Image Film Grain.jpg right thumb 350px Photomicrograph of grain of different photographic plates Film grain or granularity is the random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons. While film grain is a function of such particles or dye clouds it is not the same thing as such. It is an optical effect, the magnitude of which amount of grain depends on both the film stock and the definition at which it is observed. It can be objectionably noticeable in an over enlarged photographic film photograph. RMS granularity Granularity, or RMS granularity, is a numerical quantification of film grain noise, equal to the root mean square rms fluctuations in optical density, ref cite book title Handbook of Image Quality Characterization and Prediction author Brian ... books?id BRYa6Qpsw48C&pg PA264&dq microdensitometer film grain noise&lr &as brr 3&ei 0MW8SNmsFomkiwHBnezzBw ... date December 2007 Selwyn granularity Film grain is also sometimes quantified in a way that is relative ...&sig ACfU3U1704AE7mqHCpGWLYIHkAKK8JoHcA ref Grain effect with film and digital The images below show an example of extreme film grain gallery Image MartinIversenNorway1991.jpg Rallycross car pictured on an Agfa ... photography does not exhibit film grain, since there is no film for any grain to exist within. In digital ... sensor e.g. Charge coupled device CCD cell just as small grain film has better resolution than large grain film, so will an image sensor with more elements result in an image with better resolution ..., and perceived as sharper . The effect of film grain can be simulated in some digital photo manipulation programs, such as Photoshop , adding grain to a digital image after it is taken. In digital photography, image noise sometimes appears as a grain like effect. Film grain overlay Film grain ... actual film grain samples taken from film, shot against a gray card. See also Film speed References ... more details
A grain filler or paste wood filler is a woodworking product that is used to achieve a smooth textured wood finishing wood finish by filling pores in the wood grain . It is used particularly on open grain ed woods such as oak , mahogany and walnut where building up multiple layers of standard wood finish is ineffective or impractical. Composition Grain fillers generally consist of three basic components a Binder material binder , a bulking agent and a solvent . The binder is wood finish, and in the case of oil based fillers is typically a blend of oil and varnish . In the case of water based fillers, it is acrylic resin acrylic or polyurethane urethane . The type of binder influences the type of solvent used oil based fillers usually use mineral spirits , while water based fillers use water. Both types of filler use silica as a bulking agent as it resists shrinking and swelling in response to changes in temperature and humidity . ref name woodsmith oct08 cite journal date October, 2008 title Understanding Grain Fillers journal Woodsmith publisher August Home Publishing Co. location Des Moines, Iowa volume 30 issue 179 pages 46 47 issn 0164 4114 oclc 4713102 ref ref name amat woodworker cite web url http objectiveconsultinginc.com finishes filler.html title Filling wood grains with a paste wood filler last Simmons first Mac publisher Amateur Woodworker accessdate 2008 11 01 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080630224043 http objectiveconsultinginc.com finishes filler.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 06 30 ref Use Woodworkers will use a grain filler before applying other finishes to open grain ed woods to achieve a full finish , which is mirror like. ref name ... tight grain ed woods such as maple and cherry can achieve a full finish with just a few coats of finish ... otherwise be made far more obvious by the grain filler. The filler is brushed on both with and against the wood grain and the excess is scraped off. After some drying, the woodworker typically uses ... more details
Grain is a stream cipher submitted to eSTREAM in 2004 by Martin Hell , Thomas Johansson cryptographer ... 2 by the eSTREAM project. Grain is designed primarily for restricted hardware environments. It accepts ... shift register LFSR and a 80 bit NLFSR non linear feedback shift register NLFSR . Grain updates one ... Grain Version 0.0 submission of Grain, one bit of the 80 bit NLFSR and four bits of the 80 ... bit of the 80 bit NLFSR and released as output. In the updated Grain Version 1.0 submission of Grain ... no keystream output during the initialization process. Grain s authors discuss the complete diffusion rates of Grain initialization process in the Grain Version 1.0 specifications For initialization ... require a computational complexity not significantly lower than 2 sup 80 sup . In the original Grain ... Johansson , Willi Meier title Grain A Stream Cipher for Constrained Environments publisher eSTREAM date 2005 04 29 url http www.ecrypt.eu.org stream ciphers grain grain.pdf format PDF ref the authors claim Grain provides a higher security than several other well known ciphers intended to be used ... proven to be very insecure. Compared to E0 cipher E0 and A5 1 , Grain provides higher security while ... Grain Version 0.0 cipher was broken by a key recovery attack ref cite paper author C me Berbain , Henri Gilbert , Alexander Maximov title Cryptanalysis of Grain publisher eSTREAM date 2006 ... Grain Version 1.0 specifications, ref cite paper author Martin Hell , Thomas Johansson cryptographer Thomas Johansson , Willi Meier title Grain A Stream Cipher for Constrained Environments publisher eSTREAM year 2006 url http www.ecrypt.eu.org stream p2ciphers grainGrain p2.pdf format ... recovery attacks better than brute force attack are known against Grain Version 1.0. However, a related ... Attack on the Initialization of Grain 1.0 . ref cite paper author Ozgul Kucuk title Slide Resynchronization Attack on the Initialization of Grain 1.0 publisher eSTREAM date 2006 07 16 url http www.ecrypt.eu.org ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orton Irwin Grain August 9, 1863 February 2, 1930 was a politician in Manitoba , Canada . He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1913. Grain was born in Fergus, Ontario Fergus , Canada West now Ontario , and attended the Toronto School of Medicine. He practiced medicine, and was assistant surgeon of the 91st battalion in Canada. Grain was one of the charter holders of the Winnipeg and Northern Railway, and served as mayor of Selkirk, Manitoba Selkirk in 1896. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England . He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the Manitoba general election, 1899 1899 provincial election , winning the constituency of Kildonan and St. Andrews as a Liberal Conservative. He supported the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba Conservative administration of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond Palen Roblin , and sat as a government backbencher in the legislature which followed. Running as a Conservative, he lost to Manitoba Liberal Party Liberal candidate M.J. O Donahue by five votes in the Manitoba general election, 1903 1903 election . Grain defeated O Donahue by 41 votes in the Manitoba general election, 1907 1907 election , and again served as a backbench supporter of Roblin s government. He was re elected in the Manitoba general election, 1910 1910 election , and resigned from the legislature in 1913. He died in Winnipeg in 1930. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grain, Orton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian politician DATE OF BIRTH 1863 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1930 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grain, Orton Category 1863 births Category 1930 deaths Category Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Category People from Centre Wellington, Ontario ... more details
Infobox Company company name ABB Grain Limited company logo Image ABB Grain Limited logo.png 100px company type foundation 1939 ref name NGR cite web url http www.ngr.com.au shareholders.aspx title Shareholders publisher National Growers Register accessdate 10 May 2008 ref location Adelaide , Australia ... Agribusiness products Grain , Malt , Wool , Fertiliser , Chemicals , Storage and Handling services revenue net income homepage ABB Grain was Australia s largest agribusiness . Founded in 1939, the company ... cite web url http www.abb.com.au AboutABB WhoWeAre.aspx title Who We Are publisher ABB Grain accessdate 28 April 2008 ref Until recently, the company focused solely on grain accumulation and marketing. It expanded its focus to other activities, such as Grain elevator grain receival and storage , malt ing and fertiliser s. ABB buys grain from all growing regions in Australia and trades in all grain ... s expanded operations into different areas, it demutualised to become ABB Grain on 1 July 1999. ref cite web url http www.fas.usda.gov grain circular 1999 99 08 dtricks.htm title Foreign Countries ... and the holding company United Grower Holdings. This brought the control of the two major grain handlers ... articles 2004 06 07 1086460232001.html title ABB Grain, AusBulk board named date 7 June 2004 publisher ... company Soufflet to accumulate grain, manage supply chain activities and market grain. ref cite news url http www.abc.net.au rural sa content 2006 s2011097.htm title ABB Grain expands to Ukraine ... by Viterra , the largest grain handler in Canada in September 2009, if voted ahead by the shareholders ... 20 viterra to take over abb grain for 1.6bn title Viterra to take over ABB Grain for 1.6bn last Toevai ... http www.asx.com.au asxpdf 20090519 pdf 31hp1sw6yzykj4.pdf ABB Grain and Viterra Announce Agreement to Combine Operations 54.1 Kibibyte KiB application pdf, 55465 bytes ABB Grain , 19 May 2009. Retrieved ... Abb Grain ... more details
Image Amaranth und WW.jpg thumb Amaranth grain left and wheat right Nutritional value name Amaranth, uncooked ... has been cultivated as a grain for 6th millennium BC 8,000 years . ref name echo cite web url http echonet.org repositories download 9 Amaranth.pdf title Amaranth Grain & Vegetable Types author G ... of grain amaranth is comparable to rice or maize . It was a staple food of the Aztec s, and was used ... as a weed since that time, its Genetics genetic base has been largely maintained. Research on grain ... Grain Amaranth A Lost Crop of the Americas author Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute http www.jeffersoninstitute.org pubs amaranth guide.pdf PDF version also available ref Much of the grain currently grown is sold in health food shops. Grain amaranth is also grown as a food crop in limited amounts ... at festival times. Amaranth species that are still used as a grain are Amaranthus caudatus , Amaranthus cruentus , and Amaranthus hypochondriacus . The grain is popped and mixed with honey. In Maharashtra state of India, it is called Rajgira in the Marathi language . The popped grain is mixed ... at the Mid day Meal Program in municipal schools. Amaranth grain can also be used to extract amaranth .... Nutritional analysis As the following table shows, in a raw form, grain amaranth has many nutrients ..., Emmaus, PA year 1979 ref ref http www.nal.usda.gov fnic foodcomp search USDA ref Raw amaranth grain, however, isn t edible and can not be digested. Amaranth grain must be prepared and cooked like other ... amaranth grain data. According to ECHO, ref name echo this is due to anti nutritional factors in raw amaranth grain examples of anti nutritional factors present in amaranth include oxalates, nitrates ... the water may reduce its toxic effects. Amaranth grain is particularly high in lysine , an amino acid that is low in other grains. ref cite web title Growing Grain Amaranth as a Specialty Crop author ... Amaranth grain is deficient in essential amino acids such as leucine and threonine ref cite journal ... more details
Infobox film name Grain in Ear image Grain in Ear.jpg caption Poster for Mang zhong 2005 director Zhang L producer Choi Do yeong music writer Zhang L starring Liu Lianji br Jin Bo br Zhu Guangxuan br Wang Tonghui editing Kim Sun min cinematography Liu Yonghong distributor released Cannes Film Festival Cannes br 18 May 2005 br South Korea br March 24, 2006 runtime 109 min. country FilmChina br FilmSouthKorea language Mandarin Chinese Mandarin br Korean language Korean Grain in Ear Simplified Chinese Characters simplified Chinese pinyin M ng zh ng Hangul is a 2005 in film 2005 People s Republic of China Chinese film written and directed by Koreans in China Korean Chinese filmmaker Zhang L Chinese Hangul . The Mangzhong title refers to the solar term in the traditional calendars of China and Korea. ref The Twenty four Solar Terms. http www.xinghui.com english other Twenty four.htm ref Plot Cui Shun ji is a Chinese woman of Korean people Korean ancestry. A single mother bringing up a young son, she lives away from her hometown, and makes a living by selling kimchi . In the course ... decides to take revenge. ref name KOR Korean Film Council Grain in Ear Mang zhong http www.koreanfilm.or.kr ... T060062N&pageSize 5 ref Location Grain in Ear was filmed in a small industrial town, an area 45 minutes drive away from Beijing , yet just on the edge of farmland. ref name Yu Yu Gu. Grain in Ear. Schema Magazine, 2005. http www.schemamag.ca viff2005 2005 10 grain in ear.html ref Theme Grain in Ear ... ref name KOR , UCLA ref Screening Details Grain in Ear http www.international.ucla.edu asia events ... Korean cuisine Social realism External links imdb title id 0781421 title Grain in Ear http www.hancinema.net korean movie Grain in Ear.php Grain in Ear Mang jong at Hancinema Korean Movie Database http www.dianying.com en title mz 2005 Grain in Ear at the Chinese Movie Database http www.youtube.com ... 2&id 251 Grain in Ear at the UCLA New Chinese Cinema Series CinemaofChina Cinema of Korea Category ... more details
For the peninsula sometimes mistakenly called the Isle of Grain Hoo Peninsula Infobox UK place country ... Grain church small official name Isle of Grain civil parish Isle of Grain population 1731 population ... district ME3 postcode area ME dial code 01634 os grid reference TQ8876 The Isle of Grain , OE ... . No longer an island, the Isle is almost all marshland and the Grain Marshes are an important habitat ... census had a population of 1,731. History Image Grain4973.JPG thumb left The Grain Tower 1855, and causeway ... defences guarding the Thames, Grain Tower, a fort , was built. It remained in use until 1946, having ... thumb Isle of Grain and the Medway Estuary from the air The south of the Isle is an important industrial ... use under the Thames Gateway project. Next to the BP site is Grain Power Station , built in the 1970s ... percent of the National Grid UK National Grid supply. There are plans to replace Grain power station ... Generation. The Isle of Grain was the site of Grain Fort, built in the 1860s and used for coastal ... earth rampart, complete with some tunnels running underground. Grain Tower, about a quarter of a mile ... rivers, preventing entry by German U boats. The Isle of Grain is the landing point for the BritNed ... village of Grain was at one time called St James in the Isle of Grain . Like others in the Hundred ... of Grain, where a deep water pier was to be built on the Medway. A ferry was to connect the new pier ... a rather curious fancy to Grain as a chosen departure point for trips to Germany and there are claims ... at Grain by the Admiralty. From the beginning of World War I regular patrols were made along the Thames ... on the Isle of Grain, partially on land reclaimed from the estuary. This plan is controversial. ref ... decision holds key to Grain s 350m future 15 Jan 2006 Kent on Sunday p15 Bignell, Alan 1999 . The Kent Village Book refend External links commons category inline Isle of Grain http pressreleases.eon ... and Storage competition.aspx EON press release On future plans for the Grain and Kingsnorth powerstations ... more details
File God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing.jpg thumb God the Father providing a blessing, by Girolamo dai Libri . Parable of the Grain of Wheat is an allegory on resurrection given by Jesus in the New Testament The Gospel of John . Narrative From John 12 24 26 KJV blockquote Verily, verily, I say unto you, xcept a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me and where I am, there shall also my servant be if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. blockquote Interpretation Jesus drew this parable about resurrection and the kingdom of God from the everyday circumstances of life. His rural audience could easily understand the principle of resurrection produced by dead seeds sown into the earth. ref name Parable http www.rc.net wcc parabl20.htm The Parables of Jesus The Grain of Wheat ref The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection. ref name Parable The Rev. William D. Oldland in his sermon Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies said This parable is used by Jesus to teach them three things. First, he teaches them that he must die. Secondly, he shows them God is in control. Finally, he shows them that his death has purpose . ref http www.rc.net wcc parabl20.htm The Rev. William D. Oldland, Sermon Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies ref Apostle Paul also say What is sown in the earth is subject to decay, what rises is incorruptible 1 Cor. 15 42 . References reflist External links http www.rc.net wcc parabl20.htm The Parables of Jesus The Grain of Wheat bible stub Parables of Jesus DEFAULTSORT Grain Of Wheat, Parable of the Category Gospel episodes Category Biblical phrases C ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Malevolent Grain Type ep Artist Wolves in the Throne Room Cover Malevolent Grain cover.jpg Released February 17, 2009 ref http www.tower.com malevolent grain wolves in throne room vinyl wapi 113167127 Malevolent Grain tower.com ref Recorded Genre Black metal , ambient music Length 23 39 Label Southern Lord Records Southern Lord , Conspiracy Records Conspiracy Producer Reviews Last album Live at Roadburn 2008 br 2008 This album Malevolent Grain br 2009 Next album Black Cascade br 2009 Malevolent Grain is an EP by Wolves in the Throne Room that is the warmup to their third album Black Cascade ref http www.theomegaorder.com s.nl it.A id.23280 .f Malevolent Grain The Omega Order ref This is the first album to feature guitar done by Will Lindsay , coming from the defunct band Middian . Jamie Myers from the band Hammers of Misfortune supplies guest vocals for the song A Looming Resonance . citation needed date July 2010 Track listing Track listing title1 A Looming Resonance length1 13 01 title2 Hate Crystal length2 10 38 Personnel Wolves in the Throne Room Nathan Weaver lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar Aaron Weaver drums Will Lindsay guitar Additional musicians Jamie Myers female vocals on A Looming Resonance Release history class wikitable Region Date Label Format Catalog Notes United States February 17, 2009 Southern Lord gramophone record Vinyl Southern Lord Records discography LORD101 Black vinyl United States February 17, 2009 Southern Lord gramophone record Vinyl LORD101 Forest green vinyl United States February 17, 2009 Southern Lord gramophone record Vinyl LORD101 Gold vinyl Belgium February, 2009 Conspiracy Records gramophone record Vinyl core074 Picture disc, limited to 700 United States March 4, 2009 Self released compact disc CD WITTR001 Digipak only available through the band site or at live shows References reflist Category 2009 EPs Category Wolves in the Throne Room albums Category Southern Lord Records EPs ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Golden Grain Type studio Artist Disturbing tha Peace Cover DTP GoldenGrain.jpg Released September 10, 2002 small United States U.S. Recorded Genre Hip hop music Rap, Hip hop Length Label Disturbing tha Peace DTP , Def Jam South Producer Last album This album Golden Grain br 2002 Next album Disturbing tha Peace album Disturbing tha Peace br 2005 Singles Name Golden Grain Type studio single 1 Growing Pains Do It Again single 1 date 2002 single 2 N.S.E.W. single 2 date 2002 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 3 5 ref Allmusic class album id r604569 pure url yes Allmusic review ref rev2 HipHopDX.com rev2score Rating 3.5 5 ref http www.hiphopdx.com index reviews id.217 title.disturbing tha peace golden grain HipHopDX.com review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Golden Grain is the debut album by record label Disturbing tha Peace . ref cite web url http www.amazon.com Golden Grain Disturbing tha Peace dp B00006GFB6 title Golden Grain Disturbing Tha Peace, Ludacris Music publisher Amazon.com date accessdate 2012 02 18 ref It debuted on the US top 200 selling 95,000 in the first week. By week four the album had plummeted out of the charts. The album also failed commercially and had only one single produced, the remix of Ludacris song, Growing Pains , from his Word of Mouf album. The single achieved limited airplay, reaching 61 on Hot R U.S. R&B . Track listing this section is for album credits only class wikitable style text align center style text align center Title style text align center Performer s style text align center Producer 1 Break Sumthin Ludacris , Shawnna , Lil Fate, Tity Boi , I 20 Mixzo 2 Growing Pains Do It Again Remix Lil Fate, Ludacris, Shawnna, Scarface rapper Scarface , Keon Bryce P. King The Specialist 3 Posted Shawnna Icedrake 4 Smokin Dro Tity Boi, I 20, Ludacris DJ Nasty & LVM 5 Big Chain ... of America Category Record label albums 2000s hiphop album stub es Golden Grain ru Golden Grain ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Gossip in the Grain Type studio Artist Ray LaMontagne Cover Ray LaMontagne Gossip in the Grain.jpg Released October 14, 2008 US Recorded Box, England Genre Folk music Folk , folk rock Length Label RCA Records RCA BMG Stone Dwarf RED Distribution RED US br 14th Floor Records 14th Floor UK Producer Ethan Johns Last album Acre of Land br 2000 Last album Trouble br 2004 Last album Till the Sun Turns Black br 2006 This album Gossip in the Grain br 2008 Next album God Willin and the Creek Don t Rise br 2010 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r1416895 pure url yes Allmusic review ref rev2 PopMatters rev2score Rating 8 10 ref http www.popmatters.com pm review 63267 ray lamontagne gossip in the grain PopMatters review ref rev3 Rolling Stone rev3score Rating 3 5 ref http www.rollingstone.com reviews album 23226250 review 23589087 gossip in the grain Rolling Stone review ref rev4 Spin magazine Spin rev4score Rating 3 5 ref http www.spin.com reviews ray lamontagne gossip grain rca Spin review ref rev5 Stereo Subversion rev5score Rating 8 10 ref http www.stereosubversion.com reviews album reviews ray lamontagne 2 10 09 2008 Stereo Subversion review ref rev6 Stereokill rev6score Rating 4 5 ref http stereokill.net ... 5 10 ref http www.thisisfakediy.co.uk articles albums ray lamontagne gossip in the grain This Is Fake ... ray lamontagne reviews 12260 Uncut review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Gossip in the Grain ... Gossip in the Grain title1 You Are the Best Thing length1 3 53 title2 Let It Be Me length2 4 41 title3 ... length8 4 25 title9 A Falling Through length9 4 28 title10 Gossip in the Grain length10 3 59 tracklist ... 2 39 title15 Trouble length15 4 01 During the week of November 1, 2008, Gossip in the Grain debuted ... reviews albums e3i39aca7c440d50caad6706ed809e1ffa0 Billboard review of Gossip in the Grain Ray LaMontagne Category 2008 albums Category Ray Lamontagne albums it Gossip in the Grain ... more details
other families are also called grains if they resemble caryopses. For example, amaranth is sold as grain amaranth and amaranth products may be described as whole grain. ref For example, see the website ... civilizations of the Andes had grain based food systems, but in the higher elevations, none of the grains ... Goosefoot family buckwheat Polygonaceae Smartweed family div Grain legumes or pulses Members ... seed Cannabaceae Hemp family poppyseed Papaveraceae Poppy family div Historical Impact of Grain Agriculture ... other kinds of food crops, such as fresh fruits, roots and tubers. The advent of grain agriculture ... 9 12 ref See also Cereal Vegetable fats and oils Legume Perennial grain Staple foods Domestication References and Notes references Commons category DEFAULTSORT Food Grain Category Edible nuts and seeds ... more details
& Company. 1962, p. 165 ref The masters of the Square rig square rigged grain carriers engaged ... Cecilie at six times. The fastest ship was Parma barque Parma in 1933 in 83 days. The grain trade ... Channel . The last of the Grain Races was in 1949. Pamir ship Pamir Captain Verner Bj rkfelt ... and reality in retrospect While the general public thought of the wheat trade as the Grain Race, there was no compelling economic reason to be first home with a cargo of grain, and the ship owners ... ... the captain of a grain ship who lost gear more likely would lose his job. ref Apollonio, Spencer ... Ships . Washington, D.C. Brassey s. 2000, p. xxv ref Grain races 1921 1949 class wikitable Year Wininng ... 110 Port Victoria, South Australia Port Victoria Cobh See also land Maritime Museum The Last Grain Race , a 1956 book by Eric Newby on the last 1939 voyage in the Australian grain trade by Moshulu , the largest sailing ship still transporting grain at the time References reflist Further reading ... 1947 . Greenwich Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851771343 Category Sailing races Category Grain ships ... more details
The Battle for Grain was an economic policy undertaken by the Kingdom of Italy 1861 1946 Fascists in Italy during the 1920s as a move toward autarky . Background When Benito Mussolini took over as President of Italy Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 the economy was in a bad state following World War I . Between 1922 and 1925, the financial and economic situation generally improved dramatically and this helped to increase the power of Italy, who strived to be one of the world s leading countries. But in order to continue their development Mussolini decided that Italy needed to become near enough self sufficient rather than greatly relying upon foreign imports, particularly of grain. The way that this happened was through the Battle for Grain . Details Aims The policy had a number of aims. These comprised to boost cereal production to make Italy self sufficient in grain to reduce the balance of trade deficit to lower the necessity for foreign imports of bread to show Italy as a major force Actions The policy was first put into practice in 1925 when high tariffs were placed on imported bread in a similar way to the Corn Laws in United Kingdom Britain during the 19th century. By doing this they hoped that Italians would need to produce more of their own bread instead of relying on cheap imports. Land which had not been used for years and was infertile was now utilised, however it was very expensive to farm. The government also gave grants to those farmers who were producing crops to buy machinery and fertiliser Results The policy had both positive and negative effects for Italy. On the positive side, cereal production doubled from 1922 to 1939 and by 1940 they had become more or less self sufficient at cereal production wheat imports went down by 75 in the years 1925 1935. The increased protection on Italian crops was a benefit to the farmers and grain producers, especially ... of vines other vital aspects of agriculture did not happen as much as a result of the focus on grain ... more details
Image 4 Seasons Roots.jpg thumb 300px Roots of intermediate wheatgrass, a perennial grain candidate compared ... lived perennial plant s, all major Food graingrain crops are Annual plant annuals or short lived ... s Food graingrain crops could be developed and that these perennial grains could make grain ... logic Most agricultural land is devoted to the production of grain crops cereal, oilseed ...2010 All these grain crops are currently annual plants which are generally planted into cultivated ... the potential for future food production could be escaped by developing perennial grain crops that do ... perennial grain crops have been proposed ref name Glover&Reganold etal2010 ref name Cox etal2006 ref name Cox etal2002 The primary gene pool s of several domesticated grain crops include perennial types, even though these crops are generally grown as annuals. Pigeon pea is a large seeded grain ... domesticated grain crops include perennial species. ref name Cox etal2002 Gene exchange between ... perennials, increased seed size, for example, could be brought in from domestic grain relatives. Alternately ... seeds could be Domestication domesticated without any wide hybridization. Although our grain crops ... was subjected to recurrent cycles of selection for improved grain traits. ref name Wagoner1990 ref name ... grain crops are in the early stages of development and may take many years before achieving ... perennial crops and agroforestry systems do not produce grain. Grain provides greater food security ... sunflower Thinopyrum intermedium Plant breeding Food grain Subsistence agriculture References Reflist ... for developing perennial grain crops. BioScience. 56 649 659 ref ref name Glover&Reganold2010 Glover ... Wagoner, P. 1990. Perennial grain development past efforts and potential for the future. Critical ... Cox,T.S.2002.PerennialGrain.CRPS21,59 61.pdf Cox, T.S., et al. 2002 Breeding Perennial Grain Crops. Critical ... grain breeding programs. http www.cbc.ca video News Canada Manitoba ID 1565312395 Resilent crops ... more details
Image CrystalGrain.jpg thumb Micrograph of a polycrystalline metal grain boundaries evidenced by acid ... A grain boundary is the interface between two Crystallite grains , or crystallites, in a polycrystalline material. Grain boundaries are crystallographic defect defects in the crystal structure, and tend ... interfacial energy and relatively weak bonding in most grain boundaries often makes them preferred ... hand, grain boundaries disrupt the motion of dislocation s through a material, so reducing .... High and low angle boundaries It is convenient to separate grain boundaries by the extent of the mis orientation between the two grains. Low angle grain boundaries LAGBs are those with a misorientation ... angle grain boundaries HAGBs whose misorientation is greater than about 11 degrees the transition ... or grain which is gradually bent by some external force. The energy associated with the elastic ... of atoms that act like a wedge, that creates a permanent misorientation between the two sides. As the grain ... resulting in a growing wall of dislocations a low angle boundary. The grain can now be considered ... to be high angle and the original grain to have separated into two entirely separate grains. In comparison ... or even liquid layer between the grain. However, this model could not explain the observed strength of grain boundaries and, after the invention of electron microscopy , direct evidence of the grain ... decreases. Thus there is a driving force to produce fewer, more misoriented boundaries i.e., grain ... blockquote Boundary migration The movement of grain boundaries HAGB has implications for recrystallization chemistry recrystallization and grain growth while subgrain boundary LAGB movement strongly ... alternative mechanisms for atomic transfer. Image Grain growth inhibition.svg thumb 300px Grain growth ... alloys to minimise or prevent recrystallization or grain growth during Annealing metallurgy ... 3 cite book author G Gottstein, LS Shvindlerman title Grain Boundary Migration in Metals Thermodynamics ... more details
Image PeterGrainPierreMichelGrain memin.jpg thumb 200px right Pierre Michel Grain by Charles Balthazar Julien F vret de Saint M min Peter Grain 1785? 1857 was a French American artist who achieved success ... for at least two generations. Early life Born in France, ref name L260 Grain was originally a performer ... Pantomime included combats on horseback, making it an early example of hippodrama . Grain was cast as the title character. His billing as Mr. Grain can be seen in other advertisements for the company s 1809 season. ref http www.genealogybank.com Historical Newspapers ref Image Grain Billy infor 3.JPG thumb 240px left P pin and Breschard Advertisement 1809 Painting Grain s earliest recognition ... Grain s Picture of the Shipwreck of the Packet Albion , portraying the loss of the New York and Liverpool ..., dioramist panorama painter , in 1836. ref name L260 The Grain name was used as the principal painter ... of King John 1846 . ref name L260 During 1849 Grain exhibited the Grand Panorama of Scotts Battles ... Grain is mentioned in the National Gallery of Art provenance of a portrait by Gilbert Stuart , The Circus ... PETER GRAIN, architect, 1827.jpg thumb 240px right Lafayette Theatre Architectural Work The Lafayette Circus Theatre Lafayette Theatre in New York City originally the Lafayette Circus was redesigned by Grain ...&imageID 1650711&total 1&num 0&word Grain 2C 20Peter&s 3¬word &d &c &f 4&k 3&lWord &lField &sScope ..., p. 126 ref Family of Artists Three of Grain s sons also became artists Peter Grain, Jr., George, and Urban A. Grain. ref name L260 Peter Grain, his brother Frederick a noted panorama painter , and Peter Grain Jr. all worked as scenographer s for numerous theatres. Peter Jr. was based at The Walnut ... with the Grain family are the Charleston Theatre, Charleston, SC the Chatham Garden Theatre in New ... 22peter grain 22 judge&ie ISO 8859 1&output html Karel, David Dictionnaire des artistes de langue fran aise ... Persondata . NAME Grain, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2010 Infobox Book name A Grain of Wheat title orig translator image prefer 1st edition cover image caption author Ng g wa Thiong o illustrator cover artist country Kenya language English language English series genre Historical novel publisher Heinemann book publisher Heinemann release date 1967 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages 247 pp isbn NA first published before ISBN system started preceded by followed by A Grain of Wheat is a novel by Kenya n novelist Ng g wa Thiong o . The novel weaves several stories together during the state of emergency in Kenya s struggle for independence 1952 1959 , focusing on the quiet Mugo, whose life is ruled by a dark secret. The plot revolves around his home village s preparations for Kenya s independence day celebration Uhuru day . Former resistance fighters General R and Koinandu plan on publicly executing the traitor who betrayed Kihika a heroic resistance fighter hailing from the village on that day. Characters The loner Mugo, a hero of the British Internment concentration camps where he led a hunger strike and he also tried to stop a village guard from beating a pregnant woman to death. Although he is thought to be a hero through the whole book, he is the traitor of Kihika betraying him to the British in a selfish act to save himself. Gikonyo, an ambitious carpenter and business man who s married to Mumbi. He confessed to taking the oath of the resistance while in a concentration camp, securing an early release only to find that his wife had borne a child with his hated rival Karanja while he was away. Mumbi, the wife of Gikonyo and sister of Kihika. While Gikonyo was imprisoned she slept with Karanja who had been appointed village chief by the colonial power. Karanja ... black Africans. wikiquote Ngugi wa Thiong o DEFAULTSORT Grain Of Wheat, A Category Historical ... wa Thiong o Category Novels set in Kenya Category 1950s in fiction 1960s novel stub sw A Grain of Wheat ... more details
Grain itch also known as Barley itch, Mattress itch, Prairie itch, and Straw itch is a cutaneous condition caused by several types of mite s, and characterized by intense pruritus . ref name Andrews cite book author James, William D. Berger, Timothy G. et al. title Andrews Diseases of the Skin clinical Dermatology publisher Saunders Elsevier location year 2006 pages isbn 0 7216 2921 0 oclc doi accessdate ref rp 454 See also Grocer s itch List of cutaneous conditions References reflist Cutaneous infection stub Arthropod infestations Category Parasitic infestations, stings, and bites of the skin ru ... more details
Distinguish2 the Groat coin groat coin , or the maize porridge grits Unreferenced date March 2009 Image Kasza gryczana.jpg thumb right 250px Kasha buckwheat groats. Groats are the hulled grains of various cereal s, such as oat s, wheat , barley or buckwheat which is actually a pseudocereal . Groats are whole grain s that include the cereal germ and fiber rich bran portion of the grain as well as the endosperm which is the usual product of Flour mill Modern mills milling . Groats from oats are a good source of avenanthramide . Groats are nutritious but hard to chew, so they are often soaked and cooked. They can be the basis of kasha , a porridge like staple food staple meal of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Roasted buckwheat groats are also known as kasha or kashi , especially in the United States. Wheat groats, also known as bulgur , are an essential ingredient of the Middle East ern dishes mansaf and tabbouleh . Groaty pudding is a traditional dish from the Black Country in England. It is made from soaked groats, leeks, onions, beef, and beef stock, baked for up to 16 hours. Groaty pudding is a traditional meal on Guy Fawkes Night . Citation needed date July 2010 Groats pudding is also a traditional but increasingly rare name for hogs pudding made by butchers in parts of Devon and Cornwall made from pork and oats heavily spiced with black pepper. References reflist Commons category Groats wheat Category Cereals Category Porridges cs Kroupy potravina de Gr tze fr Gruau alimentation he it Semolino nl Grutten pl Kasza ru ... more details
Grit going back to Old English grytt or grytta or gryttes ref the OED gives the following earliest references Epinal Gloss . 823 Pullis, grytt. c1000 LFRIC Gloss. in Wr. W lcker 141 20 Apludes uel cantabra, hw te gryttan. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 220 o e grytta. a1100 Ags. Voc. in Wr. W lcker 330 33 Furfures, gretta. 11.. Voc. ibid. 505 13 Polline, gryttes. a1225 Ancr. R. 186 is is Godes heste, et him is muchele leouere en et tu ete gruttene bread, o er werie herde here. ref is an almost extinct word for bran , chaff , mill dust also for oats that have been husked but not ground, or that have been only coarsely ground coarse oatmeal . The word continues to exist in modern dishes like grits , a Native American corn based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn and the German Rote Gr tze red grits , Rote Gr tze, a traditional pudding made of summer berries and starch and sugar. Grit here was the cheap supplier of starch. Gruels of grit, oatmeal grit preferably, were standard European nutrition of the lower classes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. References reflist 1 External links http dictionary.oed.com cgi entry 50099047?query type word&queryword grit OED on word usage, restricted access DEFAULTSORT Grit Grain Category Cereals Category Porridges es Grit cereal ... more details
Infobox film name The Secret of the Grain image La Graine et le Mulet.jpg caption Theatrical release poster director Abdellatif Kechiche producer Beno t Pilot writer Screenplay br Abdellatif Kechiche br Adaptation & Dialogue br Abdellatif Kechiche br Ghalia Lacroix starring Habib Boufares br Hafsia Herzi br Farida Benkhetache br Abdelhamid Aktouche br Bouraou a Marzouk br Sabrina Ouazani br Olivier Loustau cinematography Lubomir Bakchev editing Camille Toubkis br Ghalia Lacroix distributor Path Distribution released Film Festivals 2007 br Cairo br Thessaloniki br Venice br Berlin br London br Dubai br Theatrical Releases br France br 12 December 2007 br Belgium br 12 December 2007 br Italy br 18 January 2008 runtime 151 minutes country filmFrance br filmTunisia language French language French budget 6.14 million gross The Secret of the Grain lang fr La graine et le mulet , subtitled English language version also released internationally as Couscous is a 2007 France Franco Tunisia n drama film directed by Abdel Kechiche . The film stars Habib Boufares as an ageing immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family meets sceptical opposition from the French bureaucracy. The French title of the film refers to a grain of couscous and to Flathead mullet mullet , a type of small fish, both popular in Tunisia n cuisine. The two ingredients constitute both the staple of his extended family s diet and the menu on which he plans to establish his restaurant. Plot Slimane Beiji Habib Boufares is the divorced head of a Franco Arabic family. As he is being forced out of his job at the local shipyard, he interacts in a series of extended vignettes with various members of his extended family including his ... et le Mulet at Allmovie Metacritic film the secret of the grain S start S ach aw Succession box title ... film S raphine end C sar Award for Best Film DEFAULTSORT Secret Of The Grain, The Category 2007 films ... more details
coauthors et al. volume issue 31 pages 8 14 id url format ref Bere is a very old grain that may ... crop in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland, providing grain for Gristmill ... the grain to produce beremeal which is used locally in bread , biscuit s, and the traditional beremeal ... more details
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