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  Lime & Violet
On Violet's needles are a Chevron Scarf in Koigu and Go With the Flow Socks in Wollmeise.
Violet's keyboard bites the dust in a marvel of physical science, Lime's backyard is where the deer and antelope play, and there is mention of a Very Tragic Fashion Choice.
We're actually going to be on a bi-weekly schedule, most likely, until the heat breaks, because Violet lives in a giant metal box that acts kind of like a solar oven in the sun.
limenviolet.blogspot.com   (2437 words)

  
  botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Violet, Sweet - Herb Profile and Information
This peculiarity is not confined to the Violet.
For Violets in frames, light and air cannot be overstudied, and whilst not allowing the frost to exercise a too severe influence upon them, it is advisable to expose them to all the fresh air and light obtainable, to keep the plants in healthy condition.
The growth of Violet flowers for the extraction of their perfume is not carried out to such an extent as formerly, as the natural perfume is suffering severely from the competition of the artificial product which forms the greater part of the Violet perfume of commerce.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/v/vioswe12.html   (4615 words)

  
  violet. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Garden violets (often called violas) are generally hybrids and may be purple, blue, rose, yellow, white, or combinations of these, sometimes with double flowers.
It became the flower of Athens; followers of Napoleon, who promised to return from Elba with violets in the spring, used the blossom as a badge; and in the United States a violet is the floral emblem of three states (New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin).
Some unrelated plants are also called violets, e.g., the African violet of the family Gesneriaceae (gesneria family) and the dog-toothed violet of the family Liliaceae (lily family).
www.bartleby.com /65/vi/violet.html   (308 words)

  
 The Summit Lighthouse - Violet Flame
The violet flame is the essence of one of the "seven rays." Just as a ray of sunlight passing through a prism is refracted into the seven colors of the rainbow, so spiritual light manifests as seven rays.
The violet ray is known as the seventh ray.
The interaction between the nucleus of the atom and the light in the violet flame establishes an oscillation.
www.tsl.org /violet/violetflame.asp   (1087 words)

  
 Violet,flowers,Violet,flower Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia
Violets may be stemmed--flowers and leaves growing on the same stem--or stemless--flowers and leaves growing on separate stalks.
Many species of violets produce two kinds of flowers: showy purple, blue, pink, yellow, white, or multicolored flowers are produced in the springtime, allowing cross-pollination by insects; self-pollinating, inconspicuous green flowers without petals (cleistogamous flowers) are produced during the summer.
Leaves of sweet violets can be added to salads, and the flowers can be candied or used to make violet jelly.
www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/flowersindex.asp?counter=133   (223 words)

  
 violet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Violet (plant), common name for a medium-size family of flowering plants, and for its representative genus.
- plant resembling violet: a plant that looks like a violet but is not necessarily related to it, e.g.
aster, forget-me-not, lobelia, love-in-a-mist, marigold, nasturtium, pansy, petunia, poppy, sunflower, sweet pea, African violet, aquilegia, begonia,...
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=violet   (131 words)

  
 violet from Online Medical Dictionary
The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colours, as the pansy (Viola tricolour).
The common blue violet of the eastern United States is V. Cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is V. Pedata.
Violet wood, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the Andira violacea, a tree of Guiana.
cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk /cgi-bin/omd?violet   (241 words)

  
 The Gardener's Network - Flowers : How to Grow Violet Flowers
Violets herald in the new garden season with a wide variety of bright, brilliant colors.
Violets, Pansies, and Violas are all part of a closely related family.
Violet can be directly seeded into your flower garden or seeded indoors for transplanting later.
www.gardenersnet.com /flower/violet.htm   (328 words)

  
 Violet Flame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Violet is a higher frequency in the color spectrum.
The Violet Flame allegedly transmutes energies allowing a soul to burn off the karmic ties that bind it to the emotional grid or physical realms.
You may see or sense heat from the violet flame when it is invoked correctly.
www.crystalinks.com /violet.html   (178 words)

  
 LEDs - Gallium Indium Nitride UV, violet, purple, blue, aqua, turquoise, green, white. Also Gallium Arsenide and ...
These are Chi Wing's violet LEDs, which emit near 405nm in the violet region of the spectrum.
Since the closest thing to violet is blue, most of the light goes through the blue filter, and gives you a blue picture.
As always, it is deficient in violet and blue-green, and peaks strongly at mid-blue.
ledmuseum.home.att.net /ledvio.htm   (4186 words)

  
 Violets
Of the original five violets, three of these are in cultivation and there is probably a fourth in someone's garden.
The origin of the Parma violet is not known as none have ever been found in the wild.
These violets are effectively used as naturalized ground covers in areas with trees and shrubs.
www.canyoncreeknursery.com /violets.html   (1322 words)

  
 Violet - the anti Morton Feldman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
J. Surak (aka Violet) is a veteran experimenter from Washington, DC.
At the turn of the millenium Surak created a new duo, V. which quickly blew out of the its initial framework of free improv into a unit that pushed the limits of composition, constantly reinventing itself with each recording and performance.
Since 2002 Violet has released numerous recordings in a variety of formats and has performed across the USA and Europe.
www.zeromoon.com /violet   (255 words)

  
 Black Sand Cable Violet Z1 Power Cord
Violet's treble is not overly airy/light or spotlit; it is just right in terms of quantity, density, speed, and impact.
Thankfully, Violet's spaces, while quiet, were not air-tight vacuum but had substance and smell of venue imbued within the space.
I have no idea what makes Violet special, but I suspect they are using OFC stranded copper with "optimal" strand-count (by accident?) and "wrapping" the conductors with (probably) thin teflon tape, the combo of which must have hit a sweet spot, along with the shielding used.
www.audiocircle.com /circles/index.php?topic=29311.msg261494   (2159 words)

  
 Violet
The violet is actually native to north Europe and parts of Asia it is now cultivated worldwide.
Violets are also edible and were frequently candied in Victorian times.
Here is a simple recipe for violet salve which can be applied to the skin to help sooth it.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/aromatherapy/18647   (316 words)

  
 Violet
Violet is intended for students, teachers, and authors who need to produce simple UML diagrams quickly.
Violet does not generate any source code from UML diagrams.
Violet does not generate files that can be imported into other UML tools, nor can it read model files from other tools
www.horstmann.com /violet   (1686 words)

  
 Violet
Violet is intended for students, teachers, and authors who need to produce simple UML diagrams quickly.
Violet is the first result of the Google search "Easy UML Editor".
Also, various violets are the official state flowers of Rhode Island, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Illinois.
horstmann.com /violet   (1717 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Violet (1998 Original Off-Broadway Cast): Music: Jeanine Tesori,Brian Crawley   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Violet and these soldiers learn to find affection in one another and an unusual love triangle forms as the soldiers fall for Violet (Monty openly, Flick secretly) where feelings are hurt and love is found.
Certainly, Violet's story is driven by the music, and it is understandable that the music would cross genres (country, Southern rock, blues, and gospel), as Violet's journey takes her all the way from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a couple stops in between.
Not having heard of Violet previous to being cast, all the music was completely new to me. The further we got into the rehearsal schedule, and the more familiar I became with Violet's story, and with the music, the more I was drawn in.
www.amazon.com /Violet-1998-Original-Off-Broadway-Cast/dp/B00000DGOE   (2260 words)

  
 YOSHIKI NET.COM - information about Yoshiki Hayashi, Violet UK, X Japan, including biography, discography, gallery, and ...
The first time some music of Violet UK surfaced, was when some of the songs from Violet UK were used in the 7-Eleven commercials, when 7-Eleven Japan asked Yoshiki to produce a series of TV commercials incorporating Violet UK into their corporate image for the new millennium.
There are also outtakes of the concert (and a brandnew Violet UK song) on the "Eternal Melody 2" CD that got released on the 23rd March 2005, followed by a DVD with the complete event one week later.
One of the vocalists for Violet UK, Nicole Scherzinger (she sang the english version of "I'll Be Your Love") is occupied now with another project, the Pussycat Dolls.
www.yoshikinet.com /violetuk/violetuk.htm   (563 words)

  
 Violet, Louisiana LA, profile (Saint Bernard Parish) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Violet is in Saint Bernard Parish, in the New Orleans metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Violet was $13,894, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Violet, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $352.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3626   (490 words)

  
 glbtq >> literature >> The Violet Quill
In its narrowest sense, the Violet (or Lavender) Quill was simply a circle of gay male writers in Manhattan who met a few times in 1980 and 1981 to read to one another from their works in progress.
The members of the Violet Quill were quite different from one another and did not consciously constitute a "school," but collectively and individually they placed homosexuality at the very center of their literary visions.
Of the writers of the Violet Quill, the ones who have achieved the greatest renown are the novelists Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, and Robert Ferro.
www.glbtq.com /literature/violetquill.html   (914 words)

  
 Q&A With Sandy Feather: Start African violet plants with cuttings and much care   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I received a beautiful African violet as a gift this spring.
Remove a healthy, firm leaf from the middle of the plant by reaching in and snapping or cutting it at its point of origin on the main stem.
Once they have four leaves and are large enough to handle, remove them from the container and gently separate the small plants.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06350/746516-47.stm   (581 words)

  
 New Jersey's State Flower   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Unfortunately the force of resolution ended with the start of the 1914 legislative session, leaving the violet with uncertain status for the next fifty years.
In 1963 an attempt was made to have the Legislature "officially" designate the violet as the state flower, but the legislation apparently failed.
In 1971, at the urging of New Jersey's garden clubs, legislation more specifically designating the Common Meadow Violet (Viola sororia) as the state flower was enacted.
www.state.nj.us /njfacts/flower.htm   (93 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Violet Nine
Violet Nine's unique and fully collaborative sound combines melodic and energetic hooks with lush soundscape guitars and an emotional and energetic vocal performance.
Violet Nine has already performed an astounding 300 shows from Boston to Los Angeles, received rave reviews in over 40 publications including Performer Magazine, performed with national recording acts such as EVE6, Rubyhorse and The Click Five, and developed a rabid underground fan-base thanks to their energetic live show.
Violet Nine's summer tour diary is up to its 3rd episode on Myspace...
www.purevolume.com /violetnine   (459 words)

  
 Genetics of the Violet budgerigar
Violet is the most eye-catching of all the budgerigar colours and it is one of the more challenging to breed.
Violet mauves are not easy to distinguish from ordinary Mauves so breeders really have to know their birds when using Mauves.
In my experience Violet Cobalt youngsters which are supposedly Type II don't breed any differently to those which are supposedly Type I. In each case the Dark and Violet factors segregate out randomly in the next generation giving roughly equal numbers of each of the four colours.
www.birdhobbyist.com /parrotcolour/peter/violets01.html   (5635 words)

  
 Rhode Island State Flower Violet Viola sororia
Though the process was initiated way back in 1897 when Rhode Island school children selected the violet as their preference for a state flower, the violet was not officially adopted until 1968.
The ten finalists were the arbutus, buttercup, daisy, goldenrod, lily, pansy, pink, rose, violet and water lily.
When the final votes were counted, the violet proved to be the most popular choice, receiving 10,013 votes.
www.netstate.com /states/symb/flowers/ri_violet.htm   (763 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Drug Information: Gentian Violet (Topical)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Topical gentian violet is used to treat some types of fungus infections inside the mouth (thrush) and of the skin.
Gentian violet is available without a prescription; however, your doctor may have special instructions on the proper use of gentian violet for your medical condition.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of this medicine in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202259.html   (707 words)

  
 The Violet is February's Birth Flower
The Violet, with the botanic name of Viola, is a flowering plant with heart shaped leaves that often has a purple color to it.
Violets are generally found and grown in the Northern Hemisphere of the world, but can also be found in Hawaii and the Andes.
While Violets originated in a purple color, hence their name, they can also be found in a variety of colors including blue, yellow and white.
www.babiesonline.com /flowersbirthmonth/Violet.asp   (496 words)

  
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A combination of red and blue, colors that display diametrically opposed personalities, violet and other hues in its family, such as mauve and purple, variously wrap themselves in cloaks of mystery, richness, refinement, malaise, trouble or provocation.
The violet family suffers from a split personality that has always generated very different reactions.
Considered unconventional and provocative, colors in the violet range stood as the symbol of a generation of youths in search of freedom.
www.voiceofcolor.com /en/aboutcolor/color_theory/symbolique/violet.asp   (255 words)

  
 Cat profile for Violet, a male Domestic Shorthair
Violet was a neighbor's cat who really didn't care whether they had him or not.
I've tried to make Violet an inside cat entirely, but he still loves to go out just for a few minutes each day if the weather is nice.
When I realized where Violet lived, I called and asked why the cat was named Violet if he was a male.
www.catster.com /cats/283060   (934 words)

  
 Violet - Moviefone
Synopsis: In this Oscar winning short film, Violet (Didi Conn) boards a bus on a journey to seek a faith healer in Oklahoma.
Ultraviolet (2006) The action which is why I saw the movie suffered from repetition: from the characters, to the setups (Violet is being attacked when she is out-numbered),...
Violet - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/violet/1194545/main   (131 words)

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