Planting a Sequoia All afternoon my brothers and I have worked in the orchard‚ Digging this hole‚ laying you into it‚ carefully packing the soil. Rain blackened the horizon‚ but cold winds kept it over the Pacific‚ And the sky above us stayed the dull gray Of an old year coming to an end. In Sicily a father plants a tree to celebrate his first son’s birth– An olive or a fig tree–a sign that the earth has one more life to bear. I would have done the same‚ proudly laying new stock into my father’s
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Genetically modified corn‚ Gasoline and High fructose corn syrup Did you know that about 85% of our corn is genetically modified (True Food Network)? It’s really surprising how genetically modified food has been incorporated into our society. We eat genetically modified food every single day whether it would be yogurt‚ fruits‚ milk‚ peanut butter‚ etc. So what is genetically modified food‚ according to “Non-GMO shopping guide”‚ genetically modified food (also known as GMO) is define as “the result
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We are all made of corn. Take a strand of your hair. A recent study proved that if you are like the average American consumer today‚ your hair is 69% made of corn carbon. This is in contrast to the 5% of corn carbon that is in the hair of Europeans. Americans use more corn in their diet than anyone else‚ and the corn content of the American diet is partially responsible for our country’s widespread obesity and the prevalence of diabetes. America’s over-production of corn has serious consequences
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_____RICHARD HAKLUYT___1584_____ A particular discourse concerning the great necessity and manifold commodities that are like to grow to this Realm of England by the Western discoveries lately attempted‚ Written in the year 1584 * known as DISCOURSE OF WESTERN PLANTING [Excerpts] 1. That this western discovery will be greatly for the enlargement of the gospel of Christ whereunto the princes of the reformed religion are chiefly bound among whom her Majesty is principal. . . . Then it is necessary
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Gallipoli was only ever going to be a pointless struggle. World War 1 was a world war between the triple entente i.e. Italy‚ Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to
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RBS 2206 BTS - Thosindu Tharaka General Architecture: The RBS 2206 is a member of the RBS 2000 family for indoor applications‚ with up to six double Transceiver Units. The RBS 2206 is designed to be transported as a fully-assembled cabinet to the site. All units in the cabinet are easily accessible from the front of the cabinet‚ which means that the cabinets can be mounted side by side with their backs against a wall. RBS 2206 BTS consists with several functional modules. The RBS 2206 is a high-capacity
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I asked to be forgiven but was not forgiven in the past. The reason I was not forgiven was because I did not do good on a test in school and it resulted in my grade dropping. My mom thought I could have done better on my test‚ so when I asked for forgiveness‚ she denied me. She said that I would not be forgiven until I started doing better on my tests and getting better grades. This relates to The Crucible because many women were accused of witchcraft‚ and although they asked for forgiveness‚ many
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THE FARMERS’ GRIEVANCES It is historian John D. Hicks’ thesis that the Southern and Western farmers suffered greatly in the new industrial system and blamed their suffering on the railroads‚ the trusts and low prices‚ the money-lenders and the bankers‚ and the money and banking system. Western farmers blamed many of their troubles upon the railroads‚ which sent all western crops to the markets. The farmers had no choice but to use these roads. The railroads naturally exacted high rates. The local
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shaped and varies between 2–5 µm long and about 1.0 µm wide . Bt consists large rods with slightly curved ends and forms a parasporal crystal during the stationary phase of its growth cycle . Occurring in pairs or short chains‚ Bt is also motile with peritrichous flagella and non-caspulated . Bt belongs to the family of bacteria‚ Bacillus cerus (B. cerus)‚ which produces toxins that cause gastroenteritis (food poisoning) in humans. However‚ Bt is different than B. cerus because it contains a plasmid
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weaker parts of Indian society ie agricultural labourers‚ marginal and small farmers. It already boasts one of the highest unemployment rates‚ and despite its agricultural success‚ farmers livelihoods have been declining resulting in a record number of farmer suicides. The various reasons‚ for suicides among Punjab farmers is perturbing enough to warrant a serious study. In the present case‚ suicide among Punjab farmers have by all means become a public issue as these are no longer confined to isolated
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