query: What is the name of the promising anticancer compound derived from the pacific yew tree?

title: Tree

text: from the cinchona tree ("Cinchona") and was for a long time the remedy of choice for the treatment of malaria. Aspirin was synthesised to replace the sodium salicylate derived from the bark of willow trees ("Salix") which had unpleasant side effects. The anti-cancer drug Paclitaxel is derived from taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew ("Taxus brevifolia"). Other tree based drugs come from the paw-paw ("Carica papaya"), the cassia ("Cassia spp."), the cocoa tree ("Theobroma cacao"), the tree of life ("Camptotheca acuminata") and the downy birch ("Betula pubescens"). The papery bark of the white birch tree

title: Paclitaxel

text: made by Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani at the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, in 1971. These scientists isolated the natural product from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, determined its structure and named it "taxol", and arranged for its first biological testing. The compound was then developed commercially by BMS, who had the generic name assigned as "paclitaxel". In 1955, the NCI in the United States set up the Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center (CCNSC) to act as a public screening center for anticancer activity in compounds submitted by external institutions and companies.

title: Taxane

text: Taxane Taxanes are a class of diterpenes. They were originally identified from plants of the genus "Taxus" (yews), and feature a taxadiene core. Paclitaxel (Taxol) and docetaxel (Taxotere) are widely used as chemotherapy agents. Cabazitaxel was FDA approved to treat hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Taxanes present difficulties in formulation as medicines because they are poorly soluble in water. As their name suggests, taxanes were first derived from natural sources, but some have been synthesized artificially. Paclitaxel was originally derived from the Pacific yew tree. Taxanes are difficult to synthesize because of their numerous chiral centres — taxol has 11 of these.

title: Paclitaxel

text: during mitosis. Paclitaxel binds to the beta-tubulin subunits of microtubules. From 1967 to 1993, almost all paclitaxel produced was derived from bark of the Pacific yew, "Taxus brevifolia", the harvesting of which kills the tree in the process. The processes used were descendants of the original isolation method of Monroe Wall and Mansukh Wani; by 1987, the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) had contracted Hauser Chemical Research of Boulder, Colorado, to handle bark on the scale needed for phase II and III trials. While both the size of the wild population of the Pacific yew and the magnitude of the

title: The Rose and the Yew Tree

text: The Rose and the Yew Tree The Rose and the Yew Tree is a tragedy novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd in November 1948 and in the US by Farrar & Rinehart later in the same year. It is the fourth of six novels Christie published under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott. The title of the novel is taken from Section V of "Little Gidding" from T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets". The full line, as quoted in the epigraph to the novel, is: Hugh Norreys, crippled in a road accident, watches from

title: The Yew Tree Ball

text: her death in 1764. The Yew Tree Ball The Yew Tree Ball (Fr: "Le bal des if") was a masked ball held in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the night of 25–26 February 1745. Fifteen thousand people attended. King Louis XV and several of his gentlemen courtiers appeared dressed as topiary yew trees. The ball is notorious for being the venue in which the king made contact with Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson. He had first seen her while hunting at Senart. On 14 September 1745, Poisson was officially presented to the Court as the Marquise de Pompadour. She became the

title: The Yew Tree Ball

text: The Yew Tree Ball The Yew Tree Ball (Fr: "Le bal des if") was a masked ball held in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the night of 25–26 February 1745. Fifteen thousand people attended. King Louis XV and several of his gentlemen courtiers appeared dressed as topiary yew trees. The ball is notorious for being the venue in which the king made contact with Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson. He had first seen her while hunting at Senart. On 14 September 1745, Poisson was officially presented to the Court as the Marquise de Pompadour. She became the king’s official mistress until

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: Tame Bridge Parkway. Yew Tree, West Bromwich The Yew Tree Estate is located at Sandwell's border with Walsall and is accessible from the A4031 West Bromwich Road and from the Walstead Road. Developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing. Yew Tree was also home to some of the borough's first multi storey flats, most of which have been demolished and replaced by housing. A more recent development was the construction of the neighbouring Tamebridge Estate which is only accessible by road via Yew Tree. The appropriate Sandwell Ward is called

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: Yew Tree, West Bromwich The Yew Tree Estate is located at Sandwell's border with Walsall and is accessible from the A4031 West Bromwich Road and from the Walstead Road. Developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing. Yew Tree was also home to some of the borough's first multi storey flats, most of which have been demolished and replaced by housing. A more recent development was the construction of the neighbouring Tamebridge Estate which is only accessible by road via Yew Tree. The appropriate Sandwell Ward is called Great Barr with

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: Yew Tree name however they continued to operate at both sites, one on Birchfield Way (the original Yew Tree) and the other on Greenside Way (Fir Tree). The Birchfield Way site has been partially developed with a new building being built not only with extra classrooms for also rooms for the local community. In 2011 the Greenside Way site shut and all children are now taught from the Birchfield Way site. In 2012 the Greenside Way site was demolished and the land is now likely to be redeveloped. Joseph Lemke School provides secondary school education in the area located on

title: Yew tree cottage

text: Yew tree cottage Situated under the ramparts of Dolforwyn Castle, near Abermule in the Welsh county of Powys in the United Kingdom, Yew tree cottage is a part 17th century timber-framed structure which once belonged to the celebrated antiquarian John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. It is home to the 'Dolforwyn yew' ("taxus baccata"), listed among the 850 most significant yews of England and Wales. The Dolforwyn yew has a girth of more than making it, according to dating graphs, more than a thousand years old, and much older than the castle above. The Dolforwyn yew is female and has small white

title: The Rose and the Yew Tree

text: a gothic tragedy of one woman and the men who love her. "The Times Literary Supplement"'s review of 6 November 1948, by Sir Julian Henry Hall concluded, "Miss Westmacott writes crisply and is always lucid. The pattern of the book is too vague at one point – the later stages of the hero's career – but much material has been skilfully compressed within little more than 200 pages." The novel was first serialised in the US in "Good Housekeeping" in two abridged instalments, carried in the December 1947 and January 1948 issues. The Rose and the Yew Tree The Rose

title: Yew Tree Colliery

text: Yew Tree Colliery Yew Tree Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1845 in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. In 1845 George Green of Wharton Hall, Little Hulton, and his brother leased land at Yew Tree Farm and sank a shaft to prospect for coal. This became Yew Tree Colliery. Before 1851 Green built a tramroad to link the colliery to the Bridgewater Canal east of Astley Green. At the Tyldesley end, the tramway was worked by cable down the steep slope of the Tyldesley Banks and horse-drawn wagons completed

title: Yew tree cottage

text: flowers followed by very poisonous red berries. It is associated with a well distant, which has a depth of more than hewn through solid bedrock. It has been conjectured that this may be a Holy well since sacred wells were often associated with yews. Yew tree cottage Situated under the ramparts of Dolforwyn Castle, near Abermule in the Welsh county of Powys in the United Kingdom, Yew tree cottage is a part 17th century timber-framed structure which once belonged to the celebrated antiquarian John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd. It is home to the 'Dolforwyn yew' ("taxus baccata"), listed among the 850

title: Llangernyw Yew

text: hear his own name called out, followed by his death within the year. Llangernyw Yew The Llangernyw Yew () is an ancient yew ("Taxus baccata") in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, North Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots. The girth of the tree at the ground level is 10.75 m. This yew tree lives in the churchyard of St. Digain's Church in Llangernyw village. Although it is very hard to determine the age of yew trees, the churchyard gate holds a certificate from the Yew Tree Campaign in 2002, signed

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: Yew Tree with whose population taken at the 2011 census was 12,597. Recently a 20 mph speed limit has come into force on the Yew Tree and Tamebridge Estate area, which also included the construction of two speed humps on Greenside Way and a zebra crossing. Residents of Yew Tree have Walsall addresses and phone numbers but are actually under Sandwell Council. Yew Tree has a large amount of common land, as well as a community centre, health centre and play area by the local row of shops on Redwood Road. Currently on this row of shops are two convenience

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: stores, a computer repair shop, a chip shop, fruit and veg store, a takeout cafe, hairdressers, a barbers and a chemist. There is also a pub on Thorncroft Way which has altered from its original name of 'The Archers to The Orchard and now is currently using its original name of 'The Archers'. It is a community local with three pool teams, three darts teams,a domino team, a quiz on Monday nights and live entertainment at the weekends. The estate was previously home to two primary schools, Fir Tree and Yew Tree. In 2006 both schools were merged under the

title: Yew Tree, West Bromwich

text: Walstead Rd The nearest buses to serve the Yew Tree Estate indirectly are National Express West Midlands routes 4, 4H, and 4M, and Diamond Bus Routes 4 and 4H, along with Diamond's 401E which serves the estate directly, along with National Express West Midlands route 45 which stops outside Fir Tree School on Greenside Way, and serves Walstead Rd. Tame Bridge Parkway railway station is only a 5-minute bus or car journey away from Yew Tree, providing frequent trains to Walsall, Rugeley Trent Valley or Birmingham New Street. For a period of time trains also operated to London direct from

title: Craigends Yew

text: Craigends Yew The Craigends Yew (NS4199566134) is an ancient European layering yew ("Taxus baccata") growing next to the River Gryffe in what were the grounds of the Craigends Estate, Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Estimates put its age at around 500 to 700 years old and it is one of the largest and oldest examples of a heritage layering yew in Scotland. The Ancient Tree Inventory records the Craigends Yew as tree number 31486. Layering yews differ from the standard growth form in that their branches grow in a pendulous fashion and upon contacting the soil level they root, a process

title: Yew Tree Manor

text: has four reception rooms, two of which were used as bedrooms by the Corbyns when they lived in the house, and five upstairs bedrooms. It sits in of property, with gardens. It was put up for sale in 2015, with an asking price of £650,000. Yew Tree Manor Yew Tree Manor is a 17th-century brick farmhouse that was once part of the Duke of Sutherland's Lilleshall estate. It is in the hamlet of Pave Lane, Shropshire. The parents of British politician Jeremy Corbyn, Naomi and David Corbyn, purchased the seven-bedroom country house, a former hotel, in 1956, when Corbyn was

title: Yew Tree Manor

text: Yew Tree Manor Yew Tree Manor is a 17th-century brick farmhouse that was once part of the Duke of Sutherland's Lilleshall estate. It is in the hamlet of Pave Lane, Shropshire. The parents of British politician Jeremy Corbyn, Naomi and David Corbyn, purchased the seven-bedroom country house, a former hotel, in 1956, when Corbyn was seven years old. The property included outbuildings and a horse paddock. Corbyn and his three brothers, who all grew up in the house, have been accused of "downplaying" the "splendid" home in which they grew up by describing it as an "old farm." The interior

title: Yew Tree (ward)

text: candidate Yew Tree (ward) Yew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss wards. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746. The ward has returned six Councillors After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election. • "italics" denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the

title: Yew Tree (ward)

text: Yew Tree (ward) Yew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss wards. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 16,746. The ward has returned six Councillors After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election. • "italics" denotes the sitting Councillor • bold denotes the winning

title: Yew Tree Colliery

text: the journey. By 1858 the shaft was deep and the workings extended under the parish church. After 1870 the colliery was part of the Tyldesley Coal Company. The colliery had two shafts, one for ventilation, sunk to the Rams mine at . The shafts were deepened in the early 1890s to access the Black and White mine. An explosion of firedamp, ignited by a safety lamp, in 1858 cost the lives of 25 men and boys. This was the worst mining disaster to occur in Tyldesley. Yew Tree Colliery Yew Tree Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester

title: Llangernyw Yew

text: Llangernyw Yew The Llangernyw Yew () is an ancient yew ("Taxus baccata") in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, North Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots. The girth of the tree at the ground level is 10.75 m. This yew tree lives in the churchyard of St. Digain's Church in Llangernyw village. Although it is very hard to determine the age of yew trees, the churchyard gate holds a certificate from the Yew Tree Campaign in 2002, signed by David Bellamy, which states that "according to all the data we have

title: Craigends Yew

text: may be that the Craigends Yew was amongst the first plantings on the estate by the Cuninghames in who held these lands from at least the time of Alexander Cuninghame (1426–1488), father of William, the first laird. In 2016 the Craigends Yew was shortlisted for Scotland's Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust. Other examples of ancient layering yews can be found at Ormiston, Traquair House, Whittingehame and Broich, near Kippen. Craigends Yew The Craigends Yew (NS4199566134) is an ancient European layering yew ("Taxus baccata") growing next to the River Gryffe in what were the grounds of the Craigends

title: Pacific Northwest tree octopus

text: Pacific Northwest tree octopus The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name ""Octopus paxarbolis"" (the species name being coined from Latin "pax", the root of "Pacific", and Spanish "arbol" meaning "tree"). It was purportedly able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water where its eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch. The Pacific Northwest tree octopus website is among a

title: Pacific Northwest tree octopus

title: The Enchanted Island of Yew

text: unillustrated editions followed from Lightning Source (2001), Wildside Press (2001), and 1st World Library (2005). The Enchanted Island of Yew The Enchanted Island of Yew: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory, and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1903. The first edition contained eight color plates and many colored-ink illustrations stamped over the text, and was dedicated to Kenneth Gage Baum, the youngest of the author's four sons. Yew is the most traditional of Baum's fantasy lands, with

title: Ankerwycke Yew

text: Trust. In 2002 it was designated one of fifty Great British Trees by The Tree Council. Ankerwycke Yew The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of at 0.3 metres. The tree is at least 1,400 years old, and could be as old as 2,500 years. On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness

title: Anticancer gene

text: Anticancer gene Anticancer genes are genes that, when ectopically overexpressed, specifically destroy tumour cells without harming normal cells. This cell destruction can be due to a variety of mechanisms, such as apoptosis, mitotic catastrophe followed by apoptosis or necrosis, and autophagy. Anticancer genes emerged from studies on cancer cells in the late 1990s. The first anticancer gene to be isolated was Apoptin, a gene encoded by the chicken anaemia virus genome. Brevinin-2R is a short anti-microbial peptide of only 25 amino acids, a so-called non-hemolytic defensin, isolated from the skin of the frog species Rana ridibunda. The adenovirus E4orf4 is

title: Ankerwycke Yew

text: Ankerwycke Yew The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of at 0.3 metres. The tree is at least 1,400 years old, and could be as old as 2,500 years. On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness to the signing of Magna Carta. It is also said to be the location where Henry

title: Anticancer gene

text: apoptosis at its endogenous expression level. TRAIL (TNF related apoptosis-inducing ligand) is a member of the TNF family of apoptosis-inducing ligands TP53 is another anti-cancer/anti-tumor gene (elephants have twenty copies of the TP53 gene). Some of these genes are in clinical development. TRAIL, Mda-7, HAMLET are the clinically most advanced anticancer genes. Anticancer gene Anticancer genes are genes that, when ectopically overexpressed, specifically destroy tumour cells without harming normal cells. This cell destruction can be due to a variety of mechanisms, such as apoptosis, mitotic catastrophe followed by apoptosis or necrosis, and autophagy. Anticancer genes emerged from studies on cancer

title: Balderschwang Yew

text: stump. If they have, the tree would be much older. Balderschwang Yew The Balderschwang Yew () is an ancient European yew ("Taxus baccata") in Bavaria. It has two hollow trunks and stands alone on a mountain pasture. It is estimated to be between 600 and 1,000 years old, and is possibly the oldest tree in Germany. The yew is found near Balderschwang in Oberallgäu, Bavaria, at an elevation of , a few hundred metres above the municipality and exposed on a seasonal mountain pasture. Its location is to the northeast of Balderschwang and to the west of Sonthofen; it overlooks

title: The Enchanted Island of Yew

text: The Enchanted Island of Yew The Enchanted Island of Yew: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory, and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1903. The first edition contained eight color plates and many colored-ink illustrations stamped over the text, and was dedicated to Kenneth Gage Baum, the youngest of the author's four sons. Yew is the most traditional of Baum's fantasy lands, with knights and castles as well as fairies. It resembles the countries of "Queen Zixi of

title: Anticancer Fund

text: Anticancer Fund The Anticancer Fund (ACF) is a Belgian private not-for-profit foundation that provides evidence-based information for patients about cancers and therapies. Officially established in 2013, the foundation has grown from Reliable Cancer Therapies (RCT), a non-profit organization established in 2009. RCT is still operational today, but the foundation has taken over many of its tasks as well as the goals. The vision of the ACF is to expand the amount of possible treatment options for cancer. The mission of the Anticancer Fund is to cure all people who suffer from cancer. This is done on two levels: information and

title: Florence Court Yew

text: The species can only be propagated from cuttings as specimens raised from seed revert to common yews. They lose the Irish yew's distinctive upright habit, although specimens raised from seed may display minor variations in foliage colour. Cuttings for propagation were taken from the tree and by 1820 the Irish yew had become so popular that the tree was commercially reproduced. The Irish yew is common in churchyards throughout the world and it is believed almost all specimens are descended from the tree at Florence Court. As a result of the volume of cuttings taking from the tree and the

title: Anticancer Fund

text: has formed a partnership called the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology project with the American GlobalCures to investigate the use of existing medicines with novel uses. It has identified Diclofenac, a common painkiller, as having significant anti-cancer properties. It is also investigating the use of nitroglycerin. ACF’s funding comes from a private fund, as well donations from individuals who wish to support the cause of the Anticancer Fund. Anticancer Fund The Anticancer Fund (ACF) is a Belgian private not-for-profit foundation that provides evidence-based information for patients about cancers and therapies. Officially established in 2013, the foundation has grown from Reliable Cancer

title: Balderschwang Yew

text: in 2000 to and metres, and the total circumference was measured in 2007 at metres. The crown of the tree is tall. The tree has been battered by storms and the weight of snow lying on the branches. The trunks are hollow but the tree's foliage is complete and it still sends out fresh shoots. The yew is male. The tree possesses the characteristics of an ancient yew and its age was estimated at between 600 and 1,000 years. Ullrich, Kühn, and Kühn estimated an age of up to 800 years, even if the trunks have not regrown from a

title: Bermiego Yew

text: Bermiego Yew Bermiego Yew, also called in Asturias "Teixu l'Ilesia" is an ancient tree of the species "Taxus baccata". It is found in the Spanish town of Bermiego, growing on the western slope of the Sierra del Aramo, just outside the village, and within the precincts of the village church. The morphology of the Bermiego Yew is almost perfect. Its crown measures 15 meters and is 10 meters high, and the trunk is from 6.5 to 7 meters in diameter. This ancient yew is one of the oldest yews in Europe with about 2,000 years and it was declared a

title: Florence Court Yew

text: shade of larger ash and sycamore tress surrounding it, the Florence Court Yew has lost much of the characteristic shape and balance of its species. As of 2010, the condition of the tree was stable although moss, which thrives in the tree's damp location, was slowing the tree's growth. Florence Court Yew The Florence Court Yew is the surviving specimen of the two original Irish yew ("Taxus baccata" 'Fastigiata') seedlings. As such, it is the oldest Irish yew alive and it is believed that almost all Irish yews worldwide descend from this specimen. It is located in Florence Court demesne

title: The Promising Boy

text: The Promising Boy The Promising Boy () is a 1981 Yugoslav youth genre film. Strongly influenced by the emerging new wave movement that seemingly challenged many of the established social norms in communist Yugoslavia, the movie tells the story of a young man who goes from being a good son to rebellious misfit and back again. It also served as the showcase of sorts for various bands of Yugoslav new wave and punk music scenes. Twenty-four-year-old Slobodan Milošević (Aleksandar Berček) seemingly has the world by the tail. Growing up during the early 1980s in an upscale part of Belgrade as

title: The Promising Boy

text: put him in touch with some people. To that end she takes him to a hipster party - as they enter the private apartment where the party takes place, the live band VIS Idoli are playing "Schwüle über Europa" - and introduces him to Pit who likes Slobodan's lyrics. The Promising Boy The Promising Boy () is a 1981 Yugoslav youth genre film. Strongly influenced by the emerging new wave movement that seemingly challenged many of the established social norms in communist Yugoslavia, the movie tells the story of a young man who goes from being a good son to

title: From Under the Cork Tree

text: the above 5 as well as the music videos for "Sugar We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance". It also contains a live performance of "Sugar, We're Goin Down". The limited edition is sometimes sold along with the regular edition under the same name. The album was repressed on vinyl in January 2013 with the bonus "Black Clouds and Underdogs" tracks. It was on swirled Maroon vinyl, and limited to 1500 copies, and exclusively sold at Hot Topic. Fall Out Boy Guest artists Artwork Other Production Management From Under the Cork Tree From Under the Cork Tree is the second studio

title: Balderschwang Yew

text: Balderschwang Yew The Balderschwang Yew () is an ancient European yew ("Taxus baccata") in Bavaria. It has two hollow trunks and stands alone on a mountain pasture. It is estimated to be between 600 and 1,000 years old, and is possibly the oldest tree in Germany. The yew is found near Balderschwang in Oberallgäu, Bavaria, at an elevation of , a few hundred metres above the municipality and exposed on a seasonal mountain pasture. Its location is to the northeast of Balderschwang and to the west of Sonthofen; it overlooks the rolling foothills of the Bavarian Alpine Foreland. The yew

title: The Enchanted Island of Yew

text: him to emerge victorious. By the end of his mortal year, Marvel has pacified the formerly troublesome inhabitants; the Island of Yew has become civilized. Baum adapted material from the novel into "Prince Marvel", a short play for children printed in 1910 in "L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker". In her biography of Baum, Katharine Rogers notes than Baum first used the name Kwytoffle in his stage adaptation of "Prince Silverwings and Other Fairy Tales" (1902), by Edith Ogden Harrison. In 1903 Baum was working with Harrison on a theater version of her successful book. The play was supposed to premier

title: Madonna of the Dry Tree

text: trees and images were "Our Lady of the Oak" and "Our Lady of the Cherry". According to van der Velden, the iconography is unusual; Ainsworth writes it is unprecedented in Netherlandish painting. The imagery seems to be derived from Ezekiel 17:24: "…and all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish". The formation can be read as a somewhat bitter representation of the "Tree of Knowledge", but wilted and thorn-ridden, presumably because

title: Fortingall Yew

text: Fortingall Yew The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew ("Taxus baccata") in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Modern estimates by experts have put its age at between 2,000 and 3,000 years. It may be the oldest tree in Britain. Modern expert estimates put the age of the tree at between 2,000 and 3,000 years, although it may be a remnant of a post-Roman Christian site and around 1,500 years old. Others have suggested an age as great as 5,000 to 9,000 years. This still makes it one of the oldest known trees in Europe,

title: Fortingall Yew

text: legend, Pontius Pilate was born in its shade and played there as a child. Fortingall Yew The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew ("Taxus baccata") in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Modern estimates by experts have put its age at between 2,000 and 3,000 years. It may be the oldest tree in Britain. Modern expert estimates put the age of the tree at between 2,000 and 3,000 years, although it may be a remnant of a post-Roman Christian site and around 1,500 years old. Others have suggested an age as great as 5,000 to

title: Origin of the name Khuzestan

text: Origin of the name Khuzestan Although Herodotus and Xenophon referred to the entire region as Susiana, the name Khuzestan is what has been referred to the southwestern most province of Persia (Iran) from antiquity. In some instances, sugar and sugar cane have been given as the meaning of Khuz. The fertile soil of Khuzestan has a splendid potential for growing this plant, making excellent harvests for sugar cane possible here. However, most experts believe the name Khuzestan to be derived from "Ķūzī", the name of the original non-Semitic people of the province, whose distinctive language reportedly survived until Sassanid times.

title: The Enchanted Island of Yew

text: Ix" more than the lands of Oz. The Island of Yew is set at some undisclosed place "in the middle of the sea". (Later commentators have sometimes placed it in Baum's Nonestic Ocean with the landmass that contains the Land of Oz and its associated countries but the book itself does not reference this.) Like Oz, it is divided into four countries associated with the four cardinal directions, plus a fifth central country that dominates the others. In the east of Yew lies the land of Dawna; in the west, "tinted rose and purple by the setting sun", is Auriel.

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: Bermiego Yew

text: natural monument on April 27, 1995, so that it is protected, and included in the conservation plan for the natural treasures of Asturias. Bermiego Yew Bermiego Yew, also called in Asturias "Teixu l'Ilesia" is an ancient tree of the species "Taxus baccata". It is found in the Spanish town of Bermiego, growing on the western slope of the Sierra del Aramo, just outside the village, and within the precincts of the village church. The morphology of the Bermiego Yew is almost perfect. Its crown measures 15 meters and is 10 meters high, and the trunk is from 6.5 to 7

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: The Compound (book)

text: action keep listeners engaged". In 2013 Bodeen announced that she was working on a sequel to "The Compound", entitled "The Fallout". The story picks up a month after the events in the prior book and follows the Yanakakis family as they must deal with the aftermath of their time in the compound. Bodeen stated that she hadn't initially planned to write a sequel, but decided to write one after multiple readers asked her what happened after Eli and his family escaped the compound. The book was released on September 24, 2013 through "Feiwel & Friends". The Compound (book) The Compound

title: Fortingall Yew

text: including "Càrn na Marbh", a Bronze Age tumulus. Place-name and archaeological evidence hint at an Iron Age cult centre at Fortingall, which may have had this tree as its focus. The site was Christianised during the Dark Ages, with the yew already full grown, perhaps because it was already a sacred place. A recollection of 1804 noted that "the boys of the village" had damaged the yew "kindling their fire of "Bealltuinn" at its root." Rev. James MacGregor, author of the "Book of the Dean of Lismore" was a minister in the church during the 16th century. According to local

title: The Strawberry Tree

text: Film Festival and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. In 2012 it screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Miami Film Festival, and it received the Most Promising Filmmaker Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The film ranked 33rd in "Film Comment"s list of the "50 Best Undistributed Films of 2012". The Strawberry Tree The Strawberry Tree () is a 2011 experimental film directed by Simone Rapisarda Casanova. A year after Hurricane Ike swept their village away, fishermen from Juan Antonio, Cuba, recall their vanished homes and daily lives. Their memories call forth images that had been

title: College of the Pacific (University of the Pacific)

text: located on the Stockton, California campus. Dr. Rena Fraden is the current Dean of the College. The University of the Pacific’s general education program is administered through the College of the Pacific. The program includes the Pacific Seminars series in which students meet in small groups to engage in discussion about what makes a good society. Two of the Pacific Seminars courses are taken in the freshman year and one is taken in the senior year. These seminars develop students' critical thinking skills through extensive writing and reading in addition to the class discussion. The Pacific Seminars have gained national

title: History of the Pacific Islands

text: to today's modern interpretation of what their culture might have been. It should also be mentioned that the Chamorros on Guam view their culture & language differently than the Chamorros on the Northern Mariana Islands. Hawaiian history is inextricably tied into a larger Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaii is the apex of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawaii, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5,000 years ago. Polynesians also share cultural

title: Titanocene Y

text: Titanocene Y Titanocene Y also known as bis[("p"-methoxybenzyl)cyclopentadienyl]titanium(IV) dichloride or dichloridobis(η-("p"-methoxybenzyl)cyclopentadienyl)titanium is an organotitanium compound that has been investigated for use as an anticancer drug. Titanocene dichloride is known to be a potential anticancer drug since the late 1970s. After initial clinical trials against breast and renal-cell cancer were performed with this compound, the search for improved derivatives started. Particularly, lipophilic titanocene dichloride derivatives derived from fulvenes were synthesised in structural diversity and this led to the development of bis[("p"-methoxybenzyl)cyclopentadienyl]titanium(IV) dichloride, which became better known in the literature under its trivial name of Titanocene Y. Titanocene Y is a cytotoxic

title: Name of the Franks

text: Name of the Franks The name of the Franks (Latin "Franci") and the derived names of "Francia" and "Franconia" (and the adjectives "Frankish" and "Franconian") are derived from the name given to a Germanic tribal confederation which emerged in the 3rd century. The Frankish Empire rose to the main successor of Roman imperial power in Western Europe, and as a result, the Franks ultimately gave their name to both the kingdom of France, and to Franconia, one of the stem duchies of the Holy Roman Empire. It is traditionally assumed that Frank comes from the Germanic word for "javelin" (such

text: to Stockton, California. At that time, the institution represented 17 of the current 18 departments in the College. There was also the Conservatory of Music and departments of education and engineering. In 1961, the now broad-based university reverted to its original name, University of the Pacific, and "College of the Pacific" became the designation for institution’s college of arts, letters and sciences. The College of the Pacific is now one of nine schools and colleges that make up the University of the Pacific. Located in the Stockton, California campus, the College of the Pacific facilities include six computer labs and

title: Pacific tree frog

text: is found because it is a keystone species. Many other species, such as garter snakes, depend upon its abundance as a prey item for their survival. Pacific tree frog The Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla), also known as the Pacific chorus frog, has a range from the West Coast of the United States (from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington) to British Columbia in Canada and extreme southern Alaska. They live from sea level to more than 10,000 feet in many types of habitats, reproducing in aquatic settings. They occur in shades of greens or browns and can change colors over

title: Eboracum

text: "Eburaci", on a wooden stylus tablet from the Roman fortress of Vindolanda in what is now the modern Northumberland. During the Roman period, the name was written both "Eboracum" and "Eburacum" (in nominative form) . The name "Eboracum" comes from the Common Brittonic "Eburākon", which means "yew tree place". The word for "yew" was "*ebura" in Proto-Celtic (cf. Old Irish "ibar" "yew-tree", (older "iobhar"), , "alder buckthorn", "alder buckthorn"), combined with the proprietive suffix "*-āko(n)" "having" (cf. Welsh "-og", Gaelic "-ach") meaning "yew tree place" (cf. "efrog" in Welsh, "eabhrach/iubhrach" in Irish Gaelic and "eabhrach/iobhrach" in Scottish Gaelic, by which

title: Name of Brazil

text: Name of Brazil The name "Brazil" is a shortened form of "Terra do Brasil", "land of Brazil", a reference to brazilwood, given in the early 16th century to the territories leased to the merchant consortium led by Fernão de Loronha for commercial exploitation of brazilwood for the production of wood dyes for the European textile industry. The term for the brazilwood tree in Portuguese, "pau-brasil", is derived from "brasa" ("ember"), a reference to the colour, formed from medieval Latin "brasa", from Old French "brese", "ember, glowing charcoal", in turn from a West Germanic "*brasa"). The land of what became Brazil

title: Chay Yew

text: Cho's "Durango" at the Public Theater and Long Wharf Theatre. Chay Yew is the recipient of the 2007 OBIE Award for Direction. Chay Yew Chay Yew () is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore. In July 2011, he became Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago. Yew's breakthrough work came from his early plays "Porcelain" and "A Language of Their Own", which, along with "Wonderland", make up what Yew calls the Whitelands Trilogy. Other plays include "As if He Hears"; "Red"; "A Beautiful Country"; "Question 27, Question 28"; "Long Season"; and "Visible Cities". His adaptations include

title: Christmas tree production in the United States

text: Christmas tree production in the United States While the first Christmas tree farm may have appeared as early as 1901, Christmas tree production in the United States was largely limited to what could be harvested from natural forests until the 1950s. Among the important Christmas tree producing areas in the U.S. are Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the Pacific Northwest. In 2002 Christmas tree production in the United States totaled 20.8 million trees and the U.S. was one of the world's leading producers of natural Christmas trees. That same year, Pennsylvania was the top producer in the United States. The

title: What Is the What

text: writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees

title: The Compound

text: The Compound The Compound, also known as Street Patterns or The Grid, is an area in southwestern Palm Bay, Florida, similar to Flagler Estates. It is a largely undeveloped area of some of paved road. General Development Corporation began development of the area in the 1980s, but went bankrupt in 1991; afterward, few residents ever moved in, and the streets fell into serious disrepair by the early 2000s. Most roads in the area have not since been repaved. The Compound is located at . The area of The Compound is . To the west is the St. Johns River and

title: Anticancer Fund

text: research. One of the main activities of the anticancer Fund is providing the public with scientifically accurate information regarding cancer and treatments. This includes information on the different types of cancer, treatments (both conventional and non-conventional) and other information related to cancer and therapies. The Anticancer Fund holds a HON-certificate for the information that can be found on its website. Part of ACF's activities in the information section focus on exposing false and potentially lethal information. This fits in with the goal of providing evidence-based information concerning cancer and cancer treatments. An example of this is the drug GcMAF, which

title: Sacred tree at Uppsala

text: Sacred tree at Uppsala The sacred tree at Uppsala was a sacred tree located at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, in the second half of the 11th century. It is not known what species it was, but a scholar has suggested that it was a yew tree. It is even more sparsely documented than the famous temple by which it stood. In the 1070s, the writer of a scholium in Adam of Bremen's "Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum" explained: Near that temple is a very large tree with widespread branches which are always green both in winter and summer. What kind

title: Flag of the Pacific Community

text: palm tree. The sail and ocean symbolise linkage and interchange, while the sail itself represents a canoe and symbolises movement and change. The palm tree symbolises wealth. The colors intend to mirror the clear night skies of the Pacific (the dark blue field and the white stars). The turquoise sail, arch and lower wave symbolises youth and the island chains of the region. Flag of the Pacific Community On 6 December 1999 during a conference in Papeete the Pacific Community, formerly the South Pacific Commission, adopted the present flag. The former flag featured on blue field a white ring, being

title: The Five Sacred Trees

text: Tortan, the tree associated with magic, especially witchcraft. This movement features both the bassoon and the violin. "Tortan is a tree that has been associated with witches, and as a result, the fiddle appears, sawing away as it is conjoined with the music of the bassoon. The Irish bodhrán drum assists." - John Williams The third movement, Eó Rossa, is named after the yew. This tree had power over destruction and rebirth. It opens with a long harp solo. "The Tree of Ross (or Eó Rosa) is a yew, and although the yew is often referred to as a symbol

title: The Cherry-Tree Carol

text: years, where the next verse picks up with Jesus on his mother's lap, telling her of his eventual death and resurrection. The story is derived from the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, which combines many earlier apocryphal Nativity traditions; however, in Pseudo-Matthew, the event takes place during the flight into Egypt, and the fruit tree is a palm tree (presumably a date palm) rather than a cherry tree. In the apocryphal Gospel, Jesus has already been born and so Joseph's truculence is unrelated to any dismay over Mary's pregnancy, but has to do with an inability to reach the fruits of

title: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

text: cultures, while others differed. Prior to contact, and for a brief time after colonization, some of these groups regularly conducted war against each other through raids and attacks. Through warfare they gathered captives for slavery. The Tlingit ( , ; the latter is considered inaccurate) are one of the furthest north indigenous nations in the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their autonym is Lingít , meaning "Human being". The Russian name for them, "Koloshi", was derived from an Aleut term for the labret; and the related German name, "Koulischen", may be encountered in older historical literature. The Tlingit are a matrilineal society.

title: Pacific tree frog

text: Pacific tree frog The Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla), also known as the Pacific chorus frog, has a range from the West Coast of the United States (from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington) to British Columbia in Canada and extreme southern Alaska. They live from sea level to more than 10,000 feet in many types of habitats, reproducing in aquatic settings. They occur in shades of greens or browns and can change colors over periods of hours and weeks. The naming of this frog has a very confusing history. First, the frog was moved from the genus "Hyla" to the

title: Loke Yew

text: Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) by the University of Hong Kong, for his generous contribution and steadfast belief in the value of education. In tribute to the man's enormous contributions to society, the name "Loke Yew" has become identifiable with street names such as Loke Yew Street in Singapore, and Jalan Loke Yew in Kuala Lumpur (KL) and the name also appeared in several towns in Malaysia. Known as "Jalan Loke Yew" in Malay, this road together with Jalan Cheras makes up the Cheras Highway, built by Metramac Corporation and maintained and managed by Kuala Lumpur City Hall. It is part

title: Yew Tee

text: Yew Tee Yew Tee is a subzone and residential area within the town of Choa Chu Kang, in the West Region of Singapore. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of three neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town. As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners. Yew Tee is the name of a village off Woodlands Road. It is also the location of an eponymous MRT station serving the area, which opened in 1996. Yew Tee means "oil pond" in

title: Fame Is the Name of the Game

text: erroneously billed "Fame is the Name of the Game" as television's first "world premiere" of a "major motion picture". The film garnered phenomenal ratings leading to the spin-off series. "Chicago Deadline" (1949) Fame Is the Name of the Game Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series "The Name of the Game". It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It was produced by Ranald MacDougall, who also wrote the teleplay, from the novel "One Woman" by Tiffany Thayer. The film stars Anthony Franciosa

title: Name of the Franks

text: refers to the language in which the book was written as "the original Low Dutch". Linguistic "Old Dutch" had already become "Low Dutch", the contemporary language, and "High Dutch", or High German. On the other hand, "Old Dutch" was a popular English adjective used in the 18th century with reference to people, places and things. Name of the Franks The name of the Franks (Latin "Franci") and the derived names of "Francia" and "Franconia" (and the adjectives "Frankish" and "Franconian") are derived from the name given to a Germanic tribal confederation which emerged in the 3rd century. The Frankish Empire

title: Where the Streets Have No Name

text: track, along with "Race Against Time", is "an indicator of what U2 might have made instead of "The Joshua Tree"." Upon the release of "The Joshua Tree", critics praised "Where the Streets Have No Name". Steve Morse of "The Boston Globe" noted the "bell-like tones from the Edge fram[e] a search for heaven" and along with the subsequent track on the album, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", these songs showed how the group were "pilgrims still on a quest; not preachers who claim to have found answers". "The Bergen Record" echoed these sentiments, saying the tracks demonstrated

title: The Compound

text: of Micco Rd., construction of this section of the parkway is tentatively set to begin in the early 2020s. The Compound The Compound, also known as Street Patterns or The Grid, is an area in southwestern Palm Bay, Florida, similar to Flagler Estates. It is a largely undeveloped area of some of paved road. General Development Corporation began development of the area in the 1980s, but went bankrupt in 1991; afterward, few residents ever moved in, and the streets fell into serious disrepair by the early 2000s. Most roads in the area have not since been repaved. The Compound is

title: Chay Yew

text: Chay Yew Chay Yew () is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore. In July 2011, he became Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago. Yew's breakthrough work came from his early plays "Porcelain" and "A Language of Their Own", which, along with "Wonderland", make up what Yew calls the Whitelands Trilogy. Other plays include "As if He Hears"; "Red"; "A Beautiful Country"; "Question 27, Question 28"; "Long Season"; and "Visible Cities". His adaptations include "A Winter People" (based on Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard") and Federico García Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba". In 1989, the

title: Pacific tree frog

text: Pacific tree frog grows up to 2 inches from snout to urostyle. The males are usually smaller than the females and have a dark patch on their throats. The dark patch is the vocal sac, which stretches out when the male is calling. Pacific tree frogs can be a number of different colors, including green, tan, reddish, gray, brown, cream, and black, but most are a shade of green or brown, with pale or white bellies. They have a variety of dark and spotty markings on their backs and sides and can be identified by a black or dark brown

title: The Joshua Tree

text: on its list of the "100 Greatest Album Covers of All Time". The tree photographed for the sleeve fell around 2000, yet the site remains a popular tourist attraction for U2 fans. One person inserted a plaque into the ground reading, "Have you found what you're looking for?", in reference to the album's track "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". It is a common misconception that the site is within Joshua Tree National Park, when in fact it is over 200 miles away from the park. In 2011, Guus van Hove, the director of the Dutch music venue

title: The Apple Tree

text: The Apple Tree The Apple Tree is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith. Each act has its own storyline, but all three are tied together by a common theme (someone who believes that they want something, but once they get what they wanted they realize that it wasn't what they wanted) and common references, such as references to the color brown. The first act is based on Mark Twain's "The Diaries of Adam and Eve"; the second act is

title: Fame Is the Name of the Game

text: Fame Is the Name of the Game Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series "The Name of the Game". It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It was produced by Ranald MacDougall, who also wrote the teleplay, from the novel "One Woman" by Tiffany Thayer. The film stars Anthony Franciosa as investigative journalist Jeff Dillon. It also presents the screen debut of 20-year-old Susan Saint James as Peggy Chan, Dillon's new editorial assistant. (In the series, St. James's character is renamed Peggy

title: Osmium

text: osmium is synovectomy in arthritic patients in Scandinavia. It involves the local administration of osmium tetroxide (OsO), which is a highly toxic compound. The lack of reports of long-term side effects suggest that osmium itself can be biocompatible, though this depends on the osmium compound administered. In 2011, osmium(VI) and osmium(II) compounds were reported to show anticancer activity "in vivo", it indicated a promising future for using osmium compounds as anticancer drugs. Metallic osmium is harmless but finely divided metallic osmium is pyrophoric and reacts with oxygen at room temperature, forming volatile osmium tetroxide. Some osmium compounds are also converted

title: Tree of life

text: massive tree (sometimes considered a yew or ash tree) with extensive lore surrounding it. Perhaps related to Yggdrasil, accounts have survived of Germanic Tribes' honouring sacred trees within their societies. Examples include Thor's Oak, sacred groves, the Sacred tree at Uppsala, and the wooden Irminsul pillar. In Norse Mythology, the apples from Iðunn's ash box provide immortality for the gods. The "Tree of Immortality" (Arabic: شجرة الخلود) is the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran. It is also alluded to in hadiths and tafsir. Unlike the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden,

title: The Giving Tree

text: Tree Band took its name from the book. Plain White T's EP "Should've Gone to Bed" has a song The Giving Tree, written by Tim Lopez. The 2010 short film "I'm Here", written and directed by Spike Jonze, is based on "The Giving Tree"; the main character Sheldon is named after Shel Silverstein. The Giving Tree The Giving Tree is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by Harper & Row, it has become one of Silverstein's best known titles and has been translated into numerous languages. This book has been described as

title: Under the Umbrella Tree

text: Under the Umbrella Tree Under the Umbrella Tree is a Canadian children's television series created by Noreen Young that originally aired on CBC from 1986 to 1993. The show was produced by CBC and Noreen Young Productions, and also later by The Disney Channel which began airing the show on May 7, 1990. The series centers on a diverse set of main characters who share a house on Spring Street in a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The characters include Holly (a human), Iggy (an iguana), Jacob (a blue jay), and Gloria (a gopher). The show's title is derived from the

title: The Tree of Hands

text: Jason's appearance. Also Benet's ex begins to realise what may have happened and puts pressure on her. She realises that she and Jay must leave the country in order to start their new life. The sub plot (Carol and her friends and family) evolves into murder and betrayal, and a very clever twist involving the sale of a house in Hampstead. The title "Tree of Hands" refers to a piece of artwork displayed on the wall in the ward that James was admitted to when first taken ill. The Tree of Hands The Tree of Hands is a 1984 suspense

title: Yew Tee

text: Ayer Rajah Camp and Portsdown Camp due to the redevelopment of one-North area for chemical sciences and lifestyle hub. Yew Tee Yew Tee is a subzone and residential area within the town of Choa Chu Kang, in the West Region of Singapore. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of three neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town. As a relatively new estate, a large proportion of its residents are young families and middle income earners. Yew Tee is the name of a village off Woodlands Road. It is also the

title: The Grieving Tree

text: The Grieving Tree The Grieving Tree is a fantasy novel by Don Bassingthwaite, set in the world of Eberron, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the second novel in "The Dragon Below" series. It was published in paperback in March 2006. The group from the previous novel, "The Binding Stone", is joined by former Bonetree hunter Ashi and hobgoblin dirge singer Ekhaas. Pat Ferrara of mania.com comments: "Although constrained somewhat in geographic scope, "The Grieving Tree"'s plot keeps up its fast pace as major narrative points are brought to light and polished. [...] What I

title: The Gourd and the Palm-tree

text: the least gale of prosperity will as suddenly sink beneath the blasts of misfortune'. While the societal moral is the same, the oak's argument that 'one swallow does not make a summer' looks back to the emblematic story of the gourd and the pine tree. To confuse matters more, the same fable (the name of the tree apart) reappears as "The Oak and the Rose Tree" in John Trotter Brockett's "Select Fables" (Newcastle 1820), recycling one of Thomas Bewick's woodcuts. Similar imagery is found in an anonymous Chan poem from China which involves a pine tree and unspecified flowers: The

title: Fruit of the poisonous tree

text: Fruit of the poisonous tree Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal metaphor in the United States used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally. The logic of the terminology is that if the source (the "tree") of the evidence or evidence itself is tainted, then anything gained (the "fruit") from it is tainted as well. The doctrine underlying the name was first described in "Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States", 251 U.S. 385 (1920). The term's first use was by Justice Felix Frankfurter in "Nardone v. United States" (1939). Such evidence is not generally admissible in court. For

title: Pacific tree frog

text: to explain the results, indicating that these frogs might be using all or a combination of these factors for homing. These frogs are the most common frogs on the West Coast of North America. Although Pacific tree frogs remain abundant, some other species found in the same areas, such as California red-legged frogs, are declining. Most populations of tree frogs appear healthy, and they have no concern or conservation status. In 2007, the Pacific tree frog was named the state amphibian of the State of Washington. It is also a very important species in all of the regions where it

title: From Under the Cork Tree

text: by. The story focuses on a bull named Ferdinand who would rather sniff flowers under a cork tree than participate in fights. The album cover features a van with a trailer in a slump of snow. This is a reference to the car accident the band was in while they were driving to New York City to film the video for "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" from their album "Take This to Your Grave". Critical reaction to "From Under the Cork Tree" was generally positive. In an extremely positive review of the album, Johnny Loftus of Allmusic said: "Musically,

title: The World Is What It Is

text: The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage

title: Quebracho tree

text: Quebracho tree Quebracho is a common name in Spanish to describe very hard (density 0.9–1.3) wood tree species. The etymology of the name derived from "quiebrahacha", or "quebrar hacha", meaning "axe-breaker". There are at least three similar commercially important tree species that grow in the Gran Chaco region of South America. These species provide tannin and a very hard, durable timber. "Quebracho" is sometimes used as a commercial name for the tannin derived from the trees or their timber. A further species, "Jodina rhombifolia" (Syn. "Iodinia rhombifolia", the "quebracho flojo" (the loose, soft quebracho) or "quebrachillo", "quebrachillo flojo" and "sombra