ALL ABOUT APPLES The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree‚ species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits‚ and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apples grow on small‚ deciduous trees. The tree originated in Central Asia‚ where its wild ancestor‚ Malus sieversii‚ is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe‚ and were brought to North America
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John Frelinger Dr. Travis Organic Evolution 30 April 2012 Evolution of the Immune System Animals are constantly bombarded by an immensely varied array of disease causing pathogens including bacteria‚ fungi‚ viruses and other parasites. The number of microbes living in the human body outnumber the actual human cells by a factor of 10‚ and for every single species of animal and plant on Earth‚ there are viruses that infect them. With the unrelenting threat of disease-causing pathogens all around
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Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh in the Jamnagar District of Gujarat state‚India. In 1980‚ an area of 270 km2. from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later‚ in 1982‚ a core area of 110 km2 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act‚ 1972 of India. It is the first national marine park of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park‚ most of them
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Family: Sociology - The Blind Side The Blind Side In the context of this extraordinary real life story a boy‚ depending on which society you come from he came from “The other side of the tracks” or “The wrong side of the tracks”. The story is about a young black kid who is shuffled between the welfare system‚ Foster homes that he runs away from and the mother (a drug addict) that has let him down. Big Tony takes him along I think as leverage to get his own son in to a Catholic school because
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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship‚ you really haven’t learned anything. Muhammad Ali In the first place‚ God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. Mark Twain Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people‚ unable to go to school‚ were
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Introduction The pollination involves the transfer of pollen from male part of a plant‚ called stamen to the female part of the plant‚ known as carpel. This enables fertilization and sexual reproduction to occur. Pollen grains are contained within the pollen while the carpel contains the female gamete. In gymnosperms the pollen is directly applied to the ovule. The receptive part of the carpel is called a stigma in the flowers of angiosperms while the receptive part of the gymnosperm ovule
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nimal Defenses Animal AnimAl BehAvior t Animal Communication Animal Courtship Animal Defenses Animal Hunting and Feeding Animal Life in Groups Animal Migration Defenses ChristinA WilsDon Animal Animal Behavior: Animal Defenses Copyright 2009 by Infobase Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚
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Eliminating River Blindness in Ecuador You notice a figure sitting on a porch in the North-Western region of Ecuador. As you approach it appears to be an elderly man but as you approach him you notice that he has features that you have never seen before. His skin looks as if it has been draped onto his skeletal frame causing him to lose all age indicators. Your eyes reach his and he does not make eye contact‚ a clear indication that he is blind. You approach the lizard man and ask his age‚ he
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HELADIV‚ A GOOSE LAYING GOLDEN EGGS FOR SRI LANKAN TEA INDUSTRY (Individual Assignment) By Ms. Kumari Samarasinghe (2010/mba/we/82) Semester II – Second half January‚ 2012 Course: MBA 541 - Strategic Management Lecturers: Dr.M. P. P. Dharmadasa Mr.W.G. Premaratne Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit Faculty of management & Finance University of Colombo 1 Contents Sri Lankan Tea Industry History ...........................................................
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A Report on Care at Home‚ Care in the Home and Care within the NHS Over the past two decades and more there have been huge changes made to the children’s residential care sector. There have been many reasons for this‚ abuse scandals‚ staffing problems and the effectiveness of group homes being called into question - also the cost effectiveness of these homes. It is far often cheaper to keep these young people at home‚ sometimes this is good
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