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  A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: "How heavy is this glass of water?"
  
  Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.
  
  She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued, "The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything."
  
  It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

Cinnamon- who knew righht? Not my mom!

My mother wanted to know where Cinnamon came from. So she made me write a paragraph on it. Here it is!

Marie Jon

History at the Table B1a

M, till forever

Confusing Cinnamon

(Who can get it right?)

There are many reasons why I shouldn’t write a paragraph about where cinnamon comes from. Cinnamon comes from so many places, and there are so many different types, not to mention two cinnamons that are used almost interchangeably. All these make this topic confusing and not very good for which to use for a topic for a paragraph. As I have said, there are too many places from where it has roots and come from. It comes from Arabia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, north of India, China, and Egypt. Not to mention all the countries that came in contact with these countries and started to trade and replant cinnamon in other countries. Also there are several different types of cinnamon that people get confused with each other all the time. There are 4 basic cinnamon trees that other cinnamon tree species branched off of. They are Cassia (Hebrew קציעה qəṣi`â), the bark of Cinnamomum iners from Arabia and Ethiopia, and literally means 'the peel of the plant' which is scraped off the tree; true Cinnamon (Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן qinnamon), the bark of C. verum (also called C. zeylanicum) from Sri Lanka; Malabathrum or Malobathrum (from Sanskrit तमालपत्रम्, tamālapattram, literally "dark-tree leaves"), several species including C. tamala from the north of India; Serichatum, C. cassia from Seres, that is, China. In addition to all this, there is Cinnamomum verum which is sometimes called "true cinnamon", most cinnamon that we get from international commerce comes from a related species, which is also referred to as "cassia" so people can tell the difference between it and "true cinnamon". All of this makes this topic very confusing and not at all a paragraph that should be written on.

References

Wikipedia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. various sponsers, 7 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon>.