Kiryas Joel (also known as Kiryas Yoy'l, "Kiryas Yo'el" or KJ) (Yiddish: קרית יואל (Kiryas Yoyel), Hebrew: קרית יואל (Kiryat Yoel), "Town of Joel") is a village within the town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The great majority of its residents are Hasidic Jews who strictly observe the Torah and its commandments, and belong to the worldwide Satmar Hasidic dynasty. Most of the village's residents speak Yiddish as their first language. The village has the youngest median age (13.2) of any population center of over 5,000 residents in the United States. Residents of Kir...

Pink-collar worker is a term designating a type of worker, contrasted with blue-collar worker and white-collar worker. A pink-collar worker performs what was traditionally women's work, typically in the service industry. Occupations Pink-collar occupations tend to be personal-service-oriented. Waiting on tables, along with nursing and teaching, is part of the service sector, and is among the most common occupations in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, as of May 2008, there were over 2.2 million persons employed as servers in the U.S.Furthermore, looki...

Solanum cheesmaniae ("tomate de Galápagos") es una planta herbácea perteneciente a la familia de las solanáceas y natural de las Islas Galápagos, Ecuador, donde habita en elevaciones costeras salobres. Debido a que ha evolucionado en aislamiento de las demás especies de tomates silvestres del continente, esta especie exhibe una cantidad de características inusuales, tales como el color de los frutos amarillo-anaranjado brillante, el follaje verde amarillento y las semillas pequeñas. A pesar que inicialmente crece erecto, las plantas maduras frecuentemente son decumbentes o rastreras, con l...

Embryo Rescue is one of the earliest and successful forms of in-vitro culture techniques that is used to assist in the development of plant embryos that might not survive to become viable plants. Embryo rescue plays an important role in modern plant breeding, allowing the development of many interspecific and intergeneric food and ornamental plant crop hybrids. This technique nurtures the immature or weak embryo, thus allowing it the chance to survive. Plant embryos are multicellular structures that have the potential to develop into a new plant. The most widely used embryo rescue procedur...