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On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and ...
Moosewood Restaurant (January 3, 1973–present) is an American natural foods restaurant in Ithaca, New York. In 1978, the original founders sold the restaurant to ...
Mollie Katzen (born October 13, 1950, in Rochester, New York, U.S.) is an American cookbook author and artist. The author of twelve cookbooks (all of which she also illustrated), she is best known for the hand-lettered, illustrated Moosewood Cookbook (1977) and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest (1982).
Astragalus mongholicus, synonyms including Astragalus propinquus and Astragalus membranaceus, [1] commonly known as Mongolian milkvetch in English; [2] 'Хунчир' in Mongolian; huáng qí (Chinese: 黃芪), běi qí (Chinese: 北 芪) or huáng huā huáng qí (Chinese: 黃花 黃 耆), [3] in Mongolia, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.
Dirca is a genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America.The genus is named after Dirce in Greek mythology.The general common name for this deciduous shrub is leatherwood; other names include moosewood, ropebark and the Powhatan-derived name wicopy, referring to its use as a fiber, wigub in the Algonquin languages.
Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, the legendary Chinese twin swords named after their creators. Glory of Ten Powers, a legendary Chinese sword allegedly forged in Tibet by husband-and-wife magicians of the ancient Bön tradition. Huàyǐng, a branch that morphed into a sword in the hands of Zhuānxū, has the ability to command the elements and animals.
Moosewood may refer to: Acer pensylvanicum, a species of maple known variously as striped maple, moosewood and moose maple; Viburnum lantanoides, a species of shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae; Dirca, a genus of deciduous shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae, known variously as leatherwood, moosewood, ropebark and wicopy
Firebird – legendary bird with glowing eyes and feathers, brings misfortune if captured. Fenghuang – a phoenix who reigns over all other birds; Huma bird – a bird that flies too high to be seen and never lands; Konrul and Toghrul ; Paskunji (Georgian/ Caucasus) phoenix like underworld dwelling bird. Kills the snakes on the path to the ...