...Allium cepa Pea Pisum sativum Peanut Arachis hypogaea Potato Solanum tuberosum Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita maxima Spinach Spinacia oleracea Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum Watermelon Citrullus lanatus ~ andi fayian 28 ~Apple - MalusBlue Bindweed - Solanum dulcamara * Bird's Nest - Daucus carota * Bird's Nest Plant - Daucus carota * Birch - Betula spp. * Black Birch - Betula lenta, Betula nigra * Bolean Birch - Betula papyrifera * Canoe Birch - Betula papyrifera * Cherry Birch - Betula lenta * European Weeping Birch - Betula pendula * European White Birch - Betula pendula * Gray Birch - Betula alleghaniensis * Mahogany Birch - Betula lenta * Paper Birch - Betula papyrifera * Red Birch - Betula nigra * River Birch - Betula nigra, Betula lenta * Silver Birch - Betula papyrifera * Spice Birch - Betula lenta * Sweet Birch - Betula lenta * Water Birch - Betula nigra * Weeping Birch - Betula pendula * White Birch - Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula * Yellow Birch - Betula alleghaniensis * Bittercress - Barbarea vulgaris, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine hirsuta * Hairy Bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta * Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara * Trailing Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara * Bitterweed - Any plant in the Ambrosia genus, specially Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Artemisia trifida; Helenium amarum * Blackberry - Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus...
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...The allelopathic effects of juglone containing nuts Catherine Qin, Manavi Nagai, Whitney Hagins, and Reginald Hobbs* Department of Science AP Biology Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421 *Correspondence: rhobbs@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us Abstract Allelopathy is the inhibition of the growth of a plant by the allelochemicals, produced by a nearby plant, into their shared environment. It is a form of chemical warfare used by plants to defend their territory and resources, thus reducing interspecific competition1. Although some allelopathic plants produce agents that may benefit rather than harm surrounding species, the majority release chemicals that are toxic to others. To explore this biological phenomenon, the effects of allelopathic nuts of the family Juglandaceae, containing the novel allelopathic agent juglone, were tested on the germination of plants sensitive to allelopathy and those shown to be resistant. Based on previous studies examining allelopathy, it is expected that sensitive plants treated with this agent would cause negative affects on germination, while the seeds that are known to be resistant, would undergo relatively normal germination. The results of these experiments are generally consistent with this model of allelopathic toxicity and resistance. Allelopathy is a unique phenomenon in nature that is relatively new to the scientific community, and the results of this experiment are not only relevant to basic botanical research, but also...
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...The Coat is a children's picture book about a magical journey of a man and his coat. Standing alone in a field the coat feels abandoned; until a man comes along and claims the coat as his own. The coat takes the man on a magical life changing journey with the use of unexpected insights of disappointment and life’s struggles (Tunell, 2008, p. 25). This well-crafted story book has amazing folk tale style writing, antique type illustrations that accompany the old English styled text creating a musical component; capturing the author’s point of view and portraying the personalities of the characters getting the story across to the audience (Tunnell, 2008, p. 18). As you read the story the illustrations change as the man feelings change, colour is added as the man begins to feel confident and happy with his new life (Tunnell, 2008, p. 18).The right words used throughout the story book allows the reader to picture themselves within or as part of the story, “The coat stood in a paddock at the end of a row of strawberries”, “It was buttoned up tight” (Hunt, 2012, p. 1). Figurative language allows the reader to see and comprehend how the characters are feeling, giving depth and appeal to the book and keeping the reader engaged, “What a waste of me” the coat yelled (Hunt, 2012, p. 3). In addition to figurative language, understatements allow the reader to clearly see how the coat is feeling and draw a conclusion of the fact the coat may be upset or disappointed (Tunnell, 2008, p 21). Tunnell...
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...It is said that people who love the snow are addicted, by traveling to be with the snow. Winter was a rough season in A Separate Peace written by John Knowles, because it is about unraveling the truth between Gene and Finny relationship. The relationship between Gene and Finny’s is put on the test by their friendship, their true personality, and the forgiveness between one another. Gene and Finny went to the Devon river, and at the river Finny told Gene, “we'll jump together to cement our partnership,” (Knowles 31). Knowles specifically uses the words “cement our partnership”, because he is trying to explain that Finny is telling Gene that when they jump off the tree together they become closer friends. Friendship is moreover shown when Knowles writes, “jump together” by both Finny and Gene jumping together to show that their friendship is being created. Through this quote Knowles, is letting the readers know that Finny’s and Gene have created a relationship by becoming closer friends. Gene always thought of the rivers having personalities since he had said, “the Devon school was astride these two rivers [Naguamsett river, and Devon river]” (Knowles 76). Knowles uses “astride these two rivers” to acknowledge that there are two different rivers, one river represents Gene, and one represents Finny. Knowles includes the Naguamsett river, and Devon river’ to let us know that the Naguamsett river is lack of innocence, and Devon is innocence. Just as the two unlike rivers, Gene and...
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...nuts: Almonds $7500/6000 = $1.25 Brazil $7125/7500 = $.95 Filberts $6750/7500 = $.90 Pecans $7200/6000 = $1.20 Walnuts $7875/7500 = $1.05 Cost of nuts per mix: Regular mix: .15($1.25) + .25($.95) + .25($.90) + .10($1.20) + .25($1.05) = $1.0325 Deluxe mix: .20($1.25) + .20($.95) + .25($.90) + .20($1.20) + .20($1.05) = $1.07 Holiday mix: .25($1.25) + .15($.95) + .15($.90) + .25($1.20) + .20($1.05) = $1.10 2.) Let R = number of regular mix produced D = number of deluxe mix produced H = number of holiday mix produced The following linear programming model can be solved to maximize profit contribution for the nuts already purchased. Max = 1.65R + 2D + 2.25H .15R + .20D + .25H < = 6000 Almonds .25R + .20D + .15H < = 7500 Brazil .25R + .20D + .15H < = 7500 Filbert .10R + .20D + .25H < = 6000 Pecans .25R + .20D + .20H < = 7500 Walnuts R > = 10,000 Regular D > = 3000 Deluxe H > = 5000 Holiday The optimal solution-using Lingo is $61,375. This would be your maximum profit using the objective function above. The profit from the Regular mix would be $17,500; the profit from the Deluxe mix would be $10,625; and the profit from the Holiday mix would be $5,000. 3.) Looking at the dual prices one can see that additional almonds are worth $8.50 per pound for TJ and additional walnuts are worth $1.50 per pound. Looking at the slack variables one can see that additional Brazil nuts, Filberts nuts, and...
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...Diamond Foods Accounting Scandal BACKGROUND: Founded in 1912 as a walnut grower cooperative, Diamond Food’s primary business involved buying walnuts from local California growers, processing the product, and reselling it. The San Francisco-based company converted from a cooperative to a public corporation in July of 2005, issuing its initial shares for $17. By 2010, Diamond Foods (DMND) had expanded and acquired a number of snack food companies including Kettle Brand® Chips and Pop Secret® popcorn and was negotiating the acquisition of the Pringles brand from the Procter & Gamble Company (Diamond Foods, 2014). The addition of the Pringles brand would make Diamond the second-largest global snack foods company behind PepsiCo, Inc., owner of the Frito-Lay brand (Byron & Ziobro, 2011). Although the new ventures took precedence, Diamond’s walnut business remained the highest commodity cost to the company. In order to maintain relations with the growers, Diamond had to assure they offered a competitive price for the product; however any recorded increase in walnut price would decrease both the company’s reported earnings and their reported earnings per share (EPS). Despite rising walnut prices, the company consistently posted EPS that defied analyst projections. Between the 2010 SEC Form 10-Q second quarter filing and the SEC Form 10-K of FY 2011, the price of Diamond stock jumped from $39 dollars per share to $90 per share (SEC, 2014). On January 9, 2014, the Securities and...
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...This suggests a place far from town and set deep in the country. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is set in a remote woods, far from any homes. Each location in the settings of the poems is remote and far from city life. This suggests that the narrator is accustomed to the countryside and its way of life and that he most likely enjoys this type of life. The narrator also has an appreciation of nature. This is immediately evident in the fact that each poem is centered on nature and uses the themes of nature to establish the narrator’s points. Each poem involves an interaction with nature, such as a ride in the woods and swinging from birch branches. Beyond the interactions with nature, the natural also works to mark moments of emotional significance to the narrator. “Birches” recalls a fond memory of swinging from birch branches and also brings to view the narrator’s desire to experience that freedom again, “So was I once myself a swinger of birches./ And so I dream of going back to be” (41-42). The...
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...INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS The 3 commodities chosen are 1) Tobacco leaf 2) Walnuts 3) Buffalo meat 1) Tobacco leaf: Tobacco, one of the most widely-used addictive substances in the world, is a plant native to the Americas and historically one of the half-dozen most important crops grown by American farmers. From 1617 to 1793 tobacco was the most valuable staple export from the English American mainland colonies and the United States. Until the 1960s, the United States not only grew but also manufactured and exported more tobacco than any other country. The largest tobacco company in the world by volume is China National Tobacco Co... World tobacco leaf exports from 2010-2011 averaged 1.98 million tonnes per year which the FAO expects to grow by 1% to 2.2 million by 2012. Today developing nations are responsible for almost 65% of global tobacco exports, while developed countries account for the remainder. Of the countries below, the domestic economies of Zimbabwe and Malawi depend most heavily on tobacco exports to the rest of the world. Production by country: Country or region Production in thousands of tons China 2,298.8 India 595.4 Brazil 520.7 United States 408.2 European Union 314.5 Zimbabwe ...
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...Walnut is the common people food. It is nutritious, has a brain, kidney, beauty, lipid-lowering effect of four. Walnuts and walnut or China's traditional export commodities. However, due to the hard walnut shells, hand stripping nuclear extremely inconvenient and time-consuming. Therefore, raising the level of mechanization take walnut kernel, the production process is an urgent problem. Walnut Huller is mainly used for rigid walnut sheller, a complete different rates, and the yield of different varieties of walnut nuts, one is the structure by regulating the motor speed, the rotational speed of the wind speed and the size of the internal fit. The other is by adjusting the internal clearance, to achieve the best effect shelling. Walnut huller main features Walnut huller from the rack, the fan rotor, single-phase motor, screen (the size of two kinds), into the hopper, vibrating screen, belt wheel and drive belt and other components. After the normal operation of equipment, walnut quantitative evenly and continuously into the hopper, walnut repeatedly hit in the rotor, Friction, collision broken down, and crushed walnut shells in the rotation of the rotor and the wind pressure blow, through certain pore size screen (the first threshing with a large hole mesh, small fruit skin after cleaning the mesh apertures replaced second peel) filtration, separation. Walnut hull, tablets in rotating fan blowing force, to make lightweight body shell is blown, the heavier the fruit through...
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...Blue Diamond Walnuts Kahlfanie Carabon Keller School of Management April 19, 2015 Executive Summary Today’s walnut market is growing increasingly. It is projected to increase by over 25 percent in the next 3 years, (USDA, 2014). There is a grand opportunity provided by the rise in walnut demand that come s in the form of a brand extension for Blue Diamond to extend its reach into the walnut market. This extension would be two fold. The first would be opening up production to support our walnut products. The second would be securing that production in China’s rich walnut market. There is a high demand for walnuts in China, represented by their high import of the nut. The opportunity is prime for brand extension. The market has evolved in such a way that it will be strong enough to secure this move. The strengths come from several factors which are, demographics, history and awareness. The demographics factors are strong and numerous. The infrastructure is there, the people or future workers are there and the consumers are already supporting the product, just without the Blue Diamond stamp on it. History tells us of China’s linage with nuts in general that has proclaimed them as the number one exporter of nuts. An article by William Neuman in the NY times reads, “Last year, China was the top foreign buyer of American walnuts, and in 2007, it became the leading export market for pecans. Altogether, China bought $737 million in tree nuts from the United States last year...
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...A Tale of Two Best Friend’s Childhood As someone with a sister two years older than me, I knew about the daunting summer reading task mandatory for Honors English at North Providence High School. That daunting task is reading the 617 page book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Since my sister still had her copy of the book, I started reading before finals even ended way back in June, hoping to read about twenty pages a day to keep the torture in small doses. However, John Irving’s novel was far from torture. I tried to stick to my schedule of only twenty pages a day just so keep me occupied throughout the summer, but I failed miserably, and finished A Prayer For Owen Meany a week after finals. The book consists of motifs such as baseball, religion, friendship, war, inappropriate humor, school, and family which are highly relatable, regardless of gender or age. One incredible attribute to the story A Prayer For Owen Meany is how almost everything connects. As the reader I so easily overlooked “the shot” and wondered why Owen practiced it with John countless times. Clearly Owen would never be tall enough to play for the Gravesend Academy basketball team, and Owen was not even a fan of the sport basketball. However, at the very end of the book the importance of John and Owen’s shot is revealed. Irving writes, “’READY?’ he said; I passed him the Chicom grenade and opened my arms to catch him. He jumped so lightly into my hands; I lifted him up, as easily as I had always...
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...STDY 80: Studying & Learning Final Projects: Research Paper SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER (A) “An Overview of the Hospitality and Restaurant Management Profession” December 12, 2006 By: John Doe STDY 80: Studying & Learning Prof: Kathleen E. High, M.Ed. Mt San Antonio College Hospitality & Restaurant Management Doe: i Thesis Statement: A person who wants to become a professional in the Hospitality and Restaurant Management field should consider gaining both experience and an educational degree in order to enjoy a successful career. Purpose: To help the author understand what it will take to become a professional in the HRM field. Audience: Professor Outline: I. Introduction: The HRM profession is multi-faceted a. An Educational Degree is advantageous; Experience is also key b. Responsible for operations of a functioning food establishment c. The field is diverse and covers all demographics and populations II. Body: The HRM profession is multi-faceted because of the nature of the hospitality and restaurant industry. a. Education - A degree from an accredited university or training from a certified program can be advantageous. i. AS in Hospitality & Restaurant Management ii. BS in Culinary Arts Management iii. Business & Marketing iv. Recreation Management b. Experience – with dedication and hard work, a person may be able to work his or her way from bottom up. i. Getting a foot in the door ii. Learning from observation and practice iii. It takes time ...
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... Life does not always come as one wishes it would, being alive means to exist, but perhaps the journey and ending of a life is already destined from the second an individual is conceived. Although the world may be predetermined, it is still up to a person to live and love to the fullest while they are still given the opportunity. In order to have pure happiness, tolerating the storm for the sun and giving selflessly is crucial; this is evident in A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving uses irony in A Prayer for Owen Meany to bring to light the importance of tolerance and sacrifice in individual’s lives. The irony used by Irving shows how tolerance is key in life when facing tough dilemmas; enduring pain helps to shape individuals and transform them into who they are destined to be. A prime example of a character who has sustained immensely is Owen Meany; his shortcomings begin since childhood. For instance, Johnny states that during Sunday school, “We tortured him, I think, in order to hear his voice; I used to think his voice came from another planet. Now I’m convinced it was a voice not entirely of this world” (Irving 5). Through Irving’s writing, irony is used to emphasize the “cartoon voice” (18) of Owen and contrast his outspoken personality to his miniscule physical identity. Description of Owen is anything but heroic; he is portrayed as a weak link... a nerd. Owen, “‘a little doll,”’ (3) ends up becoming the hero when he saves the Vietnamese children from the bomb that is...
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...the Native Americans to the early settlers, is still quite popular today, and is responsible for one of the few wild foods that can be purchased commercially in most supermarkets. Most people associate syrup with the maple tree, and although much of today’s syrup does originate from the sugar maple, all species of maple can be tapped. Even better, many other trees from other genera can be tapped to extract sap, which ultimately can be turned into delicious syrup. In this post, I won’t be discussing the methods involved in tapping for sugar production. If you are unfamiliar with the process, there are a variety of great websites, videos, and books to guide you. Rather, I would like to provide a list of various trees (maples, birches, walnuts, etc.) that you can tap successfully to yield wonderful, sugary products. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) The sugar maple yields the highest volume and concentration of sap, making it a superior candidate for tapping. Its sugar content is approximately 2.0%. Black maple (Acer nigrum) Black maples produce as much sweet sap as sugar maples. The trees closely resemble sugar maples and can be distinguished by their leaves. Black maples tend to have leaves with three major lobes, while leaves from sugar maples have five lobes. Red maple (Acer rubrum) Sap yields from red maples are generally lower than those from sugar maples, although some tapping operations utilize only red maples. The trees bud out earlier in the spring, which may reduce...
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...leafstalk. The leaves of some kinds of plants also have a third part, called the stipules. The Blade, or lamina, is the broad, flat part of the leaf. Photosynthesis occurs in the blade, which has many green food-making cells. Leaf blades differ from one another in several ways: (1) the types of edges, (2) the patterns of the veins, and (3) the number of blades per leaf. The Types of Edges. Almost all narrow, grasslike leaves and needles leaves have a blade with a smooth edge, as do many broadleaf plants, particularly those that are native to warm climates. The rubber plant, a common house plant, is a good example of such a plant. The leaves of many temperate broadleaf plants have small, jagged points called teeth along the blade edge. Birch and elm trees have such leaves. Some plants have hydathodes, tiny valvelike structures that can release excess water from the leaf. The teeth of young leaves on many plants, including cottonwood and pin cherry trees, bear tiny glads. These glands produce liquids that protect the young leaf from plant-eating insects. Some temperate broadleaf plants -- including sassafras trees and certain mulberry and oak trees -- have lobed leaves. The edge of such a leaf looks as if large bites have been taken out of it. This lobing helps heat escape from the leaf. The Patterns of the Veins. Veins carry food and water in a leaf. They also support the blade, much as the metal ribs support the fabric of an open umbrella. In most broad leaves, the veins...
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