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Cerioporus squamosus, synonym Polyporus squamosus, is a basidiomycete bracket fungus, with common names including dryad's saddle and pheasant's back mushroom. [2] It has a widespread distribution, being found in North America, Eurasia, and Australia, where it causes a white rot in the heartwood of living and dead hardwood trees.
Michael Gough is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for providing the voices of Deckard Cain in the Diablo series of video games, Gopher in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, The Carmine Brothers in the Gears of War series of video games, many Nords in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Ulrich Vogel in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Zorro in The New Adventures of Zorro, Captain James ...
1. Padding placed between the saddle and a horse's back. Sometimes used only to keep a saddle clean from horse sweat. 2. In western riding: a saddle blanket is a rectangular wool, felt or synthetic blanket placed under a western saddle; a saddle pad provides more padding than a blanket and is often a rectangle of fleece-covered foam. [8]: 418
A vicious circle (or cycle) is a complex chain of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop, with detrimental results. [1] It is a system with no tendency toward equilibrium ( social , economic , ecological , etc.), at least in the short run.
A granary sitting on staddle stones at the Somerset Rural Life Museum. Staddle stones, or steddle stones, [a] were originally used as supporting bases for granaries.The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground, thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage.
A draft horse is generally a large, heavy horse suitable for farm labor, like this Shire horse. A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds ...
It is important that the saddle be comfortable for both the rider and the horse as an improperly fitting saddle may create pressure points on the horse's back muscle (Latissimus dorsi) and cause the horse pain and can lead to the horse, rider, or both getting injured. There are many types of saddle, each specially designed for its given task.
ESO was founded by a motorcycle racing driver Jaroslav Simandl, and made bikes in 250, 350, and 500 cc, primarily for speedway, moto-cross and ice racing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Engines were sourced from J.A.P. during the first year, and then an engine of ESO's own after 1950, first copied from J.A.P. and later of their own design. [ 3 ]