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Poppy (other)
A poppy is any flower in the plant family Papaveraceae which has the common name poppy. Poppy may also refer to: People * Poppy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Poppy (nickname), a list of people * Poppy (singer) (born 1995), American singer and YouTube personality * Andrew Poppy (born 1954), English composer, pianist and record producer * Karabo Poppy (born 1992), South African illustrator * Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967), American author * Poppy Montgomery (born 1972), Australian-American actress * Poppy Harlow (born 1982), American journalist * Poppy Morgan (born 1983), English pornographic actress * Poppy Windham, stage name of British actress, interior decorator and pioneering aviator Elsie Mackay (c. 1893–1928) Places * Poppy Mountain, Massachusetts * Poppy Peak, California (see Poppy Peak Historic District) Arts and entertainment * ''Poppy'' (1917 film), an American film starring Norma Talmadge * ''Poppy'' (1923 musical), a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, ''Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug. It also produces edible seeds. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime, especially in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth realms. Description Poppies are herbaceous annual, biennial or short-lived perennial plants. Some species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies can be over a metre tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across. Flowers of species (not cultivars) have 4 or 6 petals, many stamens forming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy (1936 Film)
''Poppy'' is a 1936 comedy film starring W. C. Fields and Rochelle Hudson. The film was based on a 1923 stage revue of the same name starring Fields and Madge Kennedy. This was the second film version of the revue featuring Fields, following ''Sally of the Sawdust'' in 1925 with Carol Dempster in the title role. Plot Eustace McGargle , a con artist, snake oil salesman and shell game trickster, tries to escape the sheriff while taking care of his beloved adopted daughter Poppy, who, after pretending to be an heiress to win an inheritance, is found to be an actual heiress. Cast *W. C. Fields as Professor Eustace McGargle *Rochelle Hudson as Poppy *Richard Cromwell as Billy Farnsworth *Catherine Doucet as Countess Maggi Tubbs DePuizzi *Lynne Overman as Attorney Whiffen * Granville Bates as Mayor Farnsworth *Maude Eburne as Sarah Tucker *Bill Wolfe as Egmont *Adrian Morris as Constable Bowman *Rosalind Keith as Frances Parker *Ralph Remley as Carnival Manager Production Fields wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppi
Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pratovecchio Stia. Main sights *Poppi Castle, or the ''Castello dei Conti Guidi'', the main building in the Casentino, known from 1191, was owned by the Counts Guidi. It has additions by Arnolfo di Cambio. It has a courtyard, an external staircase, its chapel with frescos and its library containing rare manuscripts and incunabula.''Occhi sul Casentino'', Chiusi della Verna e Poppi, Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Tourismo di Bibbiena, 1980 . * Hermitage of Camaldoli, the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order. * Madonna del Morbo Sanctuary in the centre of the town, containing a painting of the Virgin attributed to Filippino Lippi. *The annual festival commences in the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remembrance Poppy
A remembrance poppy is an artificial flower worn in some countries to commemorate their military personnel who died in war. Remembrance poppies are produced by veterans' associations, who exchange the poppies for charitable donations used to give financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the armed forces. Inspired by the war poem " In Flanders Fields", and promoted by Moina Michael, they were first used near the end of World War I to commemorate British Empire and United States military casualties of the war. Madame Guérin established the first "Poppy Days" to raise funds for veterans, widows, orphans, liberty bonds, and charities such as the Red Cross. Remembrance poppy are most commonly worn in Commonwealth countries, where it has been trademarked by veterans' associations for fundraising. Remembrance poppies in Commonwealth countries are often worn on clothing in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day, with poppy wreaths also being laid at war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedalus Poppy
The Dedalus Poppy is a homebuilt, single engine, single seat ultralight aircraft flown in Italy in the 1980s. Several were built and flown; at least one remains on the Italian civil register in 2010. Design and development The Poppy is a conventionally laid out, single engine, high wing ultralight. Its wings have constant chord and are braced with aluminium V struts attached to the lower fuselage longerons. The tailplane is mounted on top of the extreme rear of the tapered fuselage, with the elevators hinged beyond. The fin is broad and straight tapered, carrying a straight edged rudder which ends above the tailplane. The Poppy has a geodetic structure of Sitka spruce, covered with Dacron fabric apart from a glass fibre engine cowling. The Poppy is powered by an 18.6 kW (25 hp) KFM 107E flat twin two-stroke engine. Its single-seat cabin is under the wings. It has a fixed, conventional undercarriage with mainwheels on cantilever A cantilever is a rigid stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy (satellite)
POPPY is the code name given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) data, targeting radar installations in the Soviet Union and Soviet naval ships at sea. The POPPY program was a continuation within NRO's Program C of the Naval Research Laboratory's Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) ELINT program, also known as ''Tattletale''. The National Security Agency was given the responsibility of collecting, interpreting, and reporting the signals intercepted. The existence of the POPPY program was declassified by the NRO in September 2005, although most of the details about its capabilities and operation are still classified. The NRO revealed, though, that the POPPY satellites, like other US signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems, used the principle of signals time difference of arrival, which enables precise locating of an object. All POPPY launches orbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy (publisher)
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France, and the third largest trade and educational publisher in the world. Hachette Livre is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardère Group. HBG was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner on March 31, 2006. Its headquarters are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Hachette is considered one of the big-five publishing companies, along with Holtzbrinck/Macmillan, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster. In one year, HBG publishes approximately 1400+ adult books (including 50-100 digital-only titles), 300 books for young readers, and 450 audio book titles (including both physical and downloadable-only titles). In 2017, the company had 167 books on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, 34 of which reached No. 1. History The earliest publisher to eventually become part of the Hac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Poppy (1863)
USS ''Poppy'' was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America in a variety of ways: as a tugboat, a ship’s tender, a mail and supply tug, an ordnance tug, and finally as a ram if the opportunity presented itself. Purchased at Philadelphia ''Poppy'' (Screw Tug), originally white oak steamer ''Addie Douglass'', was purchased at Philadelphia 31 October 1863 from J. Alderdice; renamed ''Poppy''; and commissioned 10 November 1863. Civil War service During the Civil War, ''Poppy'' served as a ship's tender to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. On 25 November 1863 she was with ironclad off Newport News, Virginia. On 4 February 1864 she was in Hampton Roads, Virginia. By 17 March she was back off Newport News, again serving as a picket guard for ironclad ''Roanoke''. On the night of 8 April a small boat succeeded in attacking frigate , flagshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USAHS Blanche F
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) is a private for-profit health sciences university headquartered in San Marcos, California. It was founded in 1979 as the Institute of Physical Therapy. It has campuses in San Marcos and in St. Augustine, Florida; Miami, Florida; Austin, Texas; and Dallas, Texas. The university is owned by the private equity firm Altas Partners. History The school that ultimately became the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1979 by Stanley V. Paris as the Institute of Physical Therapy. Paris retired from USAHS in 2007. In 1997, the school officially became "The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences." It purchased a small private hospital and an adjoining 26 acres of land at the Flagler Health Park Campus in St. Augustine, creating its current St. Augustine campus. In 2007, USAHS expanded to California, opening a campus in San Diego. The university also completed work on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Poppy
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Poppy'' after the Poppy, flower. * was an Sloop-of-war, sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1923. * was a launched in 1941 and sold in 1946 for mercantile service as ''Rami''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Poppy Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy (The Brak Show)
This is a list of episodes for the animated Adult Swim television series, ''The Brak Show''. The series ran from September 2, 2001, to December 31, 2003. On May 24, 2007, an additional 5-minute webisode entitled "Space Adventure" was released on Adult Swim Video, no further webisodes have ever been produced. The first fourteen episodes were released on the Volume One DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ... on February 1, 2005, and the remaining episodes were released on the Volume Two DVD on August 8, 2006. In addition to being available on DVD, ''The Brak Show'' is also available on iTunes. The webisode was never made available for purchase, and was only available on Adult Swim Video until it was taken down in the 2010s. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppy (novel)
''Poppy'' is a children's novel written by Avi and illustrated by Brian Floca. The novel was first published by Orchard Books in 1995. ''Poppy'' is the first-published of Avi's ''Tales From Dimwood Forest'' series. Within the narrative sequence of the series, it is the third book. The complete series is composed of ''Ragweed'', ''Ragweed and Poppy'', ''Poppy'', ''Poppy and Rye'', ''Ereth's Birthday'', ''Poppy's Return'', and ''Poppy and Ereth''. In 1996, ''Poppy'' received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for fiction. Background Avi conceived the idea for ''Poppy'' while living in Corvallis, Oregon, when his wife was a visiting professor at Oregon State University. At a university bookstore, he found a book written by a naturalist, who described his experience rescuing a baby owlet and nurturing it back to health and into the wild. Avi found the book "fascinating" and decided to write his own novel about an owl named Mr. Ocax. While developing the story, however, Avi's inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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