Clove

I walk in, surrounded by millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours worth of glass. Roughly sixty-thousand pieces, each hand crafted by a crew of students and professionals working together, tell a story. Sixty panels of vibrant colors, sloshes of visual food that appeal to our creative stomachs, lurching the eyes of any passing viewer, including myself, forward into a land of distant time and space and beauty. The Roots of Knowledge, located inside the Utah Valley University library has…

Summer is almost over and you can feel the chill in the air. The time has come to start harvesting the garden and the excitement is overwhelming. With a new harvest comes new preserves, and my favorite one of all, bread and butter pickles. *It does not matter what size of cucumbers that I pull out of the garden to make the pickles because I will be slicing them to put in the mixture. The important thing to keep in mind is that I will need to have 16 cups of sliced cucumbers which means, at…

Facts about Turmeric Turmeric is more than just an orange-colored, savory, bitter root and spice used in several Indian dishes. It is used in Ayurvedic medicine in India and China. This orange spice has anti-inflammatory properties that work exactly like conventional anti-inflammatory medications. Turmeric for inflammation is an effective treatment for all sorts of inflammatory health conditions, and is often used for arthritis. Facts about Arthritis Arthritis is a broad term used to describe…

Signs You May Have Bacterial vaginosis and How to Treat it Naturally Bacterial vaginosis is a form of mild infection which occurs in the reproductive organs of a woman due to bacteria. Generally, there are “good” bacteria in the vagina and some that are considered to be “bad.” The “good” bacteria regulate the growth of the “bad” types. Vaginosis occurs when the balance is upset. Bacterial vaginosis usually lasts for a few days and can disappear on its own. Causes of Bacterial vaginosis Medical…

Rather than have the owners of the farm work on it, they just bought slaves to keep the land tended to. "The clove plantations on Zanzibar and Pemba set up by Sultan Seyyid Said, needed labour."(BBC, paragraph 5). Eventually, the French ended up building coffee and sugar farms out in Mauritius and Reunion which also needed slaves from the same trade route. The…

Inflammation is a good thing. It is the natural way your body responds to threats such as infections or wounds. We have all seen inflammation at work when we have pain and redness at an injury. We say it looks inflamed, and it literally is, because injury activates the inflammatory response. When is inflammation a problem? When inflammation lasts for long periods of time, we call it chronic, and it can cause problems. Some common causes of chronic inflammation include allergies, autoimmune…

It’s an honor to be here today. I know that there were many firms going after this account and you could have gone with any of them. You decided to come to Kram Consultants firm and we are so honored to have you in the fold, we are honored to have you become part of our family. We look forward to working closely with you and your team to make Restaurant Saveur the number one place on earth. The makeup of a menu depends on the type of food you serve. I know that may sound simple, but most…

When Katniss overheard Cato and Clove talking about not killing Peeta, Cato talked about how skillful Peeta is with a knife. In the text, it states,”‘Why don’t we just kill him now and get it over with?’’Let him tag along. What’s the harm? And he’s handy with that knife.’” (Page 162).…

Paper Mache What is papier mache? Papier mache is a composite material usually including pieces of paper or pulp, sometimes reinforced some sort of textile, and held together by an adhesive. There are two main ways to make papier mache. The first and simplest way is to tear strips of paper and glue them down over your mold. The second way is obtained by soaking the paper or boiling it in hot water, creating a material known as paper pulp, to which then glue or adhesive is added. With either…

Erythritol – Your New Favorite (Antioxidant-Rich, Diabetic-Friendly) Sugar Substitute! The verdict is in: Sugar is BAD for our health! But, does this mean we’ll never again be able to enjoy a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a plate of warm, chewy cookies, or a heavenly handful of candy ever again? Absolutely not! Thankfully, there is a sweetener out there that tastes like sugar, bakes like sugar, and can even improve your health (unlike sugar). It’s called erythritol (pronounced Air…