Same reason we have newspapers, television, radio, and....the internet - so that you may consider yourself one of the informed and aware.

Each symbol is composed of the first two letters of the genus+first two letters of the species+first letter of the terminal infraspecific name+tiebreaking number (if needed). Genus and family symbols are the first five (genus) or six (family) letters of the name, plus tiebreaking number (if needed). Symbols were first used in the Soil Conservation Service’s National List of Scientific Plant Names (NLSPN), and have been perpetuated in the PLANTS system. See similar questions...

This means that we are committed to only using raw materials and ingredients from Certified Organic Suppliers. We will be ourselves seeking organic certification in due course from the Soil Association in the UK (they have the highest standards of certification). At present there are no certification bodies in Ireland that can certify organic cosmetic products. See similar questions...

The single packs and twin packs of our tees are packaged in recyclable clear packaging. We feel it is important for customers in stores to be able to open the package easily and feel the fabric before purchase as well as clearly view the detailing of the shirts through the package. We made sure to select the most easily recyclable plastic that has no known hazards related to it. We ask you to please recycle or reuse (would make a great case for stray crayons!). See similar questions...

The -> is the "infix dereference operator". In other words it is the means by which one calls a sub with a pass by reference (among other things you can do with ->). As stated above most things in calls to Perl/Tk routines are passed by reference. The -> is used in perl just as in C or C++. (Most of the widget primitives are elements of the Tk:: "perl class".) A simple example of dereferencing would be: $x = { def => bar }; # $x is a reference to an anon. See similar questions...

REG) By default, symbols are exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL, so they can be used by loadable modules. During the 2.4 series, a new export directive EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL was added. This is almost the same thing, except that the symbol can only be accessed by modules which have a GPL compatible licence (note that this includes dual-licenced BSD/GPL code). This new directive was added for these reasons: To clarify the ambiguous legal ground on which non-GPL (particularly proprietary) modules lie. See similar questions...

IMPLODE and EXPLODE were functions in old lisps where there was no string data type, so that symbols were the only way of manipulating text. Then (explode 'foo) would give you (F O O); you could then do (implode (cdr (explode 'crash))) to give you back the symbol RASH If you are taught today about implode/explode in a lisp programming class for anything other than historical context, complain loudly to your lecturer. See similar questions...

Inserting icons and symbols is a feature of XL Pro Platinum Edition, Version 6 builds 19.74 and higher. If you do not have build 19.75 or higher, you will need to download the latest version of XL Pro Platinum Edition. Icons and symbols can be inserted by clicking on the "S" on the XL Pro Command Bar. The Symbols and Icons Library pages can be turned on and off at any time. See similar questions...

The elephant represents the Republican Party, and the donkey represents the Democratic Party. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast created both images for the publication Harper's Weekly in 1874. Nast created a marauding elephant to represent the "Republican vote." Republicans quickly embraced the symbol as their party's own. See similar questions...

Yes. The symbols for unknown plants represent generic categories such as ‘deciduous tree’ or ‘herbaceous vine’ that are useful in survey, monitoring, and inventory work. These symbols and associated descriptive names are widely used by a number of federal agencies. See similar questions...