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  WinterGreen Research - Market Research, Forecasting and Analysis
The dramatic shift to renewable energy sources is illustrated in the new world energy study from WinterGreen Research that describes how renewable energy systems provide economies of scale and power automobiles from energy generated from wind and solar panels and stored in thin film batteries.
The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.
Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College at Columbia University.
www.wintergreenresearch.com   (472 words)

  
  Wintergreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wintergreen was originally a term referring to a plant that continues photosynthesis (i.e., remains green) throughout the winter.
Wintergreen is also the name given to a range of evergreen plants throughout the world that share the common characteristic of producing oil of wintergreen, the chemical methyl salicylate, which gives plants a distinctive "medicinal" smell when bruised.
Wintergreen is also the name of Wintergreen Ski Resort located in Virginia.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wintergreen   (226 words)

  
 Wintergreen
Wintergreen oil is still a popular addition to toothpaste, gum, candy, and root beer, although true wintergreen oil has for the most part been replaced with a synthetic version made from birch bark.
Wintergreen prefers a sandy or peaty soil and is found growing wild from Canada and throughout the U.S. middle and eastern states.
In fact, wintergreen was once such a popular tea herb that it earned the nickname of "tea berry." The red berries, which appear in the fall, should be picked as soon as they achieve their vivid color.
herbalmusings.com /Wintergreen.htm   (641 words)

  
 WINTERGREEN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens L., is a perennial herb native to the eastern portion of North America.
The reported life zone for wintergreen is 8 to 177Cdeg;C with 0.6 to 1.3 meters annual precipitation and a soil pH of 4.8 to 7.5 (4.1-31).
Wintergreen is reported to have mitogenic activity and is used in several insecticidal and insect repellent preparations (1.2-9).
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/WINTERGREEN.html   (587 words)

  
 The Wintergreen Fund for Conservation Authority Timmins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wintergreen will solicit the views of the community and seek expert technical and professional advice early in any undertaking to ensure that all ecological, legal and public views and issues have been addressed.
Wintergreen will actively seek out and support partnerships to guarantee that the best possible expertise and values of the community are incorporated into all of its undertakings.
Wintergreen, symbol of the Wintergreen Fund for Conservation, is a perennial wildflower of the northern woods easily recognized by its thick, shiny, oval leaves and small white flowers.
mrca.vianet.on.ca /Wintergreen/wgindex.html   (920 words)

  
 WINTERGREEN COUCH - Turf Varieties section of jimboombaturf.com.au
Wintergreen has a fine to medium leaf texture with a mid blue/green colour.
Whilst Wintergreen has proved to be very successful on sportsfields (used on original construction of ANZ Stadium), it has also been found to perform well as a domestic lawn.
Wintergreen maintains a good winter colour, although it may discolour if soil temperatures drop dramatically during the winter months.
www.jimboombaturf.com.au /turf_var_wintergreen_couch.htm   (152 words)

  
 Wintergreen Ski Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wintergreen Ski Patrol is a member of the National Ski Patrol, Southern Division, Virginia Region, James River Section.
The Wintergreen Ski Patrol was formed in 1975 to facilitate the need for people trained in first aid to serve the growing number of skiers at Wintergreen Resort.
All patrollers at Wintergreen are members of the National Ski Patrol, and are certified as Outdoor Emergency Care Technicians, a BLS level of training based on the standard EMT curriculum, with an emphasis on care in the skiing environment.
www.wintergreenskipatrol.org /index.asp   (340 words)

  
 Tennis Resorts Online: Wintergreen Resort
Deed covenants ensure that that will never change, and so does the fact that the resort is owned not by a corporation but by the property owners themselves, who don't want to see the value of their investments undermined by the continual addition of new housing stock.
Its physical beauty aside, one reason to choose Wintergreen, especially in the summer, is that temperatures at Devil's Knob are typically 10 to 15 degrees cooler than those in the surrounding lowlands.
Wintergreen is primarily a ski resort, with golf and tennis.
www.tennisresortsonline.com /trofiles/Wintergreen.cfm   (2510 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Wintergreen - Herb Profile and Information
It has all the properties of the salicylates and therefore is most beneficial in acute rheumatism, but must be given internally in capsules, owing to its pungency, death from inflammation of the stomach having been known to result from frequent and large doses of it.
In this form, it is a very valuable external application for rheumatic affections in all chronic forms of joint and muscular troubles, lumbago, sciatica, etc. The leaves have found use as a substitute for tea and as a flavouring for genuine tea.
Trientalis Europaea, the Chickweed Wintergreen, a British plant, was formerly esteemed in ointment as a wound salve, and an infusion taken internally for blood poisoning or eczema.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/w/winter24.html   (637 words)

  
 Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Wintergreen
Wintergreen is an evergreen plant, and even beneath deep snow it retains its shiny green leaves and scarlet berries.
Trientalis europaea, or chickweed wintergreen is native to England and was used in the past externally in a ointment used in healing wounds, and internally as a tea to treat blood-poisoning and eczema.
Oil of wintergreen, as noted previously, is made by first steeping wintergreen leaves in water for at least 24 hours, and then allowing this mixture to ferment and release its oil.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0007/ai_2603000740   (1159 words)

  
 Native Foods -- Wintergreen Tea
Actually, fresy leaves have to be fermented in water to develop the wintergreen in them.
Pack a jar loosely with fresh leaves (if mostly red are used, tea will be bright pink) and cover it, set it in a warm place for several days until the water is bubbly.
CREDITS: The wintergreen photos are by faculty from the University of Wisconsin Botany Department and Madison Arboretum.
www.kstrom.net /isk/food/wintergr.html   (432 words)

  
 Wintergreen
When American patriots boycotted British tea before the American Revolution, wintergreen tea was one of their substitutes, and they too began to use wintergreen as a remedy for headache, muscle aches, and colds.
Wintergreen once supplied flavoring for candies, cough drops, and toothpastes - and the names of such products with a wintergreen flavor suggest it still does.
Wintergreen is an effective remedy for rheumatic and arthritic problems, and, taken as a tea, it relieves flatulence and colic.
www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_wintergreen.htm   (520 words)

  
 Secretary of State Kid's Page
Wintergreen grows in wooded areas and in some clearings from Canada to Georgia.
Some early colonists even substituted wintergreen for their regular tea, which was heavily taxed during the American Revolution.
Today wintergreen is used to flavor gum, candy, and toothpaste.
www.state.me.us /sos/kids/allabout/symbols/herb.htm   (130 words)

  
 Profile - Wintergreen
Edgar Cayce recommended wintergreen primarily as an ingredient in massage oils and for use in steam (fume) baths.
The primary action of wintergreen, as stated in the Cayce readings, was to increase the superficial circulation and assist with eliminations.
Wintergreen was mentioned in 116 readings between 1922-1943 with peak utilization in 1935 (32 readings).
www.meridianinstitute.com /echerb/Files/1winterg.html   (521 words)

  
 Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The wintergreen plant was the original source for the favored wintergreen oil.
In fact the oil of wintergreen was used in some of the first commercially prepared aspirin tablets.
Due to this property, the wintergreen plant was used by many civilizations in much the same way as we do aspirin today.
www.laurentiancenter.com /plantkey/plants/wintergreen.html   (491 words)

  
 Wintergreen - Gaultheria procumbens - Encapsulated Botanical - Herbs
Wintergreen is most often associated with its use as a flavoring for candies, mouthwash and toothpaste.
Wintergreen, so named because it remains green even in the deepest part of winter, is most often associated with its use as a flavoring for candy, gum, and mouthwash.
Wintergreen has also been used in the treatment of bladder inflammation, and diseases of the urinary tract, prostate, and kidneys.
www.viable-herbal.com /singles/herbs/s967.htm   (846 words)

  
 wintergreen on Encyclopedia.com
The aromatic leaves and fruits are edible; the leaves are a source of wintergreen oil (now mostly obtained from the sweet, or fl, birch, Betula lenta, or synthetically).
Some pipsissewa species, of the family Pyrolaceae, are sometimes called wintergreen.
True wintergreen is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Ericales, family Ericaceae.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/w1/wintergr.asp   (496 words)

  
 Wintergreen / Gaultheria procumbens / Boxberry / Canada tea / Checkerberry / Chink / Ground Berry / Grouse Berry / Hill ...
Wintergreen is a low-growing evergreen shrub native to North America.
Wintergreen poultices are used to soothe arthritis, rheumatic pain, and the pain and swelling of injured muscles, ligaments, and joints.
Wintergreen oil can be taken internally as a tea, but it is important to read and follow product label directions for use.
www.herbalremedies.com /wintergreen.html   (1242 words)

  
 Wintergreen Ski Resort, Virginia on Idaho Snowboarding - Start planning your vacation here!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wintergreen is a family-oriented resort offering numerous trails and slopes with an excellent variety of beginner to expert terrain and a vertical drop of more than 1,000 feet.
Wintergreen is keenly sensitive to the delicate balance between nature and development.
Since inception Wintergreen has carefully thought out its growth, and continues to work closely with The Wintergreen Nature Foundation, a non-profit organization that shares the common goal of preserving and protecting the Blue Ridge region of central Virginia.
www.snowboardingidaho.com /overview.cfm/va04.htm   (314 words)

  
 KETV.com - News - Vacate Notices Posted At Wintergreen
The Wintergreen Apartments, near 51st and Curtis streets, have been the site of trouble for years, ranging from arson to murder to burglary.
Wintergreen is being shuttered due to unsafe living conditions.
Wintergreen is a virtual ghost town as most apartments have already been abandoned.
www.theomahachannel.com /news/4586029/detail.html   (490 words)

  
 Wintergreen Resort Rentals - Directions
The main road into the resort is Wintergreen Drive, which runs past the Mountain Inn and the ski slopes, on up past the scenic overlook.
Wintergreen is within 3 hours of several Airports: Richmond, Washington Dulles, Washington National.
The entrance to the Wintergreen resort is about 4.5 miles on your right.
www.wintergreen-rental.com /wintergreen-directions.html   (470 words)

  
 TimesDispatch.com | Wintergreen is sprucing up   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wintergreen spokeswoman Frankee Love said the expansion more than doubled the spa's capacity, and it's not over.
Robert Sullivan, vice president and chief financial officer of Wintergreen, said the salon and fitness center improvements would be completed by the end of next month.
The hotel, located adjacent to the mountain inn at the top of Wintergreen Mountain, will cost about $40 million, and the mountain village infrastructure about $35 million, although Sullivan said that the estimates were not final.
www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767684213&path=%21business&s=1045855934855   (715 words)

  
 Wintergreen Fund: WGRNX
The old expression about time flying by especially when you are having fun all seems to be true.
At Wintergreen, we have been very busy, we are having fun, and I have been thinking about just how quickly time is flying by.
The Fund is subject to several risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
www.wintergreen.com   (800 words)

  
 Paghat's Garden: Gaultheria procumbens
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) is related to the Northwest native evergreen groundcover Salal which was used by Quinault & Klallum Indians for its medicinal properties.
The top mid-December portrait conveys why they are sometimes burdened with the name "Christmas Wintergreen." The second portrait was taken early in March & the third in May, showing bright red new leaf growth.
Wintergreen was once famous as a native tea hence the regional name Teaberry, but it has fallen out of use because people have forgotten how to prepare it.
www.paghat.com /wintergreen.html   (723 words)

  
 Wintergreen ski area
Wintergreen ski area is a mid size ski resort in Virginia with a relatively average elevation drop when compared to other ski resorts in the region, it has the largest elevation drop among ski resorts in a 32 mile radius.
Wintergreen has a higher than average ratio of expert and advanced runs, and a lower than average ratio of intermediate and beginner runs.
Wintergreen has a low variety of runs and a decent number of lifts.
www.gottagoitsnows.com /skiareas/1315.html   (429 words)

  
 Species at risk - Spotted Wintergreen
The Spotted Wintergreen is a perennial evergreen herb or shrub with a very attractive variegated leaf veination.
The Spotted Wintergreen occurs in North America, from southern Michigan and Ontario and Quebec to southern New Hampshire and Maine, south to Mississippi and northern Florida.
Some of the populations are adjacent to forest access trails and may be vulnerable to vehicle traffic or forest thinning operations.
www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca /search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=196   (479 words)

  
 NewsAdvance.com | Wintergreen considering new construction project
Wintergreen Chief Financial Officer Rob Sullivan said Wednesday that the project, which had been in development for about three years, was designed to increase the resort’s business during the non-winter months.
The hotel, located adjacent to the mountain inn at the top of Wintergreen Mountain, would cost about $40 million, and the mountain village infrastructure would cost about $35 million, though Sullivan said that the estimates were not final.
Sullivan said that Wintergreen hoped to commence construction on the project some time next year, and that the construction would probably take between 18 and 24 months.
www.newsadvance.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785208490&path=!news!archive   (340 words)

  
 WINTERGREEN TIMBER RATTLER   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I view the folks I race with more as family than competitors, and that was certainly true at Wintergreen this past weekend.
The Timber Rattler definitely had a festive atmosphere going, all the way down to the final awards ceremony, which actually included a raffle based on race number plates, wherein everyone had an equal chance at going home with something cool.
As a race venue, Wintergreen has it all - beautiful cross-country trails, a magnitude of downhill trails that boggles the mind, including a 7 mile downhill run that ends at the very bottom of the mountain, where you will be chauffeured back up top by the shuttle.
home.nc.rr.com /highgate/articles/wintergreen.htm   (402 words)

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