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GPL-3.0-or-later. Website. github .com /tsujan /FeatherPad. FeatherPad is a free software text editor available under the GPL-3.0-or-later license. It is developed by Pedram Pourang (aka Tsu Jan) of Iran, written in Qt, and runs on FreeBSD, Linux, Haiku OS and macOS. It has few dependencies and is independent of any desktop environment.
Depiction of a public execution in Brueghel's The Triumph of Death 1562–1563. Stylised depiction of public execution of pirates in Hamburg, Germany, 10 September 1573. An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person.
1852. " Feathertop " is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1852. The moral tale uses a metaphoric scarecrow named Feathertop and its adventure to offer the reader a conclusive lesson about human character. It has since been used and adapted in several other media forms, such as opera and theatre.
Featherwork. A Hawaiian ‘ahu‘ula (feathered cape). Featherwork is the working of feathers into a work of art or cultural artifact. This was especially elaborate among the peoples of Oceania and the Americas, such as the Incas and Aztecs . Feathered cloaks and headdresses include the ʻahuʻula capes and mahiole helmets were worn by Hawaiian ...
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates [ 1][ 2] and an example of a complex evolutionary novelty. [ 3] They are among the characteristics that distinguish the ...
Pin feather. A pin feather is a developing feather on a bird. [1] This feather can grow as a new feather during the bird's infancy, or grow to replace one from moulting . The pin feather looks somewhat like a feather shaft. However, unlike a fully developed feather, the pin feather has a blood supply flowing through it; at this stage, it may ...
Description. A pennaceous feather has a stalk or quill. [2] Its basal part, called a calamus, is embedded in the skin. The calamus is hollow and has pith formed from the dry remains of the feather pulp, and the calamus opens below by an inferior umbilicus and above by a superior umbilicus. [2] The stalk above the calamus is a solid rachis ...
Peacock tail feather. The conservation and restoration of feathers is the practice of maintaining and preserving feathers or featherwork objects, and requires knowledge of feather anatomy, properties, specialized care procedures, and environmental influences. This practice may be approached through preventive and/or interventive techniques.