1) Irish Potato Famine. 1845-1849. Called the Great Famine. In the early 19th century‚ Ireland’s tenant farmers struggled to provide for themselves and to supply the British market with cereal crops. By the early 1840s half the Irish population‚ mostly the rural poor‚ became to depend almost exclusively on the potato for their diet. The rest of the population also consumed it in large quantities. A heavy reliance on just one or two high-yielding types of potato greatly reduced the
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The Irish Potato Famine was a great famine that took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. The famine was caused by a potato disease‚ also called a potato blight. This was a huge problem especially considering that much of Ireland’s population was heavily reliant on potato crops. The famine itself killed around one million people. The question of genocide comes in when the British are taken into account. Ireland was dependent to Britain‚ much like how today countries like Puerto Rico are dependent
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brand name for a number of potato chip varieties as well as the name of the company that founded the chip brand in 1932. Lay ’s chips has been marketed as a division of Frito-Lay‚ a company owned by PepsiCo since 1965. Other brands in the Frito-Lay group include Fritos‚ Doritos‚ Ruffles‚ Cheetos‚ Rold Gold pretzels‚ and Sun Chips. History In 1932‚ salesman Herman Lay opened a snack food operation in Dorset‚ Ohio and‚ in 1938‚ he purchased the Atlanta‚ Georgia potato chip manufacturer "Barrett Food
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Investigating the Osmosis Effect in Potato Cores Aim The aim of this experiment is to investigate the osmosis effect in potato cores while they are submerged in different concentrations of sucrose solution. Osmosis will take place while the potatoes are fully submerged in the sucrose solution. Apparatus æ Scalpel (1) æ Tile (1) æ Pr. Tweezers (1) æ 250ml Beakers (2) æ 100ml Water (Per Beaker) æ 100ml Sucrose Solution o 0.2M o 0.4M o 0.6M o 0.8M o 1.0M æ Measuring
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Biodegradable plastic from cornstarch ABSTRACT The study aims to produce biodegradable plastic using cassava starch as its main component. Cassava starch was mixed with water‚ cornstarch and cooking oil INTRODUCTION There is an increasing demand for plastic‚ from the highly technological fields of electronics‚ fiber optics‚ and pharmaceuticals to the basic necessities such as sandwich wrappers and garbage bags. This high demand for plastics‚ however‚ has been a major contributor to
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BUSINESS ETHICS: REFLECTION PAPER 1 HELP THE RICH‚ HURT THE POOR The controversy regarding the SEZs in India has turned the issue into what is commonly known as a “hot potato”. The heated debate today is whether these SEZs are good for India or a hotbed for disaster that is going to spell long term doom for the nation. Like many things that go wrong in a nation like India‚ the SEZs too failed in the implementation phase. Arable land has been used to set up industries‚ farmers have been displaced
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Potatoes taste pretty good. Mashed‚ fried‚ baked‚ or scalloped‚ but how about taking the place of a car battery? If a potato can replace a AA battery and light up a light bulb‚ who’s to say multiple potatoes couldn’t serve the same purpose in a car? Potatoes use the acids within them to start a reaction between the copper and zinc wires on either side of it. This reaction causes the flow of electrons passing through the wires and using the positive and negatively charged electrons to power the
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The Effect of Salt Concentration on Osmosis in Potato Cells We should first explain what Osmosis is. It’s a passage of water from a region of high water concentration through membrane to a region of low water. Semi membrane is a very thin layer of material‚ which allows some things to pass through them but prevent other things from passing through. The cells allow small molecules like Oxygen‚ water‚ Carbon Dioxide‚ Ammonia. But will not allow larger molecules like Sucrose‚ Starch‚ or protein‚ etc
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Analysis of “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent Van Gogh In 1883‚ after leaving his wife Sien and his children Vincent Van Gogh headed to Nuenen. Coming off a disturbing part of his life‚ which included the break up with his ex-wife with several issues and suffering from gonorrhea‚ he was having a considerably difficult time. In Nuenen‚ Van Gogh started to devote himself to drawing‚ and started to gain attachment and sympathy
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fiercely competitive‚ and in 1996 (the base year for this case) Hostess‚ the market leader‚ had just over a 10% share. How do you relaunch an old weak brand into this snacking frenzy‚ when it has no product news‚ and is merely a good‚ old-fashioned potato chip? This paper describes how. The Lay ’s relaunch exceeded all objectives‚ and catapulted the brand to market leader in only 12 weeks. The relaunch is so recognized by Frito–Lay that the same strategy and creative‚ adapted to local needs‚ is being
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