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''Turk's Head'' is a 2010 French film. Turk's Head may also refer to: * Turk's head knot, a decorative knot * Turk's head brush, a type of cleaning brush * Turk's Head Building, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. * Turks Head, in Ross Island, Antarctica * Turk head (heraldry), a heraldic charge * West Chester, Pennsylvania, which was formerly known as Turk's Head See also * ''Melocactus'', or Turk's cap cactus * ''Echinocactus horizonthalonius'', or Turk's head cactus * ''Ferocactus hamatacanthus ''Ferocactus hamatacanthus'', commonly named Turk's Head, is a barrel cactus in the tribe Cacteae. Distribution ''Ferocactus hamatacanthus'' is widespread in the Chihuahuan Desert of north-western Mexico, New Mexico ) , population_demon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turk's Head
''Turk's Head'' (french: Tête de turc – the expression also has the colloquial meaning of 'scapegoat' or 'fall guy' in French) is a 2010 French thriller film directed and starring Pascal Elbé. Roschdy Zem and Israel actress, Ronit Elkabetz also star. It was released in France on 31 March 2010. The film was inspired by the real-life incident in 2006 in Marseille where a group of impoverished teenagers torched a bus, severely burning a female passenger. It received its international premiere 'in competition' on 31 August 2010 at the Montreal World Film Festival, this will be followed by a theatrical release in Canada on 10 September 2010. Plot Set amidst Marseille's immigrant suburbs, a devastating chain of events unfolds when 14-year-old Turk, Bora, hurls a Molotov cocktail at a car. The occupant is an emergency doctor who has been called out to attend to a woman with cardiac problems. Regretful, the teenager rescues the injured doctor who ends up in a coma. The saga continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turk's Head Knot
A Turk's head knot, sometimes known as a sailor's knot, is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop. The name refers to a general family of knots, not an individual knot. While this knot is typically made around a cylinder, it can also be formed into a flat, mat-like shape. Some variants can be arranged into a roughly spherical shape, akin to a monkey's fist knot. This knot is primarily used for tightening up underlying material to overlay as a tubular covering knot, prevent slipping, and add a decorative element. A notable practical use for the ''Turk's head'' is to mark the "king spoke" of a ship's wheel (the spoke that is upright when the rudder is in a central position). The knot takes its name from its resemblance to a turban ( tr, sarık), though a turban is wound rather than interwoven. Leads and bights Different types of Turk's head knots are classified according to the number of leads and bights, as well as the method of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turk's Head Brush
A Turk's head brush is a type of cleaning brush where the bristles are arranged covering the end of the stem as a half-sphere, so that the end of the stem does not come into direct contact with the surface being cleaned, especially when cleaning the inside of a cylindrical object. A larger type, mounted on a long stem and used for removing cobwebs, is called a "Turk's head broom". The name has long been in use for this type of brush, so named because its cleaning end resembles a "wild" head of hair. Turk's head brushes and brooms are used for domestic purposes, for cleaning artillery, for pharmaceutical use, for sweeping chimneys, and for other purposes. Controversy Some types of toilet bowl brushes with this design are referred to by resellers by the name "Turk's head toilet bowl brush". The Turkish American Legal Defense Fund have argued that this name is derogatory and insulting to Turkish Americans. In response, Newell Rubbermaid, the recipient of TALDF's complaint, stated that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turk's Head Building
The Turk's Head Building is a 16-story office high-rise in Providence, Rhode Island. Completed in 1913, the building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in Providence. Standing tall, it is currently the 11th-tallest building in Providence. When completed in 1913, the Turk's Head Building surpassed the 1901 Union Trust Company Building to become the tallest building in downtown (the Rhode Island State House is taller and was finished in 1904). The building retained that title until 1922, when the Providence Biltmore was completed.Woodward, Wm McKenzie. "''Guide to Providence Architecture''. 1st ed. 2003: United States. . p. 81 History The building is designed in a V-shape, and architectural historian William McKenzie Woodward asserts that the architects of the building "clearly had in mind Daniel Burnham's Flatiron Building" (in New York City). The skyscraper's peculiar name dates back to the early nineteenth century, when shopkeeper Jacob Whitman mounted a ship's figurehead abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turks Head
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. History The cape was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, who named it the "Skuary" after the birds. Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, built its headquarters here, renaming the cape for Lieutenant Edward Evans, Royal Navy, second in command of the expedition.Langner, Rainer-K. (trans. Beech, Timothy) (2007). ''Scott and Amundsen: Duel in the Ice'', p. 120. London: Haus Publishing. . Scott's headquarters building still exists and is known as Scott's Hut. Geography A number of features on or around Cape Evans have been charted and individually named by various Antarctic expeditions. Windvane Hill is a small hill just northeast of the extremity of Cape Evans. It was so named by the second British Antarctic Expedition because an anemometer station was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turk Head (heraldry)
In European heraldry, the decapitated Turk head ( hu, Törökfej, pl, Turecka głowa, Czech and sk, Turecká hlava, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Turska glava, Турска глава, uk, Турецька голова), most often as pierced by a sword, signifies the many wars fought by European Christian states against the invading Muslim, Turkish-led Ottoman Empire. Other depictions include the head held up by a victor or picked by a raven. It is used in modern town, municipality and village coat of arms in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia. List Cities and towns *Hungary: Bezeréd, Derecske, Komádi, Gáborján, Hajdúdorog, Hajdúnánás, Szécsény, Tépe *Serbia: Kikinda, Vršac *Croatia: Đelekovec Families It was adopted by some Austro-Hungarian nobility, such as: *The Balogh of Nemčice (in Slovakia), Mezőcsávás (in Romania), Csegö (?), Szász-Czegö (?) *The Schwarzenberg of Český Krumlov (in Bohemia) *The Baky *The Benkeö of Kezdi-Sarfalva *The Csernovics *The Csernoev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Located within the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships. When calculated by mailing address, the population as of the 2010 U.S. Census was 108,696, which would make it the 10th largest city by mailing address in the state of Pennsylvania. Much of the West Chester University of Pennsylvania North Campus and the Chester County government are located within the borough. The center of town is located at the intersection of Market and High Streets. History The area was originally known as Turk's Head—after the inn of the same name located in what is now the center of the borough. West Chester has been the seat of government in Chester County since 1786 when the seat was moved from nearby Chester in what is now Delaware County. The borough was incorporated in 1799. In the heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melocactus
''Melocactus'' (melon cactus), also known as the Turk's cap cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30–40 species. They are native to the Caribbean, western Mexico through Central America to northern South America, with some species along the Andes down to southern Peru, and a concentration of species in northeastern Brazil., pages=456–467 The first species was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, as ''Cactus melocactus''. When the genus was separated from ''Cactus'', the pre-Linnaean name ''Melocactus'' was used. Acting on the principle of priority, in 1922 Nathaniel Britton and Joseph Rose resurrected Linnaeus' ''Cactus''. However, the 1905 Vienna botanical congress had already rejected the name ''Cactus'', so this name was not available, and ''Melocactus'' Link & Otto is the correct genus name. Mature plants are easily recognizable by their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated structure at the apex of the plant, containing a mass of areoles from which the small flowers g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinocactus Horizonthalonius
''Echinocactus horizonthalonius'' is a species of cactus known by several common names, including devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw,Baker, M. (2007)A multivariate study of morphological characters for ''Echinocactus horizonthalonius'' and ''E. texensis'' (Cactaceae).USFWS. horse maimer, horse crippler, and ''visnaga meloncillo''. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert habitats, particularly on limestone substrates. One of its Variety (botany), varieties is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Description This cactus is gray-green to blue-gray in color and spherical, hemispherical, columnar, or flat-topped in shape. It reaches a maximum size of about 45 centimeters tall by 20 wide. The body is made up of curving sections that twist around the body in a Helix, helical fashion. These sections are lined with areoles bearing up to 10 spines each. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
