The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

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In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a a lignum vitae bowls ball into a box with silver birch burl inlay. Trump admin poised to accept luxury jet as gift for Trump from ...

If you receive a copy of Community News each week, then you are probably familiar with reporter Sam Still's work. In addition to Community News, Sam writes for the Chattanooga Times Free Press ...

Another guest that decided to stay on is the Brazilwood tree, (Guaiacum Officinale) also known as the Lignum Vitae or wood of life as it was believed to cure syphilis that ravaged Europe in the ...

The Good Friday liturgy commemorates the apex of Christ’s passion with a remembrance of his crucifixion and death at Calvary. The Good Friday Reproaches are a series of antiphons, known also ...

Lignum vitae (Guiacum sanctum) is a slow-growing shrub or tree. Often multi-trunked, it can grow up to 30-40 feet, but is most often 8-12 feet tall. Native to the southern tip of Florida, the ...

But here in the United States, always a country on a hurry-up schedule, St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae,” promulgated March 25, 1995, has taken a mere 30 years to come into ...

Photo: Lignum Instagram It has been a busy and exciting week for the team at Lignum, which is now the second restaurant in County Galway to be awarded a Michelin Star. Lignum is located at ...

Bryanston School The sculpture was identified by school archivist Laura Sweetenham The 1962 artwork was inspired by Dame Barbara's 1937 carving in lignum vitae of the same name, which is displayed ...

He spoke of the different trees and shrubs (65 species in this forest alone), their uses and especially the Lignum Vitae tree, “the long-life” tree, for which the island was named. The tour is a must, ...

The GIANT WATER LILY – World’s second largest lily bears the world’s largest flower JAMAICA: The land of Reggae, Bob Marley and Usain Bolt, adopted the flower of the Lignum Vitae tree (Guaiacum ...