appreciated as a beautiful and useful street tree. A fast-growing‚ graceful‚ straight-trunked‚ semi-deciduous tree growing to 30-70ft. Most trees‚ particularly planted street trees grow to 30-40ft. It looses its leaves just as new leafs sprout‚ so while deciduous‚ the tree is not without leaves for long. Tiny flowers are followed by four to five"‚ woody fruits that burst open to expel the seeds. Mahogany is a valuable hardwood and this tree was once extensively harvested for its wood. Batac City‚ Ilocos
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"Eats Shoots & Leaves‚" by Lynne Truss‚ is a small book containing both humor and the rules of English punctuation. The title of this book comes from a joke about a wildlife manual with poor punctuation that said a giant panda "eats‚ shoots & leaves‚" which is a verb‚ verb‚ and verb. The way it should have been written is "eats shoots and leaves‚" which is a verb‚ noun‚ and noun. The different punctuation changes the meaning of the phrase. Truss divides the book into a several chapters to emphasize
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ferreira123@gmail.com MSc student in Biomedical Engineering‚ Instituto Superior Técnico‚ student no58548 Abstract Nuclear Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radio-nuclides in the study and the diagnosis of diseases‚ eg. the assessment of organ function‚ detection and treatment of some diseases or monitoring of treatment’s effects. It provides physiological (not available from other imaging modalities) and diagnostic information. In the other hand‚ it uses very small amounts of
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Are entrepreneurs born or made? Critically discuss. Introduction An entrepreneur is a person who sets up a business by taking on financial risks in hope to make a profit. The word entrepreneur stems from the French word entreprendré which means ’to undertake ’. A couple of examples are Lord Alan Sugar and Bill Gates. Lord Sugar is an entrepreneur worth £800 million. He started by selling car aerials out of a van‚ he then set up his company‚ Amstrad which sold affordable hi-fi turntable covers
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STUDIES ON DEHYDRATION OF CURRY LEAVES B. K. Sakhale‚ A.S. Nandane A.R. Tapre and R.C. Ranveer ABSTRACT The curry leaves (Murraya koenigii)‚ one of green leafy vegetable was obtained from local vegetable market of Aurangabad city. These curry leaves were washed and blanched in hot water containing 0.1 per cent magnesium oxide. The treated leaves were then dried in different drying conditions like direct sun drying‚ shade drying and tray drying. The dried leaves were analyzed for their nutritional
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What is Cochlear Damage? The cochlea is a tiny‚ snail-shaped structure. It is the main organ of hearing and is part of your inner ear. Cochlear Damage means that all or part of your inner ear has been hurt. Damage to the cochlea typically causes permanent hearing loss. This is called sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Many things can cause SNHL‚ or cochlear damage‚ including loud or extended noise exposure‚ certain powerful antibiotics‚ meningitis‚ Meniere’s disease‚ acoustic tumors‚ and even
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For a century family medical leave has been an issue in the United States of America (). Many are faced with conflicts between their work duties and family responsibilities in the current work society. It is difficult enough for employees to take time off when they themselves are ill‚ but employees are than burdened with the responsibility to find suitable arrangements for their children‚ elderly parents and other obligations. There has been a long history of unfair labor practices concerning family
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993‚ or FMLA‚ as it is usually called is thought to be one of the most important pieces of legislation by President Clinton. Housed in the Wage and Hour Division’s section on the Department of Labor’s website‚ along with guidance about break time for nursing mothers‚ and special rules for returning reservists‚ FMLA is in good company with other policies composed to ensure one overall theme‚ that families are supported no matter the circumstance. Whether it is
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The United States was trying to force the Cherokee to leave their land‚ when they should not be forced to leave at all. They were given two options to either stay or leave‚ but they did not know what to do. People think the Cherokee need to leave because their land was blocking the path for them to expand‚ but they did risk death if they did leave. The Cherokee should stay and fight for their land because it was given to them from their forefathers as a gift. The Cherokee should be able to
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Family legislation acts may be passed but it still doesn’t change the discrimination towards women. The Family and Medical Leave Act is an act that was passed in the year 1993 during President Clinton’s term of presidency. This act was brought by strict guidelines to protect one’s right as an employee to take a medical leave absence from their jobs without the fear of being demoted‚ receiving lower payer‚ and even termination. This reform has widely helped American Workers to be able to both balance
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