dying individual‚ especially if he has a disease that is feared by many‚ like AIDS. A loyal friend will always have one’s back. Honesty is the act of being open and truthful. An honest friend can tell you when you have a bad haircut or when you have spinach in your teeth. This honesty might be awkward to take at first‚ but the nature of it is to save one from further embarrassment. Honesty fosters trust and must be earned. When trust is absent from a friendship‚ one cannot know when one is being told
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I would like to begin my essay by telling the story of the Golden Rice GMO. “Right now‚ across the world‚ a quarter of a billion preschool-age children are suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Every year‚ 250‚000 to 500‚000 of these kids go blind. Within a year‚ half of the blinded children will die. Much of the affliction is in Southeast Asia‚ where people rely on rice for their nutrition. Rice doesn’t have enough beta carotene—the compound that‚ when digested‚ produces vitamin A. About twenty-five
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Giglio 1 Megan Giglio Eng 111 Sect 8857 Langston 10-13-12 My Best Friend: A best friend is always someone who will be there for you when you need them the most. Who is my best friend you ask? Well her name is Megan Elizabeth Jerlin. We first met back in the fourth grade at Petrides. There we found it a coincidence that we are both named Megan and she is only eight days older than me. We got along instantly with one another. From there on out we were placed in the same class.
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Introduction This report will investigate the six essential nutrients required in our diet. The report will provide the function of each nutrient and explore why they are vital for the body. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are the most important nutrient for the body as it is the largest possible source of energy. Carbohydrate supplies the body with energy‚ which allows the brain to function more effectively and allows organs to operate sufficiently. When the body has energy this allows each
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Bolivian Food Although it has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but‚ in Bolivia lunch is the main meal of day. It usually includes soup and a main dish. The potato is the main staple‚ served at most meals‚ sometimes with rice or noodles. Bolivian food is not often spicy‚ but a sauce "la llajwa" is usually available which is made with tomato and locoto (hot chilies). (http://www.languagecrossing.com/Destinations/Bolivia/Food_of_Bolivia/)Traditional Bolivian food uses
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The news of a New World spread like a forest fire throughout Europe and the race for colonies between Portugal and Spain began. Each country started to conquer the ancient civilizations and exploit the continents raw material. This collision deeply affected all of the Atlantic societies. The conquistadors had a powerful effect that began to create a truly new world in Latin America; the New World would never then be the same after 1492. When Columbus waded shore two ecosystems amalgamated and clashed
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I read “Ode to My Socks” by Pablo Neruda and “Advice to My Son” by J. Peter Meinke. In the first reading “Ode to My Socks”‚ there is a boy who receives a gift of a pair of hand knitted wool socks from a woman named Maru Mori. He is amazed by these socks and describes them as‚ “Two socks as soft as rabbits”. As he slips his feet into these magical socks‚ “I slipped my feet into them as though into two cases knitted with threads of twilight and goat skin” He feels as if his feet are not good
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Oxalic acid Citric acid Malic acid Tartaric acid Oxalic acid is an organic compound with the formula H2C2O4. It is a colorless crystalline solid that dissolves in water to give colorless solutions. It is classified as a dicarboxylic acid. In terms of acid strength‚ it is much stronger than acetic acid. Oxalic acid is a reducing agent and its conjugate base‚ known as oxalate (C2O42−)‚ is a chelating agent for metal cations. Typically‚ oxalic acid occurs as the dihydrate with the formula
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five days‚ We served guests with various delicacies of meat‚ khasi (goat meat) being the most popular in many homes. Though people enjoyed eating vegetables in every season. In September and October there is special warmth towards cauliflower and spinach. People who do not afford for the meat have these vegetables. The main reason behind this could be the permanent love of Nepali people towards these vegetables. Almost all Nepalese loves
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pistils and they are located in the center of the flower. This is the part that contains the female sex parts like the stigma‚ which traps the pollen. Many plants have both the male and female reproductive parts on the same plant like corn‚ others like spinach don’t. Plants also have spores because of meiosis; these spores then grow into haploid gameophytes which produce gametes for fertilization. Plants produce to spores‚ one is the microspore‚ which is the male
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