The other is the Castilla ulei, from which rubber can be extracted only by cutting down the tree . ... No source of rubber comparable to the Hevea tree has been found in any other part of the world, although most of the world's rubber now comes from a variety of Hevea which is much more productive than the native wild trees of the Amazon . ... There could be no supervision of the tapping methods and no care of the trees to insure their continued productivity. ... Some very industrious workers, good rifle-shots and handy with the bow and arrow shooting fish, often manage to save consi...

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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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In this picture, he may be giving the spectator an idea of his own feelings when he returned home. ... However, Cole also gives the watcher indications of the loss caused by the presence of humanity in nature. If we observe the painting more closely, we can see tree remains and timber that may well be considered as some warnings about "taming the wilderness". The scene suggest a loving family of valiant pioneers living off of the abundance of nature, but the importance of ugly tree remains and axes in close proximity makes the viewer wonder if Cole did not want to symbolize humanity's...

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Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial history r...

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Commonly known as marijuana, Cannabis Sativa, a natural herb, is also known as ganja, Mary Jane and hemp and a wide variety of slang words. The herb can be grown and cultivated in two forms; hemp (industrial) and marijuana (psychoactive drug THC). Cannabis has endured a long controversial history r...

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Memory resident database systems (MDBs) store their data in principle physical memory and give rapid access. ... T-trees and hashing are the top access methods for MMDB systems. Hashing provides fast lookup and update, but is not as space efficient as a tree. T-Trees have been designed for MMDBs since they can transverse deeper trees faster than traditional database that uses short, bushy structures. MMDBs are efficient with hashing and T-Trees because they use pointers for data representation. ...

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These ratios of tones have been found to give a satisfying feeling to the listener which is created when mathematics are applied. ... The Fibonacci sequence comes up everywhere in nature from the branches and leaves on trees, to the reproductive cycle of certain animals. ... On many trees, branches come forth as you go up the tree in this sequence. ... The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel." - Johannes Kepler, Harmonices Mundi This quote gives us a better understanding of the importance many philosophers, and scientists of the time placed on t...

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As Denscombe, (1998, p68) explains: "The image of the pitch-helmeted outsider dressed in khaki shorts arriving on the shores of some remote and exotic palm tree island to set up camp and study the lives of the "native" has become legendary." ... This method would also avoid the use of secondary data, like students" statements, that would not give the same quality or reliability of data. ... It would be important to provide a "public account of the role of self" to give readers an insight into the possible influence of the researcher on the description. ... As Denscombe, (1998, p68) explai...

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Excerpt 333.17201 is definitions, and part c gives the definition of a registered professional nurse. ... Section two allows pharmaceutical manufacturers or wholesale distributors to give free samples of drugs to registered nurses ("Public Health Code (Excerpt) Act 368 of 1978", 1978). ...

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Jack and his tribe are clearly not satisfied with the heavenly setting and become obsessed with hunting and getting meat, even though they have food supply from all the fruit trees. ... Much the same, Adam and Eve become obsessed with the forbidden fruit and find themselves in lust for it, even when they have the option of choosing from all the other fruit trees. ... After Jack, Roger is second to give in and show brutality that he finds satisfaction in. ... In addition to the boy's illustration of true human nature, Jack and his tribe fully give themselves over to evil. They leave the so...

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They uproot many rare plant species when searching for worms and grubs in the soil, including small trees. ... Politicians are reluctant to give conservationists freedom to wage an all-out war on the pigs because native Hawaiians, who hunt the pigs and use them in spiritual ceremonies, want them to remain on the islands (Royte 1995). ...

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Consider the way Worster's version of Thoreau's empirically rooted difference from Emerson's figuratively deracinated use of nature has extended into recent criticism that gives greater attention to Thoreau's unpublished work after Walden (1854). ... On my reading, Emerson has his own more empirical, late natural history projects, work also left largely unfinished and generally neglected by critics because it, too, was found wanting, as Robinson suggests of Thoreau's post-Walden work, by a "New Critical celebration" of "formal and symbolic achievement." (9) I give part...

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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story On August 6th 1945, the first Atomic Bomb, "Little Boy," was dropped on Hiroshima, and three days later on August 9th 1945, the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man," was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan's ...

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After some unfruitful attempts, he sat down under a tree and promised himself to not move from there until he figures out the specific answers to his questions. After several days spent under the tree, he finally found the answer to the question of suffering and earned the title of Buddha, which means the one "who has awoken". ... Buddha gives a specific eightfold path to follow, called Marga. ... This idea of Karma gives rise to another principle of Buddhism, called rebirth and which is also inspired from Hinduism. ...

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After this people started to give names to the rituals that they performed for these gods and thus religions were created. ... For instance, religion tries to answer all of the deepest questions that people have, and for some it would help to give a sense of their place in the universe. ... Finally, while meditating under the bodhi tree ("tree of perfect knowledge-) he reached enlightenment and taught his followers about his new spiritual understanding. ...

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Eagleton's definition connects literature and society by giving the reader the responsibility of creating their own definition, "the definition of literature [is] up to somebody [who] decides to read, not to the nature of what is written" (5). ...

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Charles lived the life of a successful professor, with a wife and two boys, he had been a veteran of the Vietnam war and now enjoyed going to the lake on the weekends and giving lectures about anthropology. ... Like Eve who let the temptation of the serpent convince her to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Sinbad fell to the temptation of the women in the woods who convinced him to eat the slaughtered meat... (Genesis 3:7) Sinbad says, "I didn't know what I was afraid of, but the fact that I was afraid at all marked such a difference now I could feel the difference."...

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Marijuana commonly known as ganga, pot, weed, and maryjane are terms used for dried flowers and leaves of the plant Cannabis sativa. The most potent portion of the mind altering chemicals known as "cannabinoids " is contained in the flowers. The leaves contain a lesser dose of the same chemicals and have become a renowned symbol of marijuana. Different strands of the Cannabis sativa produces different amounts and mixtures of cannabinoids; varying with genetics, the growing techniques, timing of the harvest and even how it is dried. The main psychoactive ingredient is delta-9-tetrahydrocannani...

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Smith affirms that acting on our sympathetic feelings not only gives pleasure but also moderates our natural egocentricity. ... The search for the power that could give life seemed to have ended with the discovery of electricity. ...

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The Green Berets give aid to and protect the villagers while fighting for democracy. ... Cimino gives the Vietnamese two roles in the movie; they are either savages participating in Russian roulette matches or refugees fleeing the country. ...

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The person usually giving the test is a stranger and more often a white than black. ... The instructions for administering the tests are quite rigid, so people give the wrong answer because he or she does not understand the question. ...

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This is one of the reasons why organizations such as Greenpeace want to ban its extraction in the Arctic, arguing that giving more uranium to the countries is also give them more power to go to war, and that is not really a priority in times of peace. ...

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Other sagas give a more episodic impression, such as the lengthy Eyrbyggja saga or the shorter, rather primitive Kormáks saga, which has some inept transitions and episodes that are digressive or duplicated, as well as lacking crucial explanation at some points. ... It can be difficult at first reading to grasp the significance of the incidental characters, and many editions and translations offer lists of dramatis personae and family trees. ...

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Consequently, Christianity was not only turned native in Graeco-Roman cities, but also helped to shape the Graeco-Roman world; conversely the Graeco-Roman world helped to shape Christianity giving it the language and all other creative symbols at its disposal to produce what we practice and discuss today in the sacraments and theology. ...

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"There have been small groups throughout history that have proclaimed the end of the world "(1), Macy gives examples of these "groups " of peoples correctly predicting mass deaths affecting multiple cultures such as the Bubonic Plague that wiped out 60% of Europe's population, these predictions were created upon a religious context, of a belief in an angry but just God that had the will to punish his children if need be. ... To better understand how we can begin to heal the Earth giver of all life we must first understand the world in which she and I and you live in. ... The third lense...

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