Jasper
Jasper ♂ The usual English form of the name assigned in Christian folklore to one of the three Magi or ‘wise men’, who brought gifts to the infant Christ at his birth (Matthew 2:1). The name does not appear in the Bible, and is first found in medieval tradition. It seems to be ultimately of Persian origin, from a word meaning ‘treasurer’. There is probably no connection with the English vocabulary word
jasper denoting a gemstone, which is of Semitic origin. The name was introduced into England from the Low Countries in the Middle Ages and, although it never became popular, continued to be widely used in parts of the north. Well-known bearers include British comedian Jasper Carrott (b. 1945 as Robert Davies) and the fashion designer Jasper Conran (b. 1959).
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Greenhouses Can Provide a Hotbed of Pleasure for Winter Gardeners
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/27/2001; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/20/2005; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/22/2002; 700+ words
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Greenhouse Effects
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Greenhouse Effect
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Greenhouse Effect The greenhouse effect is the retention by Earth ’ s atmosphere in the...radiated into space. The same process is used to heat a solar greenhouse, only with glass, rather than gas, as the heat-trapping material...
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Greenhouse Gases
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse gases are trace gases in the atmosphere that absorb outgoing infrared radiation from Earth and thereby, like a greenhouse, warm the planet. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases (primarily...
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