City Island was created by glacial deposits at the end of the last ice age. There is a layer of bedrock and then a thick layer of red clay topped with sand, with topsoil above that. The southern end has deposits of rare blue clay. The area is strewn with glacial erratic boulders. Local bedrock is granite and schist with grooves from glaciers. In colonial times, there were freshwater drinking wells on the island, wh ...

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City Island was created by glacial deposits at the end of the last ice age. There is a layer of bedrock and then a thick layer of red clay topped with sand, with topsoil above that. The southern end has deposits of rare blue clay. The area is strewn with glacial erratic boulders. Local bedrock is Manhattan schist with Glacial striations. *Bronx Bedrock Map In colonial times, there were freshwater drinking wells on the island, which is ...

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Bentonite Clay and its spiritual properties: Intestinal cleanse of the colon is strongly recommended by Kalki and The Golden Age Foundation in order to be fully receptive for pranic energy. It is so vital that it should be the mandatory preparation before all deeper spiritual processes and as a continous maintenance of the body as an antenna of cosmic energies. Bentonite (also available at many pharmacies under alternative substance names to bentonite: bentonitum, montmorillonite) is believed to have exceptionally properties. This article from www.alternativemedicine.com desribes the genereal properties and use of bentonite.

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The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking. Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone. For example, flint and chert were shaped (or chipped) for use as cutting tools and weapons, while basalt and sandstone were used for ground stone tools, such as quern-stones. Wood, bone, shell, antler and other materials were widely used, too. During the most recent part of the period, sediments (like clay) were used to make pottery. A series of metal technology innovations characterize the later Cha ...

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• Stone Age - Modern use of the term
• Stone Age - Human development during the Stone Age
• Stone Age - Palaeolithic
• Stone Age - Epipalaeolithic/Mesolithic
• Stone Age - Neolithic
• Stone Age - Stone Age material culture
• Stone Age - Food and drink
• Stone Age - Shelters and habitats
• Stone Age - Art
• Stone Age - Stone Age rituals and beliefs
• Stone Age - Remnants of Stone Age living in modern times
• Stone Age - The Stone Age in popular culture
• Stone Age - Notes

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Holi:

IN DAYS of yore, there were communities of cannibals in India. They caused much havoc. They threatened the lives of many innocent people. One of them was Holika or Putana. She took immense delight in devouring children. Sri Krishna destroyed her and thus saved the little children. Even today, the effigy or figure of Holika is burnt in the fire. In South India, the clay figure of Cupid is burnt. This is the origin of the great festival of Holi.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm (micrometres) in diameter. Clay consists of a variety of phyllosilicate minerals rich in silicon and aluminium oxides and hydroxides which include variable amounts of structural water. Clays are generally formed by the chemical weathering of silicate-bearing rocks by carbonic acid, but some are formed by hydrothermal activity. Clays are distinguished from other small parti ...

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The pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis is an orchid native to central and southern Europe. This hardy perennial grows to a height of 30 cm. The colour of the flower varies from pink to purple, and the scent is described as "foxy". The arrangement of hermaphroditic flowers in a compact pyramidal shape is very distinctive and gives the orchid its common name. The flowers are pollinated by butterflies and moths. This orchid requires a sunny spot on diverse soils :loamy or clay, rarely ...

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Straw is the dry stalk of a cereal plant, after the nutrient grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of a cereal crop such as wheat, oats, rye or barley. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by-product of the harvest, but with the advent of the combine harvester, straw has become more of a burden, almost a nuisance to farmers. However, straw can be put to many uses, old and new. Straw - Uses of straw. Biofuels The use of straw as a carbon ...

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A beaker is a small ceramic or metal drinking vessel shaped to be held in the hands. Archaeologists identify several different types including the Butt beaker, the Claw beaker and the Rough-cast beaker, however when used alone the term usually refers to the pottery cups associated with the European Beaker culture of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. This type of beaker was first defined by Lord John Abercromby in the early twentieth century and comes in three distinct forms, the bell beaker and the rarer short-necked and long-necked beake ...

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• Beaker archaeology - Source

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Asshole or arsehole (outside of North America) is a slang term referring to the anus. The word is mainly used as a profanity towards someone the speaker does not like or to express deep contempt for someone whose behavior is hurtful, self-centered or particularly abrasive. Usually, the person to whom this term is directed is a male. It may also sometimes be used to describe people who are viewed as "stupid" or "useless." This word or its literal translation is found in colloquial speech in a number of cultures (in both E ...

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Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol. Alcoholic beverages have been widely consumed since prehistoric times by people around the world, seeing use as a component of the standard diet, for hygienic or medical reasons, for their relaxant and euphoric effects, for recreational purposes, for artistic inspiration, as aphrodisiacs, and for other reasons. Some have been invested with symbolic or religious significance suggesting the mystical use of alcohol, e.g., by Greco-Roman religion in the ecstatic rituals of Dionysus (also called Bacchus), god of drink and revelry ...

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• Alcoholic beverage - History
• Alcoholic beverage - Fermented beverages
• Alcoholic beverage - Distilled beverages
• Alcoholic beverage - Uses
• Alcoholic beverage - Legal considerations
• Alcoholic beverage - Types of alcoholic beverages
• Alcoholic beverage - Non-distilled beverages
• Alcoholic beverage - Distilled beverages

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Xiaolin Showdown is an animated series about Omi, a young monk-in-training from the Xiaolin Temple (a name based on the real-life Shaolin Temple) who has been chosen by the Temple's Master Fung along with three other monks from various nations (Raimundo-Brazil, Kimiko-Japan, Clay-U.S.) to find and protect sacred artifacts called Shen Gong Wu from being taken and used by Heylin, or forces of evil, predominantly represented by the ghost of the ancient witch Wuya. The use of the artifacts is shown to be usually combi ...

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• Xiaolin Showdown - Xiaolin Showdowns
• Xiaolin Showdown - Major Characters
• Xiaolin Showdown - Techniques Learned
• Xiaolin Showdown - Other Techniques
• Xiaolin Showdown - Monks and their Wudai Weapons
• Xiaolin Showdown - Forehead Dots
• Xiaolin Showdown - Overall Showdown Record
• Xiaolin Showdown - Voice actors and their roles

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Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast-metal sculpture of bronze is often called a bronze. Common bronze alloys often have the unusual and very desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling the finest details of a mold. The manufacture of bronzes is highly skilled work, and a number of distinct casting processes may be employed, including lost-wax casting (and its modern-day spin-off ceramic shell casting), sandcasting and centrifugal casting. In the lost-wax casting met ...

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• Bronze sculpture - Animals
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Bathinda is a city in Punjab state of northwestern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. Climate: Summer temperatures can be as high as 50 °C (122°F); and winter temperatures as low as 0 °C (32°F). The weather is generally dry. Rainfall is primarily from the southwest, due to the monsoon, and lasts from mid-July to mid-September. The City of Bathinda boasts of one of the largest Railway Junctions of northern India and the largest Cantonement (military area) of Asia and is kn ...

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The Babylonians were an ancient culture located in what is now Iraq. They had very advanced systems of writing, science and mathematics for their time. Most of what we have from the Babylonians was inscribed in cuneiform with a metal stylus on tablets of clay, called laterculae coctiles by Pliny the Elder; papyrus seems to have been also employed, but it has perished. There were libraries in most towns and temples; an old Sumerian proverb averred that "he who would excel in the school of the scribes must rise with the dawn." Wo ...

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A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. Learning such verse assists in the development of vocabulary, and several examples deal with rudimentary counting skills. ("Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" is an example of a counting-out game.) In addition, specific actions, motions, or dances are often associated with particular songs. Many cultures (though not all; see below) feature children's songs and verses that are passed down by oral tradition from one generation to the ne ...

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A distilled beverage, also called spirits or liquor, is a preparation for consumption containing ethyl alcohol purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as wine, malt, or grain. Distilled beverage is usually restricted to alcoholic beverages. Distilled beverage - Background. Beer and wine are generally limited to a maximum alcohol content of about 15 percent by volume, beyond which yeast is adversely affected and cannot ferment; although in recent years high alcohol tolerant yea ...

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• Distilled beverage - Middle East
• Distilled beverage - Europe

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Tea is a product made from the leaves or buds of the tea bush Camellia sinensis. It is commonly consumed in the form of a beverage made by steeping it in hot water for a few minutes. The English word tea derives from the Chinese 茶, pronounced te in the Min Nan dialect. The flavour of the raw tea is developed by processes including oxidation, heating, drying and the addition of other herbs, spices, or f ...

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• Tea - Processing and classification
• Tea - Blending and additives
• Tea - Content of Tea
• Tea - Tea origin and early history in Asia
• Tea - Tea creation myths
• Tea - China
• Tea - Japan
• Tea - Tea spreads to the world
• Tea - The word tea
• Tea - Tea culture
• Tea - China
• Tea - Vietnam
• Tea - Britain
• Tea - Hong Kong
• Tea - Iran
• Tea - Ireland
• Tea - India
• Tea - Pakistan
• Tea - Sri Lanka
• Tea - Turkey
• Tea - Russia
• Tea - Czech Republic
• Tea - Commonwealth countries
• Tea - United States
• Tea - Japan
• Tea - Taiwan
• Tea - Tibet
• Tea - Tea preparation
• Tea - Enjoying tea the modern way

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Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. They have been domesticated and raised as livestock by some peoples for meat (called pork) as well as for leather. Their bristly hairs are also traditionally used for brushes. Wild pigs continue to fill thes ...

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• Pig - Hybrid Swine
• Pig - Pig vocabulary
• Pig - As food
• Pig - Cultural references to pigs
• Pig - Religious references
• Pig - Pigs and people
• Pig - Pig-related idioms
• Pig - Other pig-related words
• Pig - Music and art

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