Cottonwood - Wikipedia Description: The Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides is one of the largest North American hardwood trees, although the wood is rather soft. It is a riparian zone tree. It occurs throughout the eastern United States and just into southernmost Canada. The leaves are alternate and simple, with coarsely-toothed (crenate/serrate) edges, and subcordate at the base. The leaf shape is roughly triangular, hence the species name, deltoides.
Minnesota DNR big tree list: The largest tree by circumference in Minnesota is a populus deltoides
at 394 inches (1,001 centimeters) measured at the trunk 4 and 1/2 feet
(137 cm) above the ground. This tree is 106 feet (32.31 meters) tall.
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Oktoberfest - Wikipedia Description: Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year. Other cities across the world also hold fairs, modeled after the Munich event, also called Oktoberfest.
The event usually takes place during the 16 days up to and including the first Sunday in October, but if this day is the 1st or 2nd then the festival will go on until the October 3rd (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival is 17 days when the 1st Sunday is October 2nd and 18 days when it is October 1st. The festival is held on an area named the Theresienwiese, often called "d' Wiesn" for short. Beer plays a central role in the fair, with every festival beginning with a keg of beer tapped by the Mayor of Munich who declares "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian for "It's tapped!"). A special Oktoberfest beer is brewed for the occasion, which is slightly darker and stronger, in both taste and alcohol. It is served in a one-liter-tankard called Maß. The first "mass" is served to the Bavarian Minister-President. Only local Munich breweries are allowed to serve this beer in a Bierzelt, a beer tent which is large enough for thousands.
Visitors also consume large quantities of food, most of it traditional hearty fare such as sausage, hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox tails. Added on: 18-Oct-2006 Hits: 1445 Rate this Site
Police Car - Wikipedia Description: A police car is a vehicle used by police forces around the world to patrol, temporarily detain and transport individual criminal suspects.
Such vehicles are known variously around the world as police cruiser, squad car, prowler, radio car, panda car, area car, scout car or patrol car. In some places a police car may also be nicknamed a cop car, a cherry top or a jam sandwich.
Use of the police car has largely replaced the tradition of officers or constables "walking a beat" in most jurisdictions. Advocates of community policing have asked police departments to encourage constables to spend less time in their vehicles and more time walking the streets and interacting with the community.
With the advent of highways and motorways, special patrols have been established to monitor traffic offenses as well as engage suspects in flight. Highway and motorway patrols may use special pursuit cars that are designed for safe handling at higher speeds. Added on: 18-Oct-2006 Hits: 1419 Rate this Site
Dennis Green - Wikipedia Description: Dennis "Denny" Green (b. February 17, 1949 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is the current head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. He was previously the fifth head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 1992-2001. Green is also one of seven current African-American head coaches in the National Football League.
Green's best season in Minnesota was in 1998, when the Vikings finished 15-1. However, they lost in the NFC Championship Game both that year and 2000. Despite compiling a record of 97-62 in the regular season, Green developed a reputation of being "unable to win the big one." (Playoff record 4-8) Added on: 18-Oct-2006 Hits: 1787 Rate this Site
Roger Barkley Description: Roger Barkley (b. September 11, 1936 Odebolt, Iowa, USA; d.December 21, 1997, Duarte, California) was a Los Angeles radio personality best remembered for his work with Al Lohman as part of The Lohman and Barkley Show over KFI (AM).
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Visual Basic Description: Visual Basic (VB) is an event driven programming language and associated development environment prototyped by Alan Cooper as Project Ruby, then bought and vastly improved upon by Microsoft. It is derived heavily from BASIC and enables rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, access to databases using DAO, RDO, or ADO, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. Added on: 12-Jun-2006 Hits: 1334 Rate this Site
Unimog - Wikipedia Description: The Unimog (from the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", meaning "universal motor machine/equipment") is a series of trucks from Daimler-Benz designed shortly after WWII, originally to be used as slow-moving tractors for Germany's potato harvest.
They feature very high ground clearance ( greater than the Humvee ) made possible by portal gears that allow the axles and transmission to be higher than the tires' centers. Unimogs also feature a flexible frame that allows the tires a wide range of vertical movement to allow the truck to comfortably drive over extremely uneven terrain, even meter-high boulders.
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Reggie Miller - Wikipedia Description: Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965 in Riverside, California) is a former US professional basketball player. Miller spent the entirety of his 18-year NBA career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller was known for his precision three-point field goal shooting, especially in clutch situations. It is believed that no one hit more buzzer beaters than him. He holds the NBA record for career 3-pointers made (2,560). Currently, he works as a NBA commentator for TNT. Added on: 03-Apr-2006 Hits: 1904 Rate this Site
Gong Description: The signal bell mounted on a tram, trolley, streetcar, cable car or light rail train is known as a gong. It is a bowl-shaped bell typically mounted on the front of the leading car. It is sounded to act as a warning in areas where whistles and horns are prohibited. The "Clang" of the trolley refers to the sound made by the warning gong. In the Tram controls, the gong is operated by a foot lever. A smaller gong with a bell pull is mounted by the rear door of these railcars. It operated by the conductor to notify the motorman that it is safe to proceed. Added on: 03-Apr-2006 Hits: 1391 Rate this Site
Dan Patrick Show - Wikipedia Description: The Dan Patrick Show is a syndictated sports talk show that is hosted by SportsCenter personality Dan Patrick and broadcast on ESPN Radio in Bristol, Connecticut. The show is heard weekdays from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET and Patrick usually hosts the 6 p.m. ET SportsCenter on ESPN. It is often viewed as the signature program on ESPN Radio, because of Patrick's high profile at ESPN and his ability to attract well-known and popular guests. Added on: 03-Apr-2006 Hits: 2746 Rate this Site
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