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  Kola Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kola Peninsula (Кольский полуостров, Kol'skij poluostrov in Russian) is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast.
The west border of the Kola Peninsula stretches along a meridian from the Kola Gulf through the Imandra Lake, Kola Lake, and the Niva River to the Kandalaksha Gulf.
The Kola peninsula is extremely rich in various ores and minerals, including apatites, alumina sources, iron ore, mica, ceramic raw, titanium ore, phlogopite, and vermiculite, as well as ores of less-common and colored metals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kola_Peninsula   (415 words)

  
 Kola Nut - The Congo Cookbook (African recipes) www.congocookbook.com -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kola nuts (or cola nuts) are the seed pods of various evergreen trees that are native to Africa; Sterculiaceae cola vera is the scientific name of the most common species.
The kola nut ceremony is similar to the traditional American Indian peace pipe or breaking bread in a religious context.
Elsewhere, before a marriage, a bag of kola nuts are often given by a groom to the parents of the bride.
www.congocookbook.com /c0177.html   (823 words)

  
 Alternative Medicine - Herbs, Yoga and Nutritional Supplements - Health And Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Today, American and European herbalists use gotu kola for disorders that cause connective tissue swelling, such as scleroderma, psoriatic arthritis (arthritis occurring in conjunction with psoriasis), anklylosing spondylitis (arthritis of the spine), and rheumatoid arthritis.
Gotu kola is a perennial plant native to India, Japan, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the South Pacific.
Further studies are needed to determine whether gotu kola alone, some other herb in the Ayurvedic mixture, or the particular combination of all the herbs in the remedy is responsible for the beneficial effect.
www.healthandage.com /html/res/com/ConsHerbs/GotuKolach.html   (1408 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Kola Nuts - Herb Profile and Information
The Kola of commerce consists of the separated cotyledons of the kernel of the seed; when fresh it is nearly white, on drying it undergoes a fermentative change, turning reddish brown and losing much of its astringency.
Fresh Kola Nuts have stimulant action apart from the caffeine content, but as they appear in European commerce, their action is indistinguishable from that of other caffeine drugs and Kola red is inert.
Kola is also a valuable nervine, heart tonic, and a good general tonic.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/k/kolanu10.html   (619 words)

  
 Kola Peninsula -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Kola Peninsula (Кольский полуостров, Kol'skij poluostrov in (A native or inhabitant of Russia) Russian) is a peninsula in the far north of (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russia, part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Murmansk Oblast) Murmansk Oblast.
The major port of the region is (A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II) Murmansk.
The Kola Peninsula is one of the key locations in the book (Click link for more info and facts about Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident) Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/kola_peninsula.htm   (482 words)

  
 King's American Dispensatory, 1898: Kola.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kolatannic acid (kolatannin) exists in kola both free and in combination with caffeine, and was obtained in pure form by abstracting it by repeated shakings with acetic ether, after removing the alkaloids with chloroform.
Kola is a tonic to the heart, regulating its contractions and increasing its power.
Kola may be used in feeble conditions of the heart, especially cardiac irritability, the cases being those in which caffeine is useful.
www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/kings/cola-acum.html   (2255 words)

  
 The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
The share of Lapps in the population of the Kola Peninsula in 1897 was 18.8 %, in 1926, in the vicinity of Murmansk, it was 12.0 %, in 1933, 5.7 %, and in 1989 they constituted only 0.15 %.
The Kola Lapps have settled in number in the Lovozero District (904 Lapps among the population of 16,900).
The forefathers of the Lapps reached the Kola Peninsula before the Christian era and by the 7th century the Lapps, already spread over a huge territory, had lost their linguistic integrity.
www.eki.ee /books/redbook/kola_lapps.shtml   (2495 words)

  
 Gotu kola
Gotu kola has been used in India and the islands of the Indian Ocean for centuries as a tonic and medicinal remedy.
Gotu kola was used anciently to heal wounds and soothe cases of leprosy.
The gotu kola extract helped limit the swelling and shrinking of skin which is a result of burning.
eatmoreherbs.com /zine/9_gotu_kola.html   (1407 words)

  
 gotu kola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Due to the similarity in their names, gotu kola is sometimes confused with kola nut, a caffeine-containing stimulant used to produce cola beverages.
Taken internally, gotu kola is widely used to minimize varicose veins, boost memory, sharpen the mind in general, and stall memory loss related to Alzheimer's disease.
Gotu kola appears to enhance blood flow, increase the tone of the connective tissue sheath that surrounds the veins, and maintain the suppleness of the veins.
www.wholehealthmd.com /refshelf/substances_view/1,1525,10031,00.html   (888 words)

  
 Gotu Kola
Gotu kola appears to have steroidlike properties, and in a number of studies, it also improved circulation.
Gotu kola tends to balance out the function of the adrenal glands, which secrete hormones in response to stress, she says.
gotu kola extract into animals, they found that one of the glycosides seemed to increase the development and maintenance of blood vessels in connective tissue.
www.bodyandfitness.com /Information/Herbal/Research/gotukola.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Gotu Kola | AHealthyMe.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) is a creeping plant native to subtropical and tropical climates.
Although the subject is far from completely understood, it appears that gotu kola may improve the structure and function of the connective tissue in the body, keeping veins stronger and also possibly reducing the symptoms of other connective-tissue diseases.
The usual dosage of gotu kola is 20 to 60 mg 3 times daily of an extract standardized to contain 40% asiaticoside, 29 to 30% asiatic acid, 29 to 30% madecassic acid, and 1 to 2% madecassoside.
www.ahealthyme.com /topic/topic100587796   (1295 words)

  
 Herbal Information Center - Gotu Kola - Herbs
Gotu kola is a slender, creeping plant that grows commonly in swampy areas of India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, South Africa and the tropics.
In Ayurveda Gotu kola is one of the chief herbs for revitalizing the nerves and brain cells.
Gotu kola affects various stages of tissue development, including keratinization (the process of replacing skin after sores or ulcers), the synthesis of collagen (the first step in tissue repair), the stimulation of hair and nail growth, and support for the repair of cartilage.
www.kcweb.com /herb/gotu.htm   (820 words)

  
 Theresa Emenike - Tradition - Breaking of Kolanut
The primary reason for this is that kola nut epitomises headship, hence, requiring the need for the husband to bless and break the nut.
The kola is later passed on to the elderly man for prayers and or blessings.
He offers a piece of the kola to ancestral spirits and deities and takes a piece himself; he can eat the kola with Okwa Ose (peppered butter paste), alligator pepper or he can eat it on its own before the rest is passed round to others.
www.amaigbo.plus.com /files/orji.html   (690 words)

  
 Welcome to Kola Nuclear Power Plant site!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On September 6 the Kola NPP has become the place of comprehensive emergency drills with involvement of OPAS group that is a special unit organized for urgent assistance to the nuclear power plants of Russia in case of extraordinary events.
On April 8 the Conference of the Kola NPP labour collective was discussing the draft version of Corporative Agreement on labour and social rights between the employer - Concern Rosenergoatom - and the employees, represented by the plants' trade union organization for the years 2005-2007.
It was not by a chance that the Kola NPP Alpine Center had been chosen for hosting the competition: we are the happy possessors of the snow gun (snowing machine) necessary for maintaining good conditions of the slope even in spring.
www.kolanpp.ru /english   (5170 words)

  
 Kola Nut Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The kola nut is obtained from several West African or Indonesian trees, such as Cola nitida or Cola vera, and the Abata Cola (Cola acuminata), of the Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae) family.
Kola was originally used to make cola soft drinks, though today the flavor of most of these mass-produced beverages is artificial.
One exception is Barr's Red Kola, another is Cricket Cola, the latter being made from kola nuts and green tea.
www.artisticnudity.com /encyclopedia/Kola_nut   (346 words)

  
 IGCP408 Kola - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The collection of core material recovered from the borehole (the common length is 4,700 m) is unique in its completeness, in the quality of the preserved material and in the variety of the crystalline rocks and formations present.
Material homologues of metamorphic rocks of the lower parts of the Kola superdeep borehole (Unit IX in a depth interval of 11411 to 11708 m) in the Zatuloma structure exposures of the Kola-Norwegian domain.
The clinopyroxenes composition of the picrites from the Kola superdeep has been investigated and comparison of their mineralogical and petrological data with those for the outcrops in the surrounding area has been carried out (Slovak Republic).
icdp.gfz-potsdam.de /sites/kola/news/news10.html   (2734 words)

  
 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Gotu kola
Gotu kola is often mistaken for the kola nut plant (Cola nitida).
Gotu kola's main active components are triterpenoids, although the gotu kola found in India, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar doesn't have the same properties.
Gotu kola should not be mixed with oral diabetes medication or drugs such as Lipitor, Lopid, Mevacor, and Zocor, all of which lower cholesterol.
calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0003/ai_2603000394   (1333 words)

  
 Kola
The Kola Peninsula juts out into the Barents Sea east of Murmansk and the Finnish and Norwegian borders, do check the map.
Smoke was rising from the chimneys of a cluster of huts, our base, which we affectionately named the Kola Hilton – after all, it had a 5* sauna and icy plunge pool.
We returned to the Kola Hilton, to find that the guardian had been tending the fire all day to heat gallons of water.
www.skiingfromtheinside.com /Kola_page_1.html   (609 words)

  
 Herbal remedies - Gotu Kola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In India, gotu kola is known as the herb of enlightenment.
Gotu kola is also used in Ayurvedic medicine as a cure for agitation, memory loss, anxiety, insomnia, epilepsy and hyperactivity, Dr. Glaser says.
If you are thinking about taking gotu kola for a medical condition, it's best to talk with a health professional who's familiar with herbs to determine whether it is a wise choice for you, Dr. Glaser says.
www.organicfood.co.uk /herbs/gotukola.html   (640 words)

  
 KOLA International Campaign Office
KOLA is a grassroots human rights organization that was founded in September 1987 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, South Dakota.
KOLA is the Lakota word for friend and this word defines exactly who we are and who we would like to work with.
All KOLA actions are 100 % non-violent; this is the only way by which we can gain respect for this organization and more important, for the people we are "fighting" for.
users.skynet.be /kola/index2.htm   (219 words)

  
 Gotu Kola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He stated that Gotu Kola is used as a nourishing food and a valuable medicine in many cultures.
Heinerman feels that perhaps the 'memory enhancing' attributes of gotu kola may be attributed to the herb's ability to elevate blood sugar levels markedly.
One investigation of gotu kola was conducted in Provo Utah at Brigham Young University by a research psychologist who wanted to demonstrate gotu kola's amazing ability to overcome the negative effects of fatigue and stress when used in conjunction with cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens) and Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus).
www.wholehealthconnection.com /library/gotukola.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Kola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kola Peninsula, in the far north of Russia
Kola Island, part of the Aru Islands of Indonesia
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kola   (91 words)

  
 Kola Boof: Photo Gallery
Kola's mother was a Blue Black Gisi-Waaq of Somalia's Oromo nomads, her name was Jiddi and she was the daughter of her tribe's Chief…Princess Jiddi was fourteen when she married archeologist Harith Bint Farouk.
Kola Boof has read the book and considers it to be a masterpiece.
Kola Boof is praying…that there will someday be not only peace and freedom for the Black Africans of South Sudan..but she is hoping for the colorism and oppression inflicted by the Arab-Muslim northerners to come to an end.
www.kolaboof.com /gallery.htm   (601 words)

  
 Kola Boof
Sudan's Kola Boof (born Naima Bint Harith) is slowly but surely becoming the new fl woman writer that "lots of people love to hate".
Kola was then put up for adoption by her Egyptian grandmother, who felt that Kola's skin was too dark for assimilation with the rest of the family.
Kola Boof refuses to compromise on her "blood-fl" message and signifies it by insisting she be photographed "topless" for the back covers of her books-in honor of the animist nilotic goddess-based African religion that she embraces.
authors.aalbc.com /kola_boof.htm   (830 words)

  
 Gotu kola : By Ray Sahelian, MD, gotu kola benefits gotu kola research
Traditionally, gotu kola has been used as a nerve tonic for memory and clarity of thinking, for the therapy of anxiety and depression, and sometimes for indigestion.
Group A (20 patients) was treated with gotu kola 60 mg thrice daily, group B (20 patients) was treated with 30 mg thrice daily; group C (12 patients) was treated with placebo; and group D (10 normal subjects) was treated with gotu kola 60 mg thrice daily in a randomized study.
In conclusion, the improvement of signs and symptoms by gotu kola observed in patients with venous hypertension was well correlated with the improvement of CFR and ankle edema.
www.raysahelian.com /gotukola.html   (1466 words)

  
 Gotu kola - Herbal Encyclopedia
Gotu kola is a lowgrowing herb in the parsley family native to tropical Asia, where it is grown commercially.
The notion that gotu kola promotes intelligence led to a number of studies of its effect on the central nervous system.
Gotu kola is available in the American market as dried cut-and-sifted or powdered herb in tea, capsules, tablets, and tinctures.
allnatural.net /herbpages/gotu-kola.shtml   (465 words)

  
 Russia
The Kola NPP provides nearly 65 percent of the power used in Murmansk Oblast and Karelia.[1] In 1987 a training center was established at Kola NPP that provides training for reactor, turbine, electrical, and instrumentation and control (IandC) systems staff.
Kola NPP administration did not report the theft to the police until 27 May, choosing instead to conduct an internal investigation, but were not able to identify the thief.[1,2] Damage was estimated at $6000.[2]
On 9 April 1999, a Kola NPP employee attempted to remove oil pressure gauges from one of the turbogenerators of the Kola-1 reactor unit.
www.nti.org /db/nisprofs/russia/reactor/power/kola.htm   (3073 words)

  
 QUEEN KOLA
KOLA: "My breasts are bare to honor the Nilotic Goddess religions of the Nile River, I refuse to explain that again, I choose Africa not Islam..and as for homosexuality...I am not a homosexual.
KOLA: "Because I didn't belong in America and I wanted a place to hide and he took care of me. I liked him a lot, too, he taught me how to be powerful...but it was the biggest mistake of my life.
Kola Boof is not to be confused with Kola Boothe or Kola Booth.
mirrormax.i8.com   (4035 words)

  
 The COKO-KOLA Page
KOLA is a combinator-based (i.e., variable-free) query algebra and representation that permits the expression of basic query rewrites in terms of rewrite rules that can be verified with a theorem prover.
KOLA is not a user language, and KOLA's variable-free queries are difficult for humans to read.
KOLA is an acronym for [K]ind [O]f [L]ike [A]QUA.
www.cs.brandeis.edu /~cokokola   (3214 words)

  
 Kola peninsula, Khibiny Mountains Ski adventure in Russia. Ski tour in Russia. Skitour in mountains of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Khibiny mountains (an old Saami name) are located in the centre of the Kola Peninsula, 80 km north from the White sea and 120 km south from the Barents sea.
The top of the massif furrowed with glacial scars, is rising now about 1000 meters above the surrounding hilly plain covered by a thin layer of sand, clay and peat-bogs which covers underneath metamorphic rocks of about a three billion years old.
Vast valleys with the Kola greatest lakes - Imandra (180 km long and 30 km wide) and Umba (45x12 km) adjoin the mountains from the west and east.
www.sklon.ru /?p=page4&m=kamch&l=en   (571 words)

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