Chocolate: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
The history of chocolate is a rich and interesting one. Most of the world didn't know chocolate existed until Columbus went to the Americas and took the cacao bean with him back to Spain. However, it wasn't until the Conquistadors went to Mexico that the Spaniards really discovered the wonders of cacao.The Aztecs and Mayans worshipped the cacao bean and believed it was a food of the Gods. The Aztecs used it as both nourishment and currency. They believed the fruit of the cacao tree imparted wisdom and they made a special drink with it called xocolatl, of which the Aztec emperor Montezuma is said to have consumed large amounts every day.
When the Spaniards conquered the Aztecs, they were fascinated by cacao but thought the xocolatl drink was too bitter, so they added cane sugar to it and drank it hot, thus creating the first hot cocoa.The Spanish kept their new discovery a secret from the rest of Europe for about 100 years.
With the decline of Spain as a power, the secret of cacao leaked out at last, and the Spanish Crown's monopoly of the chocolate trade came to an end. In a few years the knowledge of it had spread through France, Italy, Germany, and England.(from "The History of Chocolate and Cocoa" published by The Nestle Company)In 1847 the first solid chocolate bar was created by Fry & Sons in Bristol, England. The first milk chocolate bar was created in 1875 in Switzerland by Daniel Peters. The first chocolate factory in the United States was founded in 1765 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Today, chocolate is big business and is sold in every country in the world. The little cacao bean has come a long way..
Rachel Williamson is a contributing writer for Eat This!, where she has written about the history of chocolate.Nashville Man Auctions Mystery Colostomy Bag on Ebay
With mystery auctions becoming the hottest trend on ebay, from mystery envelopes to mystery bank accounts, people are coming up with the wildest of ideas. This one has to be the weirdest, or most disgusting, one we have seen yet. Stephen Wolfe of Nashville, TN. has come up with the Mystery Colostomy Bag Auction on the auction site ebay. He has stated that the contents of the bag are valued between $200.00 to $20,000 and will give clues as the auction goes along.
The latest craze with ebay has been who could outdo who in regards to zany or wild auctions. We have seen the forehead tattoo sell for $37,000.00, the mystery envelope sell for over $7,000.00 and a whopping $68,000.00 for a "haunted" walking cane! Most of these auctions have been sold to the online casino, golden palace.com. You know, the guys who plaster theor names on boxers backs and at every major sprting event like the Super Bowl. It seems they have a strange marketing department. Funny, though, it is working as Golden...
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Scholle Acquires Bag Making Assets of Arena ZME
Scholle Corporation has acquired the bag making assets and business of Arena ZME in Hucknall, U.K. This includes equipment to produce form-fit as well as pillow shaped bags for IBCs (intermediate bulk containers) used for transporting liquids. Arena is an injection molding company and will continue on in that business, supplying caps and spouts to Scholle and other manufacturers.According to Chris Henry, Commercial Director of Scholle's large-bag business in the U.K., "This acquisition brings specialized equipment and business to Scholle and complements what we already do perfectly. It is an excellent fit."Scholle Corporation is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. It pioneered and remains the major global provider of bag-in-box packaging solutions for food, beverage and industrial products.
Scholle Packaging manufactures in fifteen locations in eight countries and supplies its flexible packaging products and equipment throughout the world. Its European headquarters is in...
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Office Chairs for Big and Tall People
Big and tall office chairs are available to those individuals that need them.
When you head off to look for them, you will find quite a large selection of them right here, online.
You will find no shortage of great looking ones either.
They will be comfortable and reliable.
They will be ergonomically correct for your body type.
And, they will be the right office chair for you.
Many of the top manufactures have several options available to their big and tall customers.
Here, we will find a few of the features that are well suited for your needs.There are many benefits to big and tall office chairs.
Just like standard models, they still support your body.
They still help to reduce stress on your muscles including the thighs, neck, shoulders, and back.
They still provide inflated lumbar support as other models do.
You can have your swivel seat and height adjustments too.
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Help Me Find my Barf Bags
(ContentDesk) August 15, 2005 -- Steve Silberberg's air sickness bag museum is missing more than 100 barf bags.
Last fall, his 1,600+ bag collection was chosen for public display in the Terminal 5 art exhibit located inside JFK airport's former TWA terminal.
However, after a raucous party on site, the New York Port Authority permanently closed the exhibit.
In the ensuing chaos, over 100 Air Sickness Bags were misplaced, lost or stolen.
Mr.
Silberberg, who runs an on-line Air Sickness Bag Museum, would like to find his bags.Many of the missing bags are reasonably common, but a few of them are one-of-a-kind items, such as an old Chosonminhang (which became Air Koryo in 1993) and an MTV-Jackass bag from Great Britain.
When last seen, the bags were kept in 3 black 3-ring binders.
The mostly alphabetized bags that are missing start with the letters ?A-Ah', ?J', and ?U'.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of said bags, or...
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Adirondack Chairs: An Ole' Time Becon for Rest
The Adirondack chair is the classic mainstay chair of the cottage and patio. Although the name may be new to you, it prabably wasn't to your grandparents. For it was in the early 1900's that what was originally called the "Westport chair" became popular. West port is a small town in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate
New York. Within a few years, the Westport chair was renamed the Adirondack chair.
Its popularity is due to the ingenious design that makes it so comfortable.
It's noted for several features that mark it as unique. The chair's back is slanted at the perfect angle for dozing off for an outdoor nap. The wide side arms is ample room for a newspaper, book, and a cool summer drink. As a snooze tempter, time seems to disappear when things are so nice.
The Adirondack chair is a very rustic design that easily fits into any traditional decor.
Its the perfect type of chair for the patio, deck, or porch. Some folks like to place...
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Mount Airy Couple Gains A World-Wide Audience Through Podcasting
Mount Airy, NC (ContentDesk)April 5, 2006 -- One local couple is taking the future of entertainment into their own hands and finding world-wide success.
Chad and Amanda Barnard are the hosts of Me & The Bean, a bi-weekly podcast that, in their own words, discusses their life, Mayberry loonies and whatever comes to mind. The podcast is experiencing monthly growth since its inception in June of 2005 and currently boasts over five hundred listeners in over ten countries.
For the last six months Me & The Bean has been in the Top 20 out of 6000+ podcasts at one of the prominent podcast directories, Podcast Pickle and consistently in the top 300 out of 11,000+ podcasts at the industry leading Podcast Alley.Listeners seem to connect with Chads (Me) wry sense of humor and Amandas (The Bean) magnetic personality and adorable laugh.
Its not just listeners that seem interested either.
Me & The Bean were inducted into one of the first and still widely respected...
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How to restore old jewelry
Over the years you can acquire a lot of jewelry. Some of it you may not wear very often, while some of it might be appropriate for everyday where. So what do you do with the rest of it? Here are some ideas for you.
1. First, get all of it cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner at a jewelry store. This will help restore its luster and may revive an old piece you had fallen out of love with.
2. Next, separate the pieces you own into three piles: The pile you always wear, the pile you wear on special occasions, and the pile you never wear. For the last pile, don't feel badly about putting jewelry in that pile.
Just because you probably won't wear it doesn't mean that it doesn't have sentimental value for you. Very shortly you will find a way to enjoy it. But just hold on and let's deal with the other piles first.
3. With the first pile, the pile you always wear, you can keep them in a place that is convenient for you on your dresser. If there are pieces that...
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Buyer Beware: Is That "Ergonomic Chair" Really Ergonomic?
Not everybody knows exactly what ergonomic means, but it's getting to the point where everybody knows an "ergonomic chair" is better than just some plain old chair. Thus even Joe Newbie is more likely to buy the ergonomic chair than the chair that is not advertised as ergonomic.The problem is stores and manufacturers are starting to put the word ergonomic in front of every chair they sell, whether it has anything to do with ergonomics or not. There is more to ergonomics than a little added cushioning in the seat.So, What Is an Ergonomic Chair?Ergonomics is the study of equipment designed with humans in mind, meant to reduce operator fatigue and discomfort. Specifically, an ergonomic chair should be highly adjustable, including not just a knob for lowering and raising the chair but adjustability in the back tilt and the height of the arm rests. An ergonomic chair should also have a sturdy frame (avoid plastic), a great deal of support, especially in the lumbar region, and padding that...
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Chocolate: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Secured Loans A Step In The Right Direction
In the modern times security is becoming less and less. As with the uncertainties it is pretty difficult to be secure or make someone else secure. Security in any walk of life is difficult to achieve. That is why in today's world secured loans are a priced possession. Se4cured loans can help us in getting there where we want to be.
So the secured loans bridge an important gap between the borrowers and the creditors.
Secured...
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CHEAP LOANS : REAP THE BENEFIT OF CHEAP
Isnt it we all are looking for ??..... Most of us desire to take up a loan when our means to spend are beyond our desired expenditure therefore a loan is expected to match budget and expectation. now the question arises what are loan expectations? , and the first thing that comes to our minds is it has to be a cheap loan to make it fit into our already constrained budgets.
Finance market is at peak reaching for new heights. Increasing number of lenders in the finance market...
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Drew's Animals Seeks to Make Home Schooling Easier
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Headline - Drew's Animals Seeks to Make Home Schooling EasierMebane, North Carolina (ContentDesk) October 22, 2003 - Drew's Animals (www.drewsanimals.com) introduced an online addition and multiplication work sheet generator Monday. Often additional work sheets for math practice are needed beyond that provided by the curriculum the home school family is using. With this generator, home...
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Alex Canduci Aims to Shatter Modern Mythmaking through 'Getting It Right… or Why The World Is So Monumentally Screwed: The Manipulation of History' at Lulu.com
Sydney, AUSTRALIA (ContentDesk) January 14, 2006 - Alex Canduci seeks to explode the many myths that surround the justification of wars, governments and organisations with the publication of the insightful, provocative and humorous Getting It Right& or Why The World Is So Monumentally Screwed: The Manipulation of History in conjunction with Lulu (www.lulu.com), the worlds fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books...
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