cotyledon and the first four leaves will follow growth. The lateral branch of cocoa tree knows as jorquette. And the fan branches are the branches that formed on jorquette. Theobroma cacao is one of the major crops in Malaysia after oil palm, rubber and paddy. The productions of cocoa are diversity such as chocolates, beverages and non-food products. In fact, it will influence the economic in…
Awakening Memories through Nostalgic Imagery in “Reflections of Spring” Memory is a part of human’s heart, mind and soul. Some memories are kept safely and some are neglected. Those are kept can take people back to their old days like a time machine. However, sometimes those memories from the past haunt people down for the rest of their life. Feeling regretful and nostalgic, people could lock themselves in their good time in the past and live with people and places that they love…
In Outliers, Gladwell conjectures why a few people have achievement path outside of measurable standards. These factual exceptions, accomplish at levels considerably higher than ordinary effective people do. One could state that Gladwell really alludes to his contention in the subtitle of his book. As indicated by his hypothesis of progress, it is the story encompassing a person that decides achievement considerably more so than a person's drive, knowledge or other individual attributes over…
article “China's Great Gender Crisis” by Tania Branigan specifically addresses how the Chinese culture views men and women in society. Chen's home lies near lush rice paddies, where farmers in wide-brimmed straw hats bend double. The community used to rely on agriculture and believed a boy was necessary for the heaviest work in the fields. "I can't really blame [my in-laws]; their view was a common one. We have a saying, 'The better sons you have, the better life we can have,' because men have…
Privilege is a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular group of people. The United States is what most people would consider a very privileged people. However, most of us do not think that is so. That is because we do not get what we want the moment we ask it. If only we could really see how privileged we are because other people in this world suffer so much. Like the quote that says if the whole world will throw away all their problems into one pile…
The Vietnam War continues to have lasting impacts even though the war ended more than forty-three years ago. The herbicides used during the Vietnam War can still be found in high traces in some places in Vietnam. The environmental impacts caused by Agent Orange and other herbicides than lead to many deadly illnesses for soldiers and local natives. The used of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has effects millions of people and it will affect many more in the years to come. Clearly, herbicides…
Rotavator Saeed Firouzi and Mohammadreza Alizadeh (2012) [1]: has performed field experiment to evaluate different weeding method for groundnut. The weeding method included two power tiller operated weeders Cultivator and Rotavator. Study was carried out at three different forward speeds of 1, 1.5 and 2km/hr. For all the factors Rotavator gave superior results than Cultivator. The maximum soil manipulation was achieved by Rotavator at lowest forward speed of 1km/hr. which leads to higher crop…
Attack on Pearl Harbor If any American is asked what comes to mind when the date December 7, 1971 coms up, the first and only thing that comes to mind is the attack on Pearl Harbor. America will never forget this event. On the this Sunday morning 361 planes launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers and delivered a surprise attack on America’s naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Arguily the most memorable day in US’s history. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and within hours America was…
In 2014, 8.4 billion dollars of the foreign aid budget went directly to healthcare programs in developing countries. Of that, $6 billion went to provide treatment for and stop the spreading of HIV/Aids. UNAIDS estimates that worldwide there are 33.4 million people living with HIV, 2.7 million new infections of aids each year, and 2 million deaths from AIDS each year. (UNAIDS.org). Of those, “7 out of 10 deaths for 2008 were in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that also has over two-thirds of…
As our country celebrates its 59th Independence anniversary with thunderous cheers and applause, colourful bursts of fireworks and lively and energetic cultural applause, Malaysians of all races and ethnicities are once again united as one. Despite the differences in backgrounds and ideologies that we share, we can rejoice in the freedom and victory that we enjoy as one prosperous and harmonious nation. Even our Merdeka celebrations showcase our diversity in its fullest form. We have the…