Image Indian bead.png thumb right An Indian bead in Indiana gravel. Indian bead is a colloquial term for the fossilized stem segments of columnal crinoids , marine Echinoderm echinoderms of the class Crinoidea. The fossils, generally a centimeter or less in diameter, tend to be cylindrical with a small hole either open or filled through the axis and can resemble unstrung beads. The fossils are abundant in certain areas, including parts of the American Midwest where they are present in gravel . References http www.uky.edu KGS fossils fossilid.htm b Kentucky Geological Survey Identifying Unknown Fossils by their shape Category Fossils Category Crinoidea ... more details
Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Nyarlathotep author H. P. Lovecraft country United States language English language English series genre published in The United Amateur publication type Periodical publisher media type Print Magazine pub date November 1920 preceded by followed by Nyarlathotep is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in 1920 in literature 1920 , and first published in the November 1920 issue of The United Amateur . It is the first mention in fiction of the Cthulhu Mythos entity Nyarlathotep . Synopsis The story is written in first person narrative first person and begins by describing a strange and inexplicable sense of foreboding experienced by humanity in general, in anticipation of a great unknown evil. The story proceeds to describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a man of the race of the Pharaohs , who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Wherever Nyarlathotep went, the story relates, the inhabitants sleep would be plagued by vivid nightmare s. The story describes Nyarlathotep s arrival in the narrator s city, and the narrator s attendance at one of Nyarlathotep s demonstrations, in which he defiantly dismisses Nyarlathotep s displays of power as mere tricks. The party of observers is driven away by an infuriated Nyarlathotep, and wanders off into at least three columnal groups One disappears around a corner, from which is then heard a moaning sound another disappears into a subway station with the sound of mad laughter and the third group, which contains the narrator, travels outward from the city toward the country. The story ends by describing horrific, surreal vistas experienced by the party, in which they realize horror and doom have come to the world. External links http hplovecraft.com writings texts fiction n.asp Full text at The H. P. Lovecraft Archive. wikisource Ny ... more details
The following is a list of Cascading Style Sheets CSS framework s. List of CSS frameworks http twitter.github.com bootstrap Twitter Bootstrap http 960.gs 960 grid system Blueprint CSS framework Blueprint http designlunatic.com projects blucss BluCSS http fluidable.com Fluidable YUI Library CSS resources YUI CSS grids http twitter.github.com bootstrap Bootstrap by Twitter http code.google.com p emastic Emastic http code.google.com p malo Malo http foundation.zurb.com Foundation Zurb Grid Systems class wikitable sortable style font size 85 text align center width auto Name Latest release Date License Fixed, Fluid or Elastic Units px,em, Features of columns http twitter.github.com bootstrap Twitter Bootstrap v2.0.2 Apache License v2.0 Fixed, Fluid px, Layout, typography, forms, buttons, navigation, media queries more, .less files js libraries 12 http 960.gs 960 grid system October 21, 2011 GPL, MIT Fixed px source ordering 12, 16, 24 http cssgrid.net 1140 CSS Grid 2.0 fluid max width 1140px, columns in media queries, support for pre css3 browsers with http code.google.com p css3 mediaqueries js css3 mediaqueries , responsive images 12 Blueprint CSS framework Blueprint 1.0.1 May 14,2011 typography, forms, print. plugins for buttons, tabs and sprites. http www.columnal.com Columnal CSS grid system 0.85 fluid max width 1140px, columns in responsive, sub columns, pre and suffix classes, media queries, responsive image sizing 12 http semantic.gs Semantic 1.1 px, responsive http fluidable.com Fluidable 1.0 Fluid Responsive, mobile layout, fixed gutters, any number of columns Any YUI Library CSS resources YUI CSS grids 2.8.2 Fixed and Fluid http foundation.zurb.com Foundation Zurb v2.2.1 MIT License Fluid px, Responsive Layout, source ordering, typography, forms, buttons, navigation, media queries, js libraries 12 Grid Generators class wikitable sortable style font size 85 text align center width auto Name Supported grid systems http www.gridsystemgenerator.com gridsystemgene ... more details
Italictitle taxobox name Anoectochilus koshunensis status EN status system IUCN3.1 image regnum Plantae unranked divisio unranked classis Liliopsida ordo Orchidales familia Orchidaceae subfamilia Orchidoideae tribus subtribus genus Anoectochilus species A. koshunensis binomial Anoectochilus koshunensis binomial authority Hayata synonyms center Anoectochilus Aviglossum center Anoectochilus koshunensis is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family endemic to Taiwan . Leaves are almost 8 cm long, with golden nerves, dark green, and slightly hairy. The spike botany spike s grow upwards with blooms in large intervals, facing down. They are usually white, with upper pink red sepal and petals which form an eyelid. Lip base with a frayed edge. This kind of plant blooms mostly throughout the year, and is very much in demand for medical research once it has been reported that the local people on the island have used the plant to cure snake bite. ref cite web last C. C. Tseng, H. F. Shang, L. F. Wang, B. Su, C. C. Hsu, H. Y. Kao, K. T. Cheng title Antitumor and immunostimulating effects of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata year 2006 url http www.thefreelibrary.com Antitumor and immunostimulating effects of Anoectochilus formosanus... a0147344278 publisher The Free Library.com accessdate 25 February 2012 ref It differs from all species of Anoectochilus by the mesochil which is not afforded with wikt Special Search pectinate pectinate wikt Special Search lobe lobes , but instead has broadly entire wingformed lobes, by the columnal appendages which are doubly folded and beak shaped at the apex, and by the triangular lateral lobes at the mouth of the spur s. ref name Hayata cite book last Bunz Hayata first title Icones plantarum Formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam, IV. year 1911 page 104 publisher Shoku sankyoku location Taiwan url http www.biodiversitylibrary.org page 19146117 page 120 mode 1up at the Biodiversity Heritage Library BHL Website ref Taxonomy ... more details
Crinoid uses Fossilised crinoid columnal s extracted from limestone quarried on Lindisfarne , or found ... known as St. Cuthbert s beads . In the Midwestern United States, fossilized segments of columnal crinoids ... more details
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