars; or was possibly


title: "Xerophyllum tenax" content: Xerophyllum tenax Xerophyllum tenax is a North American species of plants in the corn lily family. It is known by several common names, including bear grass, squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass. "Xerophyllum tenax" has flowers with six sepals and six stamens borne in a terminal raceme. The plant can grow to 15–150 cm in height. It grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. The leaves are 30–100 cm long and 2–6 mm wide, dull olive green with toothed edges. The slightly fragrant white flowers emerge from


title: "Xerophyllum tenax" content: a tall stalk that bolts from the base. When the flowers are in bloom they are tightly packed at the tip of the stalk like an upright club. The plant is found mostly in western North America from British Columbia south to California and east to Wyoming, in subalpine meadows and coastal mountains, and also on low ground in the California coastal fog belt as far south as Monterey County. It is common on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Cascades, northern Sierra Nevada and Rockies. "Xerophyllum tenax" is an important part of the fire ecology of regions where it


title: "Xerophyllum tenax" content: is native. It has rhizomes which survive fire that clears dead and dying plant matter from the surface of the ground. The plant thrives with periodic burns and is often the first plant to sprout in a scorched area. Its fibrous leaves, which turn from green to white as they dry, are tough, durable, and easily dyed and manipulated into tight waterproof weaves. Plant colonies typically only bloom every five to seven years. The Hupa people use this plant to create a border pattern in baskets. This species has long been used by Native Americans who weave it in baskets.


title: "Xerophyllum tenax" content: They also braid dried leaves and adorn them on traditional buckskin dresses and jewelry. Xerophyllum tenax Xerophyllum tenax is a North American species of plants in the corn lily family. It is known by several common names, including bear grass, squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass. "Xerophyllum tenax" has flowers with six sepals and six stamens borne in a terminal raceme. The plant can grow to 15–150 cm in height. It grows in bunches with the leaves wrapped around and extending from a small stem at ground level. The leaves are 30–100 cm long and 2–6 mm


title: "Amsterdam albatross" content: Amsterdam albatross The Amsterdam albatross or Amsterdam Island albatross, "Diomedea amsterdamensis", is a huge albatross which breeds only on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It was only described in 1983, and was thought by some researchers to be a sub-species of the wandering albatross, "D. exulans". BirdLife International and the IOC recognize it as a species, James Clements does not, and the SACC has a proposal on the table to split the species. More recently, mitchondrial DNA comparisons between the Amsterdam albatross, the wandering albatross "Diomedea exulans," the Antipodean albatross "D. antipodensis" and the Tristan albatross "D. dabbenena,"


title: "Hassan Tower" content: Hassan Tower Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan () is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. Commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate in 1195, the tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque, also intended to be the world's largest. When al-Mansur died in 1199, construction on the mosque stopped. The tower reached 44 m (140 ft), about half of its intended 86 m (260 ft) height. The rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and


title: "Hassan Tower" content: 348 columns being constructed. The tower, made of red sandstone, along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forms an important historical and tourist complex in Rabat. Founder of the Hassan Tower Yaqub al-Mansur was a member of the Almohad Caliphate, a Berber Muslim empire in the Maghreb and Iberia. The tower, according to some traditions, was designed by an astronomer and mathematician named Jabir ibn Aflah who was also supposed to have designed Hassan's sister tower, the Giralda of Seville in Al Andalus (modern day Spain). Both of the towers were modeled on