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In October 1878, Kitchen was elected as a Greenback Party candidate [4] to the 14th West Virginia House of Delegates, which convened from January through March 1879. [3] Kitchen was president of the Berkeley County, West Virginia court from 1880 to 1895. [5] Kitchen died at his home, "Valley View", [6] in Shanghai, West Virginia, on December 15 ...
The first report of the use of an insect species to control an insect pest comes from "Nanfang Caomu Zhuang" (南方草木狀 Plants of the Southern Regions) (c. 304 AD), attributed to Western Jin dynasty botanist Ji Han (嵇含, 263–307), in which it is mentioned that "Jiaozhi people sell ants and their nests attached to twigs looking like ...
Birch is a leafy twig and little tree and fresh young shrub. Anglo-Saxon ᛒ Beorc bẏþ bleda leas, bereþ efne sƿa ðeah tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum ƿlitig, heah on helme hrẏsted fægere, geloden leafum, lẏfte getenge. The poplar bears no fruit; yet without seed it brings forth suckers, for it is generated from its leaves.
Tahliah Debrett Barnett (born 16 January 1988), known professionally as FKA Twigs (stylized as FKA twigs), is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer.She was a backup dancer for numerous musicians, and made her musical debut with EP1 (2012).
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Buddweiser Light — a parody of the Bud Light "Bring Out Your Best" ad campaign, featuring hockey player Joe Piscopo mentally readying himself against faceoff opponent Robin Williams. Piscopo says of Williams in the voiceover, "I can't believe my wife ran away with him," which inspires Piscopo to instigate a fight as soon as the puck is ...
An early hair dryer. In 1888 the first hair dryer was invented by French stylist Alexandre Godefroy []. [3] His invention was a large, seated version that consisted of a bonnet that attached to the chimney pipe of a gas stove.
Nests are found in a variety of sites, including holes in wood, roots of plants, twigs of trees and shrubs, between rocks, in the soil, and under paving stones. [21] [22] Sometimes, banded sugar ant colonies form small mounds, which are less than 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter and usually funnel-shaped and ephemeral. [23]