title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: gold leaf. It is still under the control of the present Maharaja. "Chhavi Nivas" or Hall of Images – it is on the 5th floor. In the rainy season this place was the retreat of the Maharaja. It has an elegant floor of blue. Chandra mahal 6th floor is called "shri Niwas". And the 7th floor is called "Mukut mandir" crown temple. Also seen at the top of the Chandra Mahal is the flag of the royal family, which is seen unfurled when the Maharaja is in the palace. It is a one and quarter sized flag. However, when the


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: king is away, the queen's flag is hoisted on the building. There is an anecdote narrated about the 'one and quarter flag', which is the insignia flag of the Maharajas of Jaipur. Emperor Aurangzeb who attended the wedding of Jai Singh, shook hands with the young groom and wished him well on his marriage. On this occasion, Jai Singh made an irreverent remark to the Emperor stating that the way he had shaken hands with him made it incumbent on the Emperor to protect him (Jai Singh) and his kingdom. Aurangzeb, instead of responding in indignation at the quip, felt


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: pleased and conferred on the young Jai Singh the title of 'Sawai', which means "one and a quarter". Since then the Maharajas have pre-fixed their names with this title. During residence there, they also fly a one and a quarter size flag atop their buildings and palaces. There is also a tragic story linked to this palace. Ishawri Singh, son of Jai Singh who was unwilling to face the advancing army of Marathas, ended his life humiliatingly by getting bitten by a snake. Following this, his 21 wives and paramours also committed the then accepted ritual of sati or jauhar


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: (self immolation on the funeral pyre of their husband). It is the inner courtyard, which provides access to the Chandra Mahal. Here, there are four small gates (known as Ridhi Sidhi Pol) that are adorned with themes representing the four seasons and Hindu gods. The gates are the Northeast Peacock Gate (with motifs of peacocks on the doorway) representing autumn and dedicated Lord Vishnu; the Southeast Lotus Gate (with continual flower and petal pattern) suggestive of summer season and dedicated to Lord Shiva-Parvati; the Northwest Green Gate, also called the Leheriya (meaning: "waves") gate, in green colour suggestive of spring


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: and dedicated to Lord Ganesha, and lastly, the Southwest Rose Gate with repeated flower pattern representing winter season and dedicated to Goddess Devi. Diwan-i-Am (Sabha Niwas), the Hall of Public Audience, is an enchanting chamber with the ceiling painted in rich red and gold colours, which still looks vibrant. It is a major attraction. This chamber, functioning now as an art gallery, has exhibits of exquisite miniature paintings (of Rajastahni, Mughal and Persian art), ancient texts, embroidered rugs, Kashmir shawls and carpets. The ceiling is richly decorated. It also showcases rare ancient handwritten original manuscripts of Hindu scriptures (the Hindu


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: holy scripture of the Bhagavad Gita handwritten in tiny script). Also seen in the art gallery is the Royal throne (called as Takth-e-Rawal) that was the seat of the Maharaja during public audiences. It was mounted on an elephant or carried by palanquin bearers during the Maharaja's visit outside the palace. At the entry gateway to the hall, two large elephants, each made out of single marble rock are on display. The 'Diwan-I-Khas' or the 'Hall of Private Audience' is a marble floored chamber located between the armoury and the art gallery. There are two huge sterling silver vessels of


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: height and each with capacity of 4000 litres and weighing , on display here. They were made from 14,000 melted silver coins without soldering. They hold the Guinness World Record as the world's largest sterling silver vessels. These vessels were specially made by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II, who was a highly pious Hindu, to carry the water of the Ganges to drink on his trip to England in 1901 (for Edward VII's coronation) as he was finicky about committing religious sin by consuming the English water. Hence, the vessels are named as "Gangajelies" (Ganges-water urns). There are a number


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: of crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling (normally covered with plastic sheets to prevent dust collection), which are uncovered on special occasions. Maharani's Palace was originally the residence of the royal queens. It has been converted into a museum, where weapons used by the royalty during war campaigns are displayed, including those belonging to the 15th century. The ceiling of this chamber has unique frescoes, which are preserved using jewel dust of semiprecious stones. A particular weaponry on display is the scissor-action dagger, which when thrust into an enemy's body is said to disembowel the victim, on its withdrawal. The


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: other artefacts on display include swords with pistols attached to it, the sword presented by Queen Victoria to Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh (1835–80), guns serving as walking sticks and a small canon. Bagghi Khana is a museum in the palace complex where a collection of old carriages, palanquins and European cabs adopted as baggis to Indian situations are on display here. The baggi which attracts attention is the one gifted by Prince of Wales to the Maharaja in 1876, called the Victoria baggi. Also on display here are the "mahadol", a palanquin with a single bamboo bar that was used


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: to carry the priests and a ratha (chariot) that was used for carrying the idols of Hindu gods in procession on festive occasions. Govind Dev Ji temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Krishna, is part of the City Palace complex. It was built in early 18th century outside the walls set in a garden environment. It has European chandeliers and paintings of Indian art. The ceiling in the temple is ornamented in gold. Its location provided a direct view to the Maharaja from his Chandar Mahal palace. The arathi (prayer offering) for the deity can be seen by devotees


title: "City Palace, Jaipur" content: only for seven times during the day. City Palace, Jaipur City Palace, Jaipur, which includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings, is a palace complex in Jaipur, the capital of the Rajasthan state, India. It was the seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur, the head of the Kachwaha Rajput clan. The Chandra Mahal palace now houses a museum, but the greatest part of it is still a royal residence. The palace complex, located northeast of the centre of the grid-patterned Jaipur city, incorporates an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings. The palace was


title: "Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1989)" content: well. He grabbed season highs of 6 rebounds twice against Valparaiso and North Florida, scored 11 points against Valparaiso, and a career-tying high with 9 assists against Austin Peay. In a game against IPFW, Lewis had 8 assists and 8 points with no turnovers. He scored a then-career high 17 points in a road game at Penn State. On January 22, Jackson scored a new career high 19 points against Michigan State. Lew scored in double figures eleven times. On December 20, Jackson was named a Bob Cousy Award candidate. Becoming more of a needed scoring option for the Boilers,


title: "Battle of Chongju (1950)" content: popular and respected commanding officer, Green's loss was keenly felt by the Australians. Meanwhile, Coad received congratulations from Gay for the brigade's victory at Chongju after marching in twelve hours. The fighting around Chongju was the heaviest undertaken by the Australians since entering the war. North Korean casualties included 162 killed and 10 captured, while Australian losses were nine killed and 30 wounded, including Green. The Royal Australian Regiment was subsequently granted the battle honour "Chongju". Following the capture of the town the US 21st Infantry Regiment had set off rapidly along the road to Sonchon to the west. Encountering


title: "Marion Hedgepeth" content: Francis and Lucius "Dink" Wilson) – which by 1890 newspapers referred to as the "Hedgepeth Four" – robbed a train of $40,000 in Glendale, Missouri, near St. Louis, Missouri, personally escaping with some $10,000. The gang fled to Salt Lake City and disbanded. After being relentlessly pursued by the Pinkertons, he was finally arrested on February 10, 1892, in San Francisco, along with Slye, and brought back to Missouri for trial. Convicted, he was sentenced in 1893 to 25 years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. Hedgepeth informed on a former cell-mate, whom he knew as "H.M. Howard" but was really


title: "Greg Blaney" content: Greg Blaney Greg Blaney is an Irish former dual player who played Gaelic football and hurling for Down in the 1980s and 1990s.He was one of the all-time greats both tough and classy as a hurler and footballer.He was a tough man and a truly great dual player. He is chiefly remembered as a footballer. He was part of the Down team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1991 and 1994. Blaney also won three Ulster Senior Football Championships and a National League title with Down. He also had a distinguished underage career with the county - winning


title: "Albert Gonzalez" content: a nondescript house in Miami. He was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he was indicted in the Heartland attacks. Gonzalez had multiple US co-defendants for the Dave & Buster's and TJX thefts. The main ones were charged and sentenced as follows: In August 2009, Gonzalez was indicted in Newark, New Jersey on charges dealing with hacking into the Heartland Payment Systems, Citibank-branded 7-Eleven ATM's and Hannaford Brothers computer systems. Heartland bore the bulk of the attack, in which 130 million card numbers were stolen. Hannaford had 4.6 million numbers stolen. Two other retailers were not disclosed


title: "Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume" content: Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume (September 13, 1874 – August 10, 1954) was a Quebec politician, lawyer and judge. Rhéaume earned his law degree at Laval University and was admitted to the bar in 1903 and became King's Counsel in 1914. He was elected by acclamation as a Liberal to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Jacques Cartier in a 1922 by-election. He was re-elected in the 1925 and 1926 federal elections twice defeating Esioff-Léon Patenaude who was Conservative leader Arthur Meighen's Quebec lieutenant and Justice minister. However, Rhéaume lost his seat in the 1930 federal election.


title: "Battle of the Samichon River" content: were reinforced. By early morning the Chinese had seized parts of the forward American trench-line and moved to isolate the position with indirect fire and patrols which penetrated between the outpost and the main defensive position to the rear; the Marines still controlled the rear trenches and, reorganising their defence, succeeded in checking the Chinese assault. Defending strongly, the Marines used flamethrowers, machine-guns and mortars, supported by M46 Patton tanks and artillery fire and following several hours of fighting the Chinese attack was finally broken up by indirect fire. An entire Chinese battalion had been committed piecemeal to the attack,


title: "August 2009 Egyptian hostage escape" content: August 2009 Egyptian hostage escape On August 13, 2009, Egyptians captured by Somali pirates and held hostage for ransom attacked their captors, using whatever was at their disposal before seizing weapons from the pirates. They managed to overpower their captors and reach Aden, Yemen, in what was described a "daring and dramatic escape." Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991, when a dictatorship was overthrown, plunging the country into chaos. The ensuing power vacuum, and the lack of authority in the country has resulted in a surge in piracy, which occurs along Somalia's 1,900-mile coastline, the Gulf of


title: "Doblhoff WNF 342" content: by Walter Mikron. It first flew in 1943, and was captured with V4 at Zell am See. V3: The second WNF 342 had a larger rotor and was destroyed during testing.V4: The last unit produced was a two-seat variant with new collective and cyclic controls. After 25 flight hours it was captured by United States forces and on July 19, 1945, shipped to the US under Operation Lusty on HMS Reaper (D82). Doblhoff WNF 342 The Doblhoff/WNF 342 was the first helicopter to take off and land using tip jets to drive the rotor. The WNF 342 was designed for


title: "Jordan Cook" content: Jordan Cook Jordan Alan Cook (born 20 March 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a striker for club Grimsby Town. Cook was born in Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear and attended Hetton School. He began his career with Hetton Juniors, before joining Sunderland aged seven. Cook progressed through the club's youth system and signed his first professional contract on 30 May 2008. He joined League Two club Darlington on loan on 18 August 2009, before making his debut later that day in a 1–0 defeat at home to Crewe Alexandra, in which he was substituted


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: Tower of St. Olav The Tower of St. Olav is the one remaining tower of Vyborg Castle. It is a symbol and an architectural landmark of the city of Vyborg. The fortress was conceived by Torkel Knutsson, the Lord High Constable of Sweden, who led in the 1290s a crusade to Karelia, the Third Finnish Crusade, which was actually aimed against the Russian state of Novgorod. He chose the location of the new fortress to command the Bay of Vyborg, which was a trading site already used by locals. From the bay, a river leads inland, ultimately connecting the place


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: to several districts, lakes, and indirectly also to rivers going to Lake Ladoga. By request of Torkel Knutsson the main fortress tower was constructed in 1293. According to the Russian military historians the first fortifications consisted of a rectangular donjon type tower and the closed perimeter of a defensive wall, which surrounded the tower. Russian archaeological excavations confirm this fact. The builders constructed the tower from huge boulders, according to traditions of the Italian fortification style then dominant in Europe. The tower was named for a legendary king of Norway, Olaf Sacred, who confirmed Christianity in Scandinavia and was later


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: canonised. The foundation of the tower is made of stone laid without application of a building solution; the tower walls are composed of stones cemented with use of a strong solution and revetted by boulders. The tower is rectangular (size is 15.5 х 15.6 meters), with walls 4.5 meters thick. The tower top has a crenelated wall on which a wooden gallery for defenders was erected. The castle cellar was used for storage of supplies and a prison, while the ground floor was used for living space. The new fortress was repeatedly besieged by the armies of the Novgorod Republic,


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: the most serious siege occurring in 1322. In this siege the most advanced artillery of the age was used: stone fougasse, including possibly the heavy arbalest. As a result of excavation, it has been discovered that wooden structures were once attached to the walls of the stone structure. Researchers have discovered traces burnt down in 14th century of a workshop processing bone and sheet bronze. They cannot, however, conclude with confidence whether or not a foundry works was present. In 1403 Vyborg received the official status of a city. Most likely at the beginning of 15th century the coast was


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: connected with the lock by a bateau bridge named Fortress bridge. Before attaining the royal throne of Sweden, Karl Knutsson (Bonde) took residence in Vyborg in 1442 and began strengthening and expanding the castle. He constructed new premises and strengthened the castle with new walls and towers, arranging it on the model of the European cities of that time. The tower of St. Olav received one more circle around it, connecting it with a group of buildings with which it was brought under a single roof in 1442–1448. In the middle of 16th century Swedish king Gustav Vasa reconstructed and


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: strengthened a fortress for expansion of borders of the state on the east. In 1525 the German count Johan von Hoya, brother-in-law of Gustav Vasa, became deputy of the castle. Instead of taking actions to strengthen the castle as a military fortress he began to arrange balls and tournaments which demanded considerable expenses. King Gustav sent an army to conquer Vyborg and count Johan von Hoya fled to Lübeck. In 1555 when Gustav Vasa was preparing for his next war with Russia he visited Vyborg and spent some time living in the castle. He noted its shabby condition and mentioned


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: in a letter «those lacks and errors» which he has seen in Finland. The king considered it a priority to carry out an urgent reconstruction of the defensive works both in the castle and in the city. Between 1556 and 1560 building was directed by deputy Klas Kristersson Horn. During this reconstruction Vyborg castle took the general form that it has retained to this day, but Horn did not have time to finish the defensive works and Tower of St. Olav was finally reconstructed by his son, Eric XIV. In 1561–1564 the top part of the quadrangular tower was disassembled,


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: and three floors re-erected in the form of an octangle. The tower was built of brick with a roof covered in lead specially brought from Stockholm. Over an entry gate, by order of the king, were placed the arms «three crowns»; in the tower were placed artillery of large calibre; and in a cellar was installed a warehouse for kernels. During the Great Northern War Russian armies under Peter I took all the fortresses of Karelia and Ingria: in 1703–1704 – Nyenschantz, Jama, Koporye, Noteburg, and Ivangorod. Vyborg fell on June, 13th 1710. The Medieval interiors of the castle remained


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: up to the middle of 19th century, but the most part have been destroyed by fire. In 1834 lightning struck a flagstaff of the tower, sparking a fire that burnt down the wooden support beams; the tower was restored in 1844. From during celebrations on the occasion of opening of Saimaa Canal fireworks were arranged. These ignited the dome of the tower and from there the fire was thrown down on buildings standing nearby, consuming all of Vyborg Castle in flames. The fire consumed the wooden buildings abutting the Tower of St. Olav, and only the Commandant's house and buildings


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: of the Forward courtyard escaped. Tower restoration was undertaken by the engineer corps under Colonel E. Lezedov on the orders of Russian Military Office in 1891–1894. The tower gate was given a granite stoop, and the internal premises were built anew, including the addition of a metal ladder mounted to the top part of the tower leading up to a viewing platform. From May 1, 1913 through August 6, 1914 Nikolay Suhomlin supervised engineering and civil work on the fortress. In the 1920s Finnish authorities again repaired the tower and partially opened it to the public, but it remained a


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: military facility. Following the Second World War the territory on which the tower is built passed under the jurisdiction of Soviet Union. The castle lagged behind as a military facility and after 1964 it was transferred to the Vyborg state museum of local lore. In the castle, work continues on the maintenance and safety of the monument, and now Vyborg Castle is seen as a unique monument of West European military architecture that was shaped by developments from the 13th through 19th centuries. Since 2000 the museum has been known as the State museum «Vyborg Castle». It is now due


title: "Tower of St. Olav" content: for major restoration. Artem Novikov, chairman of the Russian Association of restorers, plans to begin restoration in 2010–2012. Tower of St. Olav The Tower of St. Olav is the one remaining tower of Vyborg Castle. It is a symbol and an architectural landmark of the city of Vyborg. The fortress was conceived by Torkel Knutsson, the Lord High Constable of Sweden, who led in the 1290s a crusade to Karelia, the Third Finnish Crusade, which was actually aimed against the Russian state of Novgorod. He chose the location of the new fortress to command the Bay of Vyborg, which was


title: "Subiya people" content: Botswana). 24. Roodt, V. (2004).The Shell Map of the Chobe National Park. Gaborone, Botswana. 25. Samunzala, S.C. (2003). The social aspects of the life of the Basubiya of Chobe, 1928 – 1991.(BA Thesis, University of Botswana). 26. Shamukuni, D.M. (1972). The baSubiya. Botswana Notes and Records, Vol. 4, 161-184. 27. Shamukuni, D.M. (1960s). An introduction to Subiya grammar.(Unpublished manuscript). 28. Tlou, T., & Campbell, A. (1983).History of Botswana. Gaborone, Botswana: Macmillan. 29. Torrend, J. (1931). An English-Vernacular Dictionary of the Bantu Botatwe dialects of Northern Rhodesia. Natal : Gregg International. Subiya people The Subiya call themselves Veekuhane and their language


title: "The Phantom of 42nd Street" content: the scene of the crime, and so he takes an initially reluctant interest. Tony becomes more involved in the investigation when there is another murder, and when Claudia Moore (Kay Aldridge, in her last movie role), the girl he loves, is suspected, and is also possibly threatened by the killer. The Phantom of 42nd Street The Phantom of 42nd Street is a 1945 American film directed by Albert Herman, starring Dave O'Brien and Kay Aldridge. An actor is killed during the performance of a play while critic Tony Woolrich (Dave O'Brien) is attending. Initially Woolrich is reluctant to investigate, even


title: "Sport in Cuba" content: in Cuba was earning. It is worthy to note that Castro abolished professional sport in Cuba in the beginning of the Revolution. What this meant was that all leagues and teams are considered amateur. This concept was imbedded in the stated ideals of the revolution, that everyone should be equal. However this outflow of the best athletes and trainers began to take its toll. In 1997 Cuba ended its 10-year, 152-game, winning-streak at the baseball International Cup by losing to Japan 11 to 2. To fix this problem, Cuba began to offer material incentives like houses and cars to the


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title: "Sanchez Watt" content: the club would not be extended. He stated that Watt was "not physically up to the demands" of League One football. Despite the lack of opportunities, Watt said that he had developed as a player since joining the club on loan, adapting to a different style of play for a club where there were "big expectations". Following his loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday, Watt signed on loan for ambitious League Two club Crawley Town until the end of the season, with Crawley looking to achieve successive promotions. Watt made his debut for the club two days later in the FA


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title: Waviness content: intentional (form). Waviness is included in the ISO standards ISO 4287 and ISO 16610-21 as well as the U.S. standard ASME B46.1, and it is part of the surface texture symbol used in engineering drawings. The measurement of the waviness can be done with a variety of instruments, including both surface finish profilometers and roundness instruments. The nature of these instruments is continually progressing and now includes both stylus-based contact instruments as well as optical & laser-based non-contact instruments. In earlier instruments, the measurement output was inherently linked to the instrument itself, whereas there is now emerging some divergence between


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title: "J. Ward Russell" content: this position for the next six years. In 1930, upon the death of Judge George Raley, J. Ward was honored by then Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt with the appointment as the city judge and surrogate to fill out Raley's unexpired term. In 1932, Roosevelt again honored Russell with an appointment to the Hudson River Regulating Board. Russell was interviewed for this appointment just a few months prior to Roosevelt being nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention. Russell served as president for several years including the time of the opening of the Sacandaga River Reservoir. It was during J.


title: "EMedia Network" content: IPTV only eMedia Network channels are distributed via satellite on the following platforms: Galaxy-19 at 97°W (North America coverage) and Optus D2 at 152° East (Australia and New Zealand coverage). In addition, eMedia Network operate its own IPTV platform iON, which is available in North America and Australia. The IPTV service originally launched in partnership with Canadian ethnic broadcaster Ethnic Channels Group as NEXTV America & NEXTV Australia. However, in 2015 the service was re-launched as "iON" with eMedia Network taking over full control alongside new broadcast partner GSS Media. On August 21, 2013, eMedia Network announced a partnership with


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: Lactarius indigo Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported in southern France. "L. indigo" grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad range of trees. The fruit body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue-gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, that


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: oozes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken — a feature common to all members of the genus "Lactarius" — is also indigo blue, but slowly turns green upon exposure to air. The cap has a diameter of , and the stem is tall and thick. It is an edible mushroom, and is sold in rural markets in China, Guatemala, and Mexico. Originally described in 1822 as "Agaricus indigo" by American mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz, the species was later transferred to the genus "Lactarius" in 1838 by the Swede Elias Magnus Fries. German botanist Otto Kuntze called it


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: "Lactifluus indigo" in his 1891 treatise "Revisio Generum Plantarum", but the suggested name change was not adopted by others. Hesler and Smith in their 1960 study of North American species of "Lactarius" defined "L. indigo" as the type species of subsection "Caerulei", a group characterized by blue latex and a sticky, blue cap. In 1979, they revised their opinions on the organization of subdivisions in the genus "Lactarius", and instead placed "L. indigo" in subgenus "Lactarius" based on the color of latex, and the subsequent color changes observed after exposure to air. As they explained:The gradual development of blue to


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: violet pigmentation as one progresses from species to species is an interesting phenomenon deserving further study. The climax is reached in "L. indigo" which is blue throughout. "L. chelidonium" and its variety "chelidonioides", "L. paradoxus", and "L. hemicyaneus" may be considered as mileposts along the road to "L. indigo". The specific epithet "indigo" is derived from the Latin word meaning "indigo blue". Its names in the English vernacular include the "indigo milk cap", the "indigo Lactarius", the "blue milk mushroom", and the "blue Lactarius". In central Mexico, it is known as "añil", "azul", "hongo azul", "zuin", and "zuine"; it is


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: also called "quexque" (meaning "blue") in Veracruz and Puebla. Like many other mushrooms, "L. indigo" develops from a nodule, or pinhead, that forms within the underground mycelium, a mass of threadlike fungal cells called hyphae that make up the bulk of the organism. Under appropriate environmental conditions of temperature, humidity, and nutrient availability, the visible reproductive structures (fruit bodies) are formed. The cap of the fruit body, measuring between in diameter, is initially convex and later develops a central depression; in age it becomes even more deeply depressed, becoming somewhat funnel-shaped as the edge of the cap lifts upward. The


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: margin of the cap is rolled inwards when young, but unrolls and elevates as it matures. The cap surface is indigo blue when fresh, but fades to a paler grayish- or silvery-blue, sometimes with greenish splotches. It is often zonate: marked with concentric lines that form alternating pale and darker zones, and the cap may have dark blue spots, especially towards the edge. Young caps are sticky to the touch.The flesh is pallid to bluish in color, slowly turning greenish after being exposed to air; its taste is mild to slightly acrid. The flesh of the entire mushroom is brittle,


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: and the stem, if bent sufficiently, will snap open cleanly. The latex exuded from injured tissue is indigo blue, and stains the wounded tissue greenish; like the flesh, the latex has a mild taste. "Lactarius indigo" is noted for not producing as much latex as other "Lactarius" species, and older specimens in particular may be too dried out to produce any latex. The gills of the mushroom range from adnate (squarely attached to the stem) to slightly decurrent (running down the length of the stem), and crowded close together. Their color is an indigo blue, becoming paler with age or


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: staining green with damage. The stem is tall by thick, and the same diameter throughout or sometimes narrowed at base. Its color is indigo blue to silvery- or grayish blue. The interior of the stem is solid and firm initially, but develops a hollow with age. Like the cap, it is initially sticky or slimy to the touch when young, but soon dries out. Its attachment to the cap is usually in a central position, although it may also be off-center. Fruit bodies of "L. indigo" have no distinguishable odor. "L. indigo" var. "diminutivus" (the "smaller indigo milk cap") is


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: a smaller variant of the mushroom, with a cap diameter between , and a stem long and thick. It is often seen in Virginia. Hesler and Smith, who first described the variant based on specimens found in Brazoria County, Texas, described its typical habitat as "along [the] sides of a muddy ditch under grasses and weeds, [with] loblolly pine nearby". When viewed in mass, as in a spore print, the spores appear cream to yellow colored. Viewed with a light microscope, the spores are translucent (hyaline), elliptical to nearly spherical in shape, with amyloid warts, and have dimensions of 7–9


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: by 5.5–7.5 µm. Scanning electron microscopy reveals reticulations on the spore surface. The hymenium is the spore-producing tissue layer of the fruit body, and consists of hyphae that extend into the gills and terminate as end cells. Various cell types can be observed in the hymenium, and the cells have microscopic characteristics that may be used to help identify or distinguish species in cases where the macroscopic characters may be ambiguous. The spore-bearing cells, the basidia, are four-spored and measure 37–45 µm long by 8–10 µm wide at the thickest point. Cystidia are terminal cells of hyphae in the hymenium


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: which do not produce spores, and function in aiding spore dispersal, and maintaining favorable humidity around developing spores. The pleurocystidia are cystidia that are found on the face of a gill; they are 40–56 by 6.4–8 µm, roughly spindle-shaped, and have a constricted apex. The cheilocystidia—located on the edge of a gill—are abundant, and are 40.0–45.6 by 5.6–7.2 µm. The characteristic blue color of the fruiting body and the latex make this species easily recognizable. Other "Lactarius" species with some blue color include the "silver-blue milky" ("L. paradoxus"), found in eastern North America, which has a grayish-blue cap when young,


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: but it has reddish-brown to purple-brown latex and gills. "L. chelidonium" has a yellowish to dingy yellow-brown to bluish-gray cap and yellowish to brown latex. "L. quieticolor" has blue-colored flesh in the cap and orange to red-orange flesh in the base of the stem. Although the blue discoloration of "L. indigo" is thought to be rare in the genus "Lactarius", in 2007 five new species were reported from Peninsular Malaysia with bluing latex or flesh, including "L. cyanescens", "L. lazulinus", "L. mirabilis", and two species still unnamed. Although "L. indigo" is a well-known edible species, opinions vary on its desirability.


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: For example, American mycologist David Arora considers it a "superior edible", while a field guide on Kansas fungi rates it as "mediocre in quality". It may have a slightly bitter, or peppery taste, and has a coarse, grainy texture. The firm flesh is best prepared by cutting the mushroom in thin slices. The blue color disappears with cooking, and the mushroom becomes grayish. Because of the granular texture of the flesh, it does not lend itself well to drying. Specimens producing copious quantities of milk may be used to add color to marinades. In Mexico, individuals harvest the wild mushrooms


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: for sale at farmers' markets, typically from June to November; they are considered a "second class" species for consumption. "L. indigo" is also sold in Guatemalan markets from May to October. It is one of 13 "Lactarius" species sold at rural markets in Yunnan in southwestern China. A chemical analysis of Mexican specimens has shown "L. indigo" to contain moisture at 951 mg/g of mushroom, fat at 4.3 mg/g, protein at 13.4 mg/g, and dietary fiber at 18.7 mg/g, much higher in comparison to the common button mushroom, which contains 6.6 mg/g. Compared to three other wild edible mushroom species


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: also tested in the study ("Amanita rubescens", "Boletus frostii", and "Ramaria flava"), "L. indigo" contained the highest saturated fatty acids content, including stearic acid with 32.1 mg/g—slightly over half of the total free fatty acid content. The blue color of "L. indigo" is due to (7-isopropenyl-4-methylazulen-1-yl)methyl stearate, an organic analogous to azulene, which is biosynthesised from a sesquiterpene very similar to matricin, the precursor for chamazulene. It is unique to this species, but similar to a compound found in "L. deliciosus". "L. indigo" is distributed throughout southern and eastern North America but is most common along the Gulf Coast, Mexico,


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: and Guatemala. Its frequency of appearance in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States has been described as "occasional to locally common". Mycologist David Arora notes that in the United States, the species is found with ponderosa pine in Arizona, but is absent in California's ponderosa pine forests. It has also been collected from China, India, Guatemala, Costa Rica (in forests dominated by oak), and as its southernmost distribution in the Humboldt oak cloud forests of Colombia. In Europe, it has so far only been found in southern France. A study on the seasonal appearance of fruiting bodies in the


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: subtropical forests of Xalapa, Mexico, confirmed that maximal production coincided with the rainy season between June and September. "L. indigo" is a mycorrhizal fungus, and as such, establishes a mutualistic relationship with the roots of certain trees ("hosts"), in which the fungi exchange minerals and amino acids extracted from the soil for fixed carbon from the host. The subterranean hyphae of the fungus grow a sheath of tissue around the rootlets of a broad range of tree species, forming so-called ectomycorrhizae—an intimate association that is especially beneficial to the host, as the fungus produces enzymes that mineralize organic compounds and


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: facilitate the transfer of nutrients to the tree. Reflecting their close relationships with trees, the fruit bodies of "L. indigo" are typically found growing on the ground, scattered or in groups, in both deciduous and coniferous forests. They are also commonly found in floodplain areas that have been recently submerged. In Mexico, associations have been noted with Mexican alder, American Hornbeam, American Hophornbeam, and "Liquidambar macrophylla", while in Guatemala the mushroom associates with smooth-bark Mexican pine and other pine and oak species. In Costa Rica, the species forms associations with several native oaks of the genus "Quercus". Under controlled laboratory


title: "Lactarius indigo" content: conditions, "L. indigo" was shown to be able to form ectomycorrhizal associations with the neotropical pine species Mexican white pine, Hartweg's pine, Mexican yellow pine, smooth-bark Mexican pine, and the Eurasian pines Aleppo pine, European black pine, maritime pine, and Scots pine. Lactarius indigo Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported in southern France. "L. indigo" grows


title: "Obesity in the Pacific" content: considered overweight or obese was 62.5%. Much of the local diet is of processed, calorie-dense, imported food such as spam or corned beef, rather than fresh fish, fruit and vegetables, in part because past mining reduced the amount of arable land. Some very unhealthy foods are sold in the Pacific islands due to relatively low wealth. A relatively sedentary lifestyle, including among children, is also contributing to rising obesity rates. Obesity in the Pacific Islands is also thought to be influenced by cultural factors, including past poor public education on diet, exercise and health (micronutrient deficiencies are also common). Feasting


title: "Jazz Richards" content: in his only season as a permanent player at the club. He established himself as a regular when he was fit. However, ahead of the 2016–17 season, Richards was expected to lose his first team place at Fulham, with manager Slaviša Jokanović preferring Ryan Fredericks in the right-back position. As a result, Fulham accepted a bid from Cardiff City for Richards. On 19 July 2016, Richards joined Championship club Cardiff City on a three-year-deal in a swap move which saw Scott Malone join Fulham. He made his debut in a goalless draw at Birmingham City, where he became embroiled in


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title: "Gregory Claeys" content: Gregory Claeys Gregory Claeys (born 18 August 1953) is Professor of the History of Political Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of books on British intellectual and political history. Gregory Claeys gained his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he studied at Jesus College. From 1981 to 1987 he taught British and American studies at Universität Hannover (since then renamed "Leibniz University") in Hanover, then West Germany. Then he was Associate Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis. Since 1992 he has been Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. His interests are the


title: "2 Rossi Street" content: gardens and outbuildings of the Vorontsov Palace and the Anichkov Palace. At the end of the 18th century the plot was sold and design work for the site was begun in 1816 by the Committee for Structures and Hydraulic Works. All five buildings on Rossi Street were designed by Carlo Rossi and build between 1828 and 1834. #2 was built in 1832. Since then the facade has remained essentially unchanged. The building was initially a commercial enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of the Imperial Court. The shops of the merchants Dejtera, Kolpakov, and Nizovskaya, and porcelain, glass, and


title: "USS Brock (APD-93)" content: 1945. Along with other work, "Brock" received a coat of peacetime gray paint over the "green dragon" camouflage that had become standard for high-speed transports. Departing Philippine waters on 16 October 1945 with passengers embarked, "Brock" escorted a second convoy to Tokyo Bay, where she arrived on 27 October 1945. Following duty in the Inland Sea, "Brock" departed for Honshu on 7 November 1945 and reached Hiro Wan on 9 November 1945. She relieved the destroyer USS "Rowan" (DD-782) as harbor entrance control vessel at the entrance to the Bungo Strait on 11 November 1945 and served in that capacity


title: "Hatebreed (album)" content: Best Buy exclusive tracks Wal-Mart exclusive tracks iTunes exclusive tracks Special Edition bonus DVD Hatebreed (album) Hatebreed is the fifth studio album from American Metalcore band Hatebreed. The album was released on September 29, 2009. Frontman Jamey Jasta had this to say regarding the new album: "This is our fifth studio album and it's a monster! We've survived some pretty rough times and the music shows it. There was no reason to change the recipe that our fans know and love but we added a few brutal new ingredients and we're more than amped on the results. Violence is a


title: "Oroxylum indicum" content: is one of the ingredients thought to be useful in compound formulations in Ayurveda and other folk remedies. Oroxylum indicum Oroxylum indicum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the monotypic genus "Oroxylum" and the family Bignoniaceae, are commonly called midnight horror, oroxylum, Indian trumpet flower, broken bones, Indian caper, or tree of Damocles. It can reach a height of . Various segments of the tree are used in traditional medicine. The large leaf stalks wither and fall off the tree and collect near the base of the trunk, appearing to look like a pile of broken limb bones.


title: "Laugh, Laugh" content: the other hand, Chris Smith of "Stylus Magazine" described it as a "mostly colorless, indistinct Beatles rip-off" and "pretty unmemorable." In 1994, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's curatorial staff, along with rock critics and historians, selected "Laugh, Laugh" for a Hall of Fame exhibit featuring The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll." The Beau Brummels performed "Laugh, Laugh" on several television music variety shows of the mid-1960s, including NBC's "Hullabaloo" on February 23, 1965, ABC's "Shindig!" on March 10, 1965 and "American Bandstand" on April 9, 1966. In September 1965, the Beatles' self-titled animated television series debuted


title: "Volney Davis" content: he died of his wounds a few days later. Dillinger, Dock Barker, Van Meter, and Davis later buried Hamilton in an unmarked grave. Davis and Murray were never charged with the holdups he committed while part of the Karpis-Barker Gang. However, they were indicted for the Bremer kidnapping on January 22, 1935. A little over two weeks later, Davis was captured in St. Louis by federal agents on February 6 but escaped from federal custody the next day. He had been traveling under escort to stand trial in St. Paul when their plane was forced to land in Yorkville, Illinois.


title: "Güey" content: a teenager or a child to refer to an adult as (a) ""güey"," although among adults it is usually used in a common way. The word is used in any social class, being equally accepted and used in all. It is also used in television and radio in popular entertainment, but not in more formal or objective programs, like in the news. The exclamation "Ay güey" had been in existence in Mexico since (at least) the 1970s. Güey Güey (; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish which is commonly used to refer to


title: Hofvijver content: Hofvijver The Hofvijver (; ) is a pond in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It is adjoined in the east by the Korte Vijverberg (road), in the south by the Binnenhof and the Mauritshuis, in the west by the Buitenhof and in the north by the Lange Vijverberg (road). In the middle there is a small island with plants and trees which has no name, it is usually referred to as "the island in the Vijverberg". The term pond is actually a misnomer, as the Hofvijver has its origin in a natural dunelake fed by the Haagse Beek (Hague


title: Hofvijver content: Creek) (Originally: Dunecreek) and the, nowadays muted, Bosbeek (Forestcreek) from the Haagse Bos (Hague Forest). The Haagse Beek still feeds the Hofvijver and so the pond is directly connected to the dunes in Kijkduin. In this dunelake there was an island (not the current island in the Hofvijver) on which William II built his palace in 1248. Other sources say he built his palace alongside the pond and created a moat around it. The city of The Hague celebrated its 700 years of existence in 1948, suggesting that the city itself places its origin on the building of the palace


title: Hofvijver content: by Willem II in 1248. Count Albert decided on the rectangular shape in the 14th century. In the 17th century the Hofvijver got quays and in the 19th century it was elongated. Up to around 1800 the Binnenhof was still encircled by a moat and was only accessible by bridges. "The island in the Vijverberg" we know nowadays was only created around 300 years ago. How or why it was created is unknown. In the centre of the island stands a flagpole and the island itself counts a number of trees and small plants (no bushes). It is not open


title: Hofvijver content: to the public. Alongside the island there is a fountain in the water. During demonstrations the island has been 'occupied' a couple of times and there have been banners displayed on the island. Nowadays the Hofvijver is adjoined in the west by the Buitenhof, but until the 19th century that side was adjoined by houses. The pond is encircled by fairly high quays, but is very shallow on some points. In 2004 an underwater gate was built to make sure that nobody could swim to the prime minister's office without being detected. His office, the "Torentje" ("Little Tower"), adjoins the


title: Hofvijver content: Hofvijver as it is located on the Binnenhof. On the bank across from the Binnenhof (Lange Vijverberg) there is a statue of Jantje (Little John) pointing to the Binnenhof. 'Jantje' probably refers to John I, Count of Holland who died at the age of 15 years, and features in a well known Dutch children's song about The Hague. Located next to the Vijverberg are several museums, like the Mauritshuis, the Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate), the Hague Historical Museum and the Gallery Prince William V. Hofvijver The Hofvijver (; ) is a pond in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It is


title: "Danny Lockin" content: whom he once said: "Carol Channing is rather disconcerting. You'll notice her looking at you with those big baby-stare eyes. Then eventually it dawns on you that the person behind those eyes is, in show business terms, about 200 years old." He also later expressed unhappiness with the way audiences reacted to Merman in the role of Dolly Levi, and how this changed the show. "She wasn't Dolly up there, she was Ethel Merman in Dolly clothes. ... The audiences came, of course; they came to see the Ethel Merman version. But it wasn't "Hello, Dolly!" any more, it was


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title: Bedevil content: Bedevil Bedevil is a 1993 Australian horror film directed by Tracey Moffatt. It is the first feature directed by an Australian Aboriginal woman. With this film, Moffatt challenges racial stereotypes in Australian society. The film is a trilogy of surreal ghost stories. Inspired by ghost stories she heard as a child from both her extended Aboriginal and Irish Australian families, Tracey Moffatt has constructed a sublime trilogy in which characters are haunted by the past and bewitched by memories. All three stories are set in Moffatt’s highly stylized, hyper-real, hyper-imaginary Australian landscape. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard


title: "Chin Ning Chu" content: Chin Ning Chu Chin-Ning Chu (Chinese: 朱津寧, pinyin: "Zhū Jīnníng"; 1947 – December 10, 2009) was a Chinese-American business consultant and a bestselling business management author in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Ms. Chin-Ning Chu, speaker and bestselling author of worldwide bestsellers, “The Asian Mind Game,” “Thick Face, Black Heart,” and “The Art of War for Women” died of cancer on December 10, 2009 in Taiwan. Ms. Chin-Ning Chu was born in mainland China, grew up in Taiwan, and emigrated to the United States in 1969. Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Yuan-Zhang Chu, the pauper who became the first


title: "Lonicera tatarica" content: Lonicera tatarica Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle. It is native to Siberia and other parts of eastern Asia, but it is probably better known in North America, where it is a widespread introduced species and noxious weed. This plant, one of several exotic bush honeysuckles present in North America, was introduced as an ornamental plant in 1752. It is known across the continent west to Alaska and California, where it easily grows in disturbed habitat. It is a bushy shrub which may approach three meters in erect height. It is lined


title: "Lonicera tatarica" content: with oval or rounded leaves 3 to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence is generally a pair of white to pink to crimson red flowers each about 1.5 centimeters long. The flowers are somewhat tubular, their stamens and styles protruding. The fruit is a shiny orange or red berry up to a centimeter wide. The plant forms thickets and spreads easily when birds and other animals consume the fruits. The fruits are not edible for humans. Lonicera tatarica Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle. It is native to Siberia and other parts of


title: "Northern Moor" content: farm house used for offices. The airfield closed a few years later and moved to Eccles and became Barton Airport. The land was redeveloped with Rackhouse School opening in 1935, St. Michael's Church in 1937, St Aidan’s Catholic School in 1938 and many houses built in the 1930s and 1940s on the land. Northern Moor has grown further since and expands to the Sale border. The area is now part of the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliament constituency. The ITV documentary series The Duchess On The Estate, filmed between February and July 2009 in Northern Moor, aired on TV on


title: "Hedley Fowler" content: Hedley Fowler Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War. Fowler was born in London on 8 June 1916. He was educated at Rugby School. His father was a Paymaster-Commander in the Royal Navy and he was great-grandson of Sir Henry Ayers, a Premier of South Australia for whom Ayers Rock was named. Fowler's family moved to Adelaide in South Australia in 1920, before returning to the UK in 1924 so


title: "David Mounard" content: David Mounard David Mounard (born 27 October 1980) is a French footballer who plays for Ebolitana. Mounard was signed by Mons of Belgian First Division in 2003. In 2004, he left the relegated Mons for Foggia at Italian Serie C1. In summer 2008, he was signed by Gallipoli, with whom he also played at Serie B level. In August 2010 he was signed by Siena, but played only a spare league game before to join Benevento on loan during the winter 2011 transfer window. In August, he joined Serie D club Salerno, founded earlier that year as direct heir of


title: "Nikolay and Medea Figner" content: South America and returned to continue a solo career at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. From 1910 to 1915 Nikolay directed and sang with the Narodny Dom opera company in Saint Petersburg. Medea's farewell performance was in the title role in "Carmen" in 1912. In 1917 Nikolay moved to the Ukraine, where he taught at the Kiev Conservatory. He lost most of his possessions during the Russian Revolution of 1917, and died in poverty in Kiev on 13 December 1918, aged 61. Medea left Soviet Russia in 1930 and settled in Paris, where she died on 8 July 1952,


title: "Hosackia gracilis" content: Hosackia gracilis Hosackia gracilis, synonym "Lotus formosissimus", is a species of legume native to western North America from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to California. It was first described by George Bentham. It is known by the common name harlequin lotus. It grows in moist spots in the coastal mountains and down to the oceanside bluffs. It is a perennial herb growing upright or spreading to about 0.5 m in maximum length. It is lined with leaves each made up of a few oppositely arranged oval leaflets up to 2 cm long. The inflorescence is made up of several


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title: "Derwent Pencil Museum" content: cutting the ribbon.. Derwent Pencil Museum The Derwent Pencil Museum is in Keswick, Cumbria, in the north-west of England. The museum opened in 1981 and is home to the biggest colouring pencil in the world, the idea of technical manager Barbara Murray. The yellow pencil was completed on 28 May 2001, is long, and weighs . The first pencil factory in Keswick opened in 1832. The second and current factory was started in the 1920s and completed in 1950 (it closed in 2007 when the owners moved production to Workington). The museum now receives over 80,000 visitors a year from


title: "Solidago altissima" content: Solidago altissima Solidago altissima, the Canada goldenrod or late goldenrod, is a North American species of goldenrod widespread across much of Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is common in much of its range, and fairly tolerant of landscapes which have been disturbed by humans. It has become naturalized in many parts of the world. "Solidago altissima" is one to two meters (40-80 inches) tall, with fine hairs on the stem. The leaves are located along the stem, not in a rosette near the ground. One plant can produce as many as 1500 small yellow flower heads in


title: "Solidago altissima" content: a large conical array. "Solidago altissima" is self-incompatible, meaning that the pollen from one plant cannot pollinate the female flower parts of the same plant. "Solidago altissima" has diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid populations and morphological variations which has generally led to classifying it into two subspecies, which roughly speaking can be identified as being from the eastern and western parts of the continent. At least in the midwest, it is common to have plants of different ploidy interspersed, with little apparent tendency for one type to dominate even a fairly local geographical area. Within "Solidago", "S. altissima" is part of


title: "Solidago altissima" content: the "Solidago canadensis" species complex, which is classified in the subsection Triplinervae. "S. altissima" has sometimes been classified as part of "S. canadensis". Solidago altissima Solidago altissima, the Canada goldenrod or late goldenrod, is a North American species of goldenrod widespread across much of Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. It is common in much of its range, and fairly tolerant of landscapes which have been disturbed by humans. It has become naturalized in many parts of the world. "Solidago altissima" is one to two meters (40-80 inches) tall, with fine hairs on the stem. The leaves are located


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title: "Cyril Lovesey" content: the direction of Ernest Hives and worked on both motor cars and aero engines. He was the company representative for support of the Rolls-Royce R engine during its trials at Calshot for the Schneider Trophy races in 1929 and 1931. Lovesey was a proponent of flight testing and established a centre at RAF Hucknall where he was flight development engineer. His services were also used by Malcolm Campbell during his Bluebird land speed record attempts. In 1930 Lovesey was awarded Aviators Certificate No. 9350 by the Royal Aero Club. In the late 1930s Lovesey (who had become known as 'Lov'


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title: "Admonitio generalis" content: In the ', Charlemagne pronounced that he was a "new Josiah", and responsible for the moral health and salvation of his subjects, highlighting Charlemagne's commitment to the Christianization of the Frankish kingdom. He sought to achieve this by reforming the church in pursuit of the moral reform and discipline of the clergy and other ecclesiastical members with the expectation they would lead their followers by example. He also pursued educational reform, requiring monasteries and cathedrals to establish schools to educate boys to read and write in order to make the Bible and other religious texts more accessible and in turn


title: Permai content: Permai The Indonesian Marhaen People's Union (), generally known by its acronym Permai (meaning 'beautiful'), was a social movement in Indonesia, functioning both as a political party and an Abangan mystical association. The organisation was founded on 17 December 1945. Permai was led by Mei Kartawinata. Permai called its doctrine Marhaenism. It beliefs were said to have been revealed to the Permai founder during meditation. The movement claimed to practice 'pure native science', i.e. pre-Hindu and pre-Islamic 'original' Javanese beliefs. This set of ideas was combined with support for Indonesian Pancasila nationalism. Permai was strongly opposed to Islam, arguing that


title: "Blood of Angels" content: and William Piotrowski wrote and performed the music. Michelle Belanger wrote and performed the lyrics, which draw upon ancient Enochian myths to tell a story about mythical Watcher Angels, who "abandoned Heaven for a taste of mortal love." According to the Enochian legend, the Watchers (also called Grigori or "Fallen Angels") are celestial beings who were condemned to the earthly realm after uniting with mortals and sharing with them their mystical secrets. The theme of this album was the topic of the "Blood of Angels" discussion panel at Dragoncon in 2009. The title track features a chant consisting of several


title: "Kosmos 472" content: Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-004A. The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05804. Kosmos 472 was the fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the forty-fifth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 81.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 101 minutes. It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 August 1972. Kosmos 472 Kosmos 472 ( meaning "Cosmos 472"), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.52, was a


title: "20th-century events" content: 1930s. "This section provides a conversational overview of World War II in Europe. See main article for a fuller discussion." Soon after the events in Czechoslovakia, Britain and France issued assurances of protection to Poland, which seemed to be next on Hitler's list. World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, when Hitler unleashed his Blitzkrieg, or lightning war, against Poland. Britain and France, much to Hitler's surprise, immediately declared war upon Germany, but the help they delivered to Poland was negligible. Sixteen days later, Poland was attacked from the East by Soviet Union, acting in a secret alliance


title: "English Defence League" content: with the Welsh Defence League, Scottish Defence League, and Ulster Defence League, none of which had the same success as their English counterpart. The Scottish Defence League retained secret links with the BNP, although in Scotland, it produced particularly difficult to bridge sectarian divisions between rival football firms under the same banner. Sectarianism was also a major issue for the Ulster Defence League, which decided against holding any demonstrations in Northern Ireland itself. The Welsh Defence League faced divisions between its contingent from Swansea, some of whom were former members of Combat 18, and the Casuals United-contingent from Cardiff. After


title: "Pandora Clifford" content: Pandora Clifford Pandora Clifford is a British actress who has appeared in various roles on stage and screen including "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Wallander", "Taggart" and "New Tricks" Born in 1972 in London, brought up near Edinburgh, she read Classics at Bristol University before training at LAMDA. She wrote for the Art Sales Page of "The Daily Telegraph". She is the daughter of Sir Timothy Clifford, former Director of the National Galleries of Scotland and Jane Clifford (nee Paterson), previously the Principal Designer for Laura Ashley and Zoffany. Pandora is currently appearing on stage with Marcus Brigstocke in "The Railway Children".


title: "Hum (hill)" content: adapted to dry grounds can be found, for example daphne, smoke tree, holy grass, sessile oak, Solomon's seal, stonecrop, heath and others. Beside these, the following members of the other flore do grow in this region: butcher's broom, the lily of Carniola, black hellebore, honeysuckle, hacquetia, cyclamen, euphorbia, milkwort, helleborine, hart's tongue fern, cranesbill redbrown and many others. Buttercup is the endemic plant of Hum, and quite a lot of plants have been protected there like Clusius gentian, primula, daphne, butcher's broom, and holly. A legend about Hum tells the story about Wild parsonage. By the forest footpath, there is


title: "Neues aus der Anstalt" content: Neues aus der Anstalt Neues aus der Anstalt (English: "News from the (mental) institute") was a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly from 2007 to 2013, it usually featured three guest cabaret artists in addition to the hosts. After the program's surprise cancellation in 2013, it was resurrected in 2014 under the title Die Anstalt, replacing hosts Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser with Max Uthoff and Claus von Wagner. ZDF had not broadcast a political cabaret program since the cancellation of "Notizen aus der Provinz"


title: "Hazardous Substances Data Bank" content: Medicine (NLM) website that covers "chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology". TOXNET is managed by the NLM's Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) in the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS). The TOXNET databases include: Hazardous Substances Data Bank The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) is a toxicology database on the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals, and includes information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements,


title: "Kahler Asten" content: strimmers, attempts are being made to stop this reforestation. The vegetation consists mainly of common heather ("Calluna vulgaris"), mat-grass and subshrubs. Breeding birds on the heath include the meadow pipit and tree pipit. The black grouse used to breed here, but the population died out decades ago. There is an observation tower on the summit of the "Kahler Asten" immediately next to the hotel-restaurant called the "Astenturm" (Asten tower). From the platform of the tower, which is , there is a superb all-round view over the Rothaargebirge and other parts of the Sauerland. In very clear weather, even the Brocken


title: "Karl Kirchwey" content: god [[Parvati]] and [[Shiva]] and a section of the poem, which appeared in the online publication "[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry Daily]]", described a boy and a girl in a gorge. Kirchwey based the poem on his memory as a youth of a cold stream called the Petite Gyronne near a bridge that ran in a secret gorge between the village of Chesières and the ski resort of Villars in the [[Alps Mountains]] in the French-speaking part of [[Switzerland]]. He wrote that a place near the gorge was where it had been said that "the bravest of the boys would walk the entire


title: "Kooman and Dimond" content: 2018. Kooman and Dimond's first book musical, "Dani Girl," has been work-shopped at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, the American Conservatory Theater, The Kennedy Center, The ASCAP/Disney Musical Theater Workshop, and CAP-21. The piece is licensed by Samuel French. Its professional premiere was produced in Barrie, Ontario by Talk is Free Theatre, directed by Richard Ouzounian, and subsequently was remounted in 2012. Harvest Rain Theatre Company debuted the show internationally in Brisbane, Australia in 2010. The show was presented at the 2011 National Alliance for Musical Theater Festival of New Musicals and by Maryland's Unexpected Stage Company (Summer 2014).


title: "Nuclear industry in Canada" content: about 21,000 people directly and 10,000 indirectly. There has been renewed interest in nuclear energy, spurred by increasing demand (particularly within Ontario), and the desire to comply with Canada’s Kyoto Agreement obligations, although Canada withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol in December 2012. (Canada was committed to cutting its greenhouse emissions to 6% below 1990 levels by 2012, but in 2009 emissions were 17% higher than in 1990. The Harper government prioritized oil sands development in Alberta, and deprioritized improving the environment.) []. The Government of Ontario proposed plans in 2004 to build several new nuclear reactors in the province. The


title: "Double-striped bluet" content: Double-striped bluet The double-striped bluet ("Enallagma basidens") is species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species grows to lengths 21–28 mm. Its common name from the peculiar black shoulder stripe, which is divided in two by a thin blue stripe. This is the key identification characteristic; no other damselfly has a shoulder stripe that looks like this one. Mature males have an abdomen that alternates black and blue. The final segment of the abdomen is blue below and black above, while segments 8 and 9 are all blue. Females and immatures are tan to olive or brown, but like


title: "Double-striped bluet" content: the mature males they have the divided shoulder stripe. These damselflies are most typically found alongside lakes and ponds, but are occasionally found next to slow-moving streams, too. Double-striped bluet The double-striped bluet ("Enallagma basidens") is species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species grows to lengths 21–28 mm. Its common name from the peculiar black shoulder stripe, which is divided in two by a thin blue stripe. This is the key identification characteristic; no other damselfly has a shoulder stripe that looks like this one. Mature males have an abdomen that alternates black and blue. The final segment


title: "Banjosa Lake" content: Banjosa Lake Banjosa Lake () is an artificial lake and a tourist resort from the city of Rawalakot in Poonch District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of . The lake is surrounded by dense pine forest and mountains, which make it charming and romantic.The Lake is accessible by a metallic road from Rawalakot. The weather in the area remains cool in Summers and cold in Winter. In December and January snowfall also occurs here and the temperature falls to -5 °C. During Summer, the temperature remains to . Some rest houses and huts of AJK


title: "Banjosa Lake" content: Tourism and Archeology Department, Pakistan Public Works Department and Pearl Development Authority are located here. A few hotels, guest houses and tuck shops also exist near the lake. A market is located away in Chotta Gala town where all the basic necessities of life are available. A few hotels and rest houses are also located in this town. Banjosa Lake Banjosa Lake () is an artificial lake and a tourist resort from the city of Rawalakot in Poonch District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of . The lake is surrounded by dense pine forest and


title: "Stream bluet" content: Stream bluet The stream bluet ("Enallagma exsulans") is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the stream bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the males have a blue tip to the abdomen. "Enallagma exsulans" is one of those less common cases where the female, too, has a blue abdominal tip. Summertime is the best time to look for


title: "Stream bluet" content: stream bluets. Stream bluets look similar to turquoise bluets. Stream bluet The stream bluet ("Enallagma exsulans") is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the stream bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the males have a blue tip to the abdomen. "Enallagma exsulans" is one of those less common cases where the female, too, has a blue abdominal


title: "Robert Thomson (basketball)" content: 2007 that qualified for the first African championship in Rwandan history. Thomson led all players in rebounds and minutes per game at the 2009 tournament. Robert Thomson (basketball) Robert Thomson (born January 28, 1982) is a Rwandan–American basketball player currently playing for CS Gaz Metan Mediaş of the Romanian Basketball League. He is a member of the Rwanda national basketball team. Thomson played Division 1 college basketball at Fairfield University. Born in Pennsylvania, and graduate of Saucon Valley High School, Thomson moved to Rwanda in 2006 after graduating from Fairfield and two years playing professional basketball in Hungary and Italy.


title: "Richard De Smet" content: Richard De Smet Richard De Smet was born 16 April 1916 in Montignies-sur-Sambre (Belgium) and died 2 March 1997 in Brussels. He was a Belgian Jesuit priest, and missionary in India. As Indologist he became a renowned Sankara specialist. Born at Montignies-sur-Sambre, near Charleroi in Belgium, he came to India as a young Jesuit student of theology in 1946. Upon completion of his theological studies, he studied Sanskrit in Calcutta under Georges Dandoy, Pierre Fallon and Robert Antoine, all members of the so-called "Calcutta School" of Jesuit Indologists. Provoked by a talk by Dr S. Radhakrishnan at a meeting of


title: "Blair Swannell" content: taking part in the Landing at Anzac Cove, during the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign. Swannell was born in Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire on 20 August 1875 to William and Charlotte Swannell, and was the third child of at least five siblings. His father was a farmer, who ran a farm which employed 17 adults and children. He was home schooled as an infant before beginning his formal education at Repton School. After leaving school he attended the Thames Nautical Training College where he gained qualifications as a second mate. He remained single throughout his life. In 1897 he made


title: "Future of Earth" content: and volcanic eruptions. This will result in less attenuation of DNA-damaging UV, as well as the death of animals; the first animals to disappear would be large mammals, followed by small mammals, birds, amphibians and large fish, reptiles and small fish, and finally invertebrates. Before this happens, it's expected that life would concentrate at refugia of lower temperature such as high elevations where less land surface area is available, thus restricting population sizes. Smaller animals would survive better than larger ones because of lesser oxygen requirements, while birds would fare better than mammals thanks to their ability to travel large


title: "Lupinus hirsutissimus" content: Lupinus hirsutissimus Lupinus hirsutissimus is a species of lupine known by the common names stinging annual lupine or stinging lupine. It is native to the coastal mountains of Baja California and Southern California as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area. It grows on dry mountain slopes, including areas that have recently burned, and chaparral and woodlands habitats. "Lupinus hirsutissimus" is an erect annual herb growing to one meter tall; it may exceed one meter in habitat recovering from wildfire. The stem and herbage are coated in long, stiff hairs that sting skin when touched. Each palmate leaf is


title: "Lupinus hirsutissimus" content: made up of 5 to 8 leaflets up to long and 1 or 2 wide. The inflorescence bears several flowers generally not arranged in whorls. Each flower is between 1 and 2 centimeters long and dark pink in color with a yellowish to pinkish spot on its banner. The fruit is a hairy legume pod up to long. Lupinus hirsutissimus Lupinus hirsutissimus is a species of lupine known by the common names stinging annual lupine or stinging lupine. It is native to the coastal mountains of Baja California and Southern California as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area.


title: "Ramona Bachmann" content: 2015. Since making her debut for the Switzerland women's national football team in June 2007, Bachmann has won over 50 caps. She made her reputation with Switzerland's youth national teams, playing at the 2006 and 2010 editions of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and being named UEFA's Golden Player at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. At senior level Bachmann helped Switzerland qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2015. A persistent back injury hampered Bachmann's progress during the early part of her career. Starting her career in FC Malters before moving to SC


title: Stormworld content: to his advantage. He has become Werrolda's deputy for The Settlement. He arrived from his home world of Waxon as the third son of a politically powerful family. In the last episode he is pushed through the portal, but because he was holding a lazbolt, he is instead sent to Arkoddia. This displacement causes the destruction of the portal. Hintor (Steve Turner) – is a pragmatic but unimaginative member of The Settlement. He believes that Werrolda's flexibility with the constitution and open-door policy for new "access crashers" places the community at risk. He is the first to challenge Werrolda's leadership.


title: "German submarine U-57 (1938)" content: for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-57" was fitted with three torpedo tubes at the bow, five torpedoes or up to twelve Type A torpedo mines, and a anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of 25. The


title: Goldenhill content: Goldenhill Goldenhill is an area on the northern edge of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. It is centred along the High Street, part of the A50 road that runs from south-east to north-west. It is about north of Tunstall and south-east of Kidsgrove. Its altitude is , the highest point in Stoke-on-Trent. Goldenhill is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village existed by 1670, and is shown in Robert Plot's map of Staffordshire dated 1682. In 1775 it was nearly as large as Tunstall, and grew further during the 19th century. It is thought there was pottery manufacture of coarse


title: "2009 Sylvania 300" content: earned $232,750 in race winnings. Montoya was somewhat frustrated with the result, saying: "Martin just screwed me -- he just stopped the car on the apex, right on the bottom, and I had nowhere to go," Montoya said. "I could have pushed him out of the way ... but I respect him a lot." Martin was delighted with his victory: "Alan [Gustafson] won the race, Alan's the man. This is a dream come true. ... We still have the lotto at Talladega [Nov. 1], and [I] think we'll run OK at Martinsville. We finished [seventh] in the spring, but I


title: "Asilo De Pobres" content: Asilo De Pobres Asilo de Ancianos de Mayagüez, also known as Asilo De Pobres or Asilo Municipal, was originally built, in the Classical Revival style, as a shelter for the poor. For some time, Salvador Agrón, the inspiration for the Broadway musical The Capeman, lived in the building with his mother. In 1962 it became Asylum for the elderly. The idea for the Asylum for the poor began with a campaign to build it by Salvador Suau y Mulet when he was Mayor of Mayagüez. The number of elderly increased, and in 1967 occupational therapy and arts and craft were


title: "Fenwick Colchester" content: of discussions, though the Ireland family kept ownership of the site. At this time, Williams & Griffin's turnover was valued at £400,000. In 1981, however, the decision was reversed and Williams & Griffin opened a garden centre on the site under the guidance of Patrick Ireland, which ran until 1990, when the site was finally sold off, and Patrick Ireland retired. In 2007, Williams & Griffin won "Best Independent Department Store of the Year", sponsored by "Drapers". The award was picked up by Colchester's MP, Bob Russell, who proposed an early day motion on the topic. It remained in the


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: Black-necked spitting cobra The black-necked spitting cobra ("Naja nigricollis") is a species of spitting cobra found mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. They are moderately sized snakes that can grow to a length of in length. Their coloration and markings can vary considerably. They prey primarily on small rodents. They possess medically significant venom, although the mortality rate for untreated bites on humans is relatively low (~5–10%, in endemic regions under 1%). Like other spitting cobras, they can eject venom from their fangs when threatened (one drop over and more in perfect accuracy). The neurotoxic venom irritates the skin, causing blisters and


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: inflammation, and can cause permanent blindness if the venom makes contact with the eyes and is not washed off. "Naja nigricollis" belongs to the cobra genus "Naja" under the family Elapidae. It previously included two subspecies that have been moved to the species "Naja nigricincta" - the zebra spitting cobra ("Naja nigricincta nigricincta") and the black spitting cobra ("Naja nigricincta woodi"). "Naja nigricollis" is classified under the genus "Naja" of the family Elapidae. It was first described by Norwegian zoologist Johan Reinhardt in 1843. The generic name "Naja" is a Latinisation of the Sanskrit word "" (), meaning "cobra". The


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: specific epithet "nigricollis" is Latin for "black-necked": "niger", meaning "black", and "collis", meaning "neck". "Naja nigricollis" previously included two subspecies - "Naja nigricollis nigricincta" and "Naja nigricollis woodi". But genetic studies in 2007 by Wolfgang Wüster etal. have concluded that these subspecies should be treated under a separate species, "Naja nigricincta". "N. nigricollis" is a moderately sized, venomous snake with a moderately distinct head; the shape of the head is due primarily to two large venom glands found on each side of the head. Its colour can vary depending on region of origin. Some specimens are black or pale grey


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: with a yellow or reddish ventral side with a broad, black neck band, often with an orange or pinkish bar on the neck. Other specimens can be yellowish-brown or have a yellow copper colour and are missing the bandings around the neck and the reddish colour on the belly. Some other specimens are deep reddish-brown, and yet others are an olive brown. Some can even be striped black and white or totally white (with dark eyes). There are 21–23 dorsal scales at the mid-body, 182–196 ventral scales, and 54–66 subcaudal scales. This species generally grows to a length of to


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: . These sizes are subject to trends based on geographic location and subspecies. The species is very common and is widespread through much of sub-Saharan Africa and is found in western, eastern, central, and parts of southern Africa. It is absent from the rainforests of the Congo Basin. It has been recorded from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (except in the center), Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Mauritania, Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia. Older records from South


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, or most of Namibia refer to "Naja mossambica" or "Naja nigricincta", which were formerly regarded as subspecies of "N.nigricollis". "N. nigricollis" usually inhabits savanna and semi-desert regions of Africa. However, they can be found at altitudes up to , as well as in tropical and subtropical regions of central Africa in moist savanna and cleared former forest regions, particularly near rivers and streams. Adaptable snakes, "Naja n.nigricollis" occurs in southeastern Nigeria where their habitat has been transformed from rainforest to man-made farmlands, plantations, suburban areas, and a few fragmented forests. This species of cobra has


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: found advantages in the drastic changes which have taken place in Nigeria's rainforests. A study by herpetologist Luca Luiselli suggests this snake now forages in much drier microhabitats. The range of "Naja nigricollis" is currently expanding from the southeastern regions of Nigeria to the more desert and arid conditions in the central part of the nation. They also live in coastal scrubs and dry grasslands. Like other cobra species, they may find abandoned termite mounds or rodent holes to hide or cool off. However, tree trunks seem to be their favourite hiding places. They are excellent tree climbers, thus can


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: be arboreal at times. Because they are so common across Africa, they are encountered in villages or small towns where they may come in direct contact with people. Unlike other snakes, "Naja nigricollis" can be either nocturnal or diurnal depending on the time of year, geographic location, and average daytime temperature. This adaptability allows the snake to better regulate its body temperature and to gain access to the most abundant food sources of a particular area. It feeds primarily on small rodents, such as small rats and mice, birds, and fishes, but will also eat lizards, eggs, and other snakes.


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: Like other snakes, it may fall prey to raptors, especially different species of snake eagles that migrate to Africa when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The short-toed snake eagle ("Circaetus gallicus") may be a particular threat, as it is almost strictly an ophiophagus raptor. Other snakes also prey on this species. Like other spitting cobras, this species is known for its ability to project venom at a potential threat. The venom is an irritant to the skin and eyes. If it enters the eyes, symptoms include extreme burning pain, loss of coordination, partial loss of vision, and permanent


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: blindness. "N. nigricollis" is known for its tendency to liberally spit venom and bite with only the slightest provocation. This species is sometimes found in captivity, and wild-caught individuals are generally nervous and prone to spitting. Captive-bred animals tend to be much more docile and calm when compared to their wild-caught counterparts. Like other cobra species, this snake is oviparous. The mating season of this species can vary from the end of winter (September) to the beginning of summer (December). Usually, the mating season is the same whether in captivity or in the wild. Females will commonly lay 10 to


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: 15 eggs but can lay anywhere between eight and 22 eggs at a time. The gestation period lasts about 90–100 days, but once the eggs are laid, they hatch in 60–70 days, and need to be in a temperature of . At birth, the young are about in length and are completely independent. The venom of "Naja nigricollis" is somewhat unusual among elapids in that it consists primarily of cytotoxins, but with other components also. It retains the typical elapid neurotoxic properties while combining these with highly potent cytotoxins (necrotic agents) and cardiotoxins. Bite symptoms include severe external hemorrhaging and


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: tissue necrosis around the bite area and difficulty breathing. Although the mortality rate in untreated cases is low (~5–10%), when death occurs, it is usually due to asphyxiation by paralysis of the diaphragm. The of "Naja nigricollis" is 2 mg/kg SC and 1.15 mg/kg IV. The average venom yield per bite of this species is 200 to 350 mg (dry weight) according to Minton (1974). In 1944, writing as Major Harold Ridley FRCS RAMC, the English ophthalmic surgeon published a short paper in the British Journal of Ophthalmology on spitting snakes and an account of the composition and action of


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: snake venom in general. From his own experiences in wartime Ghana, then known as the Gold Coast, Ridley described snake venom ophthalmia in a 30-year-old labourer named Gogi Kumasi, who was cutting grass when a Black-necked cobra raised its head from the grass and forcibly spat venom toward the man's right eye from a four- or five-feet distance. Ridley treated the man and followed his case until the eye had fully recoveredafter about a week. In conclusion, after discussion on the therapeutic uses of snake venom, he conjectured that in the future diluted venom or a constituent of venom might


title: "Black-necked spitting cobra" content: be used as a powerful anaesthetic in some cases of ophthalmic surgery. Black-necked spitting cobra The black-necked spitting cobra ("Naja nigricollis") is a species of spitting cobra found mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. They are moderately sized snakes that can grow to a length of in length. Their coloration and markings can vary considerably. They prey primarily on small rodents. They possess medically significant venom, although the mortality rate for untreated bites on humans is relatively low (~5–10%, in endemic regions under 1%). Like other spitting cobras, they can eject venom from their fangs when threatened (one drop over and more


title: "Robert Bryant (mathematician)" content: National Academy of Sciences. He served as the president of the American Mathematical Society from February 1, 2015 until January 31, 2017. Bryant and David Morrison are the editors of vol. 4 of the "Selected Works of Phillip Griffiths". Robert Bryant (mathematician) Robert Leamon Bryant (born August 30, 1953) is an American mathematician and Phillip Griffiths Professor of Mathematics at Duke University. He specializes in differential geometry. He served as the director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) from 2007 to 2013. He is known for his work in exterior differential systems, special holonomy, and Finsler geometry. Bryant surfaces,


title: "Bear Mountain Bridge Road" content: the city of Peekskill and the Charles Point power plant. There are interpretive displays on the history of the area during the Revolutionary War, where the Hudson River Chain was deployed and the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was fought. Near its eastern end, approximately from the bridge, is a Tudor Revival-style former toll house. It also served as the toll taker's residence. In 2002 it was renovated by the Town of Cortlandt and now serves as an information center and gift shop for visitors to the region. A small parking lot serves hikers taking a popular trail along


title: "Cowboy Casanova" content: titles that he had, and the lyrics talk about a male character who is a "devil in disguise." In an interview with CMT Underwood said, An unfinished version of the song leaked online on September 2, 2009 after receiving airplay from KMPS-FM in Seattle. The label then rush-released the official version to Underwood's YouTube channel on September 3, 2009. It was officially made available for download on September 14, 2009. "Cowboy Casanova" is a moderately paced country song. It incorporates elements of rock-inspired guitar riffs and background gang vocals in the introduction and verses, and also the violin and banjo-esque


title: "Tom Stacey" content: was filmed to his own screenplay in 1989, starring John Hurt and Imogen Stubbs, but he has disowned the film in disgust at its editing. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1977. His awards include the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and the (Granada) Foreign Correspondent of the Year Award (1961). Various of his novels have been Book of the Year choices by critics of national journals, including "Decline" (Sunday Telegraph), "Tribe" (TLS), and "The Man Who Knew Everything" (New Statesman). Most of his fiction has been separately published in the US, and some