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Dachne

Dachne is a place name in Ukraine which can refer to the following villages:

  • Dachne, Bakhchisaray Raion, Crimea
  • Dachne, Sudak Municipality, Crimea
  • Dachne, Volyn Oblast
  • Dachne, Vasylkivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
  • Dachne, Mezhova Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
  • Dachne, Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
  • Dachne, Donetsk Oblast
  • Dachne, Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast
  • Dachne, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast
  • Dachne, Odessa Oblast
  • Dachne, Kharkiv Oblast
  • Dachne, Chernihiv Oblast
Celsense

Celsense, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company offering pre-clinical and clinical-grade imaging agents used to non-invasively detect, identify, quantify, and monitor cells and cellular activity. The company is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 2005 to commercialize imaging platforms developed at Carnegie Mellon University.

Celsense makes proprietary imaging agents for cell trafficking using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. The company’s products are used primarily to understand regenerative medicine, immunotherapy, inflammation, and immune system response.

Weeden

Weeden may refer to:

People
  • Bert Weeden (1882-1939), American minor league baseball player and manager who played one day in Major League Baseball
  • Brandon Weeden (born 1983), American National Football League quarterback
  • Carl A. Weeden, American navy officer
  • Lasse Weeden, American-Norwegian bass player, former member of Bigbang (Norwegian band)
  • Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1905), American artist and author
  • Michael Weeden (born 1991), American politician
  • Timothy Weeden (born 1951), American politician
Other uses
  • , US Navy destroyer escort named in honor of Carl A. Weeden

  • Weeden Mountain, south of Huntsville, Alabama, United States
  • Weeden Elementary School, a public school in Florence, Alabama, United States
  • Weeden Heights Primary School, a school in Vermont South, Victoria, Australia
  • Weedens, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Marple

Marple may refer to:

Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda(s) may refer to:

  • Hidden Agenda (computer game), a 1988 text-based game
  • Hidden Agenda (1990 film), a political thriller directed by Ken Loach and written by Jim Allen
  • Hidden Agenda (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Christopher Plummer
  • Hidden Agenda (2001 film), an action film starring Dolph Lundgren
  • "Hidden Agenda" (Craig David song)
  • Hidden Agenda (game show), a short-lived game show airing on Game Show Network
  • "Hidden Agenda" (Pitchshifter song)
  • Hidden Agenda Records, an independent record label under Parasol Records
  • "Hidden Agenda", a fictional photograph in the television series Nowhere Man
  • "Hidden Agendas" (X-men episode), an episode of the 1990s TV series X-Men
  • "Hidden Agenda", a student run newspaper at Western Technical Commercial School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hidden Agenda (video game)

Hidden Agenda is a computer strategy game with menu-driven interface and early, black and white graphics whose scenario was designed and written in 1988 by Jim Gasperini, with input from project consultant Eric Ehrmann. While the scenario was implemented in text form, the game made use of an innovative graphical interface, with naturalistic characters, settings, and digital video interstitials. The narrative simulation system was designed and implemented by Greg Guerin and Ron Martinez (who also produced the game). Ron Martinez also designed and implemented the front end user experience, in the process inventing one of the first implementations of digital video with frames grabbed from a hacked four-head VCR. The game was intended to simulate the conditions of a post-revolutionary Central American country. It is considered a forerunner of the Games for Change movement, alongside other early Macintosh games including Chris Crawford's Balance of Power.

The game is set in the fictional country Chimerica which has been recently liberated from the rule of the corrupt dictator Farsante and his ruling clique. The player takes the part of the newly elected president of Chimerica.

Hidden Agenda (1990 film)

Hidden Agenda (1990), directed by Ken Loach, is a political thriller about British state terrorism during the Northern Irish Troubles that depicts the fictional assassination of an American civil rights lawyer.

Hidden Agenda (Craig David song)

"Hidden Agenda" is a song recorded by English singer Craig David. It was released on 20 January 2003 as the second single from his second studio album Slicker Than Your Average (2002). The song became his eighth top ten hit in the United Kingdom (including his Artful Dodger collaborations), peaking at number ten and spending six weeks inside the UK top 75. After the change in sound between his debut album Born to Do It and " What's Your Flava?", the lead single from Slicker Than Your Average, "Hidden Agenda" returned David to the sound for which he was known for in his worldwide hits such as " 7 Days" and " Walking Away" and re-united him with Artful Dodger record producer Mark Hill.

The single version contains the short interlude at the end of "Fast Cars".

Hidden Agenda (2001 film)

Hidden Agenda is a 2001 Canadian action film directed by Marc S. Grenier and starring Dolph Lundgren.

Hidden Agenda (livehouse)

Hidden Agenda is a livehouse located in the industrial area of Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. It opened in January 2009 and has since then relocated twice due to rising rents and the violation of permitted land uses (that excludes the operation of cultural venues in industrial buildings).

Răchitiș

Răchitiş may refer to several villages in Romania:

  • Răchitiş, a village in Ghimeș-Făget Commune, Bacău County
  • Răchitiş, a village in Bilbor Commune, Harghita County
Bowden

Bowden may refer to:

Octosquid

Octosquid is the name given to what appears to be a new species of the genus Mastigoteuthis which was discovered at a depth of off the Hawaiian Islands in the summer of 2007. On June 12, 2007, the creature was identified as an unnamed species of squid.

The animal was caught in a filter placed in one of the deep-sea pipelines of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. The ruby red creature was about a foot long, with white suction cups on its arms. The animal died three days after it was brought to the surface.

The specimen was originally dubbed "Octosquid" by NELHA operations manager Jan War, a reference to the fact that the specimen had only eight arms, like an octopus, rather than the eight arms and two tentacles of most squid. An examination of the specimen conducted by Professor Richard Young of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, however, concluded that it is in fact a previously known but as-yet unnamed species of the genus Mastigoteuthis. The specimen was likely missing its tentacles due to them being torn off during capture.

Bootsauce

Bootsauce was a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal in 1989. The band received a Juno Award for their 1991 single "Everyone's a Winner", a Hot Chocolate cover. The band was composed of Drew Ling (real name Drew Thorpe) ( vocals), Pere Fume (real name Perry Johnson) ( guitar), Sonny Greenwich Jr. (guitar), Alan Baculis ( bass guitar), and John “Fatboy” Lalley ( drums). Their style combined soul, funk and metal sounds.

Dispersity

In physical and organic chemistry, the dispersity is a measure of the heterogeneity of sizes of molecules or particles in a mixture. A collection of objects is called uniform if the objects have the same size, shape, or mass. A sample of objects that have an inconsistent size, shape and mass distribution is called non-uniform. The objects can be in any form of chemical dispersion, such as particles in a colloid, droplets in a cloud, crystals in a rock, or polymer molecules in a solvent. Polymers can possess a distribution of molecular mass; particles often possess a wide distribution of size, surface area and mass; and thin films can possess a varied distribution of film thickness.

IUPAC has deprecated the use of the term polydispersity index having replaced it with the term dispersity, represented by the symbol Đ (pronounced D-stroke) which can refer to either molecular mass or degree of polymerization. It can be calculated using the equation Đ = M/M, where M is the weight-average molar mass and M is the number-average molar mass. It can also be calculated according to degree of polymerization, where Đ = X/X, where X is the weight-average degree of polymerization and X is the number-average degree of polymerization. In certain limiting cases where Đ = Đ, it is simply referred to as Đ. IUPAC has also deprecated the terms monodisperse, which is considered to be self-contradictory, and polydisperse, which is considered redundant, preferring the terms uniform and non-uniform instead.

Bardi

Bardi can refer to:

  • Bardi, Emilia-Romagna, a city in the province of Parma, northern Italy
  • Bardi, Western Australia, a town in Australia
  • Bardi, Iran, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
  • Bardi bush, an Australian plant, Acacia victoriae
  • Bardi (folklore), a shape-changing spirit or a rabid animal in Trebizond folklore who presages a death by wailing
  • The Bardi grub from Australia, is a collective term referring mainly to larvae of wood boring beetles in the family Cerambycidae and includes genera such as Bardistus and Phoracantha. The whitchety grub is sometimes inappropriately included but these insects are larvae of moths, principally in the family Cossidae and to some extent Hepialidae. Both Bardi and Whitchety grubs are considered "bush tucker" by the indigenous Aboriginals of Australia.
  • Bardi language, the language of the Bardi people (see below)
  • Bardi people, an Australian Aboriginal tribe
  • Barði Jóhannson, an Icelandic singer/songwriter/producer
  • People with the surname Bardi:
    • Mario Bardi, painter
    • Francesco Bardi, footballer
CGL

CGL may refer to:

  • Carrier Grade Linux
  • Core OpenGL: Apple Computer's Macintosh Quartz windowing system interface to the Mac OS X implementation of the OpenGL specification
  • Conway's Game of Life
  • Chronic granulocytic leukemia, also known as Chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Confederazione Generale del Lavoro
  • Commercial General Liability, a common type of liability insurance
  • Ceart Go Leor An Ghaeilge ar "O.K."
CGL (charity)

Change Grow Live (CGL) is a voluntary sector organisation specialising in drug and criminal justice intervention projects in England & Wales. All of its funding is statutory based. As of 2012 it employs over 1,800 workers and is supported by over 250 volunteers. CGL was formerly named Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI), but changed to its current name in 2016.

CGL is a national provider of support, treatment and rehabilitation programmes for those whose lives are blighted by substance misuse, crime and lack of opportunity.

CGL's service users include:

  • Adults and young people with substance misuse problems
  • People who are homeless and living and working on the streets
  • Offenders in prison and those serving community sentences
  • Families and communities affected by crime, substance misuse and anti social behaviour
  • Victims of domestic abuse

CGL's objective is to help individuals to improve their lives and achieve their full potential.

CGL offers a wide range of services to its clients: Key-work sessions, Counselling, Benefits and housing advice, Group therapies, Needle exchange, Sexual Health awareness, Medical assistance, Prescribing, Complementary therapies and general support in living a healthy and balanced life.

CGL works in partnership with a range of agencies to provide treatment and co-ordinated care pathways that include housing, employment, education and training.

In the 00-01 financial year CGL's income was £2.1m, in 11-12 it was £80.8m.

Gazzoli

Gazzoli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Chiara Gazzoli (born 1978), Italian women's footballer
  • Massimo Gazzoli (born 1975), Italian footballer
Kpana

Kpana is a community in Tolon District in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Nikté

Nikte is a 2009 Mexican animated adventure comedy film, produced by Animex Producciones. It stars the voices of Sherlyn as the title character, Pierre Angelo, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Alex Lora, Jorge Arvizu, and Regina Torné. It premiered in theaters on December 18, 2009.

Conjunctiva

The conjunctiva lines the inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera (the white of the eye). It is composed of non-keratinized, stratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells, and also stratified columnar epithelium. The conjunctiva is highly vascularised, with many microvessels easily accessible for imaging studies.

Sanavord

Sanavord (, also Romanized as Sanāvord; also known as ‘Abbāsābād-e Sanāvord, Abbāsābād Sanābard, and ‘Abbāsābād Sanāvord) is a village in Enaj Rural District, Qareh Chay District, Khondab County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 704, in 200 families.

Varoom!

Varoom! is a 1963 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that depicts an explosion and the onomatopoeic sound that gives it its name.

Gauchach

The '''Gauchach ''' is a stream and tributary of the River Wutach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It runs through the spectacular Gauchach Gorge.

Misoshiru's

is a Japanese punk rock band. A fictional stage persona for the band Radwimps that was created in 2005, the project was first unveiled in 2006 when Misoshiru's were the billed artist for the band's song "Jennifer Yamada-san". In 2013, Misoshiru's was revived, and released their debut album Me So She Loose through Universal Music Japan.

Chwalibog

Chwalibog may refer to:

  • Chwalibogowice,a village in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
  • Chwalibogowo (disambiguation), a name of several villages in Poland,
  • Chwalibożyce, a village in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Betacam

Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself.

All Betacam variants from (plain) analog recording Betacam to Betacam SP and digital recording Digital Betacam (and additionally, HDCAM & HDCAM SR), use the same shape videocassettes, meaning vaults and other storage facilities do not have to be changed, when upgrading to a new format. The cassettes are available in two sizes: S (for Short) and L (for Long). The Betacam camcorder can only load S magnetic tapes, while television studio sized video tape recorders (VTR) designed for video editing can play both S and L tapes. The cassette shell and case for each Betacam cassette is colored differently depending on the format, allowing for easy visual identification. There is also a mechanical key, that allows a video tape recorder to identify which format has been inserted. The smaller S cassettes use the same form factor as Betamax.

The format supplanted the three-quarter-inch U-Matic format, which Sony had introduced in 1971. In addition to improvements in video quality, the Betacam configuration of an integrated professional video camera/recorder led to its rapid adoption by electronic news gathering (ENG) organizations.

DigiBeta, the common name for Digital Betacam, went on to become the single most successful professional broadcast digital recording video tape format in history.

Even though Betacam remains popular in the field and for archiving, new tapeless digital products such as the Multi Access Video Disk Recorder are leading to a phasing out of Betacam products in a television studio environment, as of 2006.

Kasangadu

Kasangadu is a village located in Madukkur Town Panchayat, Pattukkottai taluk, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Many people from this village have settled in foreign countries like Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, United Kingdom, France, Australia, United States of America, Poland.

Ulyanov

Ulyanov , or Ulyanova (feminine; Улья́нова) is a common Russian last name and may refer to several people:

  • Alexander Ulyanov (1866–1887), Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin's brother
  • Anna Ulyanova (1864–1935), Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin's sister
  • Boris Ulyanov (1891–1951), Russian tennis player
  • Dmitri Ilyich Ulyanov (1874–1943), Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin's brother
  • Dmitri Nikolayevich Ulyanov (b. 1970), Soviet and Russian footballer
  • Grigory Ulyanov (1859–1912), Russian linguist
  • Ilya Ulyanov (1831–1886), Russian public figure in the field of public education and a teacher, Vladimir Lenin's father
  • Ivan Ulyanov (1884–1946), Russian revolutionary
  • Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835–1916), Vladimir Lenin's mother
  • Mikhail Ulyanov (1927–2007), Soviet actor
  • Nikolai Ulyanov (1875–1949), Russian painter and graphic artist
  • Petr Lavrentyevich Ulyanov, (1928-2006), Mathematician
  • Vitaly Ulyanov (1925-?), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) (1870–1924)
  • Vladimir Ulyanov (officer) (1965–2003), Russian army officer and Hero of Russia
RapidShare

RapidShare was an online file hosting service that opened in 2002. In 2009, it was amongst the Internet's 20 most visited websites and claimed to have 10 petabytes of files uploaded by users with the ability to handle up to three million users simultaneously. Following the takedown of similar service Megaupload in 2012, RapidShare changed its business model to deter the use of its services for distribution of files to large numbers of anonymous users and to focus on personal subscription-only cloud-based file storage. Its popularity fell sharply and at the end of March 2015 RapidShare ceased to operate.

Sendio

Sendio is an Newport Beach, California-based e-mail security company. The privately held company was founded in 2004 by Tal Golan, who currently serves as the company’s President and CTO. By using Sender Address Verification technology, Sendio provides an e-mail security solution which stops spam, viruses, malware, phishing attacks and unsolicited e-mail from reaching the e-mail inbox. In February 2007, Sendio received $4 million in venture capital funding from Vicente Capital, Shepherd Ventures and Athenian Venture Partners. Former Microsoft CIO Rick Devenuti was appointed to the Board of Directors at Sendio in 2007.

Sendio customers include Central DuPage Hospital, Arnerich Massena, Inc., The Leading Hotels of the World, Penn State and Sentinel Real Estate Corporation.

Thalera

Thalera is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Householder

Householder may refer to:

  • Householder, a person who is the head of a household, see household
  • Householder transformation, an algorithm in numerical linear algebra
  • Householder (surname)
  • Householder (Buddhism), a Buddhist term most broadly referring to any layperson
  • Grihastha, the second phase of an individual's life in the Hindu ashram system
Householder (Buddhism)

In English translations of Buddhist texts, householder denotes a variety of terms. Most broadly, it refers to any layperson, and most narrowly, to a wealthy and prestigious familial patriarch. In contemporary Buddhist communities, householder is often used synonymously with laity, or non- monastics.

The Buddhist notion of householder is often contrasted with that of wandering ascetics (: ; Sanskrit: ) and monastics ( bhikkhu and bhikkhuni), who would not live (for extended periods) in a normal house and who would pursue freedom from attachments to houses and families.

Upāsakas and upāsikās, also called śrāvakas and śrāvikās - are householders and other laypersons who take refuge in the Three Jewels (the Buddha, the teachings and the community) and practice the Five Precepts. In southeast Asian communities, lay disciples also give alms to monks on their daily rounds and observe weekly uposatha days. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of ethical conduct and dāna or "almsgiving" will themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely even if there is no further Buddhist practice. This level of attainment is viewed as a proper aim for laypersons.

In some traditional Buddhist societies, such as in Burma and Thailand, people transition between householder and monk and back to householder with regularity and celebration as in the practice of shinbyu among the Bamar. One of the evolving features of Buddhism in the West is the increasing dissolution of the traditional distinction between monastics and laity.

For all the diversity of Buddhist practices in the West, general trends in the recent transformations of Buddhist practice ... can be identified. These include an erosion of the distinction between professional and lay Buddhists; a decentralization of doctrinal authority; a diminished role for Buddhist monastics; an increasing spirit of egalitarianism; greater leadership roles for women; greater social activism; and, in many cases, an increasing emphasis on the psychological, as opposed to the purely religious, nature of practice.

Householder (surname)

Householder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alston Scott Householder, American mathematician
  • Larry Householder, American Republican politician
  • Ronney Householder, American raceing driver
  • Paul Householder, Major League Baseball player and land baron
Gillmeria

Gillmeria is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family.

Pa'o'a

The pāōā (often written as paoa, as the Tahitian is not punctilious about writing accents), is a modern dance from Tahiti where the dancers sit on their knees in a circle on the ground, sing and tap with their hands on their thighs on the rhythm of the music, which is a quite repetitive scanning refrain. Selected members, one boy, one girl, actually dance inside the circle. The whole scenario has something of a rooster fight (not common on Tahiti). Coincidentally the theme of the dance is usually from the hunt or from fishing.

Nankhel

Nankhel is a village and Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4520 with 767 houses in it.

Clase

Clase is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Mynydd-Bach ward. Clase approximates to the housing area south of Clasemont Road between Morriston and Llangyfelach.

Isocanace

Isocanace is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian or Afrotropical.

Reynès

Reynès is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Interstitial fluid

Interstitial fluid or tissue fluid is a solution that bathes and surrounds the tissue cells of multicellular animals. It is the main component of the extracellular fluid, which also includes plasma and transcellular fluid. The interstitial fluid is found in the interstices - the spaces between cells (also known as the tissue spaces). On average, a person has about 10 litres (2.4 imperial gallons or ~2.9 US gal) of interstitial fluid (they make up 16% of the total body weight), providing the cells of the body with nutrients and a means of waste removal.

PMU

PMU may refer to:

  • Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg
  • Pari mutuel urbain, the French state-controlled betting system (it sponsors the green jersey in the Tour de France**until 2014))
  • Performance Monitoring Unit, a logical component of modern processors that can be configured to monitor (count) various types of performance-related hardware events
  • Periyar Maniammai University
  • Permanent makeup
  • Phasor measurement unit, a device which measures phasors of AC quantities (voltage, current) in sync with a common time source (usually using a GPS radio clock)
  • Police MRT Unit of the Singapore Police Force
  • Pomeranian Medical University
  • Popular Mobilization Unit
  • Power Management Unit, an integrated circuit on some computers that controls sleeping, waking from sleep, hard drive spin down, and other power-related features
  • Pregnant mare urine
  • Presbyterian Missionary Union
  • Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University
  • Progressive Muslim Union
Ekiden

is a term referring to a long-distance relay running race, typically on roads. The Japanese term originally referred to a post-horse or stagecoach which transmitted communication by stages.

Kengcheng

Kengcheng or Keng Cheng (also known as Kyaingchaing and Chiang Khaeng) was one of the Shan states. In 1896, part of Keng Cheng was incorporated into the neighbouring state of Kengtung in what is today Burma, and the other part, which is now in Laos, went to French Indochina.

IBazar

iBazar is a free classifieds website which allows people to buy, sell, or trade services or products locally in Mexico. Launched by eBay in April 2013, iBazar aims to provide a free online classifieds network for the Mexican population. Ebay acquired in early 2000's the French classifieds website iBazar before replacing it with Ebay France but owning the name from then. iBazar's name is also derived from bazaar to reflect Mexico's strong traditions of bazaars, flea markets, and fairs.

In June 2013, iBazar also opened a Spanish site for US users.

At launch, the categories covered are Compra - Venta, Viajes - Turismo, Bienes Raices, Empleo, Clases - Talleres, Vehiculos, and Servicios.

As of sometime in 2015, the site was redirected to http://www.vivanuncios.com.mx/

Suraposht

Suraposht (, also Romanized as Sūrāposht and Sūrā Pesht; also known as Sor Poshteh, Sūreh Posht, Sūreh Poshteh, and Surekh-Pushtekh) is a village in Tula Rud Rural District, in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 899, in 222 families.

Usage examples of "suraposht".

Laying aside the first branch, Nysander passed the birch switch through the flame and water and struck Alec lightly on his cheeks, shoulders, chest, thighs, and feet, then snapped the stick in two.

The skin was broken nowhere, but here and there, particularly at sensitive places near the shadowy crease which separated the globes one could see dark splotches and stigmata as evidences that the birching had been rather severe.

She failed by five, and was sentenced to a birthday birching which Maude herself applied whilst Alice was, still blind folded, undressed down to camisole and elegant black silk hose with purple rosette garters and tied with her arms in cross and her thighs widely yawned apart in the middle of the room, cords fixing to wrists and ankles being fixed at their other ends in turn to hooks set into the cellar wall.

Alice had sentenced her to a sound birching on the bare, to smarten up this diffident pupil.

You deserve a sound birching, Miss Ashton, and you are going to receive it.

Her name is Charlene Davidson, and she has been wanting a sound birching for quite some time now.

Her violent contortions over the tabouret, needless to say, showed off the most secret parts of her nubile young body in the most lascivious way, and Maude righteously exhorted Charlene to take her birching humbly and not be such an indecent minx, advice which poor Charlene could not have heeded at this point, much less count off the strokes.

As for you, my girl, if I hear from either of my nieces that you have been indiscreet enough to repeat a word of what has been said here in this room tonight, you shall repent it over the birching horse before the entire school.

Julianne had told him once, seeing how the birken tree was another name for the birch, which stood for the first month of the druidic calendar of the trees and represented a time of beginning and cleansing.

The bridegroom whispered to a friend of his whom he dearly loved, to fetch a big handful of birch rods, and hide them secretly under the bed, and this the other did.

While she waited for them to plump up and absorb more of the water, she stripped away the outer bark of a birch tree, scraped off some of the soft, sweet, edible cambium layer underneath, and added it to her root-starch-and-berry mixture.

Then she took small handfuls of the doughy root starch, mixed with the berries, the sweet, flavorful licorice-fern root stalk, and the sweetening and thickening sap from the birch cambium, and dropped them on the hot rocks.

She started their herb tea steeping, adding some birch cambium for the wintergreen flavor, then took the pine cones out of the edge of the fire.

At his inner elbow, tanned skin curdled like birch bark in a fire, split and broke and bled and itched abominably.

When she had opportunity, she could use any weapon from the ferula birch switch to the flagrum whip of stiff, rough oxhide.