As previously mentioned, plastids are doubled membraned 'sac-like' organelles, generally involved in either the manufacture or storage of food. They include chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts. All develop from proplastids: simple, generally colorless undifferentiated plastids..
Over the weekend a very funny Old Navy commercial starring Amy Poehler aired that basically focused on the butt of a woman wearing their new Pixie Pants. Immediately we (and many others) wanted to know who that woman was. Hereâs the answer.
Kiss Statue Taken Down, Replacement Scheduled By End Of Year. Aired 5/31/12 on KPBS News. Workers today began removing the statue of a sailor kissing a nurse near the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum on San Diego's downtown waterfront. The heads were the first to come off. The severed bust of the sailor kissing a nurse weighs 1500 lbs and was removed by a 70-ton crane from the body of Unconditional Surrender, the popular 25ft statue located next to the USS Midway on San Diego's downtown waterfront.