La Cité
La Cité may refer to:
La Cité (Lausanne)
La Cité is a district of the city of Lausanne, in Switzerland.
The Cathedral, the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, the Lausanne Museum of History, the Château Saint-Maire and the Ancienne Académie (today Gymnase de la cité) are situated in this district. It is served by the Lausanne Metro Line 2, from Riponne and Bessières stations.
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Coordinates: 46°31′28″N 6°37′36″E / 46.52444°N 6.62667°E / 46.52444; 6.62667
Ruta graveolens
Ruta graveolens, commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of Ruta grown as an ornamental plant and as an herb. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula. It is now grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bluish leaves, and sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. It is also cultivated as a medicinal herb, as a condiment, and to a lesser extent as an insect repellent.
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Traditional use
The Tacuinum Sanitatis, a medieval handbook on wellness, lists these properties of rue:
The refined oil of rue is an emmenagogue and was cited by the Roman historian Pliny the Elder and the gynecologist Soranus as a potent abortifacient (inducing abortion).
Rue (disambiguation)
Rue is a strongly scented plant used medicinally and as a culinary herb
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List of The Hunger Games characters
The following is a list of characters in The Hunger Games trilogy, a series of young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins that were later adapted into a series of four feature films.
Main characters
Adrian (costume designer)
Adrian Adolph Greenberg (March 3, 1903 — September 13, 1959), widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career, he designed costumes for over 250 films and his screen credits usually read as "Gowns by Adrian". On occasion, he was credited as Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's forename and his own.
Early life
Adrian was born on March 3, 1903 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, to Gilbert and Helena (Pollack) Greenberg. Contrary to some sources, Adrian's father Gilbert was born in New York and his mother Helena in Waterbury, Connecticut. It was his grandparents, who were immigrants. Joseph Greenburg and his wife Frances were from Russia, while Adolph Pollak and Bertha (Mendelsohn) Pollak were from Bohemia and Germany, respectively. He entered the New York School for Fine and Applied Arts (now Parsons School of Design in 1920. In 1922, he transferred to NYSFAA's Paris campus and while there was hired by Irving Berlin. Adrian then designed the costumes for Berlin's The Music Box Revue.
Adrian (restaurant)
Restaurant Adrian was a restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1967-1970.
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Coordinates: 52°21′59.91″N 4°53′26.65″E / 52.3666417°N 4.8907361°E / 52.3666417; 4.8907361
