Less than one percent of the water in a tree that actually reaches the leaves is used in photosynthesis and plant growth because most of it is lost in a process called transpiration. ... Transpiration is the evaporation of water from plants. ... The Cohesion-Tension Theory is the most likely explanation for transporting water to great heights against gravity. ... Mycorrhiza presents several benefits to the host plant or tree, including faster growth and improved nutrition. ... In reality, even scientists are unsure as to how exactly water does reach 300 foot heights in trees, but the cohesion...

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They did not waste any part of the plant (Roulac 28). ... Even our founding fathers advocated the growth of hemp. ... Hemp is planted very close together, the plants grow to heights between twelve and twenty feet. ... Marijuana is planted sparsely, and grows to heights between five and eight feet. ... The growth of industrial hemp provides other economic benefits as well, not just the prospects of producing our own fuel. ...

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Upon purchasing the Louisiana Territory in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson already had plans for a great expedition of this new territory in the West. ... The American Indians helped Lewis and Clark discover hundreds of plants specimens and ascertain their habitats, growth needs, and uses. ... Certain medicines could be made from certain plants and used, such as aloe from the plant used for sun burns. ... Western Geography Clark made a huge impact on this expedition in his part of being a great cartographer. ... The Corp of Discovery found that the headwaters of every major river in the West ...

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In addition, ashes often contain minerals that are beneficial to plants, and if it is very fine ash it is able to break down quickly and get mixed into the soil. ... The gas bubbles produces a tremendous pressure that helps to bring the magma out to the surface and forces it in the air, sometimes to great heights (Hale). ... Ash may be defined as a conjunction of substances expelled with a great power. ...

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With the release special effects driven extravaganza "The Day After Tomorrow" global warming will once again be on the forefront of everyone's minds. It is strangely appropriate that the newest boogey man is not a space alien, as the director's previous movie, "Independence Day", used, but climate c...

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William Durant was a flamboyant businessman whose curious mix of genius and over-reaching took GM both to its heights as well as plunged it into financial distress. ... The Great Depression and World War II In 1929, a crash in the stock market brought America into the Great Depression. ... This policy system remained crucial to the success of GM through the Great Depression. ... GM was forced to abandon their Opel plant in Germany. ... Despite these setbacks, GM continue to expand with employment growth by hiring more minority workers and making a diversified workplace. ...

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History The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica was the Great Navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18, 1502, and Columbus was making his fourth and final voyage to the New World. As he was setting anchor off shore, a crowd of local Carib Indians paddled out in...

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"Geometry has two great treasures: one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. ... Many times only string and copper wire were used to transfer proportions such as the golden section dimension into a column, the space between columns, the widths and heights, or to a plan layout of a building (Harris). ...

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Honey has an incredibly low water level of about 0.6, which makes the growth of microorganisms nearly impossible. ... Early humans must have viewed its discovery as a miracle; it never spoiled, was intensely sweet and was nearly immune to the growth of microorganisms, meaning it could be preserved and traveled with. ...

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But he did, in his own words, "build a car for the great multitude." ... His ingenuity took the assembly line method of production to new heights of productivity and efficiency, but he shook the industrial world to its foundations with an amazing gamble: he doubled wages and reduced working hours. ... The five-dollar-a-day wage policy reduced turnover, improved morale, and brought some of the best workers to his plants in Michigan. ... This car was such a great impact, that the lifestyle we know today was created a lot by one automobile. ...

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Important Facts the smallest unit of life is the cell instructions for development are contained in DNA collectively, all of the chemical processes in a cell are called metabolism producers often obtain energy from the sun homeostasis refers to the ability to maintain a constant internal environment cells in domains archaea and eubacteria lack nucleii plants are multicellular producers an educated guess might be called a hypothesis science is based on evidence philosophy is not a step in the scientific method an atom is the smallest unit of substance that retains the properties of the subst...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page------------------------------------------2 Presentation Order----------------------------------3 Introduction----------------------------------------4 Growth of Coca-Cola---------------------------------6 Staffing/Recruiting---------------------------------10 Training/Development--------------------------------22 Compensation/Benefits-------------------------------25 Competition-----------------------------------------31 Executive Summary-----------------------------------38 ...

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The first great expansion of European capitalism took place in the 16th century, following the first circumnavigation of the earth in 1519 to 1521. ... This was brought to a halt by the First World War and the bout of anti-free trade protectionism that led to the Great Depression in 1930. ... The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. ... The WTO argues that the growth of trade between countries increases the wealth of ev...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and assoc...

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