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• n  any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

• There are now caffeinated sunflower seeds, potato chips and candies, leading public-health officials to complain that all the new "energy foods" could cause a spike in caffeine .
• Then it grew like a sunflower at a pig farm.
• High-oleic versions of sunflower and safflower oil are also acceptable.

• helianthus

News & Articles

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• Sunflower musicians to perform demanding repertoire
  When the violinist who debuted Maurice Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello complained it was so complicated that "no one's going to play it but virtuosos, the composer responded, "Good, then I shan't be assassinated by amateurs!"It will be the pros playing it and works by Carl Nielsen and Johannes Brahms when the world-class musicians of the 27th Sunflower Music Festival present a chamber ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Topeka Capital-Journal
• Jazz trumpeter Jones to encore at Sunflower
  The Sunflower Music Festival's experiment last year with jazz was so successful, it is back this year. "It was very popular.
  June 9, 2013 - The Topeka Capital-Journal
• Sunflower Music Festival offers 10 free concerts
  The Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka gives the area an opportunity to attend concerts performed by artists from around the world — for free. Beginning Friday music lovers will have 10 concerts worth of classical, chamber and jazz music they can attend in White Concert Hall at Washburn University.
  June 6, 2013 - Lawrence Journal-World

Quotes

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• Chris Carter in Washington Post
  It was wild and warm and enthusiastic. They had an expo where they re-created Mulder's desk,said Carter, who also directed the new movie and co-wrote it with Spotnitz. "It was just amazing to be sitting there eating sunflower seeds...
• Jarvis Green in SportingNews.com
  I can't mess around eating sunflower seeds out there (on the sideline) when it's time for the game, I'll tell you that,Green said with a laugh Wednesday as the Patriots prepared for Sunday's season opener at the New York Jets.
• Joaquin Almunia in BusinessWeek
  The sunflower-seed industry has undergone important consolidation over the past years and the commission needs to ensure that effective competition is preserved, to maintain innovation and prevent that input prices for farmers rise,EU...