An evaluation of the breeding strategies used in the development of the Dorper sheep and the improved Boer goat of South Africa The development of the Dorper sheep and the Improved Boer Goat are undoubtedly two of the most successful long-term livestock programmes in South Africa. T... K Ra...
Cashmere, animal-hair fibre forming the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat and belonging to the group of textile fibres called specialty hair fibres. Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product o
The Biddle Stairs on Goat Island courtesy Niagara Falls Public Library (Ontario)In 1827, Nicholas Biddle, a Philadelphia bank president and financier, underwrote the construction of a staircase from the top of Goat Island to the base of the gorge. They became known as the Biddle Stairs. The ...
in The Great Boer War (1900) Doyle was knighted for his service during the Boer War (1899-1902), in which he served as a medical doctor. Much of Doyle’s The Great Boer War was written in hospital tents where he treated the wounded and diseased. The memories are a nationalistic ...
While Heynckes and Bayern Munich fought back in 2012-2013 by adopting Dortmund's tactics and becoming unstoppable themselves, Dortmund would have a run to remember in the champions League in 2012-2013. Being stuck in the group pf death with Mourinho's Real Madrid, Frank de Boer's Ajax and...
We’ve already noted, as most people know anyway, that many of the characters we have come to know and love began their lives in newspaper cartoon strips - Popeye, Berry Boop, Felix etc. Not all of course but some, and many of the men who would go on to become the biggest...
Cashmere is the name of the wool that is shorn from the Cashmere or “Kashmir” goat, which is native to India and Pakistan. Famed for centuries for its softness, cashmere is used for scarves, socks, coats, and other winter-weather clothing. As with pure-wool fabric, pure-cashmere is ...
Parliament) and decided to rejoin his regiment in November 1915 at the age of 41. The last time he'd been in combat was in South Africa during the Second Boer War, 16 years earlier. It would be the present-day equivalent of the Secretary of Defense joining the front-line troops in ...
The first attempts at using electric stimulation to study human brain functions followed the experiments of Luigi Galvani and Giovanni Aldini on animal ele