Thursday, April 30, 2009

Where In The World To Travel---Kelsey's Assignment




I want to travel all over Scotland to study Valentine Hollingsworth and the history of Scotland.






Monday, April 27, 2009

History of Chocolate--Harrison's Assignment

  • Chocolate was known in 1100 BC if not sooner.
  • Majority of Mesoamerican people(Maya and Aztecs) made chocolate beverages.
  • Been cultivated for three millennias in Central America and Mexico.
  • Also used the white pulp9around the cacao bean) as a source of fermantable sugars for an alcholic drink.
  • Cacao pods are harvested, the beans with their surrounded pulp are moved to bins for ferment. The fermentation gives them the familiar taste. Then they are dried and transported for the plantation to a manufactoring building where they are cleaned, roasted, and graded. The shells are removed to extract nib, finally the nibs are ground and liquidfied.
  • In 1765 the U.S. was introduced.
  • My favorite I guess would be Guittard.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

What news of me.--- Adria's Assignment

1. My father is decended from Ireland
2.I daily fall on my face going up or down stairs
3.I have a half brother named Vince who is happily married
4.I have six scary objects in my house(let your mind wonder to what the are)
5.I really don't like the sun
6.My mother lived in Vietnam in her childhood
7. I can control my hearing levels to hearing every conversation in the room and join in half, i can read a book and listen to a conversation and give every detail of both, or I can block it all out.
8.My mother is half Korean
9.I enjoy burning ants
10.I'm named after a mineral(Mica) and a flower(Lan).

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Hiding Chocolate-Jenny's Assignment

  1. Amano Artisan Chocolate--http://www.amanochocolate.com
  2. Askinosie Chocolate--http://www.askinosie.com
  3. De Vries Chocolate--http://www.devrieschocolate.com
  4. Patric Chocolate--http://www.patric-chocolate.com
  5. Taza Chocolate--http://www.tazachocolate.com

Those above are a small group of independent Chocolate makers.

  1. Bespoke Chocolates--http://www.bespokechocolates.com/index.php
  2. Barr Callebaut--http://www.barry-callebaut.com/
  3. Scharffen Berger--http://www.scharffenberger.com/chocolatemakersjournal.asp
  4. Theo Chocolate--http://www.theochocolate.com/
  5. Bernachon--http://www.bernachon.com/chocolates.htm

Those above are either in a different country, unknown by me, or are only available in one place.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Favorite Books--Quinn's Assinment

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- J.K.Rowling- Fantasy
  2. Warrior Heir- Cinda Williams Chima- Fantasy
  3. The Door Within-Wayne Thomas Batson- Fantasy
  4. Storm Thief- Chris Wooding- Sci Fi
  5. Poison- Chris Wooding- Sci Fi

The Half-Blood Prince is about Harry being publicly announced as ''the Chosen One''. Of course they have a new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. They get their O.W.L. results and prepare for next year's N.E.W.T.s. Harry gets a potion textbook that belongs to the Half-blood Prince.

The Warrior Heir is about Jack Swift who is an ordinary high school boy at soccer tryouts and in an attempt to kick the ball in the goal he sent a student flying through the air. Then he suddenly gets a visit from his aunt Linda and his entire neighborhood and friends change.

The Door Within is about Aiden Thomas that grew up listening to his grandfather's stories of a world connected to ours. In this parallel universe their is a duplicate of yourself and most of your conditions in one world is identical to you in the other.

Legends and Myths--Heather's Assignment

  1. Alligators live in New York City sewer system that were flushed down the toilets.
  2. Visiting different tanning salons in one day for several weeks can cook your organs.
  3. According to urban-myth scholar Jan Harold Brunvand, the myth of the "poison dress" was one of the first American urban legends brought to the attention of folklorists back in the 1940s. Brunvand surmises that the legend may derive from older stories about "disease-infected blankets or clothing given to native peoples in order to eliminate them," which may have in turn evolved from ancient Greek stories of revenge.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Cheesecake Recipe--Krista's Assignment


PHILADELPHIA New York Cheesecake
6 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, crushed (about 1 cup)
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
4 eggs
1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling


Recipe and picture from:


Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Bigfoot--Jacqueline's

The term "sasquatch" is an anglicized derivative of the word "Sésquac", meaning "wild man". It has many different names from Natives all over North America. Bigfoot is said to be a giant primate. Many have claimed he is violent. He has been supposedly seen all over the world. I don't know if I believe in him.

Monday, April 6, 2009

My Favorite School year--Danielle's Assignment

My favorite school year would be last year when I had several classes with our 'quartet'. One day in fitness we were told to walk the track and when the teachers blew the whistle we would jog or sprint. I specifically remember Vendala pissing off Patrick and he spent the entire period trying to spit on her and she would run away screaming. Sam R. and I were just laughing our heads off watching them and after Patrick, Sam, and I had a spitting contest instead of walking the track.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Where in the eyes of me? Assignment Example


The first place I must go to is London, England and to see Stonehenge. That is on my list because it has always fascinated me and my father's ancestors are from there. Another reason is it's history.

Picture from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England

The second place I must go is to Germany. It's has the same reasons as England except the ancestry. Germany has always caught my attention and I'm going to learn to speak German in high school.

Pictures from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin

Lastly I would like to go to Egypt and see Alexandra, Cairo, and walk along the Nile. My favorite culture to learn about was the Egyptian and to see the Great Pyramids would just so exciting. I would also like to study hieroglyphs.

Pictures from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Where in the World? My Assignment

Smithsonian came out with a magazine and it's headline was 25 places you must see before you die. We all have very different opinions so for everyone it would be different. Write about two or three different places you would go to, why, and have at least 1 picture of each place. Your explanation should be at least 3-4 sentences[write the site that you got the picture(s) from]. Maybe at the end I could make a list of the 10 most common or best reasons. Post it on your blog.