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Originally, the album paintings and drawings within this collection were attributed to the name of Muhammad Siyah Qalam. The works bear either hastily written jottings or elegant nastaliq attributions to the name, with some including the title of Ustad or “the Master,” showing that the artist held some status.
Euphorbia tirucalli (commonly known as Indian tree spurge, naked lady, pencil tree, pencil cactus, fire stick, aveloz or milk bush [3]) is a tree native to Africa that grows in semi-arid tropical climates. A hydrocarbon plant, it produces a poisonous latex that can cause temporary blindness. [4]
A fire that spreads slowly and burns with a low flame. crown fire A fire that advances between the tops of trees or shrubs more or less independently of a fire on the ground surface. Crown fires are sometimes classed as running or dependent to distinguish the degree of independence from the surface fire. crown out See torching.
Through the turn of the 20th century, settlers continued to use fire to clear the land of brush and trees in order to make new farm land for crops and new pastures for grazing animals—the North American variation of slash and burn technology—while others deliberately burned to reduce the threat of major fires—the so‑called "light ...
The devastating fires raging across much of Southern California have caused extreme damage, leveling some of Los Angeles' historic landmarks. Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires ...
As the terrifying wildfires that have left at least five dead ripped through the Pacific Palisades and nearby Altadena on Tuesday night, more than 30,000 California residents fled their homes ...
Like the plants in the Chinese garden, they have been carefully selected and tended so that they develop into twisted and gnarled shapes reminiscent of their full-size counterparts in the wild. Like Chinese gardens , these miniature landscapes are designed to convey landscapes experienced from various viewpoints - a close-up view, a medium ...
The department said in a news release that the Palisades Fire destroyed the house and other structures on the property. The ranch home had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places .