Vegetative reproduction is a kind of asexual reproduction. Many plants do it. By vegetative reproduction plants can cover the ground quickly: ground taken by one plant is difficult for other plants to take. This occurs naturally, and can also be done on purpose by horticulturists.
Vegetative reproduction uses mitosis. This means that the newly created cell is a clone, and identical to the parent cell. Some plants put out new roots underground, have bulbs, or grow new vines and shoots above ground.
By this process, new plants can be grown naturally without any seeds or spores. Therefore, it is widely used especially in agriculture to spread the trees that are of great value to the economy.
In gardening and farming, vegetative reproduction means cutting a tree branch below its center joint, planting it in some other earth, and letting it form new roots. In this way, many kinds of useful plants can be easily reproduced without any seeds, for example: apple, avocado, banana, cacao, hemp, orange/lemon, date, fig, grape, almond, pineapple, potato, strawberry, sugar cane and tea.
Pathological liar
A pathological liar is someone who lies as a habit. It is a form of mental illness. The problem was first written about in 1891 by Anton Delbrueck.
The word phrase pathological comes from pathology, a study of the causes and effects of diseases, and also injuries.
Luis Antonio Arevalo Espadas
Luis Antonio Arevalo Espadas (born September 10, 1982 in Miguelturra) is a swimmer from Spain. He is also a student. He has a disability: He is blind and is an S13/SB13/SM13/B3 type swimmer. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He came in third in 4 x 100 meter relay 49 Points swimming race. He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
CNN en Español
CNN en Español is CNN's Spanish language news channel. On March 17, 1997, CNN launched CNN en Español, a 24-hour Spanish-language news network for Latin America, the Hispanic American, United States marketplace.
Classical unities
The classical unities, Aristotelian unities or three unities are rules for drama. They are found in Aristotle's "Poetics". These are the three unities:
Thomas Norton
Thomas Norton (1532 – 10 March 1584) was a lawyer, a statesman, and a politician who wrote "Gorboduc", the first English tragedy in blank verse.
Norton was born in London to Thomas Norton, a merchant, and Elizabeth Merry Norton. He went to the University of Cambridge. In 1556, he studied law. He was a Member of Parliament. He was a Calvinist, and tortured Catholics. The English bishops grew to dislike him. He was charged with treason and sent to the Tower of London. He was soon released, but his health had grown poor. In March 1584, he died in his Bedfordshire home.
Norton began to write sonnets and other poems when he was 18. In 1560, he wrote the earliest English tragedy in blank verse, "Gorboduc", with Thomas Sackville. He wrote many anti-Catholic pamphlets. He also translated John Calvin's "Institutes" (1561) and Alexander Nowell's "Catechism" (1570).
Mary Carlisle
Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was a retired American actress, dancer and singer. She was known for her roles in "Long Live the King", "Madame Satan", "College Humor", "Double or Nothing", and "Doctor Rhythm".
Carlisle was born on February 3, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was married to James Blakeley from 1942 until his death in 2007. They had one child. In 2010, aged 98, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carlisle became the last known sole surviving "WAMPAS Baby Star".
Carlisle died on August 1, 2018 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the age of 104.
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping (; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who is currently the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China. As paramount leader, he holds the offices of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the President of the People's Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. As General Secretary, he is also a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body.
Xi Jinping is the son of former Chinese Vice Premier Xi Zhongxun and Qi Xin. He rose politically in China's coastal provinces. He was the Governor of Fujian between 1999 and 2002. Between 2002 and 2007, he was Governor and CPC party chief of Zhejiang. After the dismissal of Chen Liangyu, Xi was transferred to Shanghai as the party secretary for a short time in 2007. Xi was promoted to the central leadership in October 2007 and trained to become Hu Jintao's successor.
In November 2012, he was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission in the CPC convention. In March 2013, he was elected as the President of the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Congress. This started his first term as China's leader.
Chinese leadership changes every 5 years, and it happens roughly in October/November (for CPC and military) and March next year (for government). In October 2017 and March 2018, Xi was re-elected as party, military and government leader. This started his second term.
By tradition in recent decades, the Chinese leader leads two terms (10 years in total). The second term identifies his successor and prepares for the power transfer. However, Xi stopped this tradition and abandoned his potential successors Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai, who were put to prison in 2018 due to corruption.
On 11 March 2018, the National People's Congress approved an amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, so that Xi and the future presidents could be reelected for president without term limits.
In July 2018, a trade war started between US and China. At the early stage Xi showed China's muscle by declaring to fight "a tooth for a tooth". As the conflicts continues to worsen, China softened its stance. There were reports that Xi's authority got damaged by his handling of the trade dispute with US.
Xi was born on 15 June 1953 in Beijing, China. His father held lots of posts, including party propaganda chief and vice premier. He has been married to Peng Liyuan since 1987. They have one daughter, Xi Mingze, who graduated from Harvard University in 2015. Xi lives in Zhongnanhai, China.
José Manuel Rodríguez Vazquez
José Manuel Rodríguez Vazquez (born September 2, 1980 in Cádiz) is a boccia player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Division of Wilmot
The Division of Wilmot was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania. It was located in central Tasmania. At various times it included the towns of Deloraine, Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe and New Norfolk.
The Division was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, the sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania. It was set up for the 1903 election. The division was abolished in 1984, and new boundaries were created. Much of the area is now included in the Division of Lyons.
The most famous member was Joseph Lyons, a Premier of Tasmania, who later became the 10th Prime Minister of Australia. Lyons died while still in office, and a by-election was held for the Division in 1939.
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