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The Court Theatre is expected to move into the Performing Arts Precinct in 2023. The northern half of the designated land was acquired by the Carter Group and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch in 2019 for church and education purposes. The land in the southern block occupied by the Forsyth Barr Building was al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The project lead for the central library, named Te Whare Pukapuka Matua in the Blueprint, was Christchurch City Council. Located at the north side of Cathedral Square, it opened in October 2018. Named Tūranga, the building is regarded as iconic and has won a number of awards. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The Residential Demonstration Project (Māori: Whakaaturanga Kāinga) is a private development, enabled through the Crown providing 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) of land north of Latimer Square. The developer was chosen through a design competition in 2013 but in November 2015, CCDU confirmed that the project would ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The Metro Sports Facility (Māori: Taiwhanga Rēhia) is proposed to be a large venue for aquatic sports, an indoor stadium, a high performance centre, recreation and performance space on a 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) site. The project was to be delivered by Christchurch City Council, the private sector and non-g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The stadium (Māori: Taiwhanga Hākinakina) is proposed as a large multi-purpose indoor facility, covering most of three city blocks (the bordering roads are Madras Street, Hereford Street, Barbadoes Street, and Tuam Street). The stadium would thus occupy Cashel and Lichfield streets. The stadium is a joint initiative by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The cricket oval in Hagley Park (Māori: Papa Kirikiti) was to be enhanced so that it could host domestic and international tests. It was a joint project between CERA, the city council, and New Zealand Cricket. As any development within Hagley Park is controversial, the consent application was directly sent to the Envir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The Environment Court approved the application in August 2013 and the new Hadlee Pavilion opened on 15 September 2014, in time for the 2015 Cricket World Cup; three games were played at the Hagley Oval. The redevelopment cost three times as much as the NZ$1.5m that had initially been approved by the city council. It wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The Bus Interchange (Māori: Whakawhitinga Pahi) was proposed as an effective system for public transport, and as a replacement for the damaged Bus Exchange. The proposed Bus Interchange was to be located opposite the Bus Exchange, on the south side of Lichfield Street. The project was to be led by Environment Canterbur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The aim of the Innovation Precinct (Māori: Te Puna Rerekētanga) was to encourage collaboration between innovative businesses and research organisations, thus improving productivity for Christchurch and New Zealand. The general location of the Innovation Precinct was the area around High Street, where the South Frame an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The timeline graphic is based on the indicative project delivery schedule contained in the Blueprint published in July 2012, a pamphlet published in November 2014 plus the status as of July 2020. None of the projects were delivered as per the originally published indicative project delivery schedule. The first project ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
The original schedule saw all projects where a delivery date had been specified completed by March 2017; at that point in time just three of the seventeen projects had been completed (the Bus Interchange was the second project (May 2015) to be finished, and the Earthquake Memorial the third project in February 2017). N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Central_Recovery_Plan |
Psychological Abstracts was an abstract and index periodical and the print counterpart of the PsycINFO database. It was published by the American Psychological Association and was produced for 80 years, ceasing publication at the end of 2006. It was produced monthly and contained summaries (abstracts, bibliographic inf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Abstracts |
In its latter years it contained much less content than PsycINFO, although it did contain some records for technical reports that are not in PsycINFO. It was organized by subject area according to the PsycINFO Classification Codes. == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Abstracts |
The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) is a statistical survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on behalf of the Central Bank of Ireland as part of the European Central Bank (ECB) Household Finance and Consumption Network (HFCN).The HFCS is designed to collect household-level data on househ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Finance_and_Consumption_Survey_(Ireland) |
The 2013 HFCS study was the first conducted in Ireland, carried out between March and September 2013 with 5,419 respondent households.Results of the 2013 study were released in January 2015 by the Central Statistics Office.Survey data is available on the CSO website in PDF format. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Finance_and_Consumption_Survey_(Ireland) |
The 2013 study sample size consisted of 5,419 respondent households. The survey collected a range of household information from the adults taking the survey, including the following household characteristics at micro level: demographics real and financial assets liabilities consumption and saving income and employment ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Finance_and_Consumption_Survey_(Ireland) |
The HFCS is designed to find out more about household finance and consumption in Ireland.HFCS aims to collect information to help policy-makers respond to a variety of questions concerning: Debt and financial pressures Portfolio choice and demand for assets Saving, liquidity constraints and the smoothing of consumption... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Finance_and_Consumption_Survey_(Ireland) |
The International Society for Applied Ethology is the leading non-profit professional organization for academics and scientists interested in the behaviour and welfare of confined or domesticated animals, including companion, farm, laboratory and zoo animal species. The Society was created in Edinburgh in 1966, as the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Applied_Ethology |
In 1991, on the 25th anniversary of the SVE, the society was renamed the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). At the International Congress that year a paper was presented by Carol Petherick and Ian Duncan entitled "The Society for Veterinary Ethology 1966-1991 the 25th Anniversary Review".Administration ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Applied_Ethology |
The European Parliament and the Council of Europe also consult council on such matters. The membership is drawn from all areas of the world and is divided into 11 regions based on geography. ISAE encourages academic activity within the regions, including support of regional meetings, and also holds an annual Congress b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Applied_Ethology |
The 50th Anniversary Congress was held back in Edinburgh in July 2016 and commemorated with the publication of the book "Animals and Us: 50 Years and More of Applied Ethology. "ISAE's official scientific journal is Applied Animal Behaviour Science (AABS), a monthly publication, originally established as Applied Animal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Applied_Ethology |
AABS continues to be published by Elsevier. Honorary Fellows of the society include Ruth Harrison, Donald Broom and Michael C. Appleby. Another notable member is Temple Grandin. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Applied_Ethology |
Lyndsey Stonebridge FBA FEA (born February 1965) is an English scholar and professor of humanities and human rights at the University of Birmingham. Her work relates to refugee studies, human rights, and the effects of violence on the mind in the 20th and 21st centuries. She is also a regular radio and media commentato... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
Lyndsey Stonebridge was born in Bromley, Kent. She earned her BA at the Polytechnic of North London, an MA in critical theory from the University of Sussex, and her PhD at the University of London.She was a professor of modern literature and history at the University of East Anglia, where she founded the Arts and Human... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
Stonebridge believes that novels and poetry "embody and express" our conceptions of human rights and humanity as time moves on. Literary writing, she says, can be a political act that "gives form and meaning" to human rights. Accordingly, much of her work is rooted in the field of literary criticism, whereby she survey... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
In her book, Placeless People: Writing, Rights, and Refugees, Stonebridge describes a history of modern statelessness, which she calls an evil that, unlike genocide, which also emerged as a term in the twentieth century, has "yet to take root in our cultural memory of modern trauma". She elaborates on Arendt's argument... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
As people who "opened up a space…for thinking and being between nation states", refugees are the ones for whom the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) should most clearly apply. However, their effective (albeit, often unofficial) statelessness leaves them in a state of limbo, without what Are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
The modern category of refugees, she argues, is a direct result of the fact that the UDHR does not exactly enshrine "human" rights, but rather "citizen’s" rights. For example, Stonebridge cites the enforcement (or lack thereof) of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 as a failure of the UN's commitment to sel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
The protagonist, K, can be viewed as a refugee, migrant, or "Jew stranger" lured by false promises (such as universal human rights) that are actually irreconcilable with the functioning of the castle's ( or nation's) bureaucracy. By endorsing this idea, Stonebridge advocates for a kind of internationalism, where rights... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
However, she is critical of "blindly humanistic" romanticized narratives of internationalism or exile, framed as an intellectual choice and path to freedom. For example, she criticizes Virginia Woolf's famous proclamation that "As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
The Destructive Element: British Psychoanalysis and Modernism. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1998. The Writing of Anxiety: Imagining Wartime in 1940s British Culture. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2007.The Judicial Imagination: Writing After Nuremberg. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2011.Placeless People: Writing, Rights and Refugees. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018. isbn 978-0 -19-879700-5 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
Reading Melanie Klein. Routledge, London and New York, 1998. (edited with John Phillips) British Fiction after Modernism: The Novel at Mid-Century. Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2007. (edited with Marina Mackay) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndsey_Stonebridge |
Robert Hodge is an Australian academic, author, theorist and critic. While best known as a semiotician and critical linguist, his work encompasses a wide, interdisciplinary range of fields including cultural theory, media studies, chaos theory, Marxism, psychoanalysis, post-colonialism, post-modernism and many other to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
He went to Cambridge University in 1965 on a scholarship and completed a BA in 1967 and a PhD in 1972 on Intellectual History. Thereafter his working career as a lecturer and later professor took him to the University of East Anglia, Norwich 1972–1977, Murdoch University, Perth from 1977 to 1993, and the University of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
Hodge's increasingly interdisciplinary approach has grown to include history, chaos theory, critical management studies, Aboriginal issues and others. Of his twenty five published books, the most well known include 'Social Semiotics', 'Language as Ideology', and 'Myths of Oz'. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
Other output includes numerous articles published in journals and speeches at international conferences. As well as his work as a researcher and author, Hodge has had a long teaching career, which includes the designing and co-ordinating of courses. In 1993 he set up the course structure for UWS Hawkesbury's humanities... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
As a PhD supervisor Hodge has overseen some 40 doctorates. He currently lives in Winmalee, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney with his wife Gabriela, and spends part of each year in Mexico City. He has three children and seven grandchildren. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
Hodge, B. and O'Carroll, J. (2006) Borderwork in Multicultural Australia, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Hodge, B. and Coronado, G. (2004) El Hipertexto Multicultural en México Posmoderno, Mexico: Porrua-CIESAS. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
Hodge, B. and Dimitrov, V. (2002) Social Fuzziology: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity, Germany: Springer Verlag. Hodge, B. and Louie, K. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
(1998) The Politics of Chinese Language and Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons, London & New York: Routledge. Hodge, B. and Kress, G. (1993) Language as Ideology, Rev. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
ed., London & New York: Routledge. Hodge, B. and Mishra, V. (1991) Dark Side of the Dream: Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
Hodge, B. and Kress, G. (1988) Social Semiotics, London: Polity Press. Hodge, B., Fiske, J. and Turner, G. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
(1987) Myths of Oz: Reading Australian Popular Culture, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Hodge, B. and Tripp, D. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
(1986) Children and Television, London: Polity Press, London. Spanish Trans. by Valverde, G. (1988) Barcelona: Editorial Planeta.. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hodge_(linguist) |
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) was an independent commission of the United States of America established in 2018 to make recommendations to the President and Congress to "advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Commission_on_Artificial_Intelligence |
Here is a list of members from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Eric Schmidt (Chair), former CEO of Google Robert Work (Vice Chair), former Deputy Secretary of Defense Mignon Clyburn, former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Chris Darby, CEO of In-Q-Tel Jose-Marie Griffit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Commission_on_Artificial_Intelligence |
The report's recommendations include: dramatically increasing non-defense federal spending on AI research and development, doubling every year from $2 billion in 2022, to $32 billion in 2026. That would bring it up to a level similar to spending on biomedical research creation of a Digital Corps to bring skilled tech w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Commission_on_Artificial_Intelligence |
The almond (Prunus amygdalus, syn. Prunus dulcis) is a species of small tree from the genus Prunus, cultivated worldwide for its seed, a culinary nut. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the shell (endocarp) surrounding the seed.The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are sold shelled or unshelled. Blanched almonds are shelled almonds that have been treated with hot water to soften the seedcoat, which is then removed to reveal the white embryo. Once almonds are cleaned and processed, they can be stored over time. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are used in many cuisines, often featuring prominently in desserts, such as marzipan. The almond tree prospers in a moderate Mediterranean climate with cool winter weather. Native to Iran and surrounding countries including the Levant, today it is rarely found wild in its original setting. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds were one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees, due to the ability to produce quality offspring entirely from seed, without using suckers and cuttings. Evidence of domesticated almonds in the Early Bronze Age has been found in the archeological sites of the Middle East, and subsequently across the Mediterran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The almond is a deciduous tree growing to 4–12.2 metres (13–40 feet) in height, with a trunk of up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter. The young twigs are green at first, becoming purplish where exposed to sunlight, then gray in their second year. The leaves are 8–13 cm (3–5 in) long, with a serrated margin and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond grows best in Mediterranean climates with warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. The optimal temperature for their growth is between 15 and 30 °C (59 and 86 °F) and the tree buds have a chilling requirement of 200 to 700 hours below 7.2 °C (45.0 °F) to break dormancy.Almonds begin bearing an economic crop in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Trees reach full bearing five to six years after planting. The fruit matures in the autumn, 7–8 months after flowering.The almond fruit is 3.5–6 cm (1+3⁄8–2+3⁄8 in) long. It is not a nut but a drupe. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The outer covering, consisting of an outer exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, fleshy in other members of Prunus such as the plum and cherry, is instead a thick, leathery, gray-green coat (with a downy exterior), called the hull. Inside the hull is a woody endocarp which forms a reticulated, hard shell (like the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The seeds of Prunus dulcis var. dulcis are predominantly sweet but some individual trees produce seeds that are somewhat more bitter. The genetic basis for bitterness involves a single gene, the bitter flavor furthermore being recessive, both aspects making this trait easier to domesticate. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The fruits from Prunus dulcis var. amara are always bitter, as are the kernels from other species of genus Prunus, such as apricot, peach and cherry (although to a lesser extent). The bitter almond is slightly broader and shorter than the sweet almond and contains about 50% of the fixed oil that occurs in sweet almonds... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on the two soluble glucosides amygdalin and prunasin yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde, the chemical causing the bitter flavor. Bitter almonds may yield 4–9 milligrams of hydrogen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The word almond comes from Old French almande or alemande, Late Latin amandula, amindula, derived from amygdala from the Ancient Greek amygdálē (ἀμυγδάλη) (cf. amygdala, an almond-shaped portion of the brain). Late Old English had amygdales, "almonds".The adjective amygdaloid (literally 'like an almond') is used to des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond is native to Southwestern Asia and ancient remains of almonds were discovered in the Levant area. It was spread by humans in ancient times along the shores of the Mediterranean into northern Africa and southern Europe, and more recently transported to other parts of the world, notably California, United States. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
It is unclear as to which wild ancestor of the almond created the domesticated species. The species Prunus fenzliana may be the most likely wild ancestor of the almond, in part because it is native to Armenia and western Azerbaijan, where it was apparently domesticated. Wild almond species were grown by early farmers, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds were one of the earliest domesticated fruit trees, due to "the ability of the grower to raise attractive almonds from seed. Thus, in spite of the fact that this plant does not lend itself to propagation from suckers or from cuttings, it could have been domesticated even before the introduction of grafting". Dom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Another well-known archaeological example of the almond is the fruit found in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt (c. 1325 BC), probably imported from the Levant. An article on almond tree cultivation in Spain is brought down in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, Book on Agriculture.Of the European countries that ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond trees are small to medium sized but commercial cultivars can be grafted onto a different root-stock to produce smaller trees. Varieties include: Nonpareil – originates in the 1800s. A large tree that produces large, smooth, thin-shelled almonds with 60–65% edible kernel per nut. Requires pollination from other a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Tuono – originates in Italy. Has thicker, hairier shells with only 32% of edible kernel per nut. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The thicker shell gives some protection from pests such as the navel orangeworm. Does not require pollination by other almond varieties. Mariana – used as a rootstock to result in smaller trees | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Breeding programmes have found the high shell-seal trait. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The most widely planted varieties of almond are self-incompatible; hence these trees require pollen from a tree with different genetic characters to produce seeds. Almond orchards therefore must grow mixtures of almond varieties. In addition, the pollen is transferred from flower to flower by insects; therefore commerc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
creates a significant problem of providing enough pollinating insects. Additional pollinating insects are therefore brought to the trees. The pollination of California's almonds is the largest annual managed pollination event in the world, with 1.4 million hives (nearly half of all beehives in the US) being brought to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
This business was heavily affected by colony collapse disorder at the turn of the 21st century, causing a nationwide shortage of honey bees and increasing the price of insect pollination. To partially protect almond growers from these costs, researchers at the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond trees can be attacked by an array of damaging microbes, fungal pathogens, plant viruses, and bacteria. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Pavement ants (Tetramorium caespitum), southern fire ants (Solenopsis xyloni), and thief ants (Solenopsis molesta) are seed predators. Bryobia rubrioculus mites are most known for their damage to this crop. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond production in California is concentrated mainly in the Central Valley, where the mild climate, rich soil, abundant sunshine and water supply make for ideal growing conditions. Due to the persistent droughts in California in the early 21st century, it became more difficult to raise almonds in a sustainable manner... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
In 2020, world production of almonds was 4.1 million tonnes, led by the United States providing 57% of the world total (table). Other leading producers were Spain, Australia, and Iran. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
In the United States, production is concentrated in California where 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) and six different almond varieties were under cultivation in 2017, with a yield of 2.25 billion pounds (1.02 billion kilograms) of shelled almonds. California production is marked by a period of intense pollination during ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The value of total U.S. exports of shelled almonds in 2016 was $3.2 billion.All commercially grown almonds sold as food in the U.S. are sweet cultivars. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported in 2010 that some fractions of imported sweet almonds were contaminated with bitter almonds, which contain cyanide. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Spain has diverse commercial cultivars of almonds grown in Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Aragón regions, and the Balearic Islands. Production in 2016 declined 2% nationally compared to 2015 production data.The 'Marcona' almond cultivar is recognizably different from other almonds and is marketed by name. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Australia is the largest almond production region in the Southern Hemisphere. Most of the almond orchards are located along the Murray River corridor in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Bitter almonds contain 42 times higher amounts of cyanide than the trace levels found in sweet almonds. Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally but even in small doses, effects are severe or lethal, especially in children; the cyanide must be removed before consumption. The acute oral lethal dose of cyanide ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Cross-reactivity is common with peach allergens (lipid transfer proteins) and tree nut allergens. Symptoms range from local signs and symptoms (e.g., oral allergy syndrome, contact urticaria) to systemic signs and symptoms including anaphylaxis (e.g., urticaria, angioedema, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms).Al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Aflatoxins are potent carcinogenic chemicals produced by molds such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. The mold contamination may occur from soil, previously infested almonds, and almond pests such as navel-orange worm. High levels of mold growth typically appear as gray to black filament-like growth. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
It is unsafe to eat mold-infected tree nuts. Some countries have strict limits on allowable levels of aflatoxin contamination of almonds and require adequate testing before the nuts can be marketed to their citizens. The European Union, for example, introduced a requirement since 2007 that all almond shipments to the E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
After tracing cases of salmonellosis to almonds, the USDA approved a proposal by the Almond Board of California to pasteurize almonds sold to the public. After publishing the rule in March 2007, the almond pasteurization program became mandatory for California companies effective 1 September 2007. Raw, untreated Califo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
California almonds labeled "raw" must be steam-pasteurized or chemically treated with propylene oxide (PPO). This does not apply to imported almonds or almonds sold from the grower directly to the consumer in small quantities. The treatment also is not required for raw almonds sold for export outside of North America. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
The Almond Board of California states: "PPO residue dissipates after treatment". The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reported: "Propylene oxide has been detected in fumigated food products; consumption of contaminated food is another possible route of exposure". | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
PPO is classified as Group 2B ("possibly carcinogenic to humans").The USDA-approved marketing order was challenged in court by organic farmers organized by the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group which filed a lawsuit in September 2008. According to the institute, this almond marketing or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are 4% water, 22% carbohydrates, 21% protein, and 50% fat (table). In a 100-gram (3+1⁄2-ounce) reference amount, almonds supply 2,420 kilojoules (579 kilocalories) of food energy. The almond is a nutritionally dense food (table), providing a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of the B vitamins rib... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are included as a good source of protein among recommended healthy foods by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A 2016 review of clinical research indicated that regular consumption of almonds may reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering blood levels of LDL cholesterol. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
While the almond is often eaten on its own, raw or toasted, it is also a component of various dishes. Almonds are available in many forms, such as whole, slivered, and ground into flour. Almond pieces around 2–3 millimetres (1⁄16–1⁄8 in) in size, called "nibs", are used for special purposes such as decoration.Almonds a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
A wide range of classic sweets feature almonds as a central ingredient. Marzipan was developed in the Middle Ages. Since the 19th century almonds have been used to make bread, almond butter, cakes and puddings, candied confections, almond cream-filled pastries, nougat, cookies (macaroons, biscotti and qurabiya), and ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Marzipan, a smooth, sweetened almond paste, is used in a number of elegant cakes and desserts. Princess cake is covered by marzipan (similar to fondant), as is Battenberg cake. In Sicily, sponge cake is covered with marzipan to make cassatella di sant'Agata and cassata siciliana, and marzipan is dyed and crafted into r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
In French cuisine, alternating layers of almond and hazelnut meringue are used to make the dessert dacquoise. Pithivier is one of many almond cream-filled pastries. In Germany, Easter bread called Deutsches Osterbrot is baked with raisins and almonds. In Greece almond flour is used to make amygdalopita, a glyka tapsiou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are used for kourabiedes, a Greek version of the traditional quarabiya almond biscuits. A soft drink known as soumada is made from almonds in various regions. In Saudi Arabia, almonds are a typical embellishment for the rice dish kabsa. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
In Iran, green almonds are dipped in sea salt and eaten as snacks on street markets; they are called chaqale bâdam. Candied almonds called noghl are served alongside tea and coffee. Also, sweet almonds are used to prepare special food for babies, named harire badam. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almonds are added to some foods, cookies, and desserts, or are used to decorate foods. People in Iran consume roasted nuts for special events, for example, during New Year (Nowruz) parties. In Italy, colomba di Pasqua is a traditional Easter cake made with almonds. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Bitter almonds are the base for amaretti cookies, a common dessert. Almonds are also a common choice as the nuts to include in torrone. In Morocco, almonds in the form of sweet almond paste are the main ingredient in pastry fillings, and several other desserts. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Fried blanched whole almonds are also used to decorate sweet tajines such as lamb with prunes. Southwestern Berber regions of Essaouira and Souss are also known for amlou, a spread made of almond paste, argan oil, and honey. Almond paste is also mixed with toasted flour and among others, honey, olive oil or butter, ani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
In Indian cuisine, almonds are the base ingredients of pasanda-style and Mughlai curries. Badam halva is a sweet made from almonds with added coloring. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
Almond flakes are added to many sweets (such as sohan barfi), and are usually visible sticking to the outer surface. Almonds form the base of various drinks which are supposed to have cooling properties. Almond sherbet or sherbet-e-badaam, is a popular summer drink. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond |
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