Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Sure

Clorophyll
Leaves
Sirloin
Sure
Prov. 18:18
"The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty."

Beatiful tree in full fall color
Bernheim Forest in Autumn, Kentucky
Chess: "clorophyll" "leaves" "sirloin"

"The Emperor Karl of gentle France
Hither hath come for our dire mischance."


Part I Section I The Song of Roland The Treason Of Ganelon. Saragossa. The Council of King Marsil Translation by John O'Hagan

Chlorophyll

Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from the Greek χλωρός (chloros "green") and φύλλον (phyllon "leaf"). Chlorophyll absorbs light most strongly in the blue and red but poorly in the green portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, hence the green colour of chlorophyll-containing tissues such as plant leaves.
Chlorophyll is vital for photosynthesis, which allows plants to obtain energy from light.
Chlorophyll molecules are specifically arranged in and around pigment protein complexes called photosystems which are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts. In these complexes, chlorophyll serves two primary functions. The function of the vast majority of chlorophyll (up to several hundred molecules per photosystem) is to absorb light and transfer that light energy by resonance energy transfer to a specific chlorophyll pair in the reaction center of the photosystems. Because of chlorophyll’s selectivity regarding the wavelength of light it absorbs, areas of a leaf containing the molecule will appear green.

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