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Residents may purchase L$ directly through the Second Life viewer, or by logging into the website and using the Lindex Exchange. The ratio of L$ to US$ (L$: US$) is a floating exchange rate depending on supply and demand; Linden Dollars can be purchased and sold on the Lindex at the current market rate, or residents can set their own limit to get a better exchange rate.
The term stone fruit (also stonefruit) can be a synonym for drupe or, more typically, it can mean just the fruit of the genus Prunus. Freestone refers to a drupe having a stone which can be removed from the flesh with ease. The flesh is not attached to the stone and does not need to be cut to free the stone.
Principal growth stage 7: Development of fruit 71: Ovary growing; fruit fall after flowering 72: Green ovary surrounded by dying sepal crown, sepals beginning to fall 73: Second fruit fall 75: Fruit about half final size 76: Fruit about 60% of final size 77: Fruit about 70% of final size 78: Fruit about 80% of final size 79: Fruit about 90% of ...
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.
The chilling requirement of a fruit is the minimum period of cold weather after which a fruit-bearing tree will blossom. It is often expressed in chill hours, which can be calculated in different ways, all of which essentially involve adding up the total amount of time in a winter spent at certain temperatures. [1] [2]
A firehouse in East Dedham was constructed in 1846 on Milton Street near the Old Stone Mill. [12] It was used until 1897, when the firehouse on Bussey Street was constructed. [12] Hose Number 3 [a] was purchased by the town for the Milton Street station in 1891 and then moved to the Bussey Street location. [12] That building also housed a ...
Australia's life expectancy of 83 years (81 years for males and 85 years for females) [393] is the fifth-highest in the world. It has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, [ 394 ] while cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease, responsible for 7.8% of the total mortality and disease.
The blocks known as the Trilithon (the upper of the two largest courses of stone pictured) in the Temple of Jupiter Baal. The Trilithon (Greek: Τρίλιθον), also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek.