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3 unusual facts about Almond


Edinburgh Waterfront

Tourism remains an important sector in the local economy with the Royal Yacht Britannia attracting 500,000 visitors each year and a new waterside promenade already started which will link the river Almond at Cramond to the Esk at Joppa allowing access to 18 kilometres of walkway/cycleway.

Flora of Morocco

-- spp.? -->, Prunus amygdalus, P. persica, P. institia, P. longipes, Pyrus communis, Malus domestica, Crategus oxyacantha Sisymbrium spp.

Henry Wellcome

Henry Solomon Wellcome was born in a frontier log cabin in Almond, Wisconsin to Rev. S. C. Wellcome, an itinerant missionary who travelled and preached in a covered wagon, and Mary Curtis Wellcome.


Alfred-Almond Junior-Senior High School

Alfred-Almond Junior-Senior High School is a public high school located in Almond, Allegany County, New York, U.S.A., and is the only high school operated by the Alfred-Almond Central School District.

Almendra Dam

The Almendra Dam, also known as Villarino Dam, in Salamanca, Spain, interrupts the course of the River Tormes five kilometres from the village from which it takes its name: Almendra (literally, almond).

Almond paste

Almond paste is the main ingredient of French traditional calisson candy in Aix-en-Provence.

Barima-Waini

The Atlantic coastal strip of Region One features a number of beaches, including, from west to east, Almond Beach, Luri Beach, Shell Beach, Turtle Beach, Foxes Beach, Iron-punt Beach, Pawpaw Beach and Father's Beach.

Bob Almond

Almond's entry into the comic book industry came as a result of the efforts of fellow artists Bernie Wrightson and Jim Starlin.

Butana Almond Nofomela

Butana Almond Nofomela (born 1957) was a former Vlakplaas security policeman, and once one of South Africa's most brutal killers.

Caprese

Torta caprese, a traditional Italian chocolate and almond or walnut cake

Chaparral

Prunus fasciculata, Desert almond, (commonly infested with tent caterpillars of Malacosoma spp.)

Claudia Acuña

She has also been featured on various recordings with Peck Almond, George Benson, Joey Calderazzo, Avishai Cohen, Mark Elf, Tom Harrell, Antonio Hart, Arturo O'Farrill and Guillermo Klein.

Daim

Daim bar is a crunchy butter almond bar covered in milk chocolate.

Darnell Lazare

Lazare played his high school basketball for coach Kenny Almond at Woodlawn High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Flowering almond

Prunus tenella, Dwarf Russian Almond, grown as an ornamental plant

Gabriel Almond

With U.S. entry into World War II, Almond joined the Office of War Information, analyzing enemy propaganda, and becoming head of its Enemy Information Section.

Häagen-Dazs

Häagen-Dazs ice cream comes in several traditional flavors as well as several esoteric flavors that are specific to the brand, such as Vanilla Swiss Almond and Bananas Foster.

Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park

The trees in the forests include Pashtun Juniper (Juniperus macropoda), pistachio, almond, and ash trees.

James Lindsay Almond, Jr.

Almond attended Virginia Tech and served as a private in the Students Army Training Corps in 1917 and 1918 in World War I, after which he taught school in Locust Grove, Virginia.

Lipinski Stradivarius

On January 27, 2014, a Monday, at around 10:20 pm (22:20 CST), Almond was assaulted with a stun gun and the violin was stolen during an armed robbery in a parking lot in the rear of Wisconsin Lutheran College on W. Wisconsin Ave.

Mark Almond

His research interests lie in 19th century and 20th century Central-Eastern Europe; Almond has written a biography of Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu, a study of Albanian migration, and a study of the Bosnian War in its historical context.

Mary Delgado

She worked with director Rafael Gil on Light Footprint (1941) and with Antonio Casal on Heloise Beneath an Almond Tree (1943), The Ghost and Mrs. Juanita (1945) and Thirsty Land (1945).

Mayoral Academies

The eight Rhode Island municipal leaders supporting the plan were Joseph Almond, Town Administrator of Lincoln, RI; James E. Doyle, Mayor of Pawtucket, RI; Daniel J. McKee, Mayor of Cumberland, RI; Charles Moreau, Mayor of Central Falls, RI; David Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, RI; Charles Lombardi, Mayor of North Providence, RI; Michael T. Napolitano, Mayor of Cranston, RI; and Joe Polisena, Mayor of Johnston, RI.

National Raisin Reserve

In addition to the National Raisin Reserve, during the New Deal other reserves existed for almonds, walnuts, tart cherries and other products.

Naurzum Nature Reserve

In the shrub dominated parts, typical steppe shrubs are Russian almond (Amygdalus nana), cherry (Cerasus fruticosa), greenweed (Cytisus ruthenicus) (western distribution boundary), species of wild roses (Rosa) and juniper (Juniperus sabinea).

Paul Almond

Paul Almond attended Bishop's College School, McGill University and Balliol College, Oxford University, where he read Philosophy, Politics, Economics, edited the University magazine Isis and played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club.

In addition to his television and film work, Almond has also produced and directed several plays on television by such authors as Henrik Ibsen, Tennessee Williams, William Shakespeare, as well as creating his own adaptations of works by Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Henry James, Somerset Maugham, to name but a few.

Phil Sawyer

"In Existence" (1994), WEA - used in the Timotei Almond Milk advertisement

Sipsmith

A classic London dry style gin, it uses 10 botanicals in its maceration: Juniper berries, Coriander Seed, Angelica Root, Liquorice Root, Orris Root, Ground Almond, Cassia Bark, Cinnamon, Orange Peel and Lemon Peel.

St Benedict's College

Saint Benedict's College was opened in 1955 under the name 'Blessed John Almond' in recognition of local martyr John Almond who was an Allerton resident.

Strychnos ignatia

The fruit of Strychnos ignatii is the size and shape of a pear, and has almond-like seeds known as Saint Ignatius' beans.

Tainted Love

A video was recorded specially for Soft Cell's video album Non Stop Exotic Video and features a cricketer meeting band members Marc Almond and David Ball in togas on Mount Olympus.

The video for the remix, directed by Peter Christopherson of Hipgnosis, features a man pacing at night and dancing with starry apparitions, while Almond sings amongst the stars.

Thomas Nashe

The anti-Martinist An Almond for a Parrot (1590), ostensibly credited to one "Cutbert Curry-knave," is now universally recognised as Nashe's work, although its author humorously claims, in its dedication to the comedian William Kempe, to have met Harlequin in Bergamo while returning from a trip to Venice in the summer of 1589.


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