Jersey, in the Channel Islands, was famous for its knitting trade in medieval times, and because of that original fame, the name jersey is still applied to many forms of knitted fabric, round or flat. The traditional jersey, and traditional guernsey, are dyed a navy blue colour, using a dye that does not require stripping the wool of its natural oil, rendering these sweaters surprisingly water resistant. The wool used in guernseys is often passed through oil in order to render it doubly water-resistant.
In sport a jersey is a shirt worn by a member of a team, often with the wearer's name and team number as well. Many Cycling jerseys of specific colour or pattern represent certain statuses in cycling, such as the "maillot jaune" (yellow jersey) of the leader of the Tour de France, or the rainbow jersey. The World Cycling Union also says a champion must wear the champions jersey in a race, not the team jersey. Cycling jerseys are usually made of special synthetic material to help sweat away from the skin. The main garment of an ice hockey uniform, which was traditionally called a sweater, is increasingly known as a hockey jersey. This garment, along with basketball jerseys which are usually sleeveless and baseball jerseys which are usually button up, have become fashion accessories.
In some sports, such as baseball, basketball, and American football, a player's jersey may be "retired". When a jersey is retired that player's jersey is placed usually where the team plays in honour of that player's accomplishment. The retiring of a jersey at one time included the retiring of the number on the player's jersey leaving it unavailable for future players, to further honour that player. However, as jerseys are usually double digit (00-99), that leaves only 100 possible numbers—if the rules of the sport allow it. For example, in U.S. college basketball, only 36 distinct numbers are possible, as rules prohibit the use of any digits greater than 5. As such the practice of retiring the number has dwindled, and in most cases only the specific jersey is retired and put on display.
It was common for Australian and South African year 12 students and year 13 students in New Zealand to receive personalised jerseys during their last year at school. These are commonly referred to as a year or leavers' jumpers. They are based on the design of a sport jersey (usually Australian Rules Football or Association Football), feature school colours, the year the students graduate, and a personalised nickname. They are usually worn over the normal school uniform.
In Australia there has been a recent trend with many students now preferring to get year 12 hoodies, jackets or baseball varsity style jackets instead of the traditional jerseys.
Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell (November 4, 1918 - July 6, 1994), was an American actor.
Born in Pennsylvania, U.S.. His first role was in a short movie "The Last Installment: A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" (1945), That same year he was cast in "What Next, Corporal Hargrove?" by Richard Thorpe. Also had a role in the movie "They Were Expendable" (1945), John Wayne. In 1948 he landed the role of Lieutenant Ansel Goldberg, in the classic war movie "Command Decision", with Clark Gable.
The decade of 1950s was very good for Mitchell, working in many movies such as "Smuggler's Gold" (1951), the Sci Fi Movie "Flight to Mars" (1951).
In the early 1960s, Mitchell has great success in Europe he starring in movies: "Erik the Conqueror" (1961) - "Caesar the Conqueror" (1962) - "Attack of the Normans" (1962) - "The Black Duke" (1963) -"Last Gun" (1964), "Minnesota Clay" (1964), "In the Shadow of the Eagles" (1966) - "I coltelli del vendicatore" (1966), "Island of the Doomed" (1967).
In 1970 Mitchell starred in the cult movie "The Rebel Rousers", with Jack Nicholson, and directed by Martin B. Cohen. He plays a man who is harassed by a motorcycle gang from hell.
He also co-starred in the movies: "Hombre" (1967), a western with Paul Newman, "The Other Side of the Wind" (1972), directed by Orson Welles, "Buck and the Preacher" (1973), with Sidney Poitier, "The Midnight Man" (1974), starring and directed by Burt Lancaster, and "The Klansman" (1974), with Lee Marvin.
In the decade of the 1980s, Mitchell starred only in low-budget movie. Among his movies of the 80s are "The Silent Scream" (1980), "The Nightmare Never Ends" (1980), "The Guns and the Fury" (1981), "The Tomb" (1986), with John Carradine, and "The Offspring" (1987), with Vincent Price.
In 1967 he was hired to play the role of Buck Cannon in "The High Chaparral", with Leif Erickson as Big John Cannon. The series was a success and remained four seasons between 1967 and 1971.
He also worked in American television from its origins, in 1962, is the narrator of the TV series "The Beachcomber". He was also guest starred in TV series "Colt .45", "Wagon Train", "The Untouchables", "Bonanza", "Daniel Boone", "Cade's County", "Alias Smith and Jones", "Mission: Impossible", "Night Gallery", "Gunsmoke", "Police Story", "Magnum, P.I.", "Matt Houston", and others.
Freckle
Freckles are clusters of concentrated melanin that are most often visible with a fair skin complexion. Freckles are predominantly found on the face, although they may appear on any skin exposed to the sun, such as the lips, neck, arms, shoulders, back, chest and gluteus maximus.
They are an inherited trait, caused by variation in the MC1R gene that is involved in the determination of red hair, fair skin, and freckles. Freckle formation is triggered through exposure to sunlight.
Two types of melanin, the red pheomelanin and the black eumelanin, are present in human skin. Eumelanin protects against sunlight. People with red hair have mostly pheomelanin in their hair and skin and/or a reduced ability to produce eumelanin. This may explain why they fail to tan and are at risk from the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
About 2.5 billion people in the world have freckles. About 75 per cent of Filipino people have freckles.
Lemon verbena
Lemon verbena ("Aloysia citrodora") is a type of flowering plant in the verbena family. It can also be called lemon beebrush. Its tiny flowers bloom purple or white in late summer.
Lemon verbena leaves are used to add a lemony taste to fish and poultry dishes, vegetable marinades, salad dressings, jams, puddings, and beverages. It also is used to make herb tea.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae (also known as the cashew family or sumac family) is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales, with about 70 genera and 650 species of evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and woody vines. Are plants including cashew, mango and pistachio. It is native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world, but a few species occur in temperate regions.
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by E. B. White. First published in 1952, it was illustrated by Garth Williams and won many awards.
Three movies are based on the book:
Golpar
Golpar ("Heracleum persicum"), also known as Persian hogweed, is a flowering plant. It grows wild in mountains.
Golpar seeds are used as a spice in Persian cooking. These seedpods are slightly bitter. They are usually sold in powder and are often sold as "Angelica Seeds." The powder is sprinkled over beans and potatoes. Golpar is also used in soups and stews. It is often sprinkled over pomegranate seeds. Golpar is also mixed with vinegar into which lettuce leaves are dipped before eating.
Tsunami warning system
Tsunami warning system or TWS detects tsunamis and issues warnings to prevent loss of life and property. It consists of two equally important components: a "network of sensors" to detect tsunamis and a "communications infrastructure" to issue timely alarms to start evacuation before the big waves reach the land to let the people to rush to safety.