of the most dramatic moments in the novel and is described in a language that captures its terror and lasting significance for the young Balram: My mother’s body had been wrapped from head to toe in a saffron silk cloth‚ which was covered in rose petals and jasmine garlands…(Her death was so grand that I knew‚ all at once‚ that her life must have been miserable. My family was guilty about something) (p. 16). As he follows the procession to the river‚ Balram experiences a profound moment of understanding
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Many people over the course of history have often wondered about beauty. Beauty is a powerful force that has waged wars and influenced the minds of many‚ but has never been deciphered. Until‚ the discovery of a natural ratio‚ that changed the game of beauty in all aspects. “Many of the greatest mathematical minds of all ages‚ from Pythagoras and Euclid in ancient Greece‚ through the medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa and the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kelper‚ to present day scientific
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Rubiaceae family. It is cultivated for its showy habit‚ colourful scarlet‚ white or pink sepals and yellow petals. It has bushy shrub with white and pink variety that grows up to two meters
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Synapomorphy- Is a trait that is found in certain groups of organisms that exists in no others. It is a homologues trait that exists in no others. Some synapomorphy are: lactation and fur in mammals. Monophyletic group- Consists of an ancestral population‚ all of its descendants and only those descendants. Paraphyletic- An evolutionary unit that includes an ancestral population and some‚ but not all of its descendants. They are not meaningful units in evolution. Polytomy- Term for internal
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Love is not a Fairy Tale Alan Dugan’s poem entitled “Love Song: I and Thou” is not a stereotypical love poem. On the surface‚ this appears to be a poem about a man building a house and all the trials that accompany such an undertaking. In actuality‚ the author is using the building of a home as a metaphor for building a marriage and making a marriage strong. The poem is told from the narrator’s perspective. It begins with the narrator building a house‚ but nothing was aligned‚ as it should
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The film Vertigo begins with the main character‚ detective Scottie Ferguson‚ pursuing a criminal across the rooftops of San Francisco city. During the chase‚ Scottie missteps and grabs the gutter‚ leaving him hanging from a high-rise building. In an attempt to save Scottie‚ his partner falls off and dies‚ leaving Scottie with a look of terror on his face. The movie then cuts to a scene with Scottie and his ex-fiancée‚ Midge‚ deliberating what his future will be like with his newly developed fear
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#47 The Feasibility of Adelfa Extract as Pesticide Vivencio C. Fuentes Jr.‚ Razelle Angela B. Camitan‚ Honey Jane T. Dela Cruz ABSTRACT The project aims to test the feasibility of extracts from the adelfa plant as pesticide. The leaves were cut from the stem and then subjected to steam bath. Soxhlet apparatus was used for extraction; methanol was used as solvent. The extract was then distilled‚ and diluted into 4 containers to obtain concentrations of 100%‚ 75%‚ 50% and 25%. There were
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floral organs: sepals‚ petals‚ stamens‚ and carpels c. Stamen consists of a filament topped by an anther with pollen sacs that produce pollen d. Carpel has a long style with a stigma on which pollen may land e. Ovary at the base of the style‚ containing one or more ovules f. Pistil- single carpel or group of fused carpels Stamen Anther Filament Stigma Carpel Style Ovary Receptacle Sepal Petal (a) Structure of an idealized
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During the Sengoku period in Japan‚ there were many little countries and warlords‚ they fought against each other and had war every year. Thus‚ the main parts of the soldiers‚ samurais‚ were really tired of the everlasting wars. To keep their state and make them relax‚ the ruling class introduced and developed tea ceremony. Tea ceremony came up first in China and then went to Japan‚ after years of development and changing‚ it had its unique form. Tea ceremony is an important part of Zen‚ during the
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around. Your eyes dart back and forth‚ used to the dark for the most part. You don’t know where to look exactly‚ until you hear: “Oh no. Another human.” “F-Flowey?” you whisper when you see him finally. He looks terrible - arching stem and tattered petals. Even if you didn’t know who’s in there‚ you’d feel sorry for him. “What did you call me?” Flowey asks. “Nevermind that. You need to get out of here now!” You look at him‚ eyebrows knitted together. Why was he acting so different? You ask Chara
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