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    Genetic engineering is a method of plant breeding that allows the transfer of genes from one plant into another‚ unrelated‚ plant species. The chief goal of producing genetically modified plants is to create species that do not naturally occur in the environment. Pros of plant genetic engineering include: Creating crops that are resistant to herbicides. Creating crops that possess resistance to insects. Producing plants that have richer nutritional value. Creating plants that could serve as vaccines

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    Deeter and Ventria was denied the request to plant rice om a commercial scale‚ Deeter was facing the challenge to find the best way the inexperienced‚ high risk‚ investor supported company was going to meet their mission statement of being able to provide affordable human health products for the global community. In addition the company faced ongoing protest from various groups including environmentalist‚ food safety activist‚ consumer activist‚ and rice farmers. The original stake holder in Ventria

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    2.1 Improved plant material for establishing successful teak plantations For planting‚ teak vegetative material comes from seeds or vegetative propagation (clones). Careless selection of plant material is one of the main causes of plantation failure. There has been considerable progress in producing improved seed from seed areas and orchards‚ increasing the overall quality of plants used for many projects. To obtain considerable genetic gains in shorter time clonal propagation has shown to be an

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    worms to start growing their crops for the new season. Furthermore‚ this is the midyear festival year for the prevention of disease to ward off evil spirits. Therefore‚ on this occasion‚ the whole family must wake up early and eat fermented sticky rice and fruits. The worshipping is held at noon‚ hour of Ngo – 12.00p.m‚ and then the family has lunch. In short‚ this festivity shows not only its especial name but also a deep meaning. Second‚ this amazing celebration starts with elder females retelling

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    Bánh Chưng

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    famous food of Japan. Similar‚ Vietnamese are also have their traditional foods. Beside of phở‚ bún bò huế‚ or nem nướng‚ Bánh chưng is also a proud of VietNam. The dictionary definition of Bánh chưng as a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from glutinous rice‚ mung bean‚ pork and other ingredients. However‚ it isn’t enough to explain the meaning of Bánh chưng. Behind that simple cake is a long story about family’s love. According to the book Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Extraordinary stories

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    Is Magic Rice a Good Thing? Magic rice has been developed for decades and it has got both praise and blame. What is magic rice? Magic rice is the kind of crop produced by crossing two varieties of a particular crop. It is also called the hybrid rice. The idea of magic rice is that if you cross two parents which are genetically distant from each other‚ the offspring will be magical‚ particularly in terms of yields. Is magic rice a good thing? Although the magic rice can increase the yields‚ it is

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    field of rice‚ called “Golden Rice”‚ was completely devastated by a group of angry Filipino protestors. However‚ this was no ordinary rice. It was genetically modified rice that was designed to alleviate some major problems in the world. One farmer passionately said‚ “we do not want our people‚ especially our children‚ to be used in these experiments.” However‚ there were several people outraged by this act of vandalism. One of those people‚ Amy Harmon‚ decided to bury the notion that Golden Rice is detrimental

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    Condoleezza “Condi” Rice is an American political scientist. Condi served as the 66th United States Secretary of State. The second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Condi became the first black woman to hold the post. Condoleezza went on becoming the first black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State‚ serving January 2005 to 2009. Condoleezza Rice was born on a November 14‚ 1954‚ Birmingham‚ Alabama. Condi was born as the only child of Angeline and John

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    The general public seems to be very wary of genetically modified organisms‚ or GMOs‚ and particularly genetically modified foods. People argue that they are dangerous because not enough research has been done concerning their safety. However‚ scientists are taking advantage of technology like recombinant DNA technology in order to produce cheaper crops that offer to help combat issues like world hunger and malnutrition. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica‚ a genetically modified organism is

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    lies‚ fraud and errors”‚ the truth about GMOs is discussed and explored. In his argument Saletan effectively uses pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos. To accomplish this‚ he lists the many incredibly applications of GMOs (logos)‚ tells the story of the Golden Rice GMO (pathos)‚ and speaks of the research he put into his work (ethos). In Saletan’s work we read that “the USDA’s catalog of recently engineered plants shows plenty of worthwhile GMO options‚ (yet people still oppose these brilliant plant modifications)

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