...Running With Scissors By: Augusten Burroughs In this book there were many characters involved that had different parts. The main was Augusten, a young boy caught in the middle of a family falling apart. His mother Deidre who is a poet, she at times at has psychotic breakdowns. Other characters were Dr.Finch who is Deidre’s therapist which who later becomes augustens legal guardian. Neil Bookman, one of Dr Finches patient and also Augustens first lover who is much older then him. Also there is Natalie; she is one of Dr.Finch’s daughters. She and Augusten become best friends towards the end. Few other people in the book are Fern, Deidre’s first lover, Dorothy, Deidre’s second lover, and Hope the oldest daughter of Dr. Finch. This story takes place in Massachusetts, Augusten goes from living in a wonderful clean big home to living with the therapist in a rundown old Victorian home in Northampton, the house has no order what so ever, its far from being clean, Dr. Finch feels he doesn’t need to tell everyone living with him what they should do, which include his wife and children and a few of this patients. Augusten begins to live with the Finch family have the separation of his mother and father, she believes she well be unable to be good parent. He deals with many different things and learns a lot by leaving at the Finch residence. I’m not really sure how I felt about the book, it was interesting at points but I mainly read it because a friend told me I should and loaned...
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...commonly eaten with various fufu recipes: Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri and Cassava Fufu. In the South Eastern parts of Nigeria, Banga Soup is referred to as Ofe Akwu where Ofe means Soup / Stew and Akwu means palm fruit and is used mainly as stew for the White Rice recipe. How to Cook Banga Soup/Stew [Video] The palm fruit oil extract used in cooking Banga Soup / Stew is quite different from the Palm Oil used in cooking Nigerian food recipes. Palm Oil is pure oil extracted from the palm fruit pulp at high temperatures while the palm fruit oil extract used for the Banga Soup is extracted at a very low temperature and is a mixture of oil and water. Palm fruit oil extracted for Banga Soup contains less saturated fat than palm oils. Ingredients for Banga Soup 1 kg Palm Fruits or 800g tinned Palm Fruit Concentrate Beef Dry Fish Vegetable: Scent Leaves for Ofe Akwu or dried and crushed bitterleaves for Delta-style Banga Soup 2 medium onions A handful crayfish or 2 tablespoons of ground Crayfish Salt and Chilli Pepper (to taste) Ogiri Okpei (Iru) 1-2 big stock cubes Before you cook the Nigerian Banga Soup Extract the palm fruit concentrate from the palm fruits. If using the tinned palm fruit concentrate, open the tin and set aside. Cook the beef and the dry fish with 1 bulb of diced onion and the stock cubes till done. Wash and cut the scent leaves into tiny pieces. The scent leaves give the Banga Stew (Ofe Akwu) its unique aroma and taste. If you are outside Nigeria, this may...
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...Research Paper Every plant is different. There are no two plants that are the same, nor are there two that grow the same way. Some plants grow in hot, dry environments while others grow in cold, damp environments. Some plants grow in the tropical rain forests while others grow in prairies. Even plants that are in the same family can grow in different climates and environments. Plants can be as similar as they are different. Plants need certain factors to be able to thrive in an environment. They need certain levels of water and sunlight. They need a certain type of soil and certain amount of shade. Plants are very picky on how, when and where they grow. The Beavertail Cactus, African Lilly, and Boston fern are three plants that are very different in many ways. They all grow in different regions and require different levels of abiotic factors. They are each unique in their own way and are ever different then the species in their families. The Beavertail Cactus is a part of the cactaceae, cactus family. It has a scientific name of Opuntia basilaris. The cactus is the state cactus of Texas. The lifespan of it is over twenty years. Another name that the Beavertail Cactus is referred to is “Prickly Pear.” It is referred by that name because of the fruit that grows on it. Spanish-American culture influenced a nickname for the fruit, “tuna.” The Beavertail Cactus is flat and pancake like with no leafs. It is a dull green color. The cactus can reach up to seven feet tall while...
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...of Tomato Fruits S. R. ADAMS*, K. E. COCKSHULL and C. R. J. CAVE Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK Received: 6 April 2001 Returned for revision: 1 June 2001 Accepted: 13 July 2001 Tomato fruits ripened 95, 65, 46 and 42 d after Øower opening when plants were grown under controlled environ- mental conditions at 14, 18, 22 and 26 8 C, respectively. A similar response to temperature was observed when the temperature of individual trusses was modiÆed while the plants were grown at 20 8 C. These data were used to develop a thermal time model for fruit maturation. However, when buds/fruits were heated at dierent stages in their development, the thermal time model proved to be a poor predictor of the time of ripening. Fruits were more sensitive to elevated temperature in their later stages of maturation. Temperature also aected the rates of fruit growth in volume; these could be adequately described using a Gompertz function. Low temperatures reduced absolute volume growth rates and delayed the time at which the absolute growth rate became maximal. However, the response of fruit growth to temperature diered when only the temperature of the fruits was modiÆed. There was a tendency towards small parthenocarpic fruits at both high (26 8 C) and low (14 8 C) temperature regimes which, combined with low Øower numbers and poor fruit set at 26 8 C, resulted in low fruit yields. Temperature also aected the shoot dry matter content...
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...despite the fact that I work-out five times a week, doing various physical activities such as, yoga, P90X, hip-hop abs, playing basketball, and running. Within this assignment, I will create a healthy eating plan for myself, implementing my personal recommendations from choosemyplate.gov website and my recommendations from mypyramidtracker.gov website. Furthermore, I will discuss my current eating habits and ways on how I plan to implement my healthy eating plan into my daily lifestyle. On any given day, I consume on average 2-3 8oz cups of Spanish espresso, way over the recommended daily amount, along with 1 12 oz. regular mountain dew. However, other than that I drink 1 full glass of 2% milk, 4-5 12 oz. bottles of water, 1-2 serving of fruits and vegetables, 4-6 serving of meats and beans and to be honest an unknown amount of fats, oils, and sweets. Other than the obvious no-no foods and drinks that I consume on a daily basis, I feel that my daily diet is not all that terrible. I am a 28 year old African-American female, 5 foot 10 inches tall, and I weight approximately 171 lbs. According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute website, based on my current weight, height, and age, my approximate body mass index...
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...grape skin color is more black, the more containing flavonoids, better protect the heart rats. Grape Vitaceae Vitis woody vine, fruit spherical or oval-shaped, flowering from April to May, fruiting period from August to September. Grapes are one of the world's oldest fruit trees, grape plant fossils found in Tertiary strata, indicating that they have been found in Europe, Asia and Greenland. WEST grapes native to Asia, all over the world are cultivated grapes from around the world about 95% concentrated in the northern hemisphere. Grape glucose, organic acids, amino acids, vitamins on the brain excitatory effects, eat neurasthenia and fatigue were also beneficial. Long-term smokers may be more grapes, grapes can help lung cell detoxification, but also has expectorant effect, can ease the smoking-induced airway inflammation, itching and other symptoms. Grape juice and frail patients, hardening of the arteries and the rehabilitation of nephritis patients have secondary effects. Can help reduce organ rejection in patients implanted surgical promote a speedy recovery. Keep fit people should be aware that the grapes are not easy to get fat eating fruit. Women have to eat a dozen pieces rich in vitamin fresh black grapes or green grapes, can achieve the purpose of weight loss, but also beneficial to cardiovascular health. Raisins nutritional food for dry edible weak constitution, appetizer appetite, vomiting and tonic and analgesic effects. Grapes used to wine: However, the huge...
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...Rural Economy in India Overall Rating: star ratingstar ratingstar ratingstar ratingstar rating[3/5]Total Votes [ 10 ] Rate this page: 1 2 3 4 5 The Rural Economy in India is wholly agriculture based and it is of tremendous importance because it has vital supply and demand links with the other Indian industries. Agriculture is the main stay of the Indian economy, as it constitutes the backbone of rural India which inhabitants more than 70% of total Indian population. The fertility of the soil has augmented the success of agriculture in India. Further, Rural Economy in India has been playing an important role towards the overall economic growth and social growth of India. India has been predominantly an agriculture-based country and it was the only source of livelihood in ancient time. During prehistoric time when there was no currency system the India economy system followed barter system for trading i.e. the excess of agricultural produce were exchanged against other items. The agriculture produce and system in India are varied and thus offers a wide agricultural product portfolio. Today, the rural economy in India and its subsequent productivity growth is predicated to a large extent upon the development of its 700-million strong rural population. The agricultural economy of India is drafted according to the needs of rural India since majority of the population lives in about 600,000 small villages. In India, agriculture accounts for almost 19% of Indian...
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...25 Alkaline-Promoting Foods These foods may help neutralize potentially toxic dietary acids, potentially supporting organ health and trimming body mass. Posted on 1/10/2014 | Comments (4) 1K+ PRINT The typical American diet is full of foods like meat and dairy products that tend to increase the acidity of your blood. Recent research suggests that eating too many acid-promoting foods could potentially damage your kidney and your liver and might even raise diabetes risk. But you can help negate acid’s negative effects on the body by balancing your diet with foods that promote an alkaline body environment. Adding more of these 25 foods into your diet could help support organ health and trim your body mass. The foods are ordered from most neutral to most alkaline-promoting. You can also check if your favorite foods could be filling you up with acids with this list of 25 acid-promoting foods. 1. Draft beer (most neutral) 2. Honey 3. Asparagus 4. Margarine 5. White wine 6. Broccoli 7. Marmalade 8. Mineral water 9. Watermelon 10. Apples 11. Red wine 12. Zucchini 13. Hazelnuts 14. Green beans 15. Tomatoes 16. Cherries 17. Radishes 18. Cauliflower 19. Potatoes 20. Apricots 21. Carrots 22. Celery 23. Bananas 24. Spinach 25. Raisins (most alkaline-promoting) 25 Acid-Promoting Foods Check out this list to see if you could be overloading your body with potentially toxic acids...
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...one! The Desert Marigold has lovely yellow flowers, like your typical Marigolds, only in the desert! They flower for most of the spring and summer, but often into the fall months as well. 11. Desert Willow This small tree features beautiful flowers, but is not actually a willow; the name comes from a similarity between its leaves and the leaves of a traditional willow. 12. Desert Lily To prove that the cactus isn’t the only thing surviving the harsh desert, the Desert Lily does an excellent show of bringing the beauty of lilies to desert areas in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. 13. Turpentine Broom With straight-up stalks standing at attention, Turpentine Brooms are so called because they typically don’t have leaves, only fruit or flowers at the top, creating a broom-like effect. 14. Mojave-aster Technically an herb, the Mojave-aster can be found in desert areas around canyons, and it has a small stem, usually with a white flower. 15. Jumping...
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...REFINED SUGAR-FREE PUMPKIN PECAN COBBLER (PIC) With fall in the air I’ve been back on the pumpkin bandwagon. Lately I’ve been experimenting with replacing refined sugar in recipes. The cobbler and chocolate lava cake have proved to be harder to master as the sugar makes it gooey but I’ve managed to create a gooey caramel flavour pumpkin pecan cobbler. In this recipe I used lucuma powder and coconut sugar to replace the typical white and brown sugar. Lucuma powder is a gluten-free puruvian fruit full of antioxidants, fiber, and minerals with a caramel pumpkin like taste making it the perfect edition to this recipe! (PIC) This cobbler is: Warm Fall flavoured Perfectly sweet Simple & Perfect topped with coconut whipped cream! If you want to make the recipe gluten free use gluten free flour. If you don’t have pecans use walnuts. (PIC)...
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...For the following assignment I have chosen kiwi fruit as my source of concentration and focus. As I started to explore this object, first I have decided to focus on the outer appearance. Just by looking at the kiwi fruit, the shape that I noticed is oval or cylindrical, kind of egg-shaped fruit, a little similar to lemon size, with the two ends on each side. It is also pretty clean and uniform in shape, meaning that it’s not wrinkled or shriveled as I look at it. Skin of the fruit is covered with the thin, short, and fuzzy little hair, almost like it’s wrapped with moss that is of brown color with the dark green layer underneath of it that is evidently flat and plain. The overall color of kiwi is a mixture of brown with dark green. As I grabbed a fruit in order to touch it and hold it, I experienced that the whole fruit is very soft and pleasant due to its hairy texture. I also felt that it is dry and subtle as well, so the fuzz present on the surface of the fruit tends to fall down while touching it. Although it seems pretty soft while holding the kiwi in hands, when I put the fruit closer to my face and touched it with my cheek, I felt a little rough skin of the kiwi fruit. When I held kiwi, I noticed that the fruit itself is massive and heavy; I would say that it was almost like holding an egg. When I squeezed it, it got softer for a moment and automatically came back to its original shape because its stable texture makes that even while pressing on it, the shape stays the...
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...Contents Fruits: 1 Apple 1 Banana 3 Guava 4 Mango 5 Grapes 6 Peaches 7 Orange /Citrus/ kinnu 8 Water Melon 9 Sweet melon 11 Strawberry 12 Pear 13 Apricot 14 Pomegranate 16 Lychee 17 Pineapple 18 Cherry 19 Black Plum (Jamun) 20 Raspberry 21 Papaya: 23 Fruits: Apple Delicious and crunchy apple fruit is one of the most popular fruit favored by health conscious, fitness freaks who believe in “health is wealth.”Scientific name: Malus domestica Apples are low in calories; 100 g of fresh fruit slices provide only 50 calories. Nutrients: Apples contain antioxidant and fiber and Apples however, contain no saturated fats or cholesterol Apple also contains small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus, and calcium. In addition, apple fruit is a good source of B-complex vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamin, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6) Nutritional value: Preparation | Serving Size | Carbs | Fiber(g) | Fat(g) | Energy(kj) | Apple (peeled) | 1 medium sized 100g | 12 | 1 | 0 | 205 | Apple (unpeeled) | 1 medium sized 100g | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 250 | Disease-fighting factor: Apple Fiber helps to prevent absorption of dietary LDL cholesterol in the gut. The dietary fibers also help protect the mucous membrane of the colon from exposure to toxic substances by binding to cancer causing chemicals in the colon. Apples contain antioxidants which may help lower the chance of developing diabetes and asthma. Apples are also...
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...MWA NOMOGRAPH: DIARY FOR BAHAMAS’ GROWERS, 2013 (A PUBLICATION OF MICHAEL WALLACE AND ASSOCIATES) wallacemichael1945@gmail.com By Mike Wallace B. S. (Agr), B. S. (Chem), Member, American Chemical Society “Every garden is a chore sometimes, but no real garden is nothing but a chore” Grasby, 1986 Almanac “Unless you are faithful in small matters, you will not be faithful in large ones.” Luke 16:10 Michael Wallace Apt 2 Tivoli Gardens West Atlantic Drive P.O.Box H-45077 242-351-8248 (H); 242-442-2141 (Cell) Freeport, Grand Bahama Bahamas CONTENTS OF YOUR GROWER’S DIARY • (Unofficial) List of Public Holidays for 2013 • Composite Calendar for 2013 • Suggested Annual Growers’ Garden/Farm Plan • Development: Planning for Changes • Directory • Emergency Preparedness for Hurricane Season, 2013 • Farm Credit and Farm Assistance Opportunities • Preparing the Garden Area • Table of General/Average Monthly Weather Conditions • Herbicides/Weed Killers • Make 2013 a Year of Prayer for Self, For Families, For Communities, and for Our Country • Identification and Management of Common Crop Pests • Listing of Contacts (UNOFFICIAL) PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2012 - New Year’s Day …… 1st January - Good Friday …….. 29th March - Easter Monday …….....
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...organization that takes inputs and transforms them into output of greater value. Fruit Juice production procedures involved in fruit drinks manufacturing depends on type of juice unit is going to make. For purpose of this- feasibility, Pran propose 4% token juice drink of citrus fruit (Orange), Mango and pineapple. The type of process that Pran uses is make-to-stock as it produces standardized products. The process is multistage as few stages are similar for all juices and few are different depending upon their size. Process Type The process for Pran Juices is a “Repetitive-process” as juice, where the produced product is almost the same apart from their size. The company used to produce higher volume of products (juice pack) as standardized goods. They have low flexibility of equipment as it is needed. The workers of different sections of the juice factory are efficient in the job of their own section. And high volume of production helps to keep its unit cost low. Fruit Juice- Production Process flow Production of fruit juice is standardized process and initial processes for all fruits will be similar, as will be the last stage of juice pasteurization section and packaging, although differences in handling juice composition arise in certain cases due to the nature of the fruit and percentage of vitamin involved. Basically preparation of juices involves the following steps: • Boiling of Fruit • Filtering Seeds • Collecting Pulps and Preparing Puree • Storage in Tank ...
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...Today, more and more people are eating organic fruits and vegetables without washing it beforehand. It is often said that these store bough fruits such as berries mold very quickly. Within just a few days, these fruits purchased begin to rot and a gray mold appears around the surface. Gray mold is one of the most common fruit rotting diseases. This rotting process is referred to as botrytis, it is a gray mold that often grows on berries (Boon 2004). Blackberries, blueberries, grapes and strawberries are often affected by this type of mold. Moreover, according to a recent article published by United States Department of Agriculture, “there is large amount of food in grocery stores that spoil because of moisture loss, spoilage, and other causes.”...
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