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Potter's Bar

(Encyclopedia) Potter's Bar, town (1991 pop. 22,755), Hertfordshire, central England, in the Midlands. Potter's Bar is a residential district, most of which is within the Green Belt Zone barred to…

Color Meanings and Moods

Do different colors affect your mood? by David Johnson Related Links Color Psychology QuizColor: Psychology, Symbolism, and Interesting FactsWhat Is Color?The History of ColorSeasonal…

Robin Moore Biography

writerDied: February 19, 2008Best Known as: author of "The French Connection" and "The Green Berets" Deathplace: southwestern Kentucky Robin Moore was…

DK Science: Parasitic Plants

TOTAL PARASITEGREEN PARASITEFLOWERING PARASITEFIND OUT MOREMost plants make all the food they need by photosynthesis, but some species are parasites. They steal food from other plants, known as…

jasper, type of quartz

(Encyclopedia) jasper, opaque, impure cryptocrystalline quartz, usually red, but also yellow, green, and grayish blue. It is used as a gem. Ribbon jasper has the colors in stripes.

Notre Dame Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient…

bloodstone

(Encyclopedia) bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.

William Huston NATCHER, Congress, KY (1909-1994)

NATCHER, William Huston, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., September 11, 1909; attended the public schools and received high school education at Ogden…

Why do leaves change color in the fall?

Why do leaves change color in the fall? One of the sure signs of fall (besides the beginning of a new school year) is the change in color of leaves from green to bright yellow, orange and red.…