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  2. Cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Tillage, the cultivation of fertile soil (etymological meaning of cultivation) Land development; Colonization, socio-political cultivation of land Colonialism, the idea of socio-political cultivation of land and people; Civilizing mission, cultivation of people in the sense of cultural assimilation or forced assimilation; Developmentalism

  3. Self-cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Self-cultivation or personal cultivation (Chinese: 修身; pinyin: xiūshēn; Wade–Giles: hsiu-shen; lit. 'cultivate oneself') is the development of one's mind or capacities through one's own efforts. [1] Self-cultivation is the cultivation, integration, and coordination of mind and body.

  4. Cultivar - Wikipedia

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    A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, or carefully controlled seed production.

  5. Horticulture - Wikipedia

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    Horticulture emerged as a distinct field from agriculture when humans sought to cultivate plants for pleasure on a smaller scale rather than exclusively for sustenance. Emerging technologies are moving the industry forward, especially in the alteration of plants to be more resistant to parasites, disease and drought.

  6. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Wikipedia

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    Another theory sees the rhyme as connected to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), with "how does your garden grow" referring to her reign over her realm, "silver bells" referring to cathedral bells, "cockle shells" insinuating that her husband was not faithful to her, and "pretty maids all in a row" referring to her ladies-in-waiting – "The ...

  7. Cultivation theory - Wikipedia

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    Cultivation theory was founded by George Gerbner.It was developed to seek out the influence that television media may have on the viewers. Most of the formative research underlying cultivation theory was conducted by Gerbner along with his University of Pennsylvania colleague Larry Gross and their students-turned-colleagues Michael Morgan and Nancy Signorielli. [4]

  8. Could Your Tattoo Cause Cancer? A New Study Reveals a ...

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    "This may mean that the immune system is constantly trying to respond to the ink, and we do not yet know whether this persistent strain could weaken the function of the lymph nodes or have other ...

  9. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    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.