A list of New Zealand grasses, from The New Zealand Flora Database
Bigtop love grass
Great quaking grass
Purple-eyed grass
Fringed signal grass
Spangle grass
Fountain grass
Shivery grass
Gulf barnyard grass
Paradoxa grass
Polargrass
Pincushion grass
Radiate fingergrass
Reflexed salt grass
Coastal immorality grass
Star grass
Gopher-tail love grass
Floating sweet grass
Early hair grass
Molasses grass
Himalaya fairy grass
Switchgrass
Paddle grass
Perrenial beard grass
Tumble windmill grass
Japanese carpet grass
Yellow nut grass
Unbranched umbrella grass
Whiskey grass
Woolly cup grass
Thursday 22 April 2010
New Zealand grasses
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Tuesday 6 April 2010
Pindar's Victors
A list of victors (and their respective events) celebrated by Pindar in his Victory Odes. From Wikipedia
Hippocles of Thessaly - Boy's Long Foot-Race
Xenocrates of Acragas - Chariot-Race
Midas of Acragas - Flute-Playing
Asopichus of Orchomenos - Boys' Foot-Race
Megacles of Athens - Chariot-Race
Timodemus of Acharnae - Pancration
Sogenes of Aegina - Boys' Pentathlon
Pythias of Aegina - Youth's Pancration
Phylacides of Aegina - Pancration (celebrated in two odes)
Cleandrus of Aegina - Pancration
Hieron of Syracuse - Horse-Race
Theron of Acragas - Chariot-Race
Agesidamus of Epizephyrian Locris - Boys' Boxing Match
Chromius of Aetna - Chariot-Race
Hieron of Syracuse - Chariot-Race
Aristocleides of Aegina - Pancration
Agesidamus of Epizephyrian Locris - Boys' Boxing Match
Hieron of Syracuse - Horse-Race
Telesicrates of Cyrene - Foot-Race in Armour
Thrasydaeus of Thebes - Boys' Short Foot-Race
Chromius of Aetna - Chariot-Race
Melissus of Thebes - Chariot Race & Pancration
Timisarchus of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling Match
Hieron of Aetna - Chariot-Race
Xenocrates of Acragas - Chariot-Race
Agesias of Syracuse - Chariot-Race with Mules
Epharmus of Opous - Wrestling-Match
Ergoteles of Himera - Long Foot-Race
Alcimidas of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling Match
Diagoras of Rhodes - Boxing-Match
Xenophon of Corinth - Short Foot-Race & Pentathlon
Arcesilas of Cyrene - Chariot-Race
Alcimidas of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling-Match
Deinis of Aegina - Foot-Race
Herodotus of Thebes - Chariot-Race
Psaumis of Camarina - Chariot-Race with Mules
Strepsiades of Thebes - Pancration
Aristomenes of Aegina - Wrestling-Match
Aristagoras of Tenedos - Inauguration as Prytanis
Theaius of Argos - Wrestling-Match
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Saturday 20 March 2010
The Lost Pubs of Shropshire
A list of closed pubs in Shropshire. For many more closed pubs, see The Lost Pubs Project
Fox & Duck
Three Horseshoes
Fox
Queens Arms
Boot
Flag
Swan
Lion Inn
Old Rodney
Golden Lion
Kynnersley Arms
Red Lion
Smithfield Inn
Tontine Inn
Swan
Fox & Hounds
Castle Inn
Crow
Exchange
Harlescott
Monk Moor
Old Bush Inn
Shropshire Lad
Station Hotel
String of Horses
Unicorn Hotel
Wheatsheaf
Barley Mow
Bell and Bails
Black Horse
Charlton Arms
Champion Jockey
Dun Cow
Fighting Cocks
Fox & Hounds
Greyhound Inn
Kings Arms
Pear Tree Bridge Inn
Pigeon Box
Robin Hood
Swan
Talbot
Unicorn
Albion
White Horse Hotel
Cross Keys
Three Horseshoes
Kynaston Arms
White Horse
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