EXAMS AND ME : April 2022

Saturday 30 April 2022

Patrician and Plebeians

Patrician

Plebeian

Patrician VS Plebians

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Perchlorate

Perchlorate

Perchlorates and Its Effecrs On Human Body

Perchlorate Used As A Drug

Perchlorates In Drinking Water

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Adams Apple

Adams Apple

Synthesis Of Thyroid Hormones

Release Of Thyroid Hormones

Actions Of Thyroid Hormone

Theory To Practice

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In the early 20th CE a young American called Samuel Evans Stokes, who belonged to a wealthy family of Philadelphia, came to India to work with leprosy-impacted patients near Shimla. He landed up in a church in Kotgarh, not too far from Thanedhar, for rest and here he falls in love with the place and its people. He married a local Rajput-Christian girl and decided to live here for the rest of his life. On one of the trips back home, he brought the sapling of Red delicious apples to Kotgarh and planted them. His mother sensing his love for this adopted country bought him 200 acres of land that was a tea estate originally. She also sent him another shipment of saplings of golden delicious apples. In about 5 years the apples bloomed and were an instant hit with the local population. They continue to be hit with apple lovers till date.

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Stokes also carved a niche for himself in the Indian freedom struggle, with his notable contributions. The Jallaiwala Bagh massacre in 1919 made a profound impact on him, prompting him to join the Indian National Congress; holding the unique distinction of being the only American member of the All India Congress Committee. In 1920, he represented Kotgarh at the Nagpur session of the All India Congress Committee.

In the following year, he was instrumental in signing the Congress manifesto of giving up government jobs and exhorting them to join the freedom struggler.

He was charged with “sedition” during the protest against the Prince of Wales Edward VIII’s visit to India and was imprisoned in Lahore (now in Pakistan) jail. This made him the only American to be imprisoned by the British in the Indian struggle for Independence.

Sunday 24 April 2022

Jellybeans

Jelly beans in America probably date to the early 19th century. The first known mention of this candy was in a Boston newspaper in 1861. Candy maker William Schrafft ran an advertisement urging citizens to buy jelly beans to send to Union soldiers.

By the 1930s, jelly beans became part of the commercialization of Easter. Because of their shape, the companies succeeded in creating a strong holiday tie-in. At that time of year, jelly beans were manufactured primarily in pastel colors. Spring became their best-selling season.

By the 1940s, jelly beans were popular enough that they were part of American slang. A man referred to as a “jelly bean” was thought to be good-looking but not a person of much substance.

The ingredients for jelly beans are basic… sugar, corn syrup, and pectin (a starch from fruits). The development of their bean shape is not known, but it was a good size of candy that could be grabbed and eaten by the handful.

Despite the limited ingredients, jelly beans take several days to make even with modern manufacturing methods: Sugar is warmed to 350 degrees so it liquifies. Then starch and glucose are mixed in. The mixture is then poured into bean-shaped molds where it is left to dry and solidify.

The sweets are then popped out of the molds and placed in a machine that spins them continuously while they are coated with more liquid sugar. This stage adds color and flavor to the beans as well.

Next, the hard, outer shell is created by adding granulated sugar to the spinning machine at several intervals. The final glossy look of the beans is achieved by adding hot syrup and wax as a final coat.