The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. Due to its long history of cultivation for fruit, its exact native distribution is unknown, but the date palm probably originated somewhere in the desert oases of north Africa, and perhaps also southwest Asia. It is a medium-sized tree, 15-25 m tall, often clumped with several trunks from a single root system, but also often growing singly. The leaves are pinnate, up to 3 m long, with spines on the petiole and about 150 leaflets; the leafl ...

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Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East for thousands of years. The date palm is believed to have originated around the Persian Gulf, and has been cultivated in ancient times from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt, possibly as early as 6000 BC. There is archeological evidence of cultivation in eastern Arabia in 4,000 BC. In later times, Arabs spread dates around northern Africa and into Spain, and dates were introduced into California by the ...

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World production of dates was approximately 6.7 Mio tonnes in 2004 (FAO statistics [1]). The major producers are: Egypt: 1,100,000 t (16.2% of world production) Iran: 880,000 t (13.0%) Saudi Arabia: 830,000 t (12.3%) United Arab Emirates: 760,000 t (11.2%) Pakistan: 650,000 t (9.6%) Algeria: 450,000 t (6.6%) Sudan: 330,000 t Oman: 240,000 t Libya: 140,000 t Others: 1,140,000 t Iraq used to be a major producer of dates but in recent years production ...

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Date Palm, Date Palm - History of dates, Date Palm - Fruit, Date Palm - Cultivars of dates, Date Palm - Production, Date Palm - Food uses of Dates, Date Palm - Other uses of Date Palms, Date Palm - Traditional Medicinal Uses, Date Palm - Diseases

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Dry or soft dates are eaten out-of-hand, or may be seeded and stuffed with fillings such as almonds, candied orange and lemon peel, and marzipan. Dates can also be chopped and used in a range of sweet and savoury dishes: from tajines (tagines) in Morocco to puddings, bread, cakes and other dessert items. Dates are also processed into cubes, paste, spread, date syrup or "honey", powder (date sugar), vinegar or alcohol. Recent innovations include products such as sparkling date juice, used in some Islamic countries as a non-alcoholic version of champagne, for specia ...

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Date Palm, Date Palm - History of dates, Date Palm - Fruit, Date Palm - Cultivars of dates, Date Palm - Production, Date Palm - Food uses of Dates, Date Palm - Other uses of Date Palms, Date Palm - Traditional Medicinal Uses, Date Palm - Diseases

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Date seeds are soaked and ground up for animal feed. Their oil is suitable for use in soap and cosmetic products. They can also be processed chemically as a source of oxalic acid. The seeds are also burned to make charcoal for silversmiths, and can be strung in necklaces. Date Palm leaves are used for Palm Sunday in the Christian religion. In North Africa, they are commonly used for making huts. Mature leaves are also made into mats, screens, baskets and fans. Processed leaves can be used for insulating board. Dried leaf petioles are ...

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Date Palm, Date Palm - History of dates, Date Palm - Fruit, Date Palm - Cultivars of dates, Date Palm - Production, Date Palm - Food uses of Dates, Date Palm - Other uses of Date Palms, Date Palm - Traditional Medicinal Uses, Date Palm - Diseases

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Dates have a high tannin content and are used medicinally as a detersive and astringent in intestinal troubles. As an infusion, decoction, syrup or paste, is administered for sore throat, colds, bronchial catarrh, and taken to relieve fever and number of other complaints. One traditional belief is that it can counteract alcohol intoxication. The seed powder is also used in some traditional medicines. A gum that exudes from the wounded trunk is employed in India for treating diarrhea and genito-urinary ailments. The roots are used against toothache. The pollen yields an estrogenic principl ...

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Date Palm, Date Palm - History of dates, Date Palm - Fruit, Date Palm - Cultivars of dates, Date Palm - Production, Date Palm - Food uses of Dates, Date Palm - Other uses of Date Palms, Date Palm - Traditional Medicinal Uses, Date Palm - Diseases

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The term date can refer to: Calendar date, a day on a calendar The fruit of the Date Palm A social outing with a current or potential lover, see courtship. Date (Unix), a Unix command Date, Hokkaido, a Japanese city Date, Fukushima, a Japanese town Date District, Fukushima, a Japanese district Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education, a substance abuse program in some U.S. schools DaTe, a student association at Åbo Akademi University (Turku, F

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33 - Events. The following Christian chronology uses traditional dates set by biblical scholars; 30 and 28 are also suggested as a date for the Messianic events. Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem - Sunday, March 29 (Palm Sunday) Last Supper - Thursday, April 2 (Holy Thursday) Crucifixion of Jesus - Friday, April 3 (Good Friday) Resurrection of Jesus - Sunday, April 5 (Easter) Ascension of Jesus - Thursday, May 14 (Ascension Day) The Coming of the Hol ...

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Palm OS has been involved in various lawsuits over the years. Xerox vs. Palm Computing (1997) In 1997, Xerox was granted a patent (5,596,656) on "unistroke." It filed suit against Palm (then U.S. Robotics), alleging that Graffiti infringed on this patent. The Palm OS switch from Graffiti 1 to Graffiti 2 was triggered by Palm losing this suit to Xerox. The patent was overturned in May 2004 due to prior art[5]. Pilot Pen Corporation vs. Palm Computing (1998) The original name for Palm OS handhelds was Pilot. However, a lawsuit from Pilot Pen Corporation forced a name chang ...

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Palm OS, Palm OS - History, Palm OS - Built-in applications for Palm OS, Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts, Palm OS - Blazer, Palm OS - Calculator, Palm OS - Date Book/Calendar, Palm OS - Expense, Palm OS - HotSync, Palm OS - Memo Pad/Memos, Palm OS - Note Pad, Palm OS - To Do List/Tasks, Palm OS - Palm Photos, Palm OS - Preferences, Palm OS - Security, Palm OS - Third-party applications, Palm OS - Palm OS Software, Palm OS - Application development, Palm OS - Screen Resolution and Color Support, Palm OS - Legal Issues

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Palm OS licensees decide which applications are included on their Palm OS devices. Licensees can also customize the applications. Below are some of the most common PalmSource applications included with the Palm OS: Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts. The Palm's Address program stores personal information, keyed by any of several user-definable categories. Entries are displayed and sorted in last name, first name order (this can be changed only to Company, Last Name order). There are five slots for phone or e-mail, each of which may be designated Work, Home, Fax, Other, E-mail, Mai ...

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Palm OS, Palm OS - History, Palm OS - Built-in applications for Palm OS, Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts, Palm OS - Blazer, Palm OS - Calculator, Palm OS - Date Book/Calendar, Palm OS - Expense, Palm OS - HotSync, Palm OS - Memo Pad/Memos, Palm OS - Note Pad, Palm OS - To Do List/Tasks, Palm OS - Palm Photos, Palm OS - Preferences, Palm OS - Security, Palm OS - Third-party applications, Palm OS - Palm OS Software, Palm OS - Application development, Palm OS - Screen Resolution and Color Support, Palm OS - Legal Issues

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Table sugar or sucrose is extracted from plant sources. The most important two sugar crops are sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and sugar beets (Beta vulgaris), in which sugar can account for 12%–20% of the plant's dry weight. Some minor commercial sugar crops include the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare), and the sugar maple (Acer saccharum). In the financial year 2001/2002, 134.1 million tonn ...

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Sugar, Sugar - Production, Sugar - Cane, Sugar - Beet, Sugar - Cane versus Beet, Sugar - Types of culinary sugar, Sugar - Chemistry, Sugar - History, Sugar - The history of sugar in the West, Sugar - The rise of beet, Sugar - Mechanization, Sugar - Health concerns, Sugar - Sugar and hyperactivity, Sugar - Sugar economics

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From the very beginning people must have had knowledge about plants and animals that made them capable in hunting and agriculture. For example, they had to know how to avoid poisonous plants and how to treat animals. Biology hence predates the written history of humans. Ancient Oriental people knew about the pollination of date palm from a very early point of time. In Mesopotamia they knew that pollen could be used in fertilizing plants. A business contract of the Hammurabi period (c. 1800 BC ...

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History of biology, History of biology - The term, History of biology - Biology in ancient time, History of biology - Medieval biology, History of biology - The Renaissance, History of biology - Modern biology, History of biology - Notes

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The mitzvah of waving the Four Species derives from the Torah. The verse in Leviticus states: “And you shall take for yourselves on the first day [of Sukkot], the fruit of the citron tree, the branches of date palms, twigs of a braided tree [myrtle], and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for a seven day period” (Lev. 23:40). During the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, the waving ceremony (called na'anuim–נענועים) was performed in the Holy Temple only on the first day of Sukkot. Fo ...

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Four Species, Four Species - Practice, Four Species - The waving ceremony, Four Species - Symbolism, Four Species - Selecting the Species, Four Species - Reference, Four Species - Sources

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Palm OS was originally developed by Jeff Hawkins for use on the original Pilot PDA by US Robotics. Version 1.0 was present on the original Pilot 1000 and 5000 and version 2.0 was introduced with the PalmPilot Personal and Professional. With the launch of the Palm III series version 3.0 of the OS was introduced. Incremental upgrades occurred with the release of versions 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5, adding support for color, multiple expansion ports, new proc ...

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Palm OS, Palm OS - History, Palm OS - Built-in applications for Palm OS, Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts, Palm OS - Blazer, Palm OS - Calculator, Palm OS - Date Book/Calendar, Palm OS - Expense, Palm OS - HotSync, Palm OS - Memo Pad/Memos, Palm OS - Note Pad, Palm OS - To Do List/Tasks, Palm OS - Palm Photos, Palm OS - Preferences, Palm OS - Security, Palm OS - Third-party applications, Palm OS - Palm OS Software, Palm OS - Application development, Palm OS - Screen Resolution and Color Support, Palm OS - Legal Issues

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Multiple resolutions are also supported. The original Pilot 1000 used 160x160 pixels. The first color device was the Palm IIIc introduced by Palm, Inc in 2000, supporting 256 colors. HandEra followed up in 2001 with the HandEra 330 which displayed 240x320 in black and white featuring a virtual graffiti area. Samsung introduced in the same year the first screen supporting 160x240 pixels in color with its i300 smartphone. Sony also in the same year introduced the N710C which pushed resolution to 320x320 (Hi-res) in full color and in the follow ...

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Palm OS, Palm OS - History, Palm OS - Built-in applications for Palm OS, Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts, Palm OS - Blazer, Palm OS - Calculator, Palm OS - Date Book/Calendar, Palm OS - Expense, Palm OS - HotSync, Palm OS - Memo Pad/Memos, Palm OS - Note Pad, Palm OS - To Do List/Tasks, Palm OS - Palm Photos, Palm OS - Preferences, Palm OS - Security, Palm OS - Third-party applications, Palm OS - Palm OS Software, Palm OS - Application development, Palm OS - Screen Resolution and Color Support, Palm OS - Legal Issues

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Palm OS Garnet applications are primarily coded in C/C++. Two compilers exist: a commercial product, CodeWarrior Development Studio for Palm OS, and an open source tool chain called prc-tools, based on an old version of gcc. CodeWarrior is criticized for being expensive and is no longer being developed, whereas PRC-Tools lacks several of CodeWarrior's features. A version of PRC-Tools is included in Palm OS Developer Suite. Palm OS Cobalt applications are also coded in a variation of gcc, but the Cobalt compilers have fewer limitations.

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Palm OS, Palm OS - History, Palm OS - Built-in applications for Palm OS, Palm OS - Address Book/Contacts, Palm OS - Blazer, Palm OS - Calculator, Palm OS - Date Book/Calendar, Palm OS - Expense, Palm OS - HotSync, Palm OS - Memo Pad/Memos, Palm OS - Note Pad, Palm OS - To Do List/Tasks, Palm OS - Palm Photos, Palm OS - Preferences, Palm OS - Security, Palm OS - Third-party applications, Palm OS - Palm OS Software, Palm OS - Application development, Palm OS - Screen Resolution and Color Support, Palm OS - Legal Issues

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Desert locusts can consume the approximate equivalent of their body mass each day (2 g) in green vegetation: leaves, flowers, bark, stems, fruit, and seeds. Nearly all crops, and non crop plants, are at risk, including millet, rice, maize, sorghum, sugarcane, barley, cotton, fruit trees, date palm, vegetables, rangeland grasses, acacia, pines, and banana. Crop loss from locusts was noted in the Bible and Qur'an. During the twentieth century, Desert Locust plagues occurred in 1926-1934, 1940-1948, 1949-1963, 1967-1969 and 1986-1989. The significant crop losses caused by swarming desert locusts, exacerbate problems of food s ...

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Desert locust, Desert locust - Desert locust ecology, Desert locust - Crop loss, Desert locust - Control, Desert locust - 2004 Desert locust outbreak

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The oldest C-14 dated seed that was germinated into a viable plant was a ~2,000 year old Date Palm seed, recovered from excavations at Herod the Great's palace on Masada in Israel; this Judean date palm seed was germinated in 2005. There is a persistent myth that seeds from Egyptian tombs with ages of over 3000 years were viable [1]. The myth was reportedly started by scam artists selling "miracle seed" designed to capitalise on European Egyptomania of the 1800s. In 1897 the claims were tested by the British Museum's director of Egypt ...

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Seed, Seed - Seed structure, Seed - Seed functions, Seed - Oldest viable seed

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Orchard - Tropical areas. Banana Coconut Cacao Coffee Guava Mango Papaya Tea Orchard - Subtropical areas. Date Palm Citrus (Grapefruit, Lemon, Orange, etc.) Lychee Orchard - Temperate areas. Apple Cherry Hazel Peach Pear Pecan Walnut < ...

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Orchard, Orchard - Crops, Orchard - Tropical areas, Orchard - Subtropical areas, Orchard - Temperate areas, Orchard - Orchards by region

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