Dr. Condoleezza “Condi” Rice was born on November 14‚ 1954 in Birmingham‚ Alabama. She is the only child her parent’s name are Angelena and John Wesley Rice. Both parents are educated; her mother was a teacher while her father was a minister and a football coach. Dr. Rice learned to play the piano at an early age she also learned to speak French. The father moved the family up to Denver because of job placement. Condi graduated at the age of 15 from St. Mary Academy High School with a 4.00 GPA. She
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tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) to cope with climate change in Vietnam Hien Thi Thu Vu1‚ Duc Duy Le1‚ Abdelbagi M. Ismail2‚ Ham Huy Le1‚* 1 Department of Molecular Biology‚ Agricultural Genetics Institute (AGI)‚ Pham Van Dong Street‚ Tuliem‚ Hanoi‚ Vietnam 2 Crop and Environmental Sciences Division‚ IRRI‚ Los Baños‚ Laguna‚ Philippines Corresponding author: hienvt74@yahoo.com‚ lhham@agi.ac.vn * Abstract Salinity is the most common abiotic stresses leading to the reduction of rice yield
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Tricia Bugarin Katruz Albano BUS 100 15 Aug 2011 Champorado: The Breakfast of Champions Champorado is a Filipino chocolate cereal made with sweet sticky rice much like the kind of rice you would use to make sushi. Filipinos consider this as the oatmeal or porridge that people eat in the morning. Champorado is considered to be the breakfast of champions because this type of food is cooked with cocoa powder and mixed with sugar which is guaranteed to give you an amazing burst
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the transgenic tomato was approved by the FDA for marketing in the US - the modification allowed the tomato to delay ripening after picking. In the US in 1995‚ several transgenic crops received marketing approval. In 2000‚ with the creation of golden rice‚ scientists genetically modified food to increase its nutrient value for the first time. As of 2011‚ the U.S. leads a list of multiple countries in the production of GM crops‚ and 25 GM crops had received regulatory approval to be grown commercially
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field of rice‚ called “Golden Rice”‚ was completely devastated by a group of angry Filipino protestors. However‚ this was no ordinary rice. It was genetically modified rice that was designed to alleviate some major problems in the world. One farmer passionately said‚ “we do not want our people‚ especially our children‚ to be used in these experiments.” However‚ there were several people outraged by this act of vandalism. One of those people‚ Amy Harmon‚ decided to bury the notion that Golden Rice is detrimental
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10 / 31 / 2012 HOW TO COOK JOLLOF RICE You can prepare well cooked jollof rice by doing the following steps. You need to go to the market and purchase the required ingredients necessary for the preparation of the jollof rice which includes; two cigars of long grain white rice‚ chicken ( drumstick‚ chicken breast )‚ pepper and salt ( to taste )‚ tomatoes ‚ onions‚ seasoning ( three maggi cubes and
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global population rose more than 80percent." (Prakash‚ C.S.‚ Conko Gregory‚ 2004‚ p17) The GM food not only improves the productivity‚ but it also put the insect resistance and weather resistance into the crops. "Examples include insect-resistance rice for Asia‚ virus-resistance sweet potato for Africa‚ and virus-resistance papaya for Caribbean nations." (Prakash‚ C.S.‚ Conko Gregory‚ 2004‚ p18). Compare to the traditional crops‚ GM crops can provide resistance to bugs and insect or virus-resistance
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Gentically Modified Crops are the Future of Agriculture English 1A Genetically Modified Crops are the Future of Agriculture Abstract: This paper explores five different published articles containing information on the pros and cons of genetically modified food and why genetically modified crops are the future of agriculture. The articles vary in their support or disapproval of GMOs. Toft believes GMOs are the future of agriculture due to the
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The Highway to socio-economic development– the Golden Quadrilateral The Golden Quadrilateral is a network of highways connecting India’s top four metropolitan cities‚ namely Delhi‚ Mumbai‚ Chennai and Kolkata‚chennak thereby‚ forming a quadrilateral. The principal objective of India’s most vaunted highway project is to connect most of the major agricultural industrial and cultural centers of India. Some of the more important centers being (Karnataka)‚ Chennai (Tamil Nadu)‚ Visakhapatnam (Andhra
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13th‚ 2011 English 1 honors The Quest of the Golden Fleece Betrayal can be dishonesty‚ deception‚ or disloyalty. There is much disloyalty between Medea‚ a Colchian princess‚ and her family which is the effect of her passionate love for Jason‚ a man sent on a quest to get the Golden Fleece to receive his rights as King. Jason‚ himself also shows much betrayal towards Medea even after all she’s done for him. The story of “The Quest of the Golden Fleece”‚ exemplifies much betrayal on many levels
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