Sows ear effect Wikipedia ~ In economics the sows ear effect is the inability of a country to raise its productivity or per capita gross domestic product relative to other countries of similar development despite adjustments in macroeconomic policy such as the exchange rate or the interest rate

Lakeeffect snow Wikipedia ~ Lakeeffect blizzards are the blizzardlike conditions resulting from lakeeffect snow Under certain conditions strong winds can accompany lakeeffect snows creating blizzardlike conditions however the duration of the event is often slightly less than that required for a blizzard warning in both the US and Canada

Environmental impact of pig farming Wikipedia ~ The environmental impact of pig farming refers to the threats posed to the natural environment by largescale intensive pig ial pig farming a subset of concentrated animal feeding operations CAFOs poses numerous threats to the environment CAFOs house thousands of swine and other farm animals in confined areas where feces and waste often spread to surrounding neighborhoods

Gestation crate Wikipedia ~ A gestation crate also known as a sow stall is a metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy A standard crate measures 66 ft x 20 ft 2 m x 60 cm Sow stalls contain no bedding material and are instead floored with slatted plastic concrete or metal to allow waste to be efficiently collected below

Salting the earth Wikipedia ~ Salting the earth or sowing with salt is the ritual of spreading salt on conquered cities to symbolize a curse on their reinhabitation It originated as a symbolic practice in the ancient Near East and became a wellestablished folkloric motif in the Middle Ages

Pig Wikipedia ~ In ancient Greece a sow was an appropriate sacrifice to Demeter and had been her favorite animal since archaic times Initiates at the Eleusinian Mysteries began by sacrificing a pig Pig were also sacrificed to Aphrodite

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Compton scattering Wikipedia ~ Compton scattering discovered by Arthur Holly Compton is the scattering of a photon by a charged particle usually an results in a decrease in energy increase in wavelength of the photon which may be an Xray or gamma ray photon called the Compton of the energy of the photon is transferred to the recoiling electron

Saw palmetto extract Wikipedia ~ Saw palmetto extract is an extract of the fruit of the saw is marketed as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH but reviews of clinical trials including those conducted by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine found it ineffective for this purpose

Old Sow whirlpool Wikipedia ~ Old Sow is the largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere located off the southwestern shore of Deer Island New Brunswick Canada and off the northeast shore of Moose Island the principal island of Eastport Maine Origin The whirlpool is caused by local bathymetry and extreme tidal range where waters exchange between Passamaquoddy Bay and the Bay of Fundy combined with the