Toxicodendron is a genus of in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. It contains woody , and , including poison ivy, poison oak, and the lacquer tree. All members of the genus produce the skin-irritating oil urushiol, which can cause a severe allergic reaction. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ( toxikos), meaning "poison," and ( dendron), meaning "tree". ξ1 The best known members of the genus in North America are poison ivy (T. radicans), practically ubiquitous throughout most of eastern..
André Coelho Matos (born September 14, 1971) is a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 André Matos has been dedicating his time to his solo band.
A family entertainment center (or centre), often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park. They usually cater to "sub-regional markets of larger metropolitan areas." FECs are generally small compared to full-scale amusement parks, with fewer attractions, a lower per-person per-hour cost to consumers than a traditional amusement p..
Twenty20 cricket, sometimes written Twenty-20, and often abbreviated to T20, is a short form of cricket. It was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for professional inter-county competition in England and Wales. In a Twenty20 game the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of major cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japa..
On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japa..
He records all his adventures in this diary so that he can tell his friends back home about what he did and saw during his time in Japan. With the help of a Japanese foster brother and sister he visits a Ninja village, tries new foods, learns brush paintin..
Atomic holocaust was followed by American occupation and the American-inspired, postwar Japanese ‘Peace Constitution’ which explicitly outlawed Japanese military forces and the use of war as an instrument of state policy. At the time of original public..
A far cry from the purple prose of the starry-eyed Western visitor or the sterile style of the government gazette, The Japanese Are Like That is a down to earth scrutiny of the so called "inscrutable" Japanese. Armed with a cool head, the gift of clear exp..
It may come as a surprise to many people, but Japan is the most running-obsessed country on earth. A 135-mile relay race, or "ekiden" is the country's biggest annual sporting event. Thousands of professional runners compete for corporate teams in some of t..
This book looks at the profound changes in Japan that made this jump possible and considers foreign firms' potential contribution to productivity and overall economic growth.
However, as the maritime frontier was "rediscovered" and defined by the regional powers and legal refinements of the 1970s, the process of states seeking a secure maritime zone has accelerated and maritime rivalries have become as intense as inland rivalri..
It tells of the imposters, the eccentrics, and the scandals, no less than the achievements of the scholars, the merchants, and the diplomats who contributed so much to the development of modern Japan.Here you will meet Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consu..
The Navionics Gold chart provides navigators and fisherman with all the necessary data for safer and easier navigation. The XL9 34XG Gold feature a paper chart appearance with user-selectable shaded depth contours, real-world shapes and colors of buoys, co..
Designed for frequent printing of e-mails, drafts and documents, HP 650A delivers crisp, black text in your Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet Enterprise CP5520 Series and M750 Series. Intelligence built into the cartridge makes monitoring usage and reordering..
Designed for frequent printing of e-mails, drafts and documents, HP 650A delivers crisp, black text in your Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet Enterprise CP5520 Series and M750 Series. Intelligence built into the cartridge makes monitoring usage and reordering..
ul li UP is compatible with the Amazon Fire phone and devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or and iOS 6.0 li li Designed to be worn 24 7, with up to 10 days of battery life li li Track your sleep total hours light versus deep len..
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It allows you to track calories burned, intensity and more for any type of workout as well as what you are eating and drinking. You can track how many hours you sleep, and it will vibrate to wake you up at the optimal moment in your sleep cycle so you feel..
For the first time in Japanese cinematic history an American Academy Award is coming to life. Released worldwide in 1992 Unforgiven starring and directed by Clint Eastwood was hailed by critics as a cinematic masterpiece. It was nominated for nine Osca..
When Battles Without Honour and Humanity first hit Japanese screens in January 1973, partially inspired by the success of The Godfather, it blasted out a new Ground Zero for crime cinema not only in Japan, but in the rest of the world, and spawned a legend..
Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe (Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee) plays Katsumoto a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of lif..
“Inherent Vice ” an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s seventh and funniest novel is the seventh film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson—and the very first film adaptation ever of Pynchon’s legendari..
Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Th..
Alder is the common name of a genus of ( Alnus) belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious and , a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone.
Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon, or just Capcom, is a Japanese developer and publisher of , known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney, Darkstalkers, Dead Rising, Devil May Cry, Ghosts'n Goblins