query: What is the largest variety of cactus?

title: Cactus plugging

text: Cactus plugging Cactus plugging is the practice of vandalizing or destroying a cactus, usually a saguaro, for fun. The Extension Office of the University of Arkansas says that the activity usually involves an inebriated person shooting at a cactus until it falls over. In 1982, David Grundman was killed while cactus plugging. After shooting at a saguaro cactus he poked at it to try to make it fall over and caused an arm of the cactus, weighing to fall on him. The trunk of the cactus then also fell on him. The act of cactus plugging, if performed on a

title: Cactus plugging

text: saguaro, is illegal in Arizona. The Austin Lounge Lizards wrote the song "Saguaro" to commemorate the death of David Grundman. Cactus plugging Cactus plugging is the practice of vandalizing or destroying a cactus, usually a saguaro, for fun. The Extension Office of the University of Arkansas says that the activity usually involves an inebriated person shooting at a cactus until it falls over. In 1982, David Grundman was killed while cactus plugging. After shooting at a saguaro cactus he poked at it to try to make it fall over and caused an arm of the cactus, weighing to fall on

title: Cactus wren

text: slows during hot afternoon temperatures. Almost all water is obtained from food, and free-standing water is rarely used even when found. It is a bird of arid regions, and is often found around yucca, mesquite or saguaro; it nests in cactus plants, sometimes in a hole in a saguaro, sometimes where its nest will be protected by the prickly cactus spines of a cholla or leaves of a yucca. The cactus wren forms permanent pair bonds, and the pairs defend a territory where they live all through the year. In residential areas, cactus wrens are notorious for getting into mischief.

title: Cactus (supermarket)

text: the following years also on independent sites. In 2016, Cactus was Luxembourg's third largest employer with 4,060 staff, following Post Groupe Luxembourg (4,320) and ArcelorMittal (4,180) Cactus (supermarket) Cactus is the name of a Luxembourg supermarket business. It is one of Luxembourg’s leading family-run businesses, known for food and general "quality of life" stores of several sizes using the brands Cactus, Supercactus, Cactus marché (Cactus Market) and CactusShoppi. The group also operates speciality shops selling items such as flowers or CDs. As of July 2017, "Cactus" is Luxembourg's fourth largest employer. The logo of the company is the green silhouette

title: Cactus graph

text: in polynomial time using an algorithm for the matroid parity problem. Since triangular cactus graphs are planar graphs, the largest triangular cactus can be used as an approximation to the largest planar subgraph, an important subproblem in planarization. As an approximation algorithm, this method has approximation ratio 4/9, the best known for the maximum planar subgraph problem. The algorithm for finding the largest triangular cactus is associated with a theorem of Lovász and Plummer that characterizes the number of triangles in this largest cactus. Lovász and Plummer consider pairs of partitions of the vertices and edges of the given graph

title: Cactus (supermarket)

text: Cactus (supermarket) Cactus is the name of a Luxembourg supermarket business. It is one of Luxembourg’s leading family-run businesses, known for food and general "quality of life" stores of several sizes using the brands Cactus, Supercactus, Cactus marché (Cactus Market) and CactusShoppi. The group also operates speciality shops selling items such as flowers or CDs. As of July 2017, "Cactus" is Luxembourg's fourth largest employer. The logo of the company is the green silhouette of a three fingered cactus: sometimes the colours are reversed, resulting in a white cactus silhouette on a green background. In 1900, Joseph Leesch, established a

title: Cactus Pete's

text: less than 1 mile (0.6 km) from the Idaho/Nevada border on U.S. Route 93. Piersanti's gaming establishment was named Cactus Pete's Desert Lodge. The establishment of Cactus Pete's and the nearby Horseshu Club in the same year is considered the founding of the town of Jackpot. In 1991, Cactus Pete's completed a $22 million hotel and casino expansion making the property become one of the largest gaming facilities in Elko County. Designed by Steelman Partners, the expansion included adding a 10 story hotel tower, restaurants and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Cactus Pete's is one of the largest employers in Southern

title: Cactus Pete's

text: 3-Card Poker games, Roulette and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. The Texas Hold'em poker room also hosts weekly tournaments. Cactus Petes offers a variety of entertainment. The casino has a cabaret lounge that has band most nights of the week. Cactus Petes also has both an indoor concert hall called the Gala Showroom and an outdoor amphitheater. Concerts held at Cactus Petes have ranged from ZZ Top to The Beach Boys and from Willie Nelson to Chubby Checker. Cactus Pete's Cactus Petes Resort Casino is a hotel and casino located in Jackpot, Nevada. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and

title: Kangtai Cactus

text: the name of “Tai Shan Sheng Chao.” The company owns a 60% market share of China's edible cactus production, and has over 200 distribution agents currently covering 12 of China's 23 provinces and two of China's four municipalities. With 387 acres of plants and an active R&D group, Kangtai holds 18 product patents and is seeking another 12 in a variety of product categories. Kangtai Cactus China Kangtai Cactus Bio-Tech Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Harbin, China which is grows, develops, manufactures and markets cactus-based products. The company was founded in 1998, and went public in the U.S.

title: Cactus graph

text: which each component is a cactus is downwardly closed under graph minor operations. This graph family may be characterized by a single forbidden minor, the four-vertex diamond graph formed by removing an edge from the complete graph "K". A triangular cactus is a special type of cactus graph such that each cycle has length three. For instance, the friendship graphs, graphs formed from a collection of triangles joined together at a single shared vertex, are triangular cacti. As well as being cactus graphs the triangular cacti are also block graphs. The largest triangular cactus in any graph may be found

title: Amplified cactus

text: Amplified cactus An amplified cactus is a cactus plant (preferably a "Denmoza" or "Geohintonia") used as a musical instrument. It harnesses the acoustic properties of a cactus, by applying contact microphones and amplifying their projection and tone. Vivien Schweitzer of "The New York Times" reports "Jason Treuting played an amplified cactus, running his hand over the plant's unfriendly spikes to produce an alluring sound like a babbling brook." The amplified cactus is a medium rarely written for, even in the contemporary music genre. John Cage composed "Child of Tree" (1975) and "Branches" (1976) for what he described as "amplified plant

title: Española cactus finch

text: study. Other taxonomic authorities have kept the large cactus finch and the Genovesa cactus finch conspecific. The Española cactus finch is among the largest of the Darwin's finches, measuring in length. The male is black, with white-tipped undertail coverts. Female and immature birds range in color from dull gray to matte black, and frequently show white edges to the feathers of their underparts. Española cactus finch The Española cactus finch ("Geospiza conirostris"), is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is one of Darwin's finches, and is endemic to the Galápagos islands, where it is restricted to

title: Cactus

text: trees and shrubs growing around them. They have persistent leaves, and when older, bark-covered stems. Their areoles identify them as cacti, and in spite of their appearance, they, too, have many adaptations for water conservation. "Pereskia" is considered close to the ancestral species from which all cacti evolved. In tropical regions, other cacti grow as forest climbers and epiphytes (plants that grow on trees). Their stems are typically flattened, almost leaf-like in appearance, with fewer or even no spines, such as the well-known Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus (in the genus "Schlumbergera"). Cacti have a variety of uses: many species

title: Cactus Juice

text: as part of the photo shoot for "Oh, What a Mighty Time". Pictured from left to right are John Dawson, Spencer Dryden, David Nelson, Skip Battin, and Buddy Cage. Home, Home on the Road: Bonus tracks: Brujo: Oh, What a Mighty Time: Cactus Juice Cactus Juice is a two-CD album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was released by Arcadia Records in 2006. It is a repackaging of three complete New Riders albums from the 1970s — "Home, Home on the Road"; "Brujo"; and "Oh, What a Mighty Time". The first disc was

title: The Cactus of Knowledge

text: band roster". In JazzTimes, Josef Woodard wrote "The masterful Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Kahlil-now living in Germany, where he is best known-has made it his business to combine elements of his native musical language with jazz, while weaving in rock and other ideas from American musical soil. His ongoing refinement process, not merely a continuation of past ideas, is amply evident on his ambitious new album, "The Cactus of Knowledge"". All compositions by Rabih Abou-Khalil The Cactus of Knowledge The Cactus of Knowledge is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany

title: Cactus Pete Piersanti

text: the Idaho border on U.S. Route 93 in what was then considered a part of Contact, Nevada, in Elko County. The opening of Piersanti's establishment, Cactus Pete's Motor Lodge, was instrumental in the founding of the town of Jackpot. Originally a gas station with slot machines, by 1958 Cactus Pete's was so successful a 15-room hotel and aircraft runway were built to accommodate the growing numbers of visitors, mainly from nearby Idaho. Cactus Pete's was incorporated by Piersanti and others in 1956. This corporation is considered the forerunner of Ameristar Casinos, which currently owns the Cactus Pete's property. Piersanti sold

title: The Cactus Album

text: The Cactus Album The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 14, 1989. The album received positive reviews from the hip hop press. It was certified gold by the RIAA on April 24, 1990, the same day as Biz Markie's "The Biz Never Sleeps", which was released two weeks prior to "The Cactus Album". "The Cactus Album" peaked at #5 on "Billboard"'s Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart and at #55 on the Billboard 200

title: Barrel cactus

text: sun orientation. They usually grow towards the south to prevent surface tissue sunburn, giving the name "compass cactus." Barrel cactus Barrel cacti are various members of the two genera "Echinocactus" and "Ferocactus", found in the deserts of Southwestern North America. Some of the largest specimens can be found in the Mojave Desert in southern California. Some species of barrel cactus reach over in height at maturity, and have been known to reach in some regions. The ribs are numerous and pronounced, and the spines are long and can range in color from yellow to tan to red, depending on the

title: Cactus graph

text: into subsets, with the property that every triangle of the graph either has two vertices in a single class of the vertex partition or all three edges in a single class of the edge partition; they call a pair of partitions with this property "valid". Then the number of triangles in the largest triangular cactus equals the maximum, over pairs of valid partitions formula_1 and formula_2, of where formula_4 is the number of vertices in the given graph and formula_5 is the number of vertex classes met by edge class formula_6. An important conjecture related to the triangular cactus is

title: Variety (botany)

text: pincushion cactus meet, they intergrade. The variety "Escobaria vivipara" var. "arizonica" is from Arizona, while "Escobaria vivipara" var. "neo-mexicana" is from New Mexico. The term is defined in different ways by different authors. However, the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, while recognizing that the word "variety" is often used to denote "cultivar", does not accept this usage. Variety is defined in the code as follows: "Variety (varietas) the category in the botanical nomenclatural hierarchy between species and form (forma)". However the code acknowledges the other usage as follows: "term used in some national and international legislation for a

title: The Cactus Album

text: Vidie/Yo is a collection of 3rd Bass music videos, which was released in 1991. The video, which was distributed by Columbia Music Video, contained music videos of the album's singles as well as short skits featuring Gilbert Gottfried that appeared between the selections. The "Wordz of Wisdom" and "Triple Stage Darkness" videos were not full-length and only contained the first couple verses of the song. The video was only released on VHS and is now out of print. The videos featured are as follows: The Cactus Album The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette

title: Variety (botany)

text: Variety (botany) In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in ) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies but above that of form. As such, it gets a three-part infraspecific name. It is sometimes recommended that the subspecies rank should be used to recognize geographic distinctiveness, whereas the variety rank is appropriate if the taxon is seen throughout the geographic range of the species. The pincushion cactus, "Escobaria vivipara" , is a wide-ranging variable species occurring from Canada to Mexico, and found throughout New Mexico below about . Nine varieties have been described. Where the varieties of the

title: Barrel cactus

text: years. The barrel cactus can live to be over 100 years old. Barrel cactus buds typically start to bloom in April with a bright yellow or orange flower. Pink and red varieties also exist but occur less frequently. The flowers only appear on the very top of the plant. As the flowers begin to wilt in early May, they may change color. A late summer desert rainstorm can produce a late bloomer, as shown in the photograph below of the orange flowered variety (it bloomed two days after a rainstorm in mid-August and continued to bloom through the end of

title: Cactus Juice

text: Cactus Juice Cactus Juice is a two-CD album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was released by Arcadia Records in 2006. It is a repackaging of three complete New Riders albums from the 1970s — "Home, Home on the Road"; "Brujo"; and "Oh, What a Mighty Time". The first disc was recorded live in concert. It includes the 1974 album "Home, Home on the Road", which was produced by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia had co-founded NRPS in 1969, along with John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson, and was the band's

title: Cactus Flat

text: three cactus types (Beavertail cactus, Calico cactus and Barrel cactus). Cactus Flat Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Cactus-Sacrobatus Watershed, for which it is an eponym. The flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport and Tonopah Test Range, a component of the Nevada Test and Training Range used for weapons testing since the 1950s. The flat is also the site of the Nevada Wild Horse Range of the Nellis Air Force Range. The Kawich Range lies to the northeast and the Cactus Range to the southwest. Jack Rabbit Knob is east

title: Kangtai Cactus

text: Kangtai Cactus China Kangtai Cactus Bio-Tech Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Harbin, China which is grows, develops, manufactures and markets cactus-based products. The company was founded in 1998, and went public in the U.S. in 2005 via a reverse merger. Some of the companies products include cactus liquors, juices and other cactus beverages, cactus foods, nutraceuticals, animal feeds, and cactus medical products. In December 2010, China Kangtai Cactus Bio-Tech Inc. "signed a joint manufacturing agreement with China Tobacco Import and Export Shandong Corporation (China Tobacco Shandong), a subsidiary of China National Tobacco Corporation, to manufacture cactus cigarettes under

title: The Cactus of Knowledge

text: The Cactus of Knowledge The Cactus of Knowledge is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil which was recorded in Germany in 2000 and released on the Enja label the following year. The Allmusic review by David R. Adler stated "Rabih Abou-Khalil's ninth Enja release features one of his most expansive lineups to date -- 12 pieces in all, including oud, brass, woodwinds, cello, and percussion. It's quite a departure from 1999's austere "Yara". Here the tempos are bright, the unison lines darting and difficult, the improv heated, the tonal combinations ever-changing. Heavy-hitting jazzers dominate the

title: Cactus, Texas

text: Buildings were flattened, power was knocked out to thousands, and debris was scattered for miles after the tornado. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cactus has a semiarid climate, "BSk" on climate maps. Cactus, Texas Cactus is a city in Moore County, Texas, United States, along U.S. Route 287. The population was 3,179 at the 2010 census. "Cactus Texas", a song by Waylon Jennings, is a sketch of Cactus from years past. Cactus is located at (36.046124, -102.002251). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Cactus is

title: Jakarta Cactus

text: uses Cargo for all server-related manipulation. As of 08/05/2011, cactus has been retired. http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/mock_vs_cactus.html Jakarta Cactus Cactus is a simple test framework for unit testing server-side Java code (Servlets, EJBs, Tag libs, ...) from the Jakarta Project. The intent of Cactus is to lower the cost of writing tests for server-side code. It uses JUnit and extends it. Cactus implements an in-container strategy, meaning that tests are executed inside the container. The Jakarta Cactus project was retired on August 5, 2011. The Jakarta Cactus project announced the new 1.8.1 version on January 18, 2009. Version 1.8.1 still does not support

title: Jakarta Cactus

text: Jakarta Cactus Cactus is a simple test framework for unit testing server-side Java code (Servlets, EJBs, Tag libs, ...) from the Jakarta Project. The intent of Cactus is to lower the cost of writing tests for server-side code. It uses JUnit and extends it. Cactus implements an in-container strategy, meaning that tests are executed inside the container. The Jakarta Cactus project was retired on August 5, 2011. The Jakarta Cactus project announced the new 1.8.1 version on January 18, 2009. Version 1.8.1 still does not support JUnit 4.x, although a workaround of sorts is documented . As of 1.8, Cactus

title: Barrel cactus

text: Barrel cactus Barrel cacti are various members of the two genera "Echinocactus" and "Ferocactus", found in the deserts of Southwestern North America. Some of the largest specimens can be found in the Mojave Desert in southern California. Some species of barrel cactus reach over in height at maturity, and have been known to reach in some regions. The ribs are numerous and pronounced, and the spines are long and can range in color from yellow to tan to red, depending on the age of the plant and the species. Flowers appear at the top of the plant only after many

title: Cactus (supermarket)

text: retailing, opening major DIY stores in Howald, Diekirch and Esch called « Cactus Hobby » In 2001 Paul Leesch retired from the top job and was succeeded by his son, Max Leesch. In 2009 the company joined Europe’s major supermarkets in launching its own fidelity card scheme. In 2006 the company reported a turnover of €750 Million. The same year it was the country’s second largest free sector employer, with 3,950 on the payroll, exceeded in this respect only by Arcelor-Mittal. In 2008, a number of smaller local "Cactus Shoppi" were opened, first in connection with filling stations, then in

title: Cactus Flat

text: Cactus Flat Cactus Flat is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Cactus-Sacrobatus Watershed, for which it is an eponym. The flat is the location of the Tonopah Test Range Airport and Tonopah Test Range, a component of the Nevada Test and Training Range used for weapons testing since the 1950s. The flat is also the site of the Nevada Wild Horse Range of the Nellis Air Force Range. The Kawich Range lies to the northeast and the Cactus Range to the southwest. Jack Rabbit Knob is east of Antelope Lake playa in Cactus Flat. Cactus Flat has

title: Cactus graph

text: Cactus graph In graph theory, a cactus (sometimes called a cactus tree) is a connected graph in which any two simple cycles have at most one vertex in common. Equivalently, it is a connected graph in which every edge belongs to at most one simple cycle, or (for nontrivial cactus) in which every block (maximal subgraph without a cut-vertex) is an edge or a cycle. Cacti are outerplanar graphs. Every pseudotree is a cactus. A nontrivial graph is a cactus if and only if every block is either a simple cycle or a single edge. The family of graphs in

title: Cactus, Texas

text: Cactus, Texas Cactus is a city in Moore County, Texas, United States, along U.S. Route 287. The population was 3,179 at the 2010 census. "Cactus Texas", a song by Waylon Jennings, is a sketch of Cactus from years past. Cactus is located at (36.046124, -102.002251). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Cactus is located 54 miles north of Amarillo, and 13 miles north of Dumas, Texas. As of the census of 2010, 3,179 people, 801 households, and 650 families resided in the city. The population density was

title: National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre

text: National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre The National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre, known as the Cactus Garden, is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) cactus garden in Sector 5 of Panchkula, Haryana, India , was established in 1987, and is known for its rare and endangered species of Indian succulent plants. It has more than 3,500 species of cactus, many of them endangered, including "Opuntias" (prickly pears and chollas), "Ferocactus" (barrels), other succulents include "Agaves", columnar (column-shaped) cacti, "Echinocereus" (hedgehogs), and "Mammillarias" (pincushions) and is the largest of its kind in Asia. The garden

title: Cactus

text: Cactus A cactus (plural: "cacti", "cactuses", or "cactus") is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek , a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth. Cacti show

title: Cactus

text: to reduce growth, particularly when the roots are dry. There are no treatments for virus diseases. Cactus A cactus (plural: "cacti", "cactuses", or "cactus") is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek , a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments,

title: Cactus Theater

text: and the Cactus Kids aimed toward developing young talent and upcoming artists. The Cactus Cuties performed on "The Rachael Ray Show", "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon", National Day of Prayer at Cannon House Office Building in the District of Columbia, and Oprah Winfrey's Search for the Most Talented Kids. Their singing is also available on a compact disc and a DVD both titled "Cactus Cuties: Live at the Cactus 2009". For personal reasons, Andi Kitten decided it was time to leave the group in September 2010. Makenzie Patton joined the remaining three girls shortly thereafter. Cactus Theater The Cactus Theater is

title: Cactus Plain

text: Cactus Plain Cactus Plain is a plain east of the Colorado River and Parker Valley, in La Paz County, western Arizona, United States. Cactus Plain is a landform within the Lower Colorado River Valley. It is adjacent to Bouse Wash, which is on the south. The wash drains northwest-west into the Colorado River. Recreation activities in both protected areas includes backpacking, day hiking, sightseeing, horseback riding, photography, and botanical and wildlife study. The Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area protects the western two-thirds of the Cactus Plain, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is southeast of Parker, and

title: Cactus wren

text: Being curious birds, it is not uncommon for them to be found flying about out-of-place in automobiles or homes where a window has been left open. The cactus wren is the state bird of Arizona. Cactus wren The cactus wren ("Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus") is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico. The cactus wren primarily eats insects, including ants, beetles, grasshoppers, termites and wasps. Occasionally, it will take seeds, fruits, small reptiles and frogs. Foraging begins late in the morning and is versatile; the cactus wren will search under leaves and ground

title: Cactus cat

text: no spikes. Cactus cat The cactus cat is a legendary fearsome critter of the American Southwest. The cactus cat was generally described being a bobcat-like creature, covered in hair-like thorns, with particularly long spines extending from the legs and its armored, branching tail. It was a desert predator. To avoid the harsh heat, they'd carve out the inside of a cactus and sleep through the day. It eats the bugs and juice of the cactus, keeping it hydrated. They were said to be immune to scorpion venom and would hunt them at night. Cactus cats were social animals, often mating

title: Cactus cat

text: Cactus cat The cactus cat is a legendary fearsome critter of the American Southwest. The cactus cat was generally described being a bobcat-like creature, covered in hair-like thorns, with particularly long spines extending from the legs and its armored, branching tail. It was a desert predator. To avoid the harsh heat, they'd carve out the inside of a cactus and sleep through the day. It eats the bugs and juice of the cactus, keeping it hydrated. They were said to be immune to scorpion venom and would hunt them at night. Cactus cats were social animals, often mating for life.

title: Amplified cactus

text: natural environment and placed in the confined and groomed existence of a pot, amplified with a contact microphone, the cactus took on a completely new and interesting character... A piece by Mark Andre, "...zu Staub..." also features three amplified cacti along classical instruments. Amplified cactus An amplified cactus is a cactus plant (preferably a "Denmoza" or "Geohintonia") used as a musical instrument. It harnesses the acoustic properties of a cactus, by applying contact microphones and amplifying their projection and tone. Vivien Schweitzer of "The New York Times" reports "Jason Treuting played an amplified cactus, running his hand over the plant's

title: Cactus

text: includes cave paintings in the Serra da Capivara in Brazil, and seeds found in ancient middens (waste dumps) in Mexico and Peru, with dates estimated at 12,000–9,000 years ago. Hunter-gatherers likely collected cactus fruits in the wild and brought them back to their camps. It is not known when cacti were first cultivated. Opuntias (prickly pears) were used for a variety of purposes by the Aztecs, whose empire, lasting from the 14th to the 16th century, had a complex system of horticulture. Their capital from the 15th century was Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City); one explanation for the origin of the

title: Cactus mouse

text: limit northern expansion. The cactus mouse occurs sympatrically with four other mice species, including the California mouse, canyon mouse, Eva's desert mouse, and mesquite mouse. The cactus mouse is nocturnal and feeds on seeds, mesquite beans, hackberry nutlets, insects, and green vegetation. Species from Southern California have tested positive for hantavirus. Cactus mouse The cactus mouse ("Peromyscus eremicus") is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is one species of a closely related group of common mice often called deer mice. Cactus mice are small, between 18 and 40 g in weight. Females weigh slightly more than males

title: Fishhook cactus

text: The genus "Mammillaria" also contains "pincushion" and other cacti. Fishhook cactus Fishhook cactus is a common name for any hook-spined species of the genera "Mammillaria", "Echinomastus" or "Sclerocactus". They are small cacti, usually growing up to 6-7 inches (20 cm) high, and are shaped similar to a barrel cactus. They are not to be confused with the fishhook barrel cactus ("Ferocactus wislizenii") of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. The Fishhook cactus is a large category of around 150 species. Good places to see "fishhook" "Mammillaria" are the Sonoran Desert on the U.S. - Mexico border, and the Mesa Verde National

title: Fishhook cactus

text: Fishhook cactus Fishhook cactus is a common name for any hook-spined species of the genera "Mammillaria", "Echinomastus" or "Sclerocactus". They are small cacti, usually growing up to 6-7 inches (20 cm) high, and are shaped similar to a barrel cactus. They are not to be confused with the fishhook barrel cactus ("Ferocactus wislizenii") of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. The Fishhook cactus is a large category of around 150 species. Good places to see "fishhook" "Mammillaria" are the Sonoran Desert on the U.S. - Mexico border, and the Mesa Verde National Park. Often found growing in desert and rocky locations.

title: What Is the What

text: What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as "murahaleen" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight

title: What Is the What

text: That Happens Will Happen Today". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when

title: Common cactus finch

text: Common cactus finch The common cactus finch or small cactus finch ("Geospiza scandens") is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it is found on most islands, with the notable exception of Fernandina, Española, Genovesa, Darwin and Wolf. Most of these islands are inhabited by its close relative, the Española cactus finch. Its natural habitats are dry scrubland and woodland. It is usually closely associated with the cactus "Opuntia". The common cactus finch is one of six species in the genus "Geospiza", part of a

title: Cactus Framework

text: large packages built on Cactus, among others a general relativistic spacetime evolution code, an adaptive mesh refinement driver (Carpet), and a general relativistic hydrodynamics code (Whisky). Staff with the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, who were part of the original group at AEI who created Cactus, celebrated the program's 10th birthday in April 2007. Cactus Framework Cactus is an open-source, problem-solving environment designed for scientists and engineers. Its modular structure enables parallel computation across different architectures and collaborative code development between different groups. Cactus originated in the academic research community, where it was developed and used over many years

title: Cactus Plain

text: north of Bouse. The wilderness study area is an immense open area of stabilized and semi-stabilized sand dunes, unique in western Arizona. Recreation activities include backpacking, day hiking, sightseeing, horseback riding, and botanical and wildlife study. The East Cactus Plain Wilderness area protects the eastern third of the Cactus Plain, managed by the BLM. It is north of Bouse. It is predominantly a complex crescent dune, with dense dune–scrub vegetation, known only from this area in Arizona. The plant community is unique in its denseness and flora species diversity. Cactus Plain Cactus Plain is a plain east of the Colorado

title: Lava cactus

text: was rated as "vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List of 2000, but this was downgraded to "least concern" in 2013. As with all plants and animals of the Galápagos, collecting or disturbing the lava cactus is strictly controlled by the Ecuadorian government; the complete range of the species lies within the Galápagos National Park and Natural World Heritage Site. Trade in the species is controlled under CITES Appendix II. Lava cactus The lava cactus is a species of cactus, Brachycereus nesioticus, the sole species of the genus Brachycereus. The plant is a colonizer of lava fields – hence its common

title: Lava cactus

text: Lava cactus The lava cactus is a species of cactus, Brachycereus nesioticus, the sole species of the genus Brachycereus. The plant is a colonizer of lava fields – hence its common name – where it forms spiny clumps up to tall. Its solitary white or yellowish white flowers open in the daytime. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The lava cactus is a leafless clump-forming species, with cylindrical stems typically up to tall in formations that can be as much as across. The stems have 16–22 ribs and are yellow, with green or brown tones. Each areole has up

title: Pavona cactus

text: sea temperature, this coral may expel its zooxanthellae and become bleached. It is then much more susceptible to disease. Coral reefs in general are under threat from a decline in the quality of the habitat through mechanical damage, pollution, sedimentation, ocean acidification and global warming and "Pavona cactus" faces another threat in that it is collected for the aquarium trade. Pavona cactus Pavona cactus, the cactus coral, potato chip coral or leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters on reefs and in lagoons in tropical parts of

title: Cactus

text: 21st century have divided the family into around 125–130 genera and 1,400–1,500 species, which are then arranged into a number of tribes and subfamilies. The ICSG classification of the cactus family recognizes four subfamilies, the largest of which is divided into nine tribes. The subfamilies are: Molecular phylogenetic studies have supported the monophyly of three of these subfamilies (not Pereskioideae), but have not supported all of the tribes or even genera below this level; indeed, a 2011 study found only 39% of the genera in the subfamily Cactoideae sampled in the research were monophyletic. Classification of the cacti currently remains

title: Cactus wren

text: Cactus wren The cactus wren ("Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus") is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico. The cactus wren primarily eats insects, including ants, beetles, grasshoppers, termites and wasps. Occasionally, it will take seeds, fruits, small reptiles and frogs. Foraging begins late in the morning and is versatile; the cactus wren will search under leaves and ground litter and overturn objects in search of insects, as well as feeding in the foliage and branches of larger vegetation. Increasing temperatures cause a shift in foraging behavior to shady and cooler microclimates, and activity

title: Cactus

text: these ribs depends on how much water the stem is storing: when full (up to 90% of the mass of a cactus may be water), the ribs may be almost invisible on the swollen stem, whereas when the cactus is short of water and the stems shrink, the ribs may be very visible. The stems of most cacti are some shade of green, often bluish or brownish green. Such stems contain chlorophyll and are able to carry out photosynthesis; they also have stomata (small structures that can open and close to allow passage of gases). Cactus stems are often visibly

title: Española cactus finch

text: Española cactus finch The Española cactus finch ("Geospiza conirostris"), is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is one of Darwin's finches, and is endemic to the Galápagos islands, where it is restricted to Española, Genovesa, Darwin and Wolf Islands. This rather dark bird resembles the smaller and finer-beaked common cactus finch, but the two species do not co-inhabit any island. Its natural habitat is dry shrubland and it is commonly seen on the ground. Its main food source is the cactus "Opuntia". The Española cactus finch is one of Darwin's finches, a group of closely related

title: Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus

text: Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus (Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus and 2012 as presented onscreen) is a 2013 Chilean adventure comedy film written and directed by Sebastián Silva. The film stars Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann. At the film's Sundance premiere, Silva said that his film, which is based on a real-life encounter, is "about the birth of compassion in someone's life." The film received positive reviews from critics. Jamie, a footloose and self-absorbed young American, is traveling in Chile and is keen to experience the mysteries of a local hallucinogen —

title: Cactus Cafe

text: Cactus Cafe The Cactus Café is a live music venue and bar on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Located in Austin, Texas, a city frequently referred to as "the live music capital of the world," a number of well-known artists have played in the Cactus, and "Billboard Magazine" named it as one of fifteen "solidly respected, savvy clubs" in the United States, "from which careers can be cut, that work with proven names and new faces." The Cactus Café, which opened in 1979, is located in the Union Building (University of Texas at Austin), a Great

title: Ceroid cactus

text: Ceroid cactus The term ceroid cactus (or sometimes just cereus) is used to describe any of the species of cacti with very elongated bodies, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti. The name is from the Latin "cēreus", wax taper (slender candle), referring to the stiff, upright form of the columnar species. Some species of ceroid cacti were known as torch cactus or torch-thistle, supposedly due to their use as torches by Native Americans in the past. The genus "Cereus" was first genus for such cacti and one of the oldest cactus genera. Its circumscription varies depending on the authority.

title: Cactus mouse

text: Cactus mouse The cactus mouse ("Peromyscus eremicus") is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is one species of a closely related group of common mice often called deer mice. Cactus mice are small, between 18 and 40 g in weight. Females weigh slightly more than males and are significantly larger in body length, ear length, length of mandible, and bullar width of skull. Cactus mice can be identified by having naked soles on their hind feet and almost naked tails, which are usually the same length or longer than the animals' body length. Their ears are nearly

title: Cactus, Texas

text: with a mayor and five commissioners all elected from the city at-large, and a city manager appointed by the commission to serve as the administrative manager of the city. The current mayor is Socorro Marquez. The City of Cactus is served by the Dumas Independent School District. On April 21, 2007, Cactus was hit by an EF2 tornado. In all, 16 tornadoes were reported across the Texas Panhandle on that Saturday evening, including one in Tulia that damaged several businesses and injured three people, but Cactus suffered comparably greater damage. City and Moore County officials, including Cactus City Manager Jeff

title: Cactus fence

text: establish a cochineal dye industry, but quickly became a widespread weed. In the American southwest, ocotillo stems are often set in the ground to form a structure similar to a cactus fence. Cactus fence A cactus fence is a hedge or fence made of closely spaced cactus plants, sometimes with barbed wire or wood interwoven with the cacti. Such fences are inexpensive to develop in regions where cacti are common, and can provide an extreme deterrent to any but a determined human intruder. Often their primary function is to keep wandering large animals off a private property. Sometimes, cacti are

title: Common cactus finch

text: group of closely related species known as Darwin's finches. There are four recognized subspecies: Found in the arid zone of many of the islands in the Galápagos, the common cactus finch is seldom far from areas of "Opuntia" cactus. Common cactus finch The common cactus finch or small cactus finch ("Geospiza scandens") is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it is found on most islands, with the notable exception of Fernandina, Española, Genovesa, Darwin and Wolf. Most of these islands are inhabited by its

title: Cactus Air Force

text: never defeatism," Ultimately, the strain of command and harsh living conditions seriously fatigued, both mentally and physically, the then 57-year-old Geiger. Geiger turned over the command on 7 November to his Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Louis E. Woods. Brigadier Woods, a 21-year aviation veteran, commanded the Cactus fliers during what was viewed as the lowest point of the campaign. He was, however, the right man for the job and was quickly transformed from a "kindly colonel to a blood thirsty brigadier general." Woods also turned the Cactus command over, this time the day after Christmas to Brigadier General Francis

title: Citroën C4 Cactus

text: Citroën C4 Cactus The Citroën C4 Cactus is a subcompact crossover SUV, produced by French automaker Citroën in Spain between April 2014 and December 2017. The C4 Cactus is considered as a compact SUV. Although it is based on the PSA PF1 platform that underpins the smaller Citroën C3 and DS3. A distinctive design feature is the "Airbump" panels on the car's sides, designed to protect the vehicle from damage in car parks. The Citroën Cactus concept, presented at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, previewed the production version. The C4 Cactus was presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Production

title: What Work Is

text: workers, but artists, readers, and academics. Levine's poetry is accessible and moving and is utterly American. The poems in "What Work Is" are more subtle in their thematic construction. Levine does not use caricatures in these poems but instead intimates real blue-collar workers. Many of the poems give a representation of a station of life not common in the subject matter of contemporary American poetry. Although not all of "What Work Is" is primarily about the working class. Instead the poems have a wide range and variety. However many of these poems, despite their subject matter, show elements that identify

title: Cactus Cafe

text: have played at the Cafe include: In a press release on 30 January 2009, the University announced that the Cactus Café would be closing, and cited student leaders on the Texas Union Board as the decision-makers. Members of the Austin community formed a non-profit, Friends of the Cactus Café, to attempt to save the venue. An arrangement was eventually made to keep the venue open under the auspices and management of the University of Texas operated public radio station KUT. Cactus Cafe The Cactus Café is a live music venue and bar on the campus of The University of Texas

title: Cactus

text: published "Species Plantarum" in 1753—the starting point for modern botanical nomenclature—he relegated them all to one genus, "Cactus". The word "cactus" is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek ("kaktos"), a name used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant, which may have been the cardoon ("Cynara cardunculus"). Later botanists, such as Philip Miller in 1754, divided cacti into several genera, which, in 1789, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu placed in his newly created family Cactaceae. By the early 20th century, botanists came to feel Linnaeus's name "Cactus" had become so confused as to its meaning (was it the genus or the

title: Jardín de Cactus

text: Jardín de Cactus The Jardín de Cactus is a cactus garden on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is situated in the village of Guatiza, in a former quarry where volcanic sand ("picón") was extracted to spread on cultivated areas to retain moisture. Prickly pears are grown in the area for the production of cochineal. The cactus garden was created in 1991, the last project of César Manrique. The botanist Estanislao González Ferrer was responsible for the selection and planting of the specimens. The garden now has 4,500 examples of 450 species of cactus and succulents from

title: Cactus Framework

text: Cactus Framework Cactus is an open-source, problem-solving environment designed for scientists and engineers. Its modular structure enables parallel computation across different architectures and collaborative code development between different groups. Cactus originated in the academic research community, where it was developed and used over many years by a large international collaboration of physicists and computational scientists. The name Cactus comes from the design of a central core (or "flesh") which connects to application modules (or "thorns") through an extensible interface. Thorns can implement custom developed scientific or engineering applications, such as computational fluid dynamics. Other thorns from a standard computational toolkit

title: Cactus Pryor

text: He died on August 30, 2011 in Austin, Texas, aged 88, weeks after breaking his leg in a fall. His son, Don Pryor, is co-host of the very popular, "Todd and Don Show" on News Radio KLBJ. Another of Cactus's sons, Paul Pryor, once worked in Austin radio as well. 4Star 1498. Cactus Pryor. If I Know'd Yousa A Comin' I'd Cut My Throat/Can't Yodel Blues. Issued June 23, 1950. Cactus Pryor Richard "Cactus" Pryor (January 7, 1923 – August 30, 2011) was an American broadcaster and humorist. He received his nickname after the old Cactus Theater on Congress Avenue

title: Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus

text: radiance to him here, and some string-bean clowning; at times, especially when he's playing a beatific high, he looks for all the world like Harpo Marx." The film received the Directing Award (World Cinema Dramatic) at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus (Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus and 2012 as presented onscreen) is a 2013 Chilean adventure comedy film written and directed by Sebastián Silva. The film stars Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann. At the film's Sundance premiere, Silva said that his film, which is based on a

title: Iron Cactus

text: Act. Iron Cactus has been named a Top 10 Tequila Bar in the USA by both Chili Pepper Magazine and Spirits and Cocktails. Dallas's D Magazine has named Iron Cactus's El Agave (Herradura Silver Tequila and Cointreau) the best Margarita in Dallas. Iron Cactus Iron Cactus: Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar is a Mexican restaurant chain with 5 locations in Texas: Downtown Austin, North Austin, Dallas, & San Antonio. The Downtown Austin location opened in 1996 and was their original restaurant. In February 2012, Houston labor law firm Kennedy Hodges, LLP brought suit against Iron Cactus locations in Austin, Dallas,

title: Iron Cactus

text: Iron Cactus Iron Cactus: Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar is a Mexican restaurant chain with 5 locations in Texas: Downtown Austin, North Austin, Dallas, & San Antonio. The Downtown Austin location opened in 1996 and was their original restaurant. In February 2012, Houston labor law firm Kennedy Hodges, LLP brought suit against Iron Cactus locations in Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Hill Country Galleria alleging that Iron Cactus denied employees overtime pay, required wait staff to divide tips amongst ineligible employees and required wait staff to pay for “walked tabs” or broken items, all illegal under the Fair Labor Standards

title: Genovesa cactus finch

text: Genovesa cactus finch The Genovesa cactus finch ("Geospiza propinqua") is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is one of Darwin's finches, and is endemic to the Galápagos islands, Ecuador, where it is restricted to Genovesa Island. Its natural habitat is dry shrubland and it is commonly seen on the ground. Its main food source is the cactus "Opuntia". The large cactus finch is one of Darwin's finches, a group of closely related birds which evolved on the Galápagos Islands. The group is related to the "Tiaris" grassquits, which are found in South America and the Caribbean.

title: Cactus Pete Piersanti

text: his interest in Cactus Pete's in 1971. After a brief stay in Las Vegas, later in 1971 he bought the Senator Club in Carson City and renamed it Cactus Jack's Senator Club. Piersanti remained active in the Carson City gaming community until his retirement in 1989. During his final years he lived in the Lake Tahoe area. In addition to the casinos, Piersanti Drive in Jackpot is named after Piersanti. In 2001 Piersanti was featured on a $5 casino token issued by Cactus Jack's Casino as part of a series honoring Nevada gaming pioneers. Cactus Pete Piersanti Peter Vincent "Cactus

title: Genovesa cactus finch

text: An ancestral relative of those grassquits arrived on the Galápagos Islands some 2–3 million years ago, and the Española cactus finch is one of the species which evolved from that ancestor. Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, have split the species from the Española cactus finch. Others still consider them conspecific. Genovesa cactus finch The Genovesa cactus finch ("Geospiza propinqua") is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is one of Darwin's finches, and is endemic to the Galápagos islands, Ecuador, where it is restricted to Genovesa Island. Its natural habitat is dry shrubland and

title: Cactus graph

text: name "cactus" for graphs of this type in which every cycle is a triangle, but now allowing cycles of all lengths is standard. Meanwhile, the name Husimi tree commonly came to refer to graphs in which every block is a complete graph (equivalently, the intersection graphs of the blocks in some other graph). This usage had little to do with the work of Husimi, and the more pertinent term block graph is now used for this family; however, because of this ambiguity this phrase has become less frequently used to refer to cactus graphs. Cactus graph In graph theory, a

title: Cactus Canyon

text: Cactus Canyon Cactus Canyon is a pinball machine designed by Tom Kopera and Matt Coriale and produced by Williams Electronics Games (under the "Bally" brand name). The marketing slogan is "The West has never been this wild!" Players assume the role of a new Sheriff of Cactus Canyon. The goal is to survive many confrontations with the bad guys, save the damsel in distress that is tied to the tracks, seek a fortune in a gold mine and help the citizens during a stampede. The table include 2 flippers, 2 pop bumpers, 4 popup "bad guy" drop targets. The Bart

title: Dundas Cactus Festival

text: coincide with it. The name 'Dundas Cactus Festival' is inspired by the activities of Barend (Ben) Veldhuis, a Dutch immigrant who ran a large greenhouse specializing in cacti, who was the reason Dundas became known as "the cactus capital of the universe". <br> Dundas Cactus Festival The Dundas Cactus Festival occurs on the third weekend of August in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The midway is opened on Wednesday and with King Street blocked off from York Road to Market Street, there is a parade on Thursday evening. Following that, from Friday to Sunday, there are live musicians, buskers, arts & crafts,

title: Ceroid cactus

text: and throw the pieces into the water, stupefying the fish, which are then scooped out of the water by hand. Hairbrushes: Part of fruits "Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum". "Neoraimondia arequipensis" is a Peruvian cereus reported to be used as an ingredient in the psychoactive drink called cimora, drunk at various ceremonies and containing material of the San Pedro cactus as well. Ceroid cactus The term ceroid cactus (or sometimes just cereus) is used to describe any of the species of cacti with very elongated bodies, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti. The name is from the Latin "cēreus", wax taper (slender

title: Cactus High School

text: received state and national recognition for their work. Cactus High School Cactus High School is public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1977. It is the district's smallest high school, with approximately 1,300 students. In 1978, the first Cactus High School students, 1980 graduates, transferred from Peoria High School's campus during their sophomore year into the current building. The song is set to the tune of Northwestern University's fight song. Go Cactus High School, on to Victory. Hail the Blue and Silver, we'll defend

title: Cactus High School

text: Cactus High School Cactus High School is public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1977. It is the district's smallest high school, with approximately 1,300 students. In 1978, the first Cactus High School students, 1980 graduates, transferred from Peoria High School's campus during their sophomore year into the current building. The song is set to the tune of Northwestern University's fight song. Go Cactus High School, on to Victory. Hail the Blue and Silver, we'll defend our dignity Fight mighty Cobras, keep our spirits

title: Les Cactus

text: Les Cactus "Les Cactus" is the third single by French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc, released in 1967. It is the last from his self-titled debut album. It reached number 4 in the French singles chart in March 1967, selling over 400,000 copies. The song was referenced by French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou in the Assemblée Nationale to indicate his feelings towards his former Finance Minister, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was a harsh critic of his successor Michel Debré: "As Jacques Dutronc says, there is a cactus here". The comment made front-page news. A live cover of the song was released as

title: Citroën C4 Cactus

text: the 2018 model year. The restyled 2018 Cactus has had a major technological upgrade including Emergency brake assist, Lane departure warning system, traffic signage recognition, blindspot monitoring, and automated parking. The signature airbumps remain but are less obtrusive. Citroën C4 Cactus The Citroën C4 Cactus is a subcompact crossover SUV, produced by French automaker Citroën in Spain between April 2014 and December 2017. The C4 Cactus is considered as a compact SUV. Although it is based on the PSA PF1 platform that underpins the smaller Citroën C3 and DS3. A distinctive design feature is the "Airbump" panels on the car's

title: Cactus Canyon

text: Brother figure moves and taunts players. It is the "WPC" machine with the shortest production run as the production stopped to start with the new Pinball 2000 generation. Although fully playable, the software has never been finished. The game uses the DCS Sound System. WMS license expiration on June 30, 2018 made "Cactus Canyon" no longer available for purchase as a licensed table of "The Pinball Arcade" for any platform. Cactus Canyon Cactus Canyon is a pinball machine designed by Tom Kopera and Matt Coriale and produced by Williams Electronics Games (under the "Bally" brand name). The marketing slogan is

title: Cactus Pete Piersanti

text: Cactus Pete Piersanti Peter Vincent "Cactus Pete" Piersanti (November 3, 1916 – February 15, 1994) was an American hotel and casino promoter active in Idaho and Nevada from the 1940s to the 1980s. He is credited as one of the main founders of the community of Jackpot, Nevada, in the 1950s. He is namesake of two Nevada casinos he owned at different points in his career, Cactus Pete's casino in Jackpot and Cactus Jack's Casino in Carson City. Piersanti was born in Superior, Wyoming, the youngest of six children. His parents were Italian immigrants. His family later moved to Ogden,

title: Cactus Flower (film)

text: film two stars out of four, writing, "This is a film in the old style, but not in the good old style. The lines are neither current nor witty." "Variety" wrote that the names of the stars "should pack some boxoffice punch. The film, however, drags, which is probably the [worst] thing that can be said of a light comedy. It's due to sloppy direction by Gene Saks and the miscasting of Matthau opposite Miss Bergman." Charles Champlin of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "'Cactus Flower' was a successful Broadway comedy and it translates to the screen quite nicely ...

title: Assault Android Cactus

text: Assault Android Cactus Assault Android Cactus is a twin stick shoot 'em up developed and published by Witch Beam. The game was released for Windows, OS X and Linux in 2015, PlayStation 4 in 2016, and Xbox One in 2017. "Assault Android Cactus" is a twin stick shoot 'em up played primarily from an top-down perspective. The Player takes control of one of nine Androids, the first of which being Cactus, an Interplanetary Police Department (IPPD) junior constable, who crashes her ship into a space freighter 'Genki Star'. The player must fight through hordes of rogue robots to take back

title: Arizona Cactus Garden

text: have been left in their original locations. As of August 2016, the plants were not labeled. Arizona Cactus Garden The Arizona Cactus Garden, or, officially, Arizona Garden (), also known as the Cactus Garden, is a botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located on the campus of Stanford University (within the Stanford University Arboretum, and near the Stanford Family Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief), Stanford, California, USA, and open to the public daily without charge. The garden was first planted between 1880 and 1883 for Jane and Leland Stanford to a design by landscape architect Rudolph

title: Arizona Cactus Garden

text: Arizona Cactus Garden The Arizona Cactus Garden, or, officially, Arizona Garden (), also known as the Cactus Garden, is a botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located on the campus of Stanford University (within the Stanford University Arboretum, and near the Stanford Family Mausoleum and the Angel of Grief), Stanford, California, USA, and open to the public daily without charge. The garden was first planted between 1880 and 1883 for Jane and Leland Stanford to a design by landscape architect Rudolph Ulrich. It was planned to be adjacent to their new residence, and part of the larger

title: Cactus graph

text: properties. An early application of cacti was associated with the representation of op-amps. Cacti have also recently been used in comparative genomics as a way of representing the relationship between different genomes or parts of genomes. If a cactus is connected, and each of its vertices belongs to at most two blocks, then it is called a Christmas cactus. Every polyhedral graph has a Christmas cactus subgraph that includes all of its vertices, a fact that plays an essential role in a proof by that every polyhedral graph has a greedy embedding in the Euclidean plane, an assignment of coordinates

title: Pavona cactus

text: Pavona cactus Pavona cactus, the cactus coral, potato chip coral or leaf coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Agariciidae. This coral is found in shallow waters on reefs and in lagoons in tropical parts of the Indo-Pacific region. Colonies of this species have vertical, irregular, two-sided fronds about tall and not more than thick. The corallites housing the polyps are very shallow and form widely separated rows parallel to the margins of the fronds. The bases of these fronds may be dead while the upper parts are still alive supported by the skeletal tissue below.

title: Cactus Hill

text: Clovis are far more significant than the few similarities, the latter being readily explained by the well-known phenomenon of technological convergence or parallelism." The Solutrean hypothesis is generally disregarded by mainstream archeologists. Cactus Hill Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in southeastern Virginia, United States, located on sand dunes above the Nottoway River about 45 miles south of Richmond. The site receives its name from the prickly pear cacti that can be found growing abundantly on-site in the sandy soil. Cactus Hill may be one of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas. If proven to have been inhabited 16,000

title: Cactus Pryor

text: for several years, been a radio spokesman for the Austin-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain Serrano's. In these ads, he is often called "Nopalito," which loosely means little cactus, after the Spanish word nopal. His broadcasting sign-off consisted of a nonsense word, "thermostrockimortimer," the meaning of which (if any) was never made public. Cactus stated that, "The phrase is in the Bible; if you don't find it, keep reading." "Thermostrockimortimer!" appears on the shared headstone of Cactus Pryor and his wife Peggy in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. In 2007, Pryor told his radio audience that he was battling Alzheimer's disease.

title: Cactus Pete's

text: Cactus Pete's Cactus Petes Resort Casino is a hotel and casino located in Jackpot, Nevada. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming. It has 296 rooms and of casino floor space. The casino offerings include more than 600 slot machines, including reels, video poker, video reels and video keno; two gaming pits featuring 20 table games; a seven-table live poker room and a keno lounge and sports book. After Idaho outlawed all forms of casino gaming in 1954, "Cactus Pete" Piersanti moved his slot machine operations from Idaho to the Jackpot town site