Cinnamon

cinnamon • 1 tsp. veggie oil • 2 tbs. apple juice • 1 tbs. maple syrup • 3 ½ cups water • 1 ½ cups wild rice • 1 cup mixed dried fruit (raisins, apricots, cranberries, etc.) • ½ tsp. ground nutmeg • Pepper and salt as required Directions: 1. Add…

In My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederik Backman, Elsa initially loses the most important superhero in her life: Granny. Granny's death, however, brings Elsa the opportunity to discover new superheroes in many of the people she has known for the entirety of her life. These people are characterized by heroic attributes. They each also teach Elsa an influential lesson. These "superheroes" include Alf, Dad, and the wurse. One of the first superheroes Elsa encounters in this…

Little Bee by Chris Cleave is a thought provoking and well written novel highlighting the depths of human nature. Written through alternating points of view, Cleave connects two unlikely characters; a white woman from Kingston-upon-Thames and a sixteen year old Nigerian girl. On a vacation to Nigeria, Sarah, the woman from England, sacrifices her finger to save the Nigerian girl, Little Bee, from a mob looking to kill everyone in her village. While their story begins there, they share a…

It’s 5 o’clock and my car is just rounding the first curve. Just as it does everyday at some point. I peer at the clock all day. Waiting for the time when I can get to this place. “If I can just make it through these last forty minutes, then the last class period, and then practice. Sigh.”, I thought to myself. What then? Where do we urge to go after a long day? Home. Going home to nothing, but yet going home to everything. Home to me are the days when I can’t even tell you the date when…

Clarisse was the person to spark Montag’s curiosity by always asking if he noticed certain things or what he thought about something. ‘“Have you ever smelled old leaves? Don’t they smell like cinnamon? Here. Smell.”’ (26) Clarisse goes out of her way to notice these odd parts of everyday lives. Clarisse actually had her own thoughts moving and flowing through her head. She questions why things are like they are which exactly the opposite of what…

The smell is what she noticed first, a combination of sawdust and lemon cleaner that filled her nose with its gentle scent. Inhaling deeply, she allowed the breath to fill her entirely. Every space between the arteries in her veins down through the tips of her toes as she began to walk across the stage. The caramelized wood was slippery beneath the daunting heel of her shoe, but she did not waver for the even a slight moment. Walking as her mother would, straightened back with an aura of…

Rohana was another territorial division of ancient Sinhalese civilization in Ceylon. It comprised an area of land based on nearly a hundred miles of coast line, bounding the mouth of Kalu Ganga, ends at the delta of Mahaweli Ganga and an arbitrary boundary linking the Adam’s peak. Indo Aryan was agriculturists and they were settlers in this territory, were immigrants from river valleys. The rulers of the main kingdom in Anuradhapura always tried to (Fig 01- Present southern province.)…

SMALL BUSINESS INTERVIEW 2 Mr. Xuan and his family moved to America in the mid 80’s from Vietnam. He has four children. Xuan is an ambitious man ever since he came to America he had a business plan in mind. Xuan and his children love donuts and they have many experience in baking donuts that they learned from Vietnam. Xuan and his wife started a small business and named it “Granny Donuts”. The business was in their neighborhood in St. Paul MN where they moved. The family had little money…

The Successful Failures of the Crusades Throughout the 1200s, Crusades were launched, but none achieved success. The Crusades were a complex series of military campaigns and expeditions. Some argue that they were a successful failure because, although failing to achieve their initial objective of recapturing Jerusalem, they did have significant impacts on European society, trade, and cultural exchange. The Crusades sparked new ideas, concepts, technologies, and interactions between different…

Do you remember the time when you had chicken pox? How did you feel? Furthermore, did you run bout the house, confused about what you had? Where these are relevant questions, I am sure you have questions about the origin of the varicella zoster virus also known as "chicken pox." After this presentation, you should be capable of, identifying the symptoms of chicken pox. In addition, you should be competent to describe the condition and prescribe the appropriate medical attention to an infected…