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Briar Cliff University Faculty
Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to: * Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thickets, including species in the genera ''Rosa'' (Rose), ''Rubus'', and ''Smilax'' People and characters * Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname) Fictional characters * Briar Moss, from Tamora Pierce's ''Circle of Magic'' and ''Circle Opens'' quartets * Briar Cudgeon, in ''Artemis Fowl'' * Briar, the evil sister of Rose in Bone (comics) * Briar, in the cartoon series Boonie Bears * Briar, a playable character in the video game League of Legends * Briar, a character in the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's downloadable content expansion pack The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Places * Briar, Missouri, U.S. * Briar, Texas, U.S. * Briars Historic Park, Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia * The Briars (Georgina), Ontario, Canada, a lakeside resort * Brier, Washington, U.S. * Briers, Mississippi, U.S., a ghost town * Brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thicket
A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large numbers of highly viable seeds that are able to germinate in the shelter of the maternal plants. In some conditions, the formation or spread of thickets may be assisted by human disturbance of an area. Human disturbance and activity within thickets varies based on culture and location. Where a thicket is formed of briar (also spelled brier), which is a common name for any of a number of unrelated thorny plants, it may be called a briar patch. Plants termed briar include species in the genera ''Rosa'' (Rose), ''Rubus'', and ''Smilax''. Characteristics Thickets are characterized by dense plant life, a low closed canopy, deep shale-derived soil, and high levels of soil carbon and nitrogen. Plants present within a thicket generally reach a maximum of 4 to 6 meters in height. The boundaries between a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Briars (Georgina)
The Briars is an Ontario lakeside resort located in the Jackson's Point area of Georgina, Ontario. Portions of the resort are protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement. The Manor House and the Peacock House are the protected sections; this excludes the rear (west) elevation and the landscaped grounds to the east of the Manor House. History The Manor House is a two-story rubblestone structure was built as a homestead in 1840 by Captain William Bourchier. The property was named The Briars by Captain William Bourchier (pronounced bow-cher), R.N. due to his fondness for the Briars, Saint Helena. Captain Bourchier came to Canada to serve on the Great Lakes, to command a frigate being built in Penetanguishene. When the armistice ending the War of 1812 was signed in 1815, his ship was not completed and never saw service. Bourchier applied for a land grant and later returned to Canada in 1818. He lived with his brother in a log cabin awaiting confirmation of the grant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar (software)
Briar is an open-source software communication technology, intended to provide secure and resilient peer-to-peer communications with no centralized servers and minimal reliance on external infrastructure. Messages can be transmitted through Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, over the internet via Tor or removable storage, such as USB sticks. All communication is end-to-end encrypted. Relevant content is stored in encrypted form on participating devices. Long-term plans for the project include support for distributed applications such as crisis mapping and collaborative document editing. The initial target audience for Briar includes "activists, journalists and civil society" with plans to make the system "simple enough to help anyone keep their data safe." As the ability to function in the absence of internet infrastructure may also make the project valuable to disaster response and aid organizations, the developers are working with the Open Humanitarian Initiative and Taarifa. Ultimately, the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brier
The Brier ('), known since 2024 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March. The winner of the Brier goes on to represent Canada at the World Curling Championships of the same year. The Brier is the best supported curling competition in terms of paid attendance, attracting crowds far larger than even those for World Championships held in Canada. Its current main sponsor is Montana's, a Canadian restaurant chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company. History In 1924, George J. Cameron, the president of the W. L. Mackenzie and Company subsidiary of the Macdonald Tobacco Company, pitched the idea of a national curling championship to Macdonald Tobacco and was accepted. At the time Canadian curling was divided between the use of granite and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobacco Pipe
A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl (smoking), bowl) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. Pipes can range from very simple machine-made briar models to highly prized hand-made artisanal implements made by renowned pipemakers, which are often very expensive collector's items. History Some cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco in ceremonial pipes, and have done so since long before the arrival of Europeans. For instance the Lakota People, Lakota people use a ceremonial pipe called Chanunpa, čhaŋnúŋpa. Other cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco socially. The tobacco plant is native to South America but spread into North America long before Europeans arrived. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly. As tobacco was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Arborea
''Erica arborea'', the tree heath or tree heather, is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. It is also cultivated as an ornamental. The wood, known as briar root ( French: bruyère, Catalan: bruc, Portuguese: betouro, Spanish: brezo), is extremely hard and heat-resistant, and is used for making smoking pipes. Leaf fossils attributed to this species were described for the Mio-Pleistocene deposit of São Jorge in Madeira Island. Description ''Erica arborea'' is an upright evergreen shrub or small tree with a typical height in the wild of some , especially in Africa, but more typically in gardens. It bears dark green needle-like leaves and numerous small honey-scented bell-shaped white flowers. It is a calcifuge, preferring acid soil in an open sunny situation. Distribution and habitat The heather has a disjunct distribution, including Macaronesia, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Briars, Wahroonga
The Briars is a heritage-listed residence located at 14 Woonona Avenue, in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Charles H. Halstead. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. William Alexander Balcombe, for whom the house was built, was the grandson of William Balcombe (Snr) a Naval Agent and Purveyor for the East India Company on the island of St Helena during the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte on the island. The house is named, and has resemblance to, the building where Napoleon first stayed upon his arrival in St Helena. History District history Captain John Hunter and Captain Arthur Phillip led the first expeditions north of Sydney Cove into the tribal lands of the Gurringal soon after the landing of the first fleet, searching for suitable agricultural land and fresh water. Rock carvings are the only evidence of Aboriginal habitation. In 1896 a large expanse of bushland was reserved as parkland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Briars (Natchez, Mississippi)
The Briars is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. It was built in 1818 for a large planter. Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, spent her adolescence in the house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History The land was granted by Spain to Richard Bacon in 1784; it was purchased by Arthur Mahan in 1814. The house was built in 1818 for Judge John Perkins, a large planter. It was designed by architect Levi Weeks. When his wife died in 1824, Perkins tried to sell the house, but he rented it to William Burr Howell, the son of New Jersey Governor Richard Howell, and Margaret Kempe Howell from 1828 to 1850 instead. Howell's daughter, Varina Howell, grew up at the house. She married Jefferson Davis at the Briars on February 26, 1845, later becoming the First Lady of the Confederacy. The house was purchased by Walter Irvine in 1853, whose heirs sold it to Emma Augusta Wall in 1927. By the 1970s, it belonged to Robert E. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briars, Saint Helena
Briars is the small pavilion in which Napoleon Bonaparte stayed for the first few weeks of his exile on Saint Helena in late 1815 before being moved to Longwood House. The pavilion was in the garden of William Balcombe, an English merchant who became a purveyor to Napoleon. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth Lucia ("Betsy") Balcombe was the only family member who spoke French, and she became the family translator. Because of his family's closeness to Napoleon, Balcombe attracted the suspicion of Governor Hudson Lowe, and in 1818 he was forced to leave the island and return to England. The Briars was then used as the home for the admiral assigned to St Helena. History By coincidence, the Duke of Wellington also stayed in The Briars, in 1805, on his return from a tour of duty in India. He wrote to the admiral commanding the garrison on 3 April 1816, "You may tell Bony that I find his apartments at the Elysée-Bourbon very convenient and that I hope he likes mine at the Balcombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brier Hill (other)
Brier Hill is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Brier Hill may also refer to: * Brier Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community ** Brier Hill (Brier Hill, Pennsylvania), a national historic district * Brier Hill, Ontario, Leeds and the Thousand Islands See also * Brier (other), also Briar * Briar Hill (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Hill (other)
Briar Hill may refer to the following places: * Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia * Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Briar Hill, Michigan, ghost town * Briar Hill (Michigan), the highest point in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. * Briar Hill, Northamptonshire, England * Briar Hill–Belgravia, Fairbank, Toronto, Canada See also * Brier Hill (other) Brier Hill is a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. Brier Hill may also refer to: * Brier Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community ** Brier Hill (Brier Hill, Pennsylvania), a national historic district * Brier Hill, Ontario, Leeds and ... * Briarhills, Houston, Texas, U.S. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Creek (other)
Briar Creek or Brier Creek may refer to: Streams *Brier Creek (Savannah River tributary), in Georgia, U.S. *Brier Creek (Susquehanna River tributary), in Otsego County, New York, U.S. *Briar Creek (Susquehanna River tributary), in Pennsylvania, U.S. **East Branch Briar Creek **West Branch Briar Creek *Brier Creek (Big Coal River tributary), in West Virginia, U.S. Places *Briar Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S. *Briar Creek Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. See also * * *Battle of Brier Creek, an American Revolutionary War battle in the U.S. state of Georgia {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
