A roux is a mixture of butter and flour, cooked until bubbly. It can be browned very deeply, then used as the basis for etouffe and brown sauce. If not browned at all, it is the base of bechamel, veloute, or white sauce. By cooking the flour in the butter, the starch granulesin the flour begin to break. Then when liquid is added, the granules absorb the liquid, thickening the sauce.

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What is ricotta?

Asked by ana arora in Food & Drink at 6:02 PM on April 15, 2008

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It is a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.

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What is the difference between Law and Morality?

Asked by SUKUMARAN in Law at 3:16 PM on April 17, 2008

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Law is a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will. It is a controlling regulation, the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
Morality is concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong conduct.
Just because something is immoral does not make it illegal and just because something is illegal it does not make it immoral.
For eg, underage driving or drinking is illegal but not immoral, but breaking a promise may be immoral, but it is not illegal.
Basically morality backed by sanction is law.

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What is meant by De facto and De juro Sovereignty?

Asked by SUKUMARAN in Law at 3:04 PM on April 17, 2008

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This is a feature of international law. Sovereignty is the right to exclusive authority, usually political and usually by the state as opposed to an individual.
De jure sovereignty is the legal right to exert this power. The phrase is translated as by the jury, meaning based on law or commonly known as in principle.
De facto sovereignty is how sovereignty works in practice. This phrase is translated as 'in fact'. In other words, the reality of sovereignty.
in day to day terms, de facto and de jure sovereignty are united. The state usually finds that it does not have a problem exercising its power, so it works in practice.
However, if the majority of the people suddenly oppose the state then it may have 'de jure' sovereignty, but it will not have 'de facto' sovereignty since it will not be able to enforce laws, power etc effectively.
This can also be an issue where there is a question over the legality of government or where there is political instability. Currently there are fears in Iraq that the 'de facto' sovereignty of the Government will be undermined by the presence of foreign troops which make Governance difficult in practice.

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What is meant by Social Justice ?

Asked by SUKUMARAN in Law at 2:49 PM on April 17, 2008

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Social justice refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law. The term can be amorphous and refer to sometimes self-contradictory values of justice. It is generally thought of as a world which affords individuals and groups fair treatment and an impartial share of the benefits of society.

Social Justice features as an apolitical philosophical concept (insofar as any philosophical analysis of politics can be free from bias) in much of John Rawls' writing. It is fundamental to Catholic social teaching, and is one of the Four Pillars of the Green Party upheld by the worldwide green parties. Some of the tenets of social justice, sometimes renamed civil justice, have been adopted by those who lie on the left or center-left of the political spectrum (e.g. Socialists, Social Democrats, etc). Social justice is also a concept that some use to describe the movement towards a socially just world. In this context, social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality.

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What is the difference between Socialism and Communism in the present period in India?

Asked by SUKUMARAN in Law at 2:47 PM on April 17, 2008

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Both Communism and socialism (Communism is capitalized, socialism is not) are based on the same economic principle: That the government dictates what commodities are produced, how many are shipped to distributors, and how much human labor must constitute a certain amount of production and labor wages, making the economy in itself obsolete. However, in Communism, the government maintains that everyone is financially even and contributing equally to the national workforce, whereas in socialism (which is actually closer to anarchism), the government basically just does its own thing, the people just do their own thing, and the economy pretty much takes care of itself--functionally, Communism with human rights and taxes.

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What is Law of Nature?

Asked by SUKUMARAN in Law at 3:12 PM on April 17, 2008

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Natural law or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis) is a theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere.
Socrates and his philosophic heirs, Plato and Aristotle, posited the existence of natural justice or natural right. Aristotle is often said to be the father of natural law.
In jurisprudence, natural law can refer to the several doctrines:

* That just laws are immanent in nature; that is, they can be "discovered" or "found" but not "created" by such things as a bill of rights;
* That they can emerge by the natural process of resolving conflicts, as embodied by the evolutionary process of the common law; or
* That the meaning of law is such that its content cannot be determined except by reference to moral principles. These meanings can either oppose or complement each other, although they share the common trait that they rely on inherence as opposed to design in finding just laws.

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