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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Surinam | | | |  Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - Sugar economicsIn many industrialized countries, sugar is among the most heavily subsidized agricultural products. The European Union, the United States, and Japan all maintain elevated price floors for sugar through subsidizing domestic production and imposing high tariffs on imports. In recent years, sugar prices in these countries have been three times the price on the international market.
In international trade bodies, especially the World Trade Organization, the "G20" countries led by Brazil have argued that because their cane sugar exports ar ...
See also:Sugar, Sugar - Production, Sugar - Cane, Sugar - Beet, Sugar - Cane versus Beet, Sugar - Types of culinary sugar, Sugar - Chemistry, Sugar - History, Sugar - The history of sugar in the West, Sugar - The rise of beet, Sugar - Mechanization, Sugar - Health concerns, Sugar - Sugar and hyperactivity, Sugar - Sugar economics Read more here: » Sugar: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - Sugar economics |
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - Health concerns In 2003, a report was commissioned by four U.N. agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), compiled by a panel of 30 international experts. It stated that sugar should not account for more than 10% of a healthy diet. However, the Sugar Association[1] of the US insists that other evidence indicates that a quarter of our food and drink intake can safely consist of sugar.
There is an on-going argument as to the value of extrinsic sugar (sugar added to food) compared to that of intrinsic sugar (sugar, se ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Writing - Writing in Historical Cultures
Writing - Mesopotamia.
The original Mesopotamian writing system was initially derived from a system of clay tokens used to represent commodities. By the end of the 4th millennium BC, this had evolved into a method of keeping accounts, using imprints of a wedge-shaped stylus (hence the term cuneiform), at first only for numbers, and finally a general purpose writing system, initially used to represent Sumerian. This writing system was originally a logographic writing system, but had begun to evolve p ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Writing system Portuguese is written using the Latin alphabet with 26 letters. Three of them (K, W and Y) are only used for non-Portuguese origin words, in terms like darwinismo ("Darwinism"). It uses ç and acute, grave, circumflex and tilde accents over vowels, as well as, in some forms and only in Brazil, diaeresis on a U as in lingüística (Linguistics, linguística is used in the rest of the Portuguese speaking nations).
Portuguese language - Spelling reforms.
As of 2005, Portuguese has two major written forms:
European and A ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - History Making sugar by evaporating cane juice was developed in India about 500 BC. Sugarcane is a tropical grass, probably native to New Guinea. In the course of prehistory, its culture spread throughout the Pacific Islands and into India. By 800 B.C., it was being grown in China as well. Westerners discovered sugarcane in the course of military expeditions into India. Nearchos, one of Alexander the Great's commanders, described it as "a ree ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - 1975 - Births
1975 - January.
January 2 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
January 3 - Danica McKellar, American actress
January 5 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
January 13 - Shazia Mirza, British comedienne
January 20 - Mark Allan Robinson, Canadian recall leader
January 22 - Balthazar Getty, American actor
January 25 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete
January 25 - John Wade, National Football League
January 28 - David Zingler, American writer
January 29 - Sara G ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Second Anglo-Dutch War - Medway In June, 1667, de Ruyter launched the Dutch "Raid on the Medway" at the mouth of the River Thames. After capturing the fort at Sheerness, they went on to break through the massive chain protecting the entrance to the Medway and, on the 13th, attacked the English fleet which had been laid up at Chatham. The daring raid remains England's greatest military disaster since the Norman Conquest. Many of the Navy's remaining ships were destroyed, either by the Dutch or by being scuttled by the English to block the river. Three ships of the line were ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Second Anglo-Dutch War - The War The first encounter between the nations was, as in the First Anglo-Dutch War, at sea. The war started with the Battle of Lowestoft, where the English gained a great victory and ruled the seas for over a year. They failed to take advantage of this however. The Spice Fleet from the Dutch East Indies managed to return home safely, France (Louis XIV) and Frederick III of Denmark took the side of the Republic and for every warship the English built, the Dutch wharfs turned out seven. The English paid the bishop of Münster, Bernhard von Galen, to ...
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| | | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - Chemistry In biochemistry, a sugar is the simplest molecule that can be identified as a carbohydrate. These include monosaccharides and disaccharides, trisaccharides and the oligosaccharides; these being sugars composed of 1, 2, 3 or more units. Sugars contain either aldehyde groups (-CHO) or ketone groups (C=O), where there are carbon-oxygen double bonds, making the sugars reactive. Most sugars conform to (CH2O)n where n is between 3 and 7. A notable exception is deoxyribose, which as the name suggests is "missing" an oxy ...
See also:Sugar, Sugar - Production, Sugar - Cane, Sugar - Beet, Sugar - Cane versus Beet, Sugar - Types of culinary sugar, Sugar - Chemistry, Sugar - History, Sugar - The history of sugar in the West, Sugar - The rise of beet, Sugar - Mechanization, Sugar - Health concerns, Sugar - Sugar and hyperactivity, Sugar - Sugar economics Read more here: » Sugar: Encyclopedia II - Sugar - Chemistry |
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Vocabulary The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa, by Antônio Houaiss (1915 – 1999), son of Lebanese immigrants in Brazil and former Brazilian Minister of Culture, was created with the support of almost two hundred lexicographers from several countries and is the most complete Portuguese dictionary to date (about 228,500 entries, 376,500 acceptations, 415,500 synonyms, 26,400 antonyms and 57,000 historical words) It includes all variations of the Portuguese language (African, Asian, Brazilian and European Portuguese). Dedicating his life to t ...
See also:Portuguese language, Portuguese language - History, Portuguese language - Classification and related languages, Portuguese language - Geographic distribution, Portuguese language - Dialects, Portuguese language - Creole, Portuguese language - Sounds, Portuguese language - Consonants, Portuguese language - Vowels, Portuguese language - Prosody, Portuguese language - Grammar, Portuguese language - General, Portuguese language - Verbs, Portuguese language - Nouns pronouns and adjectives, Portuguese language - Demonstratives, Portuguese language - Vocabulary, Portuguese language - Writing system, Portuguese language - Spelling reforms, Portuguese language - Examples, Portuguese language - Notes Read more here: » Portuguese language: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Vocabulary |
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Grammar
Portuguese language - General.
Portuguese makes a clear distinction between the different word classes, that include verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, articles, conjunctions and interjections. There are also some other determiners and particles. Portuguese is a SVO language.
Portuguese language - Verbs.
Verbs are divided into three conjugations, which can be identified by looking at the infinitive ending, one of "-ar", "-er" and "-ir". There is also "-o ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Provinces The Netherlands is divided into twelve administrative regions, called provinces, each under a Governor, who is called Commissaris van de Koningin (Commissionair of the Queen).
Friesland - north west; capital Leeuwarden
Groningen - north east; capital Groningen
Drenthe - south of Groningen; capital Assen
Overijssel - east central, south of Drenthe; capital Zwolle
Flevoland - central, north of Utrecht; capital Lelystad
Gelderland - east central, south of Overijssel; capital Arnhe ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Geography A remarkable aspect of the Netherlands is the flatness of the country. About half of its surface area is less than 1 m above sea level, and large parts of it are actually below sea level (see map showing these areas). An extensive range of dikes and dunes protect these areas from flooding. Numerous massive pumping stations keep the ground water level in check. The highest point, the Vaalserberg, in the south-eastern most point of the country, is 321 m above sea level. A substantial part of the Netherlands, for example, all of Flevoland and l ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Politics Netherlands
This article is part of the series:
Politics of
the Netherlands
Monarchy
Queen Beatrix
Constitution
Estates-Generall
First Chamber
Second Chamber
Cabinet
Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende
Political parties
Elections
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For more details on this topic, see ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Naming conventions In English "The Netherlands" is the official name of the country and its people and language are called 'Dutch'. 'Netherlanders' for its people and 'Netherlandic' or 'Netherlands' as adjectives may also be used but are uncommon.
The name "Holland" is commonly used for the Netherlands both in Dutch and in most other languages. In many languages it is also the official name of the country [2]. Strictly speaking, though, Holland is the name of a region of the Netherlands that was the economic powerhouse during the time of the United Prov ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Malay people - Religion In terms of religion, most Malays had converted from Hinduism, Buddhism and animism to Islam in the early 15th century; influenced surprisingly, by Chinese seafarers from China who already had more than 700 years of interaction with Muslims from Middle East during the Islamic Golden Age. Today, Muslim Malays form the dominant religious group in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Their conversion to Islam from Hinduism and Theravada Buddhism began in the 1400s, largely influenced by the decision of the royal court of Malacca. Most Malays in Singapore, Thailand, South Africa ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Economy The Netherlands has a prosperous and open economy in which the government has reduced its role since the 1980s. Industrial activity is predominantly in food-processing (for example Unilever and Heineken), chemicals (for example DSM), petroleum refining (for example Royal Dutch Shell), and electrical machinery (for example Philips). A highly mechanised agricultural sector employs no more than 4% of the labour force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Dutch rank third worldwide in value of agricul ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Netherlands - Demographics The Netherlands is the 15th most densely populated country in the world, with 393 inhabitants per square km (or 482/km² if only the land area is counted, 20% is water). Partly because of this it is also one of the most densely cabled countries in the world. Internet penetration [3] is at 66.2% the 7th highest in the world.
According CBS Statline, the official statistics bureau of the Netherlands, the ethnic origins of the citizens are very diverse. The vast majority of the population however still remains Dutch. They were: 80.8% Dutc ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Sounds As with French, Portuguese is often noted for its contrastive use of nasal vowels and the large number of dipthongs. Most dialects, including the standard languages of Portugal and Brazil, have several vowel phonemes that are distinguished by nasality. Most dialects have 14 vowel phonemes, five of which are nasals which combine to form 10 oral and 4 nasal diphthongs. There are 19 consonant phone ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Geographic distribution Portuguese is the first language in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and the most widely used language in Mozambique.
Portuguese is also one of the official languages of East Timor (with Tetum) and Macao S.A.R. of China (with Chinese). It is widely spoken, but not official, in Andorra, Luxembourg, Namibia and Paraguay. Portuguese Creoles are the mother tongue of Cape Verde and part of Guinea-Bissau's population. In Cape Verde most also sp ...
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| | | | | Surinam: Encyclopedia II - Portuguese language - Classification and related languages Indo-European - Italic - Romance - Italo-Western - Western - Gallo-Iberian - Ibero-Romance - West-Iberian - Portuguese-Galician
Portuguese is orthographically similar in many ways to Spanish, but it has a distinctive phonology, grammar and vocabulary. A speaker of one of these languages may require some practice to effectively understand a speaker of the other although generally it is easier for a Portuguese native speaker to understand Spanish than the other way around. Compare, for example:
Ela fecha sempre a janela ...
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