orphan date October 2009 File Diablefaucheur.jpg right thumbnail The Mowing Devil Pamphlet. The Mowing Devil or, Strange News out of Hertfordshire Hartford shire is the title of an English woodcut pamphlet published in 1678. The pamphlet tells of a farmer who, refusing to pay the price demanded by a labourer to mow his field, swore that he would rather that the Devil mowed it instead. According to the pamphlet, that night his field appeared to be in flame. The next morning, the field was found to be perfectly mowed unnaturally perfect, in fact. This pamphlet, and the accompanying illustration, is often cited by crop circle reasearchers as among the first recorded cases of crop circles . ref name Aug2009 Cosmosmagazine MowingDevil cite web url http www.cosmosmagazine.com node 3114 full title Grand delusions COSMOS magazine last Monaghan first Lauren date August 2009 publisher Cosmos magazine accessdate 18 October 2010 ref See also Crop circle References reflist External links http www.swirlednews.com article.asp?artID 844 Swirled News article Category Pamphlets Category 1678 works fa it Diavolo mietitore pt Dem nio Ceifador ... more details
Image Champs DSC01390.JPG thumb Windrow of straw, along with stubble. Image Kuilvoerwinning grass silage .jpg thumb right Grass silage in a windrow A windrow is a row of cut mowed hay or small grain crop. It is allowed to dry before being baled, combined, or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed by a hay rake , which rakes hay that has been cut by a mower machine or by scythe into a row, or it may naturally form as the hay is mowed. For small grain crops which are to be harvested, the windrow is formed by swather which both cuts the crop and forms the windrow. By analogy, the term may also be applied to a row of any other material such as snow, earth, etc. ref http www.bartleby.com 61 20 W0172000.html ref In the case of snow, windrows are created by snow plow s as they plow streets. The windrow may block driveway s. Some municipalities have windrow removal service where a smaller plow goes to each individual driveway to clear the windrow. Most cities simply make the home owner clear the windrow to their own driveway. A few cities will plow the windrow to the center of the street, snowblower blow the snow into trucks, and haul it away. Windrows made of snow are also called berm s or more commonly, snow banks. A windrow can also be the build up of material on the edge of newly graded earthworks and dirt roads, or it can be a heap of road building material laid down by a dump truck for collection by a paver vehicle paving machine . Windrows of seaweed etc also form on the surface of lake s or sea s due to cylindrical Langmuir circulation just under the surface caused by the action of the wind. Windrows of soil are often used in large scale vermicompost ing systems. Municipalities that collect raked up leaves ask that their citizens rake their leaves into windrows along and above the curb References Wiktionary Commonscat Windrows references Category Agricultural terminology Category Snow removal agri stub de Schwade fr Andain nl Zwad ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 taxobox name Erect Chickweed image Moenchia erecta i01.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Caryophyllaceae genus Moenchia species M. erecta binomial Moenchia erecta binomial authority P.Gaertn. , B. Meyer B.Mey. & Johannes Scherbius Scherb. The Erect Chickweed Moenchia erecta , also called Upright Chickweed though this term can refer to anyspecies of Moenchia , is a small annual plant in the family Caryophyllaceae . It can grow to over 10 cm in height, but it is usually smaller. It has blue green glaucous leaf leaves , and small, delicate white flower s. The sepal s are longer than the petals, green and bordered in white. The plant is a common pasture weed native to Europe . It has been introduced species introduced elsewhere, including Australia and western North America , but it is not particularly invasive species invasive or competitive. In areas where it has been introduced, it springs up opportunistically in gardens, mowed fields, and other disturbed areas. It prefers moist places, such as grassy floodplain s near marshes and coastal hills. The plant grows well in bare, sandy, gravelly soils, such as those at shorelines or on overgrazed fields. Category Caryophyllaceae de Aufrechte Wei miere hsb Runa tyrjenka ... more details
Refimprove date August 2008 A robotic lawn mower is an autonomous robot used to cut lawn grass. A typical robotic lawn mower requires the user to set up a border wire around the lawn that defines the area to be mowed. The robot uses this wire to locate the boundary of the area to be trimmed and in some cases to locate a recharging dock. Robotic mowers are capable of maintaining up to convert 5 acre m2 of grass . Robotic lawn mowers are increasingly sophisticated, are self docking and some contain rain sensor s if necessary, nearly eliminating human interaction. Robotic lawn mower s represented the second largest category of domestic robot s used by the end of 2005. Examples center gallery perrow 5 widths 175 File Husqvarna Automower 305.jpg File Automower Solar Hybrid.jpg File Robomow RL1000.jpg File Friendly Robotics Robomow RM400.jpg gallery center References reflist External links Commons category inline Robotic lawn mowers Category Lawn mower Category Domestic robots de Rasenm hroboter ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 David Grisenthwaite from Kirkcaldy , Fife , Scotland , United Kingdom , is an amateur Phenology phenological data recorder. Since 1984 he has meticulously recorded the dates he has mowed his lawn. When his data was discovered by Meteorology meteorologists it was hailed as an important find in recording climate change . Mr Grisenthwaite first cut of the year was 13 days earlier in 1984 than in 2004, his last cut was 17 days later, thus providing evidence for an earlier onset of spring and a warmer climate in general. He has been featured in several newspaper articles, touted as a Great British eccentricity behavior eccentric David Grisenthwaite s work was credited in the Royal Meteorological Society Journal entitled The Grass is Greener For Longer. External links http www.stat.sfu.ca cschwarz Stat 650 Notes MyPrograms Reg Grass GrassIsGreenerLonger.pdf Royal Meteorological Society Journal PDF http www.telegraph.co.uk news main.jhtml?xml news 2005 08 27 nmow27.xml Daily Telegraph article http www.fifenow.co.uk ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID 1015&ArticleID 1132917 Local Newspaper article Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grisenthwaite, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH london DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grisenthwaite, David Category People from Kirkcaldy Category Living people UK bio stub ... more details
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DISPLAYTITLE cis 3 Hexenal chembox Name cis 3 Hexenal ImageFile cis 3 hexenal chemical structure.png ImageSize 150px IUPACName Z Hex 3 enal OtherNames Leaf aldehyde Section1 Chembox Identifiers ChemSpiderID 559032 InChI 1 C6H10O c1 2 3 4 5 6 7 h3 4,6H,2,5H2,1H3 b4 3 InChIKey GXANMBISFKBPEX ARJAWSKDBM CASNo 6789 80 6 PubChem 643941 UNII 6V54TKA96C SMILES O CC C C CC Section2 Chembox Properties Formula C sub 6 sub H sub 10 sub O MolarMass 98.14 g mol Appearance Density 0.851 g cm3 MeltingPt 126 C BoilingPt Solubility Section3 Chembox Related Function alkenals OtherFunctn Acrolein br Crotonaldehyde br E,E 2,4 decadienal E , E 2,4 Decadienal cis 3 Hexenal , also known as Z 3 hexenal and leaf aldehyde , is colorless liquid and an aroma compound with an intense grass y green odor of freshly cut green grass and Leaf leaves . It is one of the major volatile compounds in ripe tomato es. It is produced in small amounts by most plant s and it acts as an attractant to many predator y insect s. It is also a pheromone in many insect species. cis 3 Hexenal is an aldehyde . It is relatively unstable and Isomerization isomerizes into the conjugated system conjugated trans 2 hexenal. The related alcohol Cis 3 Hexen 1 ol cis 3 hexen 1 ol is much more stable. It has a similar but weaker smell and is widely used in flavor s and perfume s. See also 1 Hexanol , another volatile organic carbon biomolecule, also considered responsible for the freshly mowed grass flavor. References reflist External links http www.pherobase.com database compound compounds detail Z3 6Ald.php Pheromone database http www.chm.bris.ac.uk motm hexenal hexenalh.htm Molecule of the Month Hexenal DEFAULTSORT Hexenal, cis 3 Category Flavors Category Insect pheromones Category Insect ecology Category Aldehydes Category Alkenes aromatic stub ... more details
italic title Unreferenced date December 2009 taxobox name Viola appalachiensis regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malpighiales familia Violaceae genus Viola plant Viola species V. appalachiensis binomial Viola appalachiensis Viola appalachiensis , the Appalachien Blue Violet , also known as Violet and Henry s Violet is a Viola plant Viola native to the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States . Distribution The native Viola appalachiensis Habitat ecology habitat s includes rich moist woods, mountain coves, stream banks, sometimes in mowed areas such as forest roads. Its Range biology range is from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in the Appalachian Mountains. It is very rare. Description This is a herbaceous plant , it is a perennial and is an evergreen which can reach 10 cm in height 4 inches . New stems ascending at first, soon become prostrate, mat forming, rooting from the nodes, mostly glabrous. The leaf leaves are alternate. Sometimes appearing to be acaulescent. Each leaf is reniform, very slightly toothed or crenate and with a few hairs near the margin. Stipules lacerate. The flower s are irregular in shape . They are blue with white center. Blooms first appear in mid spring and continue into late spring. Spur much longer than wide. Lateral petals bearded. See also List of Viola species Category Viola appalachiensis Category Flora of Appalachia United States Category Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains Category Flora of Pennsylvania Category Flora of Tennessee Category Flora of Virginia Category Flora of North Carolina az Viola appalachiensis es Viola appalachiensis ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name I m a Big Sister, and I m a Girl, and I m a Princess, and This Is My Horse Type EP Artist Underworld band Underworld Cover Rr05 shop page image.jpg Released June 5, 2006 Recorded ??? Genre Techno music Techno br House music House br Trance music Trance br Electronica Length 30 34 Label underworldlive.com Producer Rick Smith Reviews Last album Pizza for Eggs br 2005 This album I m a Big Sister, and I m a Girl, and I m a Princess, and This Is My Horse br 2006 Next album The Misterons Mix br 2006 I m a Big Sister, and I m a Girl, and I m a Princess, and This Is My Horse is the third in a series called Riverrun by Underworld band Underworld , released June 5th, 2006 online. The download only package is a zip file containing a 192kbit s encoded mp3 file, a 6 minute Quicktime slide show of black and white photographs set to ambient sounds, and a PDF of the CD insert. Track listing I m a Big Sister... is originally delivered as a 30 minute, 34 second audio file titled Audio.mp3 . Track names are taken from information at http www.underworldlive.com . The track times listed are estimated by listeners. All songs by Underworld band Underworld unless noted. MP3 underworldlive.com, UWR 0600013 1 Peach Tree 10 03 Mowed Path 4 38 Showlder 3 54 Wedge 9 37 11 Hundred Hz 2 22 Underworld Category Underworld albums Category 2006 EPs 2000s trance album stub mk I m a Big Sister, and I m a Girl, and I m a Princess, and This Is My Horse ja I m a Big Sister, and I m a Girl, and I m a Princess, and this is my Horse ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 The Lake Perry Trail is a convert 29 mi km adj on trail located in the Northeastern section of Kansas by Lake Perry . This trail is commonly referred to as the Old Military Trail because it was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . Hiking Although the trail is maintained regularly some sections of the trail may be covered with underbrush and or mowed away as the trail crosses uncommonly used sections and fields. The popular season for hiking the Lake Perry Trail is from June until late August. From April until September hiking along portions of the trail become difficult as the amount of spider webs and ticks increase with the humid climate. Proper preparations and equipment is suggest to ward off these nuisances. Four miles of the trail are along dirt roads. These roads connect two sections of the trail together. Camping Camping is not allowed along the trail. However, there are campsites in two designated campgrounds along the trail. The Old Military Trail Campground and the Slough Creek and Longview Park areas provide adequate camping for the amount of hikers that trek annually. Wildlife Bald eagles , hawks , deer , wild turkey and other small mammals all make Lake Perry their home during parts of the year. Wild animals are seen from the trail frequently. External links http www.perrylaketrail.net Perry Lake Trail Volunteer Website http www.naturalkansas.org neks.htm Perry Wildlife Watching Sites in Northeast Kansas http corpslakes.usace.army.mil visitors projects.cfm?Id G513920 US Army Corps of Engineers Web site coord missing Kansas Category Hiking trails in Kansas Category Protected areas of Jefferson County, Kansas Category National Recreation Trails of the United States ... more details
unreferenced date February 2010 Typology in urban planning and architecture is the taxonomic classification of usually physical characteristics commonly found in buildings and urban places, according to their association with different categories, such as intensity of development from natural or rural to highly urban , degrees of formality, and school of thought for example, modernist or traditional . Individual characteristics form patterns. Patterns relate elements hierarchically across physical scales from small details to large systems . The following is an example of a set of characteristics with typological associations br Single family residences set well back from a street on large lots say, one fifth acre to two or more acres and surrounded by mowed lawns with naturalistic ornamental plantings of trees and shrubs are associated typologically with North American suburban places. br Single family residences that come all the way forward on an individual lot so that the front of the building is co incident with front lot line, or which are set back only a few feet to accommodate a lightwell or front entry stoop, are associated typologically with highly urbanized places in North America. An emphasis on typology is characteristic of New Urbanism . New Urbanists believe it is important to match the physical development characteristcs of a place within the appropriate typology for that place, as determined by local preferences taken in context with urban patterns as evidenced throughout history. Modernists, in keeping with their general disinclination to keep within the constraints of tradition and hierarchies of patterns, are less likely to focus on identifying the correct typology of a site. See also Pattern language DEFAULTSORT Typology Urban Planning And Architecture Category Architectural theory Category Urban studies and planning terminology cs Typologie architektura de Bautypologie mn pt Tipologia arquitetura ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Iron Behind The Velvet Type studio Artist Christy Moore Cover iron behind velvet.jpg Released 1978 Recorded Dublin Genre Folk music Folk Length 51 07 Label Tara Music label Tara Music Producer Christy Moore , D nal Lunny , Brian Masterson Reviews Last album Christy Moore br 1976 This album The Iron Behind The Velvet br 1978 Next album Live in Dublin Christy Moore album Live In Dublin br 1981 The Iron Behind the Velvet was recorded by Christy Moore after the first breakup of Planxty . It features his brother Barry Moore Luka Bloom on guitar & vocals as well as Planxty s Andy Irvine on mandolin, bouzouki, vocals and more. Also appearing are Noel Hill musician Noel Hill on concertina s, Tony Linnane on Fiddle, Gabriel McKeon on Uilleann pipes , the late Jimmy Faulkner on guitars and Rosemary Flanagan on cello. D nal Lunny makes an appearance as producer on John O Dreams. Track listing All tracks composed by Christy Moore except where indicated Patrick Was a Gentleman Andy Irvine musician Andy Irvine , Christy Moore The Sun is Burning Ian Campbell Morrissey and the Russian Sailor The Foxy Devil Galway Joe Dolan Three Reels The Newly Mowed Meadow Farrell O Gara s Reel No Name Reel Trip to Jerusalem Galway Joe Dolan Three Reels Tommy Coen s The Youngest Daughter Flax in Bloom Patrick s Arrival Gabriel McKeon s Dunlavin Green Joe McCann John O Dreams References http www.taramusic.com photos taracatalog09.pdf Record Label Catalogue 2009 http www.taramusic.com sleevenotes cd2002.htm Album Sleevenotes DEFAULTSORT Iron Behind the Velvet Category Christy Moore albums Category 1978 albums ... more details
italic title taxobox name Trifolium resupinatum regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Fabales familia Fabaceae genus Clover Trifolium species T. resupinatum binomial Trifolium resupinatum binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Trifolium resupinatum Persian clover , shaftal , syn. T. resupinatum L. var. majus Boss., T. suaveolens Willd. is an annual clover used as fodder and hay, which reaches convert 60 cm in abbr on tall when cultivated, and forms rosettes when grazed or mowed. It is native to central and southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and southwest Asia as far south as the Punjab region Punjab . It is an important hay crop in cold regions of Iran, Afghanistan and other Asian areas with cold winters. Subspecies T. resupinatum var. majus Boss syn. T. suaveolens Willd. T. resupinatum var. resupinatum Gib & Belli. T. resupinatum var. microcephalum Zoh. ref cite web url http www.fao.org ag agp AGPC doc GBASE data Pf000415.htm title Trifolium resupinatum L. author J. M. Suttie year 1999 work Grassland Species publisher Food and Agriculture Organization accessdate May 15, 2010 ref Notes reflist Category Trifolium resupinatum Category Plants described in 1753 Faboideae stub az Trifolium resupinatum de Persischer Klee es Trifolium resupinatum nl Perzische klaver vi Trifolium resupinatum ... more details
The 1987 Haitian presidential election took place on 29 November 1987. The election was cancelled after troops led by Service d Intelligence National member Col Jean Claude Paul massacred 30 300 voters on election day. ref name Whitney Whitney, Kathleen Marie 1996 , Sin, Fraph, and the CIA U.S. Covert Action in Haiti , Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas , Vol. 3, Issue 2 1996 , pp. 303 332. p319 ref Jimmy Carter later wrote that Citizens who lined up to vote were mowed down by fusillades of terrorists bullets. Military leaders, who had either orchestrated or condoned the murders, moved in to cancel the election and retain control of the Government. ref Jimmy Carter , Carter Center , 1 October 1990, http www.cartercenter.org news documents doc1379.html Haiti s Election Needs Help ref The election was followed several months later by the Haitian presidential election, 1988 , which was boycotted by almost all the previous candidates, and saw turnout of just 4 . ref Two months later, these generals conducted an election that was boycotted by almost all the previous candidates and in which fewer than 4 percent of the people voted the victor was peremptorially removed when he dared to exert some independence as president. Jimmy Carter , Carter Center , 1 October 1990, http www.cartercenter.org news documents doc1379.html Haiti s Election Needs Help ref References reflist Haitian elections Category 1987 elections in the Caribbean Category Elections in Haiti Category 1987 in Haiti Category Massacres in Haiti Haiti stub ... more details
, are used on the refuge to create feeding, nesting and brood rearing covers. Permanently mowed pieces ... hayed, mowed or burned to keep open field from changing back to forest. Many wildlife species benefit ... more details
Speciesbox taxon Scilla siberica name Siberian squill image Blausternchen 2.jpg authority Adrian Hardy Haworth Haw. Siberian squill Scilla siberica also called wood squill is a bulb bulbous perennial plant perennial , grown for its nodding blue flowers in early spring season spring . It naturalizes rapidly from seed. Distribution Siberian squill is native to southwestern Russia , the Caucasus , and Turkey . Despite its name, it is not native to Siberia . Description The flower s have six petal s and six stamen s, and are arranged singly or in raceme s of two or three. Petals may be reflexed to the horizontal when sunlight is bright, but are more often cup shaped. The flowers are usually blue, but those of Scilla siberica variety botany var. alba are white. The stamens of Scilla are separate, unlike those of the related genera Puschkinia and Chionodoxa , which are fused into a tube. The pollen is dark blue. After flowering, the flower stems become limp as capsule botany capsules pods mature. At maturity, the capsules become purple and split open, releasing small, dark brown seeds. When the seeds are mature, the leaves wither and the plant goes dormant until the next spring. Seedlings are hollow leaved. Cultivation At convert 15 cm in abbr on , Siberian squill is suitable to be planted in grass, and will spread by seed to form large colonies that go dormant by the time grass needs to be mowed. Gallery gallery Image Scilla siberica pods.jpg seed capsules Image Scilla siberica alba bulbs.jpg bulbs Image Park Klepacza Lodz.jpg Klepacza Park in odz, Poland gallery External links Commons category Othocallis siberica Wikispecies Othocallis siberica http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html taxon.pl?33349 Germplasm Resources Information Network http www.efloras.org florataxon.aspx?flora id 120&taxon id 242101887 Ornamental Plants from Russia and Adjacent States of the Former Soviet Union http www.pacificbulbsociety.org pbswiki index.php Scilla sibirica Pacific Bulb Society ht ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Western Prairie Fringed Orchid image Platanthera praeclara.web.jpg status EN trend down status system iucn3.1 regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Orchidaceae subfamilia Orchidoideae genus Platanthera species P. praeclara binomial Platanthera praeclara binomial authority Sheviak & M.L.Bowles synonyms Habenaria leucophaea var. praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles Cronquist Fimbriella praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles Szlach. & Rutk. Platanthera praeclara , known as the Western Prairie Fringed Orchid or the Great Plains White Fringed Orchid , is a rare and threatened species of orchid native to North America . It has been listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1989, and in 2008 was added to the IUCNlink 132834 IUCN Redlist . The plant arises from a fleshy tuber . It grows from 1.25 to 3 feet tall 38 85 cm . Each plant can have up to two dozen or more flower s arranged in a stalk. P. praeclara is distinguished from Platanthera leucophaea , the eastern prairie fringed orchid, by its slightly larger flowers, petal shape, and longer nectar spur. P. praeclara is a long lived perennial. It emerges in May and blooms in June or in July further north. The flowers are fragrant at night and are pollinated by large sphinx moth s. P. praeclara is a plant of the tallgrass prairie and requires direct sunlight for growth. It is most often found in moist habitats or sedge meadows. P. praeclara has persisted in areas that have been lightly grazed, periodically burned, or regularly mowed. It is not yet understood how these activities affect plant survival. It may be that removal of dead grass mulch is beneficial, but heavy grazing is detrimental. Historically, P. praeclara was found in tallgrass prairies west of the Mississippi River . It occurred from extreme southern Canada south to northeast Oklahoma . In Oklahoma, historical records 1975 exist for Craig and Rogers Counties. Currently, extant ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2008 Infobox military conflict conflict Battle of Mi ar partof First Serbian uprising image File BOJ NA MI ARU.jpg 200px date 12 15 August 1806 place Mi ar, Serbia casus territory result Decisive Serbian victory Citation needed date January 2010 combatant1 flagicon Serbia civil Serbian revolutionaries combatant2 flagicon Ottoman Empire 1453 Ottoman Empire commander1 flagicon Serbia civil Kara or e Petrovi br flagicon Serbia civil Jakov Nenadovic commander2 flagicon Ottoman Empire Sulejman Pa a Skopljak Sulejman Pa a br flagicon Ottoman Empire Mehmed beg Kulenovi of Zvornik strength1 9,500 men Citation needed date October 2011 strength2 40,000 men Citation needed date October 2011 casualties1 relatively low Citation needed date October 2011 casualties2 1,172 per initial Austrian report up to 3,000 per later reports Citation needed date October 2011 Serbian Revolution The Battle of Mi ar took place from 12 to 15 August 1806, with a Serbia n victory over the Ottoman Empire Ottomans . Much of the Ottoman commanding core was killed during the battle. Citation needed date January 2010 The fighting began on Misar Hill, with an opening charge of the Turkish Sipahi Cavalry followed by a charge of their infantry units led by the Bosniak kapetan Mehmed beg Kulenovi of Zvornik . The Serbian sharpshooters and gunners mowed down the first line of cavalry and panic struck the Turkish lines when the horsemen retreated into the infantry led by Mehmed beg Kulenovi of Zvornik . However, the Ottoman Empire Ottomans soon regrouped and engaged the Serbian infantry. Then, Kara or e Petrovi signaled for the charge of the Serbian Cavalry from the opposite ends to and defeated the Ottomans on the field. Although the war ended in defeat kapetan Mehmed beg Kulenovi of Zvornik and his Bosniak forces kept fighting the Serbian rebels inside the district of Zvornik and was killed in his efforts to drive the forces of Kara or e Petrovi out of Bosnia Eyalet . Afterm ... more details
Use British English date June 2011 Use dmy dates date June 2011 Image Centre Court Wimbledon 2 .jpg thumb Centre Court during the 2005 Wimbledon Championships The Championships, Wimbledon , or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is considered the most prestigious. ref cite news title Traditional Final It s Nadal and Federer work The New York Times date 7 May 2008 first Christopher last Clarey quote Federer said I love playing him, especially here at Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament we have. url http www.nytimes.com 2008 07 05 sports tennis 05wimbledon.html?ref tennis accessdate 17 July 2008 ref ref cite encyclopedia editor Will Kaufman & Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson encyclopedia Britain And The Americas title Tennis year 2005 publisher ABC CLIO volume 1 Culture, Politics, and History isbn 1851094318 pages p.958 quote this first tennis championship, which later evolved into the Wimbledon Tournament ... continues as the world s most prestigious event. ref ref http www.iloveindia.com sports wimbledon index.html Wimbledon s reputation and why it is considered the most prestigious ref It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon, London Wimbledon since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam in tennis Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and the only one still played on Tennis court Grass courts grass courts . The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the gentlemen s singles final, scheduled for the second Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and four invitational events. Nineteen courts are used at Wimbledon, and since 2001 they have all been sown with 100 Perennial Ryegrass , a grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Courts were previously 70 Ryegrass and 30 Creeping Red Fescue grass. The grass is hand weeded and mowed to a height of 8mm everyday of the championship. ... more details
Service d Intelligence National National Intelligence Service , SIN was a Haiti an intelligence agency created by the US Central Intelligence Agency after the 1986 overthrow of Jean Claude Duvalier . ref name Whitney Whitney, Kathleen Marie 1996 , Sin, Fraph, and the CIA U.S. Covert Action in Haiti , Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas , Vol. 3, Issue 2 1996 , pp. 303 332 ref The unit, staffed by officers of the Haitian army, engaged in drug trafficking and political violence . ref name Whitney The CIA provided half a million to a million dollars per year to train SIN in counter narcotics , but the group produced no intelligence and instead used their training against political opponents. ref name Whitney The Haitian presidential election, 1987 was cancelled after troops led by SIN member Col Jean Claude Paul massacred 30 300 voters on election day. ref name Whitney319 Whitney, Kathleen Marie 1996 , Sin, Fraph, and the CIA U.S. Covert Action in Haiti , Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas , Vol. 3, Issue 2 1996 , pp. 303 332. p319 ref Jimmy Carter later wrote that Citizens who lined up to vote were mowed down by fusillades of terrorists bullets. Military leaders, who had either orchestrated or condoned the murders, moved in to cancel the election and retain control of the Government. ref Jimmy Carter , Carter Center , 1 October 1990, http www.cartercenter.org news documents doc1379.html Haiti s Election Needs Help ref Despite this the CIA continued to give the SIN up to 1m per year, even as the SIN continued to target political opponents. Between 1986 and 1991 SIN murdered up to 5000 members of democratic movements. ref name Whitney319 The CIA only cut its ties to SIN after the coup which ended Jean Bertrand Aristide s 8 month Presidency, following the Haitian general election, 1990 1991 . Its support for SIN, and SIN s involvement in drug trafficking, became public in 1993. ref New York Times , , http www.nytimes.com 1993 11 14 wo ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Siege of Bristol image File Bristol1326.jpg 300px caption Isabella of France Isabella oversees the siege. partof Despenser wars date 18 26 October 1326 place Bristol , England result French victory combatant1 flagicon Kingdom of France valois France in the Middle Ages Kingdom of France br flagicon England English Rebels combatant2 flagicon England Kingdom of England commander1 Isabella of France br Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March commander2 Edward II of England br Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser the Elder KIA strength1 1,500 strength2 unknown casualties1 unknown casualties2 unknown campaignbox Campaignbox Isabella s Campaign The Siege of Bristol was a siege by the forces of Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March during the Despenser wars . The French and English rebels fought the garrison under Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser the Elder for 8 days in a siege. The French captured the fort after several attacks. Siege of Bristol Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser the Elder was expecting attack by the French and English. He ordered his walls be double positioned with archers, and for the civilians to relocate inside of the castle. Isabella s troops were prepared to march. Isabella personally marched to the castle and began to attack it on 18 October. Her troops were mowed down by longbow, but she continued to charge. The English held out against several more assaults. Again, Isabella continued her attacks. The French used battering rams to break down the gates, and Isabella rescued her daughters, Eleanor of Woodstock and Joan of the Tower from English custody. ref Doherty, p.92 Weir, pp233 4 . ref Despenser could not even hold out against one more attack. When it came, his troops were smashed. He surrendered, and was hanged one day after the surrender. The French took the greatest city in western England. Aftermath Isabella Siege of Cardiff capt ... more details
italic title taxobox name Chloris truncata image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots unranked ordo Commelinids ordo Poales familia Poaceae subfamilia Chloridoideae genus Chloris plant Chloris species C. truncata binomial Chloris truncata binomial authority Robert Brown botanist R.Br. ref name APNI cite web url http www.anbg.gov.au cgi bin apni?TAXON NAME Chloris truncata title Chloris truncata accessdate 23 December 2011 work Australian Plant Name Index APNI , IBIS database publisher Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra ref Chloris truncata , known by its common name of Australian Windmill Grass or simply Windmill Grass locally in Australia , is a perennial grass . ref cite web http www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au 80 record b1658722 S1 R title Plants of the Adelaide plains and hills publisher Library of South Australia accessdate 21 March 2011 ref Chloris truncata is a low growing grass forming a small clump of around 30 centimetres in diameter. It has long leaves, approximately 10 15 cm long with a distinctive blunt tip and flattened leaf sheath at the base. It is light green in colour with a prominent central vein. The plant gets its name from its large windmill shaped flowering heads, which can be around 30 cm across. Each of the long black spikes is lined with black seeds which have two awns each. Seed is set in both summer and winter. The plant spreads moderately fast, but is relatively hard to propagate. It prefers full sun and may be used as a lawn grass if mowed lightly. ref cite web url http www.slsa.sa.gov.au site page.cfm title The Native Plants of Adelaide publisher Department for Environment and Heritage accessdate 21 March 2011 ref Additional reading Hrusa, F., B. Ertter, A. Sanders, G. Leppig, and E. Dean. 2002. Catalog of non native vascular plants occurring spontaneously in California beyond those addressed in The Jepson Manual. Part I. Madro o 49 61 98. CA Literature Wagner, ... more details
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