Coconut The coconut palm‚ Cocos nucifera‚ is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos.[2] The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm‚ the seed‚ or the fruit‚ which‚ botanically‚ is a drupe‚ not a nut. The spelling cocoanut is an archaic form of the word.[3] The term is derived from 16th century Portugueseand Spanish cocos‚ meaning "grinning face"‚ from the three small holes on the coconut shell that resemble human facial features
Premium Coconut
1/15/14 P. 3 Why Is Dubai a Rich Country? What makes a country rich? Is it the monetary wealth of the elite‚ the quality of life its citizens have? No‚ it is productive that country is. Dubai‚ an emirate of Arab‚ is mostly associated by being a part of the Gulf‚ which in turn makes people think Dubai got so “rich” because of oil. Dubai owes its wealth to the factors of production it uses to be so productive. Although oil is a natural resource attributed to Dubai‚ it is not the most influential
Premium Capital Economics United Arab Emirates
Guano islands Along the Peruvian coast is a string of rocky islands and peninsulas that are home to guanay cormorants‚ boobies‚ and pelicans. The birds leave the islands every morning to feed on the fish‚ especially anchovies‚ that are plentiful in the Humboldt Current. They return in the afternoon. There is no vegetation on the islands‚ so they build their nests out of guano and feathers‚ adding a new layer every year. By the time Europeans first saw the islands‚ the guano was more than 100 feet
Premium Peru Pacific Ocean South America
Nipa Palm Fruit Husk Ink An Investigatory Project Presented by: MARY CHRIS A. AYCARDO DEMAR CORTEZ P. TORRECAMPO RENALYN O. CUSI MR. MARCIAL M. ACHA‚ JR. Research Advisers San Teodoro National High School Sitio Suha‚ Bigaan‚ San Teodoro‚ Oriental Mindoro Abstract This investigatory project was conducted to prove if nipa palm fruit husk‚ distilled water‚ Ferrous Sulfate and gum Arabic can produce an ink that can be substituted to commercial ink.
Premium Acacia
"The Island" SUMMARY The movie "The Island" is a movie about cloning‚ rights‚ and what it means to be human. It takes place in the future‚ presumably in 20 or 30 years. The two main characters are clones; one called Lincoln Six-Echo and the other called Jordan Two-Delta. They reside in a facility owned by a man named Dr. Merrick‚ together with many other clones. They believe that the outside world is contaminated and that the inhabitants of the facility are the sole survivors. That is the
Premium Human Cloning
Oil Palm in Malaysia A gift from nature. A gift for life. About Palm Oil The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an ancient tropical plant from the West African tropical rainforest region. It is still being cultivated there as well as across the tropics. Palm oil is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of an oil palm species. In Malaysia‚ the high yielding tenera‚ which is a cross between dura and pisifera species‚ is the most commonly cultivated palm tree. Basically‚ there are two main products
Premium Palm oil
Question DEWI TAMARA Crude Palm Oil After Crisis 2008 Course Topic : Managerial Economics Specific/ Related Topics : Comparative Advantage Case Synopsis On Asian crisis 1998‚ the palm owner and businessman still could face the crisis smugly. The base price of crude palm oil (CPO) for one fresh stem of oil palm (tandan buah segar) was USD 600 per ton‚ but with the exchange rate of Rp 16.000 per 1 USD‚ the producers were quite blessed from the crisis condition. With the average area owneship
Premium Economics Palm oil Malaysia
UNDERSTAND POLITICS THROUGH FILM JOURNAL–THE FORMAT Name of student: Chris Poore Date: November 3‚ 2008 Film Title: The Island Year: 2005 Author/Screenwriter: Caspian Tredwell-Owen; Alex Kurtzman ; Robert Orci Producer: Michael Bay; Ian Bryce; Walter F. Parkes
Premium Film Federal government of the United States Universal Studios
The Island In the film ‘The Island’‚ directed by Michael Bay there are many scenes which include various techniques to show a theme. In this scene Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan two-Delta decide to go back to Dr Merricks Biotech facility and attempt to save their clone friends and destroy the biotech facility. Their moral and compassionate actions allow them to do this and in doing so risk their freedom and lives. In the end it’s their actions that make us understand the system was not right. Bay
Premium Light The Key
United Arab Emirates Political Economy The success of the United Arab Emirates come directly from its high revenue made from oil exports. This country was a desert region that turned into an economic boom in the recent years. According to CNN World News‚ "Abu Dhabi‚ the capital of the United Arab Emirates [is] the richest city in the world. The Emirate ’s citizens‚ who sit on one-tenth of the planet ’s oil and have almost $1 trillion invested abroad‚ are worth about $17 million apiece. Because
Premium United Arab Emirates Petroleum Abu Dhabi