Cucumber

Ever since the beginning of the sugar trade, slavery has been a defining characteristic. First originating in India, the sugar trade quickly became a lucrative and successful industry for merchants and sailors. In the early 1500s, the sugar trade expanded with the discovery of the “New World,” also known as the Americas. Large portions of land in the tropical regions of Central and South America were subdued to become sugarcane plantations. At this time, the native inhabitants of the regions, as…

Data on the topic of the achievement gap were collected such as political and societal factors. The political factors included such subsets as legislative decisions, voting, and getting the right representatives in place to make the students’ concerns known. The societal factors were advancements in technology, environment, and exposure to the wrong influences. However because content analysis was used, these topics were not discussed enough to emerge into a theme (Merriam, 2009). In laymen’s…

It began as a day like any other. It was a beautiful Saturday; I had spent the entire day cleaning and preparing the yard for visitors. Today was the day that the universally renowned Ixchel was to accompany my friends and I for dinner. I had spent the remainder of my day that wasn’t consumed by either cleaning or yard work preparing a fantastic meal. I served a pork tenderloin covered in a dijon apple glaze, I still remember seeing the steam escaping from the meat and the expressions of ecstasy…

Biographical information about the author (for my knowledge only, but very helpful): Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish poet and playwright authored works of literary merit such as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was one of the greatest wits of the 20th century because of his intelligence, flamboyancy, and humor. Unfortunately, the Victorian social prejudices surmounted him, when the father of a young man Wilde was…

from environmental damage • Contains essential moisturizers proven effective at softening dry skin Skin Cooling Moisturizer With cucumber extract A brand new moisturizer from Jergens designed to revitalize and refresh skin as it moisturizes. • Contains an invigorating "cooling" ingredient, waking skin up and leaving it feeling refreshed • Made with cucumber extract • Provides rich moisturization with a non-greasy feel to leave skin feeling healthy and silky smooth • Clean, crisp scent…

Oily skin: how I dealt with it Oily skin: the one thing in life that seemed impossible to get rid of when I was a young teenage boy entering the awkward stages of puberty. And it didn’t help that I fitted the ‘oily skin’ criteria: Asian? Check. Lives on the equator? Check. Going through puberty? Check. Screwed? Check. It plagued my life no matter what I was doing. Whenever I woke up, my face was drenched in oil and if you managed to touch it you would notice how briskly your fingers slid off…

box of Kraft Mac n Cheese, two boxes alone could feed a family of five at the cost of $2.40 and it takes about fifteen minutes tops to make. Now take a simple homemade Caesar salad for example; this salad would need lettuce, tomato, grated cheese, cucumber, croutons, etc. these ingredients alone add up to about $12. Not only is this Caesar salad expensive, but most Americans would view it as a side dish, enabling extra ingredients to be bought for the main dish, once again there would be more…

PART ONE- LIFECYCLE OVERVIEW An interesting and informative overview of the nutritional requirements of life stage Recommended Daily Allowances For Men (Macronutrients) Man 20-29 Years old 30-39 40-49 50+ Protein 58g 55g 55g 58g Carbs 350g 330g 330g 280g Fats of which is saturates 6g 2.4g 6g 2.4g 6g 2.4g 6g 2.4g The chart: (Bradley, 2009) Facts: → 7 in 10 men 's energy intake exceeds the energy needed range. (Health Canada, 2012) → 25% of males, 19 years and older, have fat intakes…

As I tip toed into the Muskoka Yoga and Wellness Retreat on the early morning of July third, my mind began racing frantically with doubts on this upcoming endeavour I was entering into. I had been feeling anxious and detached from my friends and family the weeks prior to finding the advertisement for the retreat at my local yoga studio one night. The words relaxation, recover and renewal were bolded on the sign, which immediately grasped my attention. It was fate. This discovery could not have…

Sugar is all around us. We see the commercials, billboard aids and internet aids. So what is it about sugar that could be unhealthy for us? “We really need sugar; it’s our body’s preferred fuel,” says David Katz, MD, director of the Yale University Prevention Research center (Patz, 2012, para ). According to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist, there exists a hierarchy of human needs that begins with basic needs (Woodside & McClam, 2015) which are food, water and shelter. So if we need food then is…