Rice production in the United States
Rice production is important to the economy of the United States. Of the country's row crop farms, rice farms are the most capital - intensive, and have the highest national land rental rate average. In the US, all rice acreage requires irrigation. In 2000 - 09 approximately 3.1 million acres in the US were under rice production, while an increase is expected in the next decade to approximately 3.3 million acres. US Rice represents rice producers in the six largest rice - producing states of Arkansas (The nations's number one rice producer.), California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.
Somewhere in Time (film)
The film is known for its musical score composed by John Barry. The 18th variation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini also appears several times.
Rhapsody (Ashton)
Rhapsody is a one act ballet by Sir Frederick Ashton, based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". The ballet premiered on 4 August 1980 at The Royal Ballet, and was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. It has been revived three times since its 1980 premiere, in 1995, 2011, and most recently, 2016.
Rice Rhapsody
Rice Rhapsody (alternative title Hainan Chicken Rice) (Chinese: 海南雞飯, literally meaning "Hainanese chicken rice") is a 2004 film directed by Kenneth Bi. The cast includes Sylvia Chang and Martin Yan. Jackie Chan was one of the executive producers.
Golden rice
A recommendation was made that golden rice to be distributed free to subsistence farmers. Free licenses for developing countries were granted quickly due to the positive publicity that golden rice received, particularly in Time magazine in July 2000. Monsanto Company was one of the companies to grant free licences for related patents owned by the company. The cutoff between humanitarian and commercial use was set at US$10,000. Therefore, as long as a farmer or subsequent user of golden rice genetics would not make more than $10,000 per year, no royalties would need to be paid. In addition, farmers would be permitted to keep and replant seed.
Warsaw, Minnesota
Warsaw is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Warsaw Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 627.
Myanmar
The major agricultural product is rice, which covers about 60% of the country's total cultivated land area. Rice accounts for 97% of total food grain production by weight. Through collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute 52 modern rice varieties were released in the country between 1966 and 1997, helping increase national rice production to 14 million tons in 1987 and to 19 million tons in 1996. By 1988, modern varieties were planted on half of the country's ricelands, including 98 percent of the irrigated areas. In 2008 rice production was estimated at 50 million tons.
Lui Ming-wah
Lui Ming Wah, SBS, JP (born 8 April 1938 in Weihai, Shandong, China) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing industrial (second) industry in functional constituencies seats. He was the member of the Alliance in Legco.
Rice Fork Summer Homes, California
Rice Fork Summer Homes is an unincorporated community in Lake County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1906 feet (581 m). As the name suggests, many of the residences function as second homes for their owners.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
1993 – The NAMEC Programme for conservation training in Maghreb countries begins. ICCROM's statutory functions are revised to include advocacy.
Timothy Fok
Timothy Fok Tsun-ting (born 14 February 1946), GBS, JP, the eldest son of Henry Fok, is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency. While he is not affiliated with any political party, he is viewed as agreeing with the conservative wing of LegCo, and is a Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Rice Lofts
The Rice Lofts, formerly the Rice Hotel, is a historic building at 909 Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site. It was completed in 1913 on the site of the former Capitol building of the Republic of Texas, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The old Capitol building was operated as a hotel until it was torn down and replaced by a new hotel around 1881. Jesse H. Jones built a new seventeen-story, double-winged hotel in 1913, also called "The Rice Hotel." This building underwent major expansions: adding a third wing in 1925, adding an eighteenth floor in 1951, and adding a five-story "motor lobby in 1958. In addition, there were several renovations during its life as a hotel. It continued to operate as a hotel before finally shutting down in 1977. The Rice, renamed the Post Rice Lofts, was renovated and turned into apartments in 1998 after twenty-one years of standing unused.
Mid-twentieth century baby boom
The end of World War II brought a baby boom to many countries, especially Western ones. There is some disagreement as to the precise beginning and ending dates of the post-war baby boom, but it is most often agreed to have begun in the years immediately after the war, though some place it earlier at the increase of births in 1941 - 1943. The boom started to decline as birth rates in the United States started to decline in 1958, though the boom would only grind to a halt 3 years later in 1961, 20 years after it began.
2004 Malaysian general election
A general election was held on Sunday, 21 March 2004 for members of the 11th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 219 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states of Malaysia (except Sarawak) on the same day.
Girl$
Girl$ () is a 2010 Hong Kong film directed by Kenneth Bi, it deals with teenagers and young women drawn into compensated dating in Hong Kong. The Chinese term 囡囡 (nānān) is a traditional affectionate term for daughter or young girl, but has also become used as euphemism for a prostitute in Hong Kong.
Republic of the Congo
As of 2010, the maternal mortality rate was 560 deaths/100,000 live births, and the infant mortality rate was 59.34 deaths/1,000 live births. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is rare in the country, being confined to limited geographic areas of the country.
Portuguese Rhapsody
Portuguese Rhapsody () is a 1959 Portuguese documentary film directed by João Mendes. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
Jean Mallot
Jean Mallot (born 20 August 1952 in Nizerolles, Allier) was a member of the National Assembly of France. Until the June 2012 legislative elections, he represented the 3rd constituency of the Allier department, and is a member of the Socialist Party. Major boundary changes in 2011 reduced Allier's parliamentary entitlement from 4 constituencies down to 3, and the old 3rd constituency was in effect abolished, its name and substantially its place being taken over by the pre-2012 4th constituency. Mallot chose to retire from the National Assembly at the June 2012 election.
Vincent Fang (entrepreneur)
Vincent Fang Kang, GBS, JP (born 7 May 1943 in Shanghai) is the leader of the Liberal Party of Hong Kong. He is a Hong Kong entrepreneur in the garment industry and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the Wholesale and Retail functional constituency.
Woody Boyd
The Honorable Mr. Woodrow Huckleberry Tiberius ``Woody ''Boyd is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Woody came to Cheers at the beginning of the fourth season of Cheers in 1985 in the episode`` Birth, Death, Love and Rice''.
What country is the functional constituency of the screenwriter of Rice Rhapsody's birthplace a part of?
Rice Rhapsody >> screenwriter
Kenneth Bi
#1 >> place of birth
Hong Kong
functional constituency of #2 >> country
China