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Flag (other)
A flag is a colored cloth with a specified meaning. Flag(s) or The Flag(s) may also refer to: Places * Flag, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Flag, Missouri, a ghost town * Flag River, a river in northern Wisconsin * Flag (crater), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities *Captain Flag, American superhero *Foundation for Law And Government (FLAG), a fictional law-enforcement foundation in the TV series '' Knight Rider'' and sequels *Jack Flag, superhero appearing in American comic books *The Flag (Ace Comics), comicbook superhero Film and television * ''Flag'' (TV series), 2006 Japanese mecha-genre anime television series by Kazuo Terada * '' The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross'', a 1927 silent short film Music * Flag (note), a part of a note value in music notation * Flag, a band formed by former members of Black Flag * ''Flag'' (James Taylor album), 1979 * ''Flag'' (Yello al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Use Of Flags In Articles
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Use may refer to: * Use (law), an obligation on a person to whom property has been conveyed * Use (liturgy), a special form of Roman Catholic ritual adopted for use in a particular diocese * Use–mention distinction, the distinction between using a word and mentioning it * Consumption (economics) ** Resource depletion, use to the point of lack of supply ** Psychological manipulation, in a form that treats a person is as a means to an end * Rental utilization, quantification of the use of assets to be continuously let See also * Use case * User story * USE (other) * Used (other) * User (other) Ancient Egyptian roles * User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty * Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also called "User" Other uses * User (computing), a person (or software) using an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flags (Brooke Fraser Album)
''Flags'' is the third studio album by New Zealand singer and songwriter, Brooke Fraser. It was released on 8 October 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. Fraser undertook a concert tour in New Zealand, North America, the United Kingdom and Australia to promote the album. The album has been commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at No. 3 and No. 1 on the charts of those countries respectively. It has also appeared on various ''Billboard'' charts. The lead single, country-pop song " Something in the Water", has peaked at No. 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Background Fraser cited her move to Los Angeles as a major inspiration, saying "I was really frustrated and felt like I needed to get away and be somewhere where I could completely focus...and just to try and get a little bit of head space. It was the best decision we ever made". She called ''Flags'' "a graduation". Writers of tracks on ''Flags'' include Fraser, her husband Scott Ligertwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patersonia
''Patersonia'', commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia. Description They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a short trunk. The leaves are tough and fibrous, often with adaptations for conserving moisture, such as stomata sunk in grooves, a thickened cross-section, marginal hairs, and thickened margins. The flowers appear from between a pair of bracts on a leafless stem. They have three large outer tepals that are usually blue to violet, and three tiny inner tepals. There are three stamens fused at the base to form a tube around the longer gynoecium, style, which bears a flattened carpel, stigma.Goldblatt, P. (2011). Systematics of ''Patersonia'' (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae) in the Malesian archipelago. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 514-523. Taxonomy The genus ''Patersonia'' was first formally described in 1807 by Robert Brown (botani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertia Pulchella
''Libertia pulchella'', the pretty grass-flag, is a plant in the iris family ( Iridaceae). It is native to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia, where it occurs in New South Wales and Victoria and Tasmania. The flowering scape rises above the linear leaves producing 3 to 6 cream-coloured flowers. References pulchella ''Pulchella'' is a diatom genus in the family Naviculaceae. Species the genus contains seven described species. *''Pulchella baicalensis'' *''Pulchella kriegeriana'' *''Pulchella minutissima'' *''Pulchella obsita'' *''Pulchella schwabei'' *'' ... Asparagales of Australia Flora of Papua New Guinea Flora of New Zealand Flora of New South Wales Flora of Tasmania Flora of Victoria (state) {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Iris
Flag iris typically refers to several species of iris plant: *'' Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag iris *''Iris versicolor'', the larger blue flag iris *''Iris prismatica ''Iris prismatica'', the slender blue flag or cubeseed iris,Donald Wyman is a plant species native to parts of the southern and eastern United States from Maine south to Alabama, as well as to the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia. ...'', the slender blue flag iris {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acorus Calamus
''Acorus calamus'' (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many common names) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus ''Acorus.'' Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, there is no clinical evidence for its safety or efficacy – and ingested calamus may be toxic – leading to its commercial ban in the United States. Description Sweet flag is a herbaceous perennial, tall. Its leaves resembles those of the iris family. Sweet flag consists of tufts of basal leaves that rise from a spreading rhizome. The leaves are erect yellowish-brown, radical, with pink sheathing at their bases, sword-shaped, flat and narrow, tapering into a long, acute point, and have parallel veins. The leaves have smooth edges, which can be wavy or crimped. The sweet flag can be distinguished from iris and other similar plants by the crimpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karogs
''Karogs'' ( Latvian: ''The flag'') was a monthly literary magazine which was published in Latvia in the period between 1940 and 2010. Published by the Soviet Latvian Writers’ Union during the Communist period it was a semi-official publication. History and profile ''Karogs'' was launched as a monthly publication in 1940 just after the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union. The first issue appeared in September 1940. Its publisher was the Soviet Latvian Writers’ Union. The magazine did not only featured articles on literature, but also on art, and socio-politics. However, during the first five years it focused only on literature and was the sole literary publication in Soviet Latvia. From its start in 1940 to the late 1980s it was the supporter of the Communist regime featuring the Soviet literary work. The magazine strictly followed the slogan of the Communist Party: "Art has only one goal: the building of Communism." ''Karogs'' was the first Latvian literary magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flag (novel)
''The Flag'' is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw. It was published in 1965. ''The Flag'' was the first in a trilogy of novels, to be followed by ''The Man in the Glass Booth'' (1967), and ''A Card from Morocco ''A Card from Morocco'' is a novel written by author and actor Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw. It was published in 1969. ''A Card from Morocco'' was the final novel in a trilogy, having been preceded by ''The Flag (novel), The Flag'' (1965) and ...'' (1969). 1965 British novels Chatto & Windus books {{1960s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag (lighting)
A flag is a device used in lighting for films, motion picture and photography, still photography to block light. It can be used to cast a shadow, provide negative fill, or protect the camera lens, lens from a light flare, flare. Its usage is generally dictated by the director of photography, but the responsibility for placing them can vary by region, usually devolving to either the gaffer (filmmaking), gaffer and electricians (in the UK and much of Commonwealth of Nations, The Commonwealth) or the key grip and lighting grips (in the US and Canada). Flags come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from mere square inches ("dots and fingers") to many square feet ("meat axes"). Most "industry-standard" flags consist of a square wire frame stitched with black duvetyne, which minimizes any reflected light and keeps the flag lightweight. Flags are distinguished from larger light-cutting tools such as overhead rigs or Butterfly (lighting), butterflies in that they can be mounted on i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flag (O'Keeffe Painting)
''The Flag'' is a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe (1918), that represents her anxiety about her brother being sent to fight in Europe during World War I, a war that was Opposition to World War I, particularly controversial and dangerous due to its use of new modern weapons and tactics, like the machine gun, mustard gas, naval mines and torpedoes, high-powered artillery guns, and Aviation in World War I, combat aircraft. Due to government restrictions on the freedom of speech included in the Espionage Act of 1917 the painting was not displayed until 1968. It is in the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Background In 1918, O'Keeffe was in a state of depression and anxiety about the war and did not paint for three months. While she understood why it was important militarily, she, like many Americans who initially Opposition to World War I, opposed U.S. involvement in World War I, found it at odds with humanism and basic Christianity, Christian beliefs. O'Keeffe's brother, Alexius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag (painting)
''Flag'' is an encaustic painting by the American artist Jasper Johns. Created when Johns was 24 (1954–55), two years after he was discharged from the US Army, this painting was the first of many works that Johns has said were inspired by a dream of the U.S. flag in 1954. It is arguably the painting for which Johns is best known. Description The work measures by . It is made using encaustic, oil paint, and newsprint collage on three separate canvases, mounted on a plywood board. The painting reflects the three colors of the US flag: red, white and blue; the flag is depicted in the form it took between 1912 and 1959, with 48 white stars on a blue canton representing the then-US states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), and with thirteen red and white stripes. Newsprint is visible under the stripes. Reading the texts, it is clear that the newsprint was not selected at random: Johns steered clear of headlines, or national or political news, and used inconsequential articles or advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising With The Sun
''Rising with the Sun'' is the seventh studio album by Melbourne band The Cat Empire. It was produced by Jan Skubiszewski and released on 4 March 2016 through Two Shoes Records. The first single was "Qué Será Ahora", followed by "Wolves" and "Bulls". "Wolves" placed at number 79 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2015. It debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, the band's second number-one debut, the first being '' Two Shoes'' (2005). Reception '' Rolling Stone Australia'' awarded the album four out of five stars, saying that ''Rising with the Sun'' was a "remarkably intercontinental affair." The magazine praised the new album, calling it "an ebullient celebration sans frontiers." Double J was also positive in its review, writing "The Cat Empire administer another dose of fun, diverse music on album number seven." Track listing Personnel ;The Cat Empire core members * Harry James Angus – vocals, trumpet * Will Hull-Brown – drums, percussion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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