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Gin

2007-10-13T20:45:07Z

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:<small>''The word "gin" can also mean a machine, particularly a snare or trap. It is closely related to the word "engine." Whitney's [[Cotton gin]] is one example of this use. The lines "Oh, thou who didst with pitfall and with gin/Beset the road I was to wander in," from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, are another.''</small>
'''Gin''' is an [[alcoholic beverage]] made by distilling the mash of fermented [[grain]]. The resulting spirit is then flavored by the addition of herbal extracts, primarily [[juniper]] berries. The main producers of gin are [[England]], [[Ireland]] and the [[Netherlands]].

==England and Ireland==
In England there are two distinct types, [[London]] gin and [[Plymouth]] gin. Ireland produces [[Cork]] gin (named after the city not the bark of the cork oak tree). Gin used to a popular intoxicant of the working classes and the [[artist]] [[Hogarth]] produced a series of prints on the theme of gin. A popular euphemism for gin in England is ''Mother's Ruin''. Although gin was originally consumed neat, it is now mainly consumed in mixed drinks, the most famous of which is '''gin and tonic'''.

===Gin & Tonic===
It is allegded that the origin of gin and tonic is from the British Army in colonial [[India]]. It had been discovered that [[quinine]] had anti-malarial properties and it was prescribed to the soldiers. However, the taste was very bitter and the British [[Tommie]]s found that it was much more palatable when mixed with gin. Having built up a popular following for the [[cocktail]], quinine water was later commercialised as effervescent Indian [[Tonic Water]]. It should be noted that the present levels of quinine in tonic water are low and it requires the consumption of copious amounts to have any [[prohylactic]] effect.

==Netherlands==
In the Netherlands gin is known as jenever with two distinct varieters, jonge and oude (young and old). The flavor of [[Dutch]] jenever is much more pungent than the English and Irish varieties. Dutch gin is normally drunk neat and chilled.

==Bible References==

ISA 8: 14 - ''And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a '''gin''' and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.''

AMO 3: 5 - ''Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no '''gin''' is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?''

JOB 18:9 - ''The '''gin''' shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.''

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Doritos

2007-10-13T20:45:04Z

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'''Doritos''' are a type of tortilla chip sold by the [[Frito-Lay]] company. They are distributed in many nations worldwide.

== Doritos in the Bible ==

LEVITICUS 23:14 - ''And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched doritos, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.''

LUKE 6: 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the doritos, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

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Lactose intolerance

2007-10-13T20:44:58Z

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'''Lactose intolerance''' is a condition wherein an individual cannot digest [[lactose]], a [[sugar]] found in [[milk]]. When a lactose intolerant individual ingests any form of milk, he or she may experience extreme stomach discomfort as well as other symptoms such as cramping and bloating. Such individuals do not produce an [[enzyme]] called [[lactase]] that breaks down lactose after weaning.<ref>http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance/</ref>

The proportion of lactose intolerant individuals varies by region on the planet. 99% of [[China|Chinese]] are lactose intolerant, whereas only 10% of [[United States|Americans]] are. Recent research indicates that lactose intolerance is high where [[cow]]s were not domesticated. <ref>http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/070401_lactose</ref>At higher latitudes, lactose intolerance decreases. As average temperature increases, lactose intolerance increases.<ref>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/06/050602012109.htm</ref>

Lactose tolerance is determined by a [[recessive]] [[gene]]. Researchers have recently identified a [[DNA]] [[mutation]] that allows people to tolerate milk.<ref>http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news-ng.asp?id=42796-scientists-identify-lactose</ref> Lactose tolerance is often called lactose persistence.

== Bible references ==

MATTHEW 10:1 - ''And when He had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of lactose intolerance.''

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Scorpion

2007-10-13T20:13:41Z

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Scorpions are very similar to [[spiders]], but are generally considered to have been created separately during Genesis due to some key features, such as their pincers and venomous tail. Before the Fall the tail would not have been venomous, but would likely have served some useful function, such as containing digestive juices for use on various fruits.

== Scorpions in the Bible ==

Scorpions appear twice in the Sacred Bible:

*[[Revelations]] 9:5 - ''And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.''

*Luke 11:12 - ''Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?''

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Corn

2007-10-13T20:07:59Z

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Corn (''Zea mays''), also called ''maize,'' was first grown by Native Americans. It is used as a food, and for many other uses.

Because of its tightly-packed kernels, corn is incapable of reproducing without human aid. This is a result of [[microevolution]].

It can be grown for both a cash crop and nourishment for people and livestock.

In the United States, there has recently been a boom in the use of corn to produce [[ethanol]] as automotive fuel. The result has been a rise in the price of corn, affecting its use for food and livestock feed.<ref>''The New York Times,'' February 2, 2007[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/weekinreview/11egan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=weekinreview&pagewanted=print]</ref>

However, it is questionable how ecologically sound this practise is. When you add together the natural gas in the fertilizer, the fossil fuels it takes to make the pesticides, power the tractor and other machinery needed to dry, harvest and transport corn, every bushel of field corn needs about a quarter to a third of a gallon to grow it, around fifty gallons per acre. It therefore takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. It is not clear how sustainable the growing of corn for biofuel would be.<ref> 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', Michael Pollan, pp 45-46, pub. Penguin Press 2006 </ref>

Corn is a good subject for genetic studies. The offspring of a pair of gametes consists of the individual kernels on a single cob. These kernels may display easily observed phenotypic variation such as color. In an ear of corn with two colors of kernel, the number of kernels of each color will often display the classic 3:1 Mendelian ratio.

''Field corn'' varieties are grown primarily for livestock feed. Varieties grown for human consumption contain a gene that increases the sugar content and are known as ''sweet corn.''

In 1983, [[Barbara McClintock]] won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for studies of the genetics of corn, specifically her 1948 discovery of mobile genetic elements in the corn genome.

==Usage==
The word ''maize'' always means the specific plant ''Zea mays.'' In the United States it much more commonly called "corn," as in corn-on-the-cob. In British usage, "corn" can mean any grain or kernel crop, specifically the staple crop of a particular region. It is important to understand this when reading English novels or studying English history (e.g. the [[Corn laws]]). In formal, academic, or scientific work that is written for an international audience it is common to use the word ''maize'' to avoid misunderstanding.

''Maize'' is also the name for a color, an orange-yellow. According to a custom formalized in 1895, in university graduation ceremonies, graduates of a school of agriculture usually wear maize-colored tassels on their caps.<ref>University of Idaho web page about [http://www.nacua.org/lrs/Policies/docs/UniversityofIdaho-AcademicRegalia.html academic regalia]</ref>

== Corn in the Bible ==

Corn appears many times throughout the Holy Book:

[[Genesis]] 45:23 - ''And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with '''corn''' and bread and meat for his father by the way.''

[[Genesis]] 47:14 - ''And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the '''corn''' which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.''

[[Exodus]] 22:6 - ''If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.''

[[Chronicals]] II 31:5 - ''And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of '''corn''', wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.''

[[Nehemiah]] 5:2 - ''For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up '''corn''' for them, that we may eat, and live.''

[[Job]] 24:6 - ''They raped every one his '''corn''' in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.''

[[Job]] 24:24 - ''They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of '''corn'''.''

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Beans

2007-10-13T20:02:15Z

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'''Beans''' are edible plant seeds. Beans were a staple of the [[Israelites]] in Biblical times.

Beans are mentioned in [[2 Samuel]] 17:28 ("Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse") and in [[Ezekiel]] 4:9 ("Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.")

Some claim that certain types of beans are high in nutritional value.

Other types of "beans" include coffee beans and jelly beans, a delicious confection enjoyed by [[Ronald Reagan]] and millions of other people in America and elsewhere.

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