Dragon fruit‚ also known as pitaya or pitahaya‚ belongs to the Hylocereus genus of the Cactaceae family. It is recognized as leathery‚ slightly leafy – skinned sweet fruit of many cactus species rooted from Mexico‚ which was believed to be then brought to Central America by the European. Nowadays‚ dragon fruits are widely cultivated in the United States‚ the South East Asia region‚ Israel‚ Australia‚ Cyprus‚ as well as the Canary Islands (Morton‚ 1987). The term “dragon fruit” is used in English
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Dragon fruit in Vietnam has three main varieties: red-skinned fruit with white flesh‚ red-skinned fruit with red flesh and yellow-skinned fruit with white flesh. Since the white-fleshed dragon fruit (or Pitaya) can grow stronger‚ larger and produce sweeter fruit than other varieties‚ they are much more planted in the Vietnam. Dragon fruit with red and yellow flesh are also popular‚ but the area for red-fleshed dragon fruit in the rural areas in Vietnam is trivial and its productivity equals only
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Dragonslayer story was the English epic‚ Beowulf‚ written sometime between the eighth and eleventh centuries. The story of the Dragonslayer is that of a Hero‚ who starts off insignificant‚ but after his journey‚ is strong enough to face and defeat the evil Dragon. The Hero’s Journey is split into three phases; in order they are: Separation‚ Initiation‚ and the Return. The story of Beowulf was written for a specific purpose‚ other than creating a whole genre. The bards who wrote it as though it was a history
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The book I read is a fantasy novel called A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin. There are 18 point of view characters in the book. These characters are Tyrion Lannister‚ Daenerys Targaryen‚ Jon Snow‚ Bran Stark‚ Davos Seaworthy‚ Theon Greyjoy‚ Lady Melisandre‚ Quentyn Martell‚ Barristan Selmy‚ Jon Connington‚ Victarion Greyjoy‚ Arya Stark‚ Areo Hotah‚ Jaime Lannister‚ Cersei Lannister‚ Kevan Lannister‚ Varamir Sixskins‚ and Asha Greyjoy. I chose to read this book because I had read the previous
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Introduction: According to Grainger (2008)‚ “The Roaring Dragon Hotel is one of the three start hotels in south-west China and it is a state owned enterprise “(p.1). Background: Potential of the Roaring Dragon Hotel is not recognized and provisional government decides that Roaring Dragon Hotel requires modernization (Grainger‚ 2008). According to Grainger (2008)‚ “The organizational culture was relaxed with many employees managing to find time to read newspapers‚ drink tea and some managers even
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Dragons’ Den is a CBC program televised in a reality show format where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists known as “Dragons” to secure partnerships and financial supports. Reg Charney (CEO)‚ together with Peter Widdis (Chief Marketing Officer) and Tracy Shi (Chief Sales Officer)‚ aims to persuade the Dragons in investing $50‚000 for 10% of WizOf.Biz – a business consulting website that provides advice to small businesses at an affordable price. According to
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meat/fruit. Author makes us imagine a dragon who hmeal for animal which is a giant playground. Pieces of food playing in dragons mouth! Alliteration- “plump pink” Listing- “So young and fresh and ripe” The author uses this feature to portray desirable and malicious Q2. Explain how the children feel when they enter the playground. “They stand and grin‚ gripping broken teeth.” Feel safe because know what the dragon does‚ excited and know what happen. Tame dragon. Not hurting or harsh “Floating
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The Dragon Slayers Long ago in a time long forgotten a race of Elves held dominion over the dragons slaying them without remorse hunting them to the ends of the earth for gold and riches beyond any mortals wildest dreams if spoken of only in legends and fairy tails‚ what if there was more truth to the legends? of the very legends of the clan of elves the slew the mighty dragons and the last survivor of their race a mighty Dragonkin! Chapter 1 : Legends Deep in the Heralds Holdfast Old Night
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The belief that everyone in our culture is afraid of differences‚ according to Johnson‚ is just a way of keeping the “different people” on the outside. In his book Johnson states that differences do not deter people but usually peaks their curiosity. Johnson states that we are not afraid of the unknown. What actually scares us is the assumptions we have. This mythical fear of differences is just masking out judgements against the people who are not the same as us. Difference only exists because as
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Komodo Dragons have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their reptile ancestors.The giant marine reptile species that lived some 60 million years ago until the end of the age of the dinosaurs. The name Varanus Komodoensis was first given to this dragon reptile by Dutch scientist Peter A Ouwens in 1912. This A large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo‚ Rinca‚ Flores‚ Gili Motang‚ and Padar. An adult Komodo dragon usually weighs around 70 kg (150 lb)‚ although
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