Viscum combreticola Viscum combreticola Viscum combreticola, the Combretum mistletoe, is a leafless, dioecious mistletoe shrub, occurring from southern to tropical Africa, in a broad zone following the Rift Valleys. Though it is typically a hemiparasite of "Combretum" species, it may also be found on "Terminalia" (Combretaceae), "Acacia", "Croton", "Diplorhynchus", "Dombeya", "Heteropyxis", "Maytenus", "Melia", "Strychnos" or "Vangueria". The much-branched twigs are flattened, ribbed and divided into clear segments. The brittle olive to olive-green segments exude a watery sap when broken. Their sessile fruit, usually in pairs, grow from the segment joints. They are ellipsoid berries of 6-7 mm in diameter, that are warty
Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song) Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song) "Fanfare for the Common Man" is a song by the English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), from the group's 1977 "Works Volume I" album. Adapted by Keith Emerson from Aaron Copland's 1942 piece of the same name, it is one of their most popular and enduring pieces. ELP had previously adapted Copland's "Hoedown" for the band's "Trilogy" album in 1972. Although ELP did not always initially attribute the classical source for some of their pieces (only attributed in later releases of the albums), Copland was attributed as