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Birch is a thinleaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula (/ˈbɛtjʊlə/), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams, and is closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The genus Betula contains 30 to 60 known taxa of which 11 are on the IUCN 2011 Green List of Threatened Species. They are a typically rather short-lived pioneer species widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in northern temperate and boreal climates.
Birch species are generally small to medium-sized trees or shrubs, mostly of temperate climates. The simple leaves are alternate, singly or doubly serrate, feather-veined, petiolate and stipulate. They often appear in pairs, but these pairs are really borne on spur-like, two-leaved, lateral branchlets. The fruit is a small samara, although the wings may be obscure in some species. They differ from the alders (Alnus, other genus in the family) in that the female catkins are not woody and disintegrate at maturity, falling apart to release the seeds, unlike the woody, cone-like female alder catkins.
Raymond Paul Mears (born 7 February 1964) is an English woodsman, instructor, businessman, author and TV presenter. His TV appearances cover bushcraft and survival techniques. He is best known for the TV series Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears' World of Survival, Extreme Survival, Survival with Ray Mears, Wild Britain with Ray Mears and Ray Mears Goes Walkabout. The name "Ray Mears" is also a trademark used to protect his business operations, particularly those involving the goods and services he offers through his company Woodlore Ltd.
Mears attended Downside Preparatory School in Purley and then Reigate Grammar School, where he was a member of the naval cadre of the combined cadet force. His ambition was to join the Royal Marines, but his hopes of doing so were dashed when he failed the eyesight test. After taking A-levels, Mears briefly worked in an office in the City of London.
In 1983, Mears founded Woodlore, a company that offers Bushcraft-related courses and paraphernalia. It became so successful that it soon led to the trademarking of the name "Ray Mears". Mears first appeared on television in 1994 presenting the BBC series Tracks and then, in 1997, Ray Mears' World of Survival. In 2003, he presented the BBC documentary Ray Mears' Real Heroes of Telemark about the Norwegian heavy water sabotage mission during World War II. While filming a documentary in Wyoming in 2005, Mears was involved in a serious accident. The helicopter in which he and his camera crew were travelling struck the ground during a steep low level turn, and broke apart, rolling to a stop. The fuel tank was ruptured in the accident and escaping fuel covered Mears and the crew. No fire occurred, and Mears was able to escape the wreckage uninjured and assist in the rescue and administer first aid to one of the crew who was badly hurt.
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and a university.
Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, first as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, "In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat." To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."
Actors: Patrick McGuinn (director), Patrick McGuinn (producer), Peter Perrone (producer), Chris Graham (actor), Christian Hawkins (composer), Sara Jecko (actress), Valerie Ryan Miller (actress), Greg Chandler (writer), Andrew Glaszek (actor), Jeremy Neal (actor), Glenda Lauten (actress), Maggie Gaster (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Chris Myers (producer), Chris Myers (actor), Chris Myers (writer), Marc McElroy (editor), Marc McElroy (director), Marc McElroy (actor), Jordan Dunbar (actor), Aaron Butler (actor), Conall Kelly (actor), Tom Flight (actor), David Elliot (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Charles Anteby (actor), Sara Branscum (miscellaneous crew), Alexandra Barreto (producer), Valerie Azlynn (actress), Marc Evan Jackson (actor), Jason Williams (actor), Peter Cilella (actor), John Lavelle (actor), Dillaran Martin (actor), Barry Onody (actor), David Crane (actor), Sarayu Rao (actress), Kelly Sry (actor), Vanat Sermpol (editor), Doug Hannah (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Jason Liquori (actor), Jason Liquori (producer), Linnea Quigley (actress), Wayne Douglas Morgan (actor), Tiffany Shepis (actress), Wayne Douglas Morgan (miscellaneous crew), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Valensky Sylvain (actor), Debbie Rochon (actress), Johnny Rock (actor), Louis Dupuy (actor), Louis Dupuy (miscellaneous crew), Steven Shea (producer), Steven Shea (writer), Jessica Luebe (actress),
Plot: When a group of college kids win a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, they soon find themselves on a rollercoaster of survival as bodies drop left and right. When the workers at a local VooDoo tourist attraction begin turning up dead, the teens must bind together and stay alive to figure out who is behind this most wicked plot. But, hey, who can be inconvenienced at the biggest party of the year?
Keywords: blood, crack-whore, female-nudity, gore, independent-film, knot-hole, lesbian, lesbian-kiss, lesbian-sex, lesbianismActors: Dawn Westlake (actress), Jon Jacobs (producer), Jon Jacobs (actor), Dawn Westlake (producer), Terry Camilleri (actor), Steve Solomon (miscellaneous crew), Matt K. Miller (actor), Eric Grush (actor), Tosca Musk (actress), Will Bilton (actor), Charlotte Lewis (actress), Dechen Thurman (actor), Stephen Sullivan (actor), John Tague (actor), Marc Lempert (director),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, War,Actors: Ron Donachie (actor), Marc Warren (actor), Al Sapienza (actor), Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Roger Phillips (miscellaneous crew), Warwick Davis (actor), Richard Roundtree (actor), Sam Douglas (actor), Neil Cairns (miscellaneous crew), Ralf Little (actor), Peter Jaques (producer), Peter Jaques (actor), Mark Shelley (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Lord (actor), Justin Krish (editor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Michael McAdam (actor), Ego Plum (composer), Chris Flanders (actor), Michael Lorre (actor), Dale Obert (actor), Jason Barnett (director), Jason Barnett (writer), Forrest G. Wood (actor), Audrey Looten (actress), Neil Colleran (actor), Marcia Janine Galles (editor), Gye Di Capua (actor), Susan Ralya (costume designer), Carrie Worley (actress), Robert Davies (editor),
Genres: ,Actors: Carl Weathers (actor), Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Craig T. Nelson (actor), Branscombe Richmond (actor), Ed O'Ross (actor), James Lew (actor), Bob Minor (actor), Bill Duke (actor), Jim Haynie (actor), Sonny Landham (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (actor), Robert Davi (actor), Sharon Stone (actress), Nicholas Worth (actor),
Plot: Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane.
Keywords: action-hero, african-american, anti-hero, b-movie, bar-brawl, bar-fight, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, blaxploitationActors: Chris Haywood (actor), John Flaus (actor), Rob Steele (actor), Hugh Keays-Byrne (actor), Richard Lowenstein (producer), Richard Lowenstein (writer), Richard Lowenstein (director), John Howard (actor), Jill Bilcock (editor), Timothy White (producer), Reg Evans (actor), Tiriel Mora (actor), Carol Burns (actress), Daniel Scharf (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Hawkins (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Wallace Ford (actor), William Forrest (actor), Griff Barnett (actor), John Butler (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Robert Dudley (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), Howard Freeman (actor),
Plot: Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes...
Keywords: change-of-mind, citizen, collateral-effect, discovery, exploitation, fame, media, neighbor, opinion, pollGo to the woods, the Birch will protect you. Subscribe to watch more DAILY scary short horror films from CRYPT TV: https://crpt.tv/m5WW LIKE us on: http://www.facebook.com/crypttv FOLLOW us on: https://www.instagram.com/crypttv/ FOLLOW us on: https://twitter.com/CryptTV See more on: http://www.Cryptfamily.com THE BIRCH – A WEBBY AWARD-WINNING HORROR FROM CRYPT TV AND BLOODY CUTS Webby: Drama: Individual Short or Episode -- 2017 People’s Voice Directors/Writers: Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton Producers: Cliff Wallace (story), Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton Set Decoration: Emma Franklin Film Editing: Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton Cinematography: Jonny Franklin Music by: Patrick Jonsson Property Master: Natalie Barett Production Manager: Rob Jowers Special Effects (SFX) by: Special Effec...
This is 'Birch' from our live session for Huw Stephens at BBC Radio 1, originally broadcast on 29 February 2012 Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToCleanBandit More Clean Bandit live: http://bit.ly/CleanBanditLive Listen to the album 'New Eyes': http://bit.ly/NewEyesPlaylist March 2015 UK Tour on sale now: http://gigst.rs/CB March 2015 US Tour on sale now: http://cleanbandit.co.uk/dates/ Buy the album, 'New Eyes': http://smarturl.it/neweyes.specialed Buy 'New Eyes' on CD or vinyl: http://smarturl.it/neweyes.phys This song features our wonderful vocalist Nikki B, as well as Eliza Shaddad. Follow Nikki on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NikkiBisHere Follow Eliza on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elizashaddad Follow us: Website: http://cleanbandit.co.uk/ Facebook: http://w...
How to tap a birch tree and make birch syrup. Order your kit from www.touch-wood.co.uk
Taken from the album ''Star is Just a Sun'' (2002). For any further information please visit: • http://www.facebook.com/thewhitebirch • http://www.itunes.com/thewhitebirch Photo Credit: Rainscience • https://www.flickr.com/photos/pocket-size-sea/5018921532/ • https://www.flickr.com/photos/pocket-size-sea/ *2015 UPDATE: For all of you who loved this song, don’t hesitate to listen to The White Birch new album ‘’ The Weight of Spring" out now at Glitterhouse Preview // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcTr2oIP5sc ★ Let’s do this… tzortzinious going live every Friday 21:00-23:00 (GMT+3) on ‘’8 ½’’ radioshow Meet me @ Innersound Radio http://innersound-radio.com/ & show me your heart @ https://www.facebook.com/InnerSoundRadio
Watch the music video for "Birch Tree" now! Directed by Dave Ma. Watch the extended director's cut here: https://vimeo.com/151728766 The new album WHAT WENT DOWN featuring "Birch Tree", "Give It All," "Mountain At My Gates" & "What Went Down" is out now: http://foals.co.uk. http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals http://wearefoals.tumblr.com
Watch "The Birch" - http://bloodycuts.co.uk/blog/the-birch-a-new-horror-from-bloody-cuts-and-crypt-tv/ "The Birch" produced by Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton and Cliff Wallace. Trailer edited by Ryan J. Thompson. See more of his amazing work here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnUGxFrW_GA2PVGtR5GDvjA A Crypt TV / Bloody Cuts Films Production.
WHAT WENT DOWN featuring "Birch Tree", "Give It All," "Mountain At My Gates" & "What Went Down" is out now: http://foals.co.uk http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals http://wearefoals.tumblr.com
In this video I present 3 trees that might save your life if you ever end up in a survival situation. In this video I go over birch (Betula pendula), spruce (Picea abies) and oak (Quercus). Every tree has multiple uses. --------------------------------------------------------------- ►► SOCIAL MEDIA ◄◄ ★ Website ► www.survivallilly.at ★ Facebook ► https://goo.gl/j79k3j ★ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/SurvivalLilly ★ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/survival_lilly/ --------------------------------------------------------------- ►► SUPPORT LILLY ◄◄ ★ Spreadshirt ► https://shop.spreadshirt.com/SurvivalLilly ★ Lilly’s Amazon Store ► http://astore.amazon.com/survlill-20 ★ Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/SurvivalLilly --------------------------------------------------------------- ►► GEAR AND...
You're the goddess of my daydreams
You're the diving suit to my body
You're the one I will never touch
You're the swanlike birch
Recompense me for my longing
Sugar-coat and eat me, my Venus
Cleanse my blood with your juice
Like a swanlike birch
You're the goddess of my daydreams
You're the diving suit to my body
You're the speed I lack when I'm fleeing
You're the hiding place for my torn heart
You're the one I will never touch