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2005年11月04日
Château Pétrus
Château Pétrus[wine]
2005年11月03日
Tun (unit)
Tun (unit)[Konwledge of Wine]
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Tun_(unit)The tun is an old English unit of wine cask volume, holding about 1 E-1 m?|954 litres, almost a cubic metre. Etymologically it is identical to the ton. Originally, it was a genuine unit of volume and measured 256 gallons, which is the base for the name of the quarter of 64 corn gallons. Its later division into 210 imperial or 252 wine gallons was chosen to be evenly divisible by small integers, including seven: ; 210 := 2 ? 3 ? 5 ? 7 ; 252 := 2? ? 3? ? 7 Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne’s wine gallon is 231 cubic inches (3 × 7 × 11 in?), which makes the tun based on it exactly 2? ? 3? ? 7? ? 11 = 58,212 in?, which is a cylinder with diameter and height of 42 in both.It is assumed that the tun once also was the base for English brewery casks, whose now largest measure, the hogshead, is of a similar magnitude as its wine equinominent (between 220 and 250 litres). A different gallon was used for ale and beer, the ale gallon, which in modern times was 282 cubic inches (2 ? 3 ? 47 in?), which does not divide the 58,212 in? nicely. |
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| Konwledge of Wine Renewal 2005.11.03
Cleanskin / APCOR / Wine and food matching / Retsina / Cork taint / Clos vougeot / Farm winery / Heuriger / Barrel (storage) / Sideways / Cellar door / Jug wine / Tierce / Angel's sha!
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2005年11月02日
Palm wine
Palm wine[Alcoholic beverages]
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Palm_winePalm wine, also called palm toddy, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree. The sap is collected by cutting between the ''kernels'' of the tree. Some sort of container, such as a gourd, is left to collect the draining sap for a day or two. The sap begins fermentation|fermenting immediately after collection due to natural microorganisms in the air (this is often spurred by residual yeast left in the collecting container). Within two hours, fermentation yields an aromatic wine of up to 4% alcohol content, mildly intoxication|intoxicating and sweet. The wine may be allowed to ferment longer, up to a day, to yield a stronger, more sour and acidic taste, which some people prefer. Longer fermentation produces vinegar instead of stronger wine. The wine is drunk fairly soon after creation, since it has a short shelf life. It is especially common in India and coastal areas of Africa.The sap used to create palm wine is most often taken from wild d! ate (fruit)|date palms such as the ''Phoenix sylvestrix'', the palmyra, and the ''Caryota urens''; oil|palm oil palm such as ''Elaeis guineense''; ''Raphia'' palms; ''Kithul'' palms; or ''Nipa'' palms. Coconut palms and taller palms, such as the ''Borassus'', may also be tapped, but seldom are (the wine of coconut palms is generally known as ''toddy'').Palm wine may be distillation|distilled to create a stronger drink, which goes by different names depending on the region (examples are ''arrack'', ''village gin'', and ''village whiskey''). It may also be evaporation|evaporated to leave an unrefined sugar called ''jaggery''. |
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Jagertee / Bourbon whiskey / Absinthe / Chinese wine / Standard drink / Galliano (drink) / Radler / Tsipouro / Spruce beer / Sima (mead) / Mulled wine / Chouchen / WKD / Beerenbur!
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2005年11月01日
Reinsurance
Reinsurance[Insurance]
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ReinsuranceReinsurance is the means by which an insurance company (called the reinsured, ceding company or cedant) shares the risk of claims losses with another insurance company (called the reinsurer). |
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2005年10月31日
Theory of Decreasing Responsibility
Theory of Decreasing Responsibility[Insurance]
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Theory_of_Decreasing_ResponsibilityThe Theory of Decreasing Responsibility is an insurance sales philosophy promoted by Primerica relating to term life insurance. Their philosophy is that insurance should be purchased with the theory in mind. The theory assumes that the financial responsibilities of the insured are temporary and insurance should be purchased to offset those responsibilities. These responsibilities include paying consumer debts, mortgages, funding children’s education and income replacement.With a proper plan, the theory holds that each of these responsibilities is temporary. A person can pay off their debt and mortgage, owning their home outright. Children do grow up and leave home becoming independent of their parents support. And using concepts like buy term and invest the difference a person should become financially independent having accumulated enough wealth to retire and no longer need to work. At this point the insured could self-insure and discontinue the life insurance p! rogram. The theory holds that with a proper plan the need for life insurance is obviated. The only challenge in this approach is that the insured must take responsibility and consciously plan to become financially independent. If they do not, or are not able, they may not have the assets they need to self insure. |
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2005年10月30日
Daylily
Daylily[American actor]
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DaylilySee text The daylilies comprise the small genus ''Hemerocallis'' of flowering plants in the family Hemerocallidaceae. The name ''Hemerocallis'' is based on the Greek (language)|Greek words for day and beauty, which reflects the fact that the individual flowers last for only one day. They open at sunrise and wither at sunset, to be replaced by another one (sometimes two or none) on the same stem the next day. Because of this, they do not make good cut flowers for florist|flower arranging.Originally from Eurasia, native from Europe to China, Korea, and Japan, their large showy flowers have made them popular worldwide, and there are over 60,000 registered named cultivars. Only a few cultivars are scented; some will rebloom later in the season, particularly if their developing seed pods are removed.The alternating lanceolate, alternating leaf|leaves are grouped into fans (a clump also containing the roots and the crown). The crown of a daylily is the small white portion of the stem, b! etween the leaves and the roots. This crown is an essential part of the fan. Along the scape, proliferations may form at nodes or in bracts. These proliferations form roots when planted and are the exact clones of the parent plant. Some daylilies show spindlelike widenings at the roots, used mostly for water storage.The flower consists of three petals and three sepals, each with a midrib in the same or in a contrasting color. The centermost section of the flower, called the throat, has usually a different and contrasting color. There are six stamens, each with a two-lobed anther. After pollination, the flower forms a pod.Daylilies can be grown in USDA plant hardiness zones 1 through 11, making them some of the most adaptable landscape plants. Most all of the cultivars have been developed within the last 100 years. The large-flowered clear yellow 'Hyperion', introduced in the 1920s, heralded a return to gardens of the once-dismissed daylily and is still widely available. Day! lily breeding has been a specialty above all in the United Sta! tes, whe re the heat- and drought-resistant qualities of Hemerocallis made them garden standbys during the later 20th century. New cultivar introductions have sold for thousands of dollars, but sturdy and prolific introductions soon reach reasonable prices.''Hemerocallis fulva'', the Tawny Daylily and the sweet-smelling ''H. flava,'' the Lemon Lily, were early imports from England to 17th century American gardens that soon established themselves along roadsides. The Tawny Daylily especially is so widely feral that it is often mistaken for a native American wildflower. |
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Geranium cinereum / Greater celandine / Orchidaceae / Trillium grandiflorum / List of Minnesota wild flowers / Lilium / Crinum / Cosmos (flower) / Fritillaria affinis / Heartsease / Dracula (orchid) / Lunaria / Delphinium / Poinsettia / Black-eyed Susan / Blossom / Liparophyllum / Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' / Maltese cross (flower) / Hellebore
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2005年10月29日
Citrulline
Citrulline[Health care]
CitrullineThe chemical compound citrulline is an amino acid, the structure of which is::hydrogen|H2nitrogen|N-carbon|Coxygen|ONH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CHNH2-COOHL-citrulline is made from L-ornithine and carbamoyl phosphate in one of the central reactions in the urea cycle. It is also produced from L-arginine as a by-product of the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase|NO synthase. L-citrulline, while being an amino acid, is not involved in protein protein biosynthesis|synthesis and is not one of the amino acids coded for by DNA.Although citrulline cannot be incorporated in proteins during protein synthesis, several proteins are known to contain citrulline as an amino acid. These citrulline residues are generated by a family of enzymes called peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs), which convert the amino acid arginine into citrulline. Proteins that contain citrulline residues include myelin basic protein (MBP), fillagrin and s! everal histone proteins. |
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Vitamin / Recommended Dietary Allowance / Vitamin B6 / Adenine / Vitamin D / Amino acid / Tyrosine / Threonine / Obesity / China project / Globalization and health / Meig's syndrome / Medicine / Tryptophan / Beta-peptide / Vitamin B / Proline / Homocysteine / Pyrroloquinoline quinone / Medical algorithm
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2005年10月28日
Selenomethionine
Selenomethionine[Health care]
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SelenomethionineSelenomethionine is an amino acid containing selenium. The L-isomer of selenomethionine, known as Se-met, is a common natural food source of selenium. It can not be synthisized by higher animals, but can be obtained from plant material.* Chemical formula: C5H11NO2SE* IUPAC name: 2-amino-4-methylselanyl-butanoic acid |
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| Health care Renewal 2005.10.28
Potassium chloride / Pyrrolysine / Valine / Biotin / Riboflavin / Hydroxylysine / Asparagine / Aib / Carotene / Clinical surveillance / Bodypump / Serine / Glutamine / Homocysteine / Sarcosine / Iron(II) fumarate / Hydroxyproline / Ornithine / Essential amino acid / Beta-alanine
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2005年10月27日
Tarento
Tarento[Japanese terms]
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TarentoTarento () is a Japanese language|Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for media|major media personalities who regularly appear on television, radio and other forms of entertainment. They often have distinctly unique personalities meticulously created to cater to certain Japanese demographics. |
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2005年10月26日
Pestilence
Pestilence[Diseases]
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PestilenceA pestilence is an epidemic or even a pandemic of a virulent and highly contagious disease. Cholera or Bubonic plague are examples of pestilence. In addition to its dictionary meaning, "pestilence" may refer to the following.*Pestilence is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, along with War, Famine, and Death. *Pestilence (band)| Pestilence is a Netherlands|Dutch death metal band. |
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