Japanese Rose - Japanese Rose Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa) is a rose with short, straight thorns. It develops new plants from the roots and forms large, dense vegetation. It flowers from June to September with large, pleasant smelling, flowers, approximately five centimeters across. The flowers are dark pink or white, with somewhat wrinkled petals. The hips are flat and rounded. The origin of the species is in eastern Asia and Japan where it was used as an ornamental plant. In Japan it grows on sandy beaches. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
HMS Montrose - Navy. It's motto is "Mare ditat rosa decorat" (The sea enriches and the rose adorns). The ship is named after the port of Montrose, Scotland, UK and is strongly linked with the town and the region of Angus. First The first HMS Montrose was an 'Admiralty Design' class destroyer-leader, which was laid down at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 17th September 1917, launched on 10th June 1919 and completed on the 14th September the same year, too late for her to be involved in the First World War. She was sent to the Mediterranean Fleet where she would be stationed for ten years, being involved in numerous operations, including the evacuation of White Russian troops at Novorossiysk a harbour near the Black Sea in March 1920. She finally returned back home in 1929 serving.
Glen Rose, Texas - Glen Rose, Texas Glen Rose is a city located in Somervell County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,122. It is the county seat of Somervell County6. Geography \nGlen Rose is located at 32°14'12" North, 97°45'14" West (32.236637, -97.753823)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 km² (2.7 mi²). 7.1 km² (2.7 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 2,122 people, 801 households, and 543 families residing in the city. The population density is 300.1/km² (777.6/mi²). There are 903 housing units at an average density of 127.7/km² (330.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 91.09%.
Glaucous Dog-rose - Glaucous Dog-rose Glaucous Dog-rose (Rosa dumalis) is a rose. It's a bush that can be up to three meters high. It has long, bent thorns. It bears dark or light pink flowers in June-July. The hips are oval and quite soft. It may be confused with Dog-Rose (Rosa canina), but when flowering they are easy to tell apart since the Dog-Rose has white or light pink flowers. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Amy Rose - Amy Rose Amy Rose is a young pink hedgehog character from Sonic the Hedgehog. She has chased Sonic for well over a decade now, trying to gain his heart in everything from animated tv shows to movies and games. Amy first appeared on Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Sonic CD in 1993. She was a girl hedgehog who dabbled in fortune telling. Upon learning of Sonic's appearance, she chased Sonic in the first Act of the game. In the second act, she gets kidnapped by Metal Sonic. Sonic rescues her in the game, but dashes off. Amy had proclaimed him her boyfriend, even though he didn't think that way of her. Amy wore a green polo shirt, an orange shirt, and purple sneakers. Her hair/quills was/were the same style.
Belle Rose, Louisiana - Belle Rose, Louisiana Belle Rose is a town located in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,944. Geography \nBelle Rose is located at 30°2'13" North, 91°3'15" West (30.036834, -91.054039)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 13.9 km² (5.4 mi²). 13.9 km² (5.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 1,944 people, 674 households, and 514 families residing in the town. The population density is 140.0/km² (362.5/mi²). There are 725 housing units at an average density of 52.2/km² (135.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 39.92% White, 59.83% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.00% Asian,.
Betty White - Betty White Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is a notable American television actress with a career spanning over 50 years. White's early television roles included her portrayal of Elizabeth on "Life With Elizabeth" in 1953 and as Vicki Angel on "Date With the Angels" in 1957 and 1958. She also had her own show briefly in 1954 with the original "Betty White Show". White is perhaps better known for her appearances on the hit gameshow "Password", in which she was a regular as a panelist from 1961 through 1975; it was through her early appearances on "Password"' that she met the show's host and her future husband Allen Ludden, whom she married in 1963 and remained with until his death in 1981. White also made frequent.
Black & White Records - Black & White Records Black & White Records was a Los Angeles, California based record company, active in the 1940s and 1950s. It was later owned by Capitol Records. Numerical Listing (Partial) 2A Art's Boogie ( Art Hodes ) Art Hodes (Matrix 2A) 2B St. Louis Blues Art Hodes 3 Quiet Please Cliff Jackson Qt (Matrix HS1206) 3 Squeeze Me Cliff Jackson Qt (Matrix HS1207) 4 If I Could Be With You Cliff Jackson B/W Stompers 4 Weary Blues Cliff Jackson B/W Stompers 5 Tea For Two George Wettling Jazz Trio Recorded (1945) 5 Sweet Georgia Brown Gene Schroeder Recorded (1945) 6 How Could You Put Me Down Lion & His Cubs 6 Let's Mop It Lion & His Cubs 7 Some Of These Days ( Shelton Brooks ) George Wettling Jazz Trio (Matrix.
Kennedy political dynasty - great American political dynasties. All three families have strong roots in the New England area of the United States. Some commentators in the early 1960s made predictions that President John F. Kennedy would be first of a dynasty in the White House, but these predictions were not borne out, and the idea largely dropped off the public's radar after Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 and Edward Kennedy was involved in a possible drunk-driving incident (in which a passenger in his car was killed) in 1969. However, a number of Kennedy family members have held high office since then. Actor and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is associated with the Kennedy family by his marriage to television journalist Maria Shriver, daughter of Eunice Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, although Schwarzenegger is a Republican..
Kentucky Oaks - ¾. The victory by Vinaigrette launched a strong tradition for the Oaks, which - like the Derby - has been renewed each year without interruption since its inaugural running. Year Winner 1875 Vinaigrette 1876 Necy Hale 1877 Felicia 1878 Belle of Nelson 1879 Liahtunah 1880 Longitude 1881 Lucy May 1882 Katie Creel 1883 Vera 1884 Modesty 1885 Lizzie Dwyer 1886 Pure Rye 1887 Florimore 1888 Ten Penny 1889 Jewel Ban 1890 English Lady 1891 Miss Hawkins 1892 Miss Dixie 1893 Monrovia 1894 Selika 1895 Voladora 1896 Souffle 1897 White Frost 1898 Crocket 1899 Rush 1900 Etta 1901 Lady Schorr 1902 Wainamoinen 1903 Lemco 1904 Audience 1905 Janeta 1906 King's Daughter 1907 Wing Ting 1908 Ellen-a-Dale 1909 Floreal 1910 Samaria 1911 Bettie Sue 1912 Flamma 1913 Cream 1914 Bronzewing 1915 Waterblossom 1916.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - telling her to wave. At the time, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was staying at a lavish apartment across the street from a person that would become the President of the Philippines. He would often take trips to places such as Brazil to promote Konsojaya, a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based company that was secretly funding militant Muslims, including Yousef and Mohammed, in Southeast Asia. According to Philippine police, a waitress at the Manila Bay Club on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City named Arminda Costudio was introduced to Mohammed, who was using the name Salem Ali and claiming that he was a Qatari businessman. Costudio said that he was always with Ramzi Yousef, and her description was identical to Abdul Hakim Murad's description. Both people described that he had "excess meat" on his middle.
Kirkcudbrightshire - and Silurian rocks; the Criffel mass lies about Dalbeattie and Bengairn, another mass extends east and west between the Cairnsmore of Fleet and Loch Ken, another lies NW. and S.E. between Loch Doon and Loch Dee and a small mass forms the Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. Glacial deposits occupy much of the low ground; the ice, having travelled in a southerly or south-easterly direction, has left abundant striae on the higher ground to indicate its course. Radiation of the ice streams took place from the heights of Merrick, Kells, etc; local moraines are found near Carsphairn and in the Deagh and Minnoch valleys. Glacial drumlins of boulder clay lie in the vales of the Dee, Cree and Urr. Climate and Agriculture The climate and soil suit grass and green crops rather than.
Kronstadt rebellion - to a standstill. It has been estimated that the total output of mines and factories fell in 1921 to 20 per cent if the pre-World War level, with many crucial items experiencing an even more drastic decline. Production of cotton, for example, fell to 5 per cent, iron to 2 per cent, of the prewar level. The peasants responded to requisitioning by refusing to till their land. By 1921 cultivated land had shrunk to some 62 per cent of the prewar acreage, and the harvest yield was only about 37 percent of normal. The number of horses declined from 35 million in 1916 to 24 million in 1920, and cattle from 58 to 37 million during the same span of time. The exchange rate of the US dollar, which had been.
Ku Klux Klan - Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of several white-supremacist organizations in the United States, which are dedicated to opposing civil rights for Blacks, Jews, and other ethnic, racial, social or religious groups. They also oppose Catholicism, and 'left' groups such as the IWW, and the gay rights movement. In recent years a spin-off organization came into existence in the United Kingdom. However, the British Ku Klux Klan is a tiny movement with no real influence. Description The name Ku Klux Klan comes from kuklos, the Greek word for circle. A persistent myth has existed in the United States which alleges that the name comes from the sound of the hammer of a rifle being cocked. Members of the Klan are easily recognizable by their distinctive white robes and hoods, which represent.
January 9 - 1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet, translator 1875 - Gertrude Whitney, sculptor (†1942) 1876 - Hans Bethge, writer 1879 - John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist (†1958) 1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet, critic (†1938) 1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian, writer 1890 - Karel Capek, Czech writer (†1938) 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, writer, satirist, social critic (†1935) 1891 - August Gailit, Estonian, writer 1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (†1985) 1894 - Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter, graphic artist 1897 - Luis Gianneo, composer 1898 - Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer (†1979) 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, composer 1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer 1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) (†1973) 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera).
Jasper County, Illinois - is 0.73% water. Demographics \nAs of the census2 of 2000, there are 10,117 people, 3,930 households, and 2,849 families residing in the county. The population density is 8/km² (20/mi²). There are 4,294 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (9/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 99.15% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.31% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,930 households out of which 32.90% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.30% are married couples living together, 7.00% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% are non-families. 24.70% of all households are made up of individuals.
James Martineau - and stimulating works, especially the discourses by which it may be said he won his way to wide and influential recognition--Endeavours after the Christian Life, 1st series, 1843; 2nd series, 1847; Hours of Thought, 1st series, 1876; 2nd series, 1879; the various hymn-books he issued at Dublin in 1831, at Liverpool in 1840, in London in 1873; and the Home Prayers in 1891. Besides the vocation he had chosen and strove to fulfil, two more external influences helped shape Martineau's mind and define his problem and his work; the awakening of English thought to the problems which underlie both philosophy and religion, and the new and higher opportunities offered for their discussion in the periodical press. The questions which lived in the earlier and more formative period of his life concerned.
James Russell Lowell - the poem his class had asked him to write for their graduation festivities. Not knowing what vocation to choose, he vacillated between business, the ministry, medicine and law. Having decided to practise law, he took a course at the Harvard law school, and was admitted to the bar. While studying law, however, he contributed poems and prose articles to various magazines. After an unhappy love affair, he became engaged to Maria White in the autumn of 1840, and the next twelve years of his life were deeply affected by her influence. Maria White Lowell was herself a noted poet. Her character and beliefs led her to become involved in the movements directed against the evils of intemperance and slavery. Lowell was already regarded as a man of wit and poetic sentiment;.
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity - but President Bush nevertheless cited the allegations in his State of the Union address. 4 April 2003: "Some worry U.S. may bend facts for policy", SunSpot.net (cached article from Disinfopedia, the encyclopedia of propaganda). 18 April 2003: "US should be 'embarrassed' over failure to find WMDs: ex-spies", AFP. 18 April 2003: "Former CIA Agents: Not Finding WMD in Iraq, Embarrassing to US" by Republicons Staff. 26 May 2003: "CIA: Sinned Against or Sinning?" by B. Raman, South Asia Analysis Group. Items 17 and 18 re VIPS in particular. 30 May 2003: "Save Our Spooks" by Nicholas D. Kristof, Op-ed columnist, The New York Times. 1 June 2003: "US security men accuse Bush of twisting facts," The International News (Pakistan). 3 June 2003: "Story: Ray McGovern of Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - the census2 of 2000, there are 45,932 people, 18,375 households, and 12,862 families residing in the county. The population density is 27/km² (70/mi²). There are 22,104 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (34/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 98.97% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 18,375 households out of which 30.30% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% are married couples living together, 9.10% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% are non-families. 26.60% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.80% have someone living alone.
