Alina Kneepkens

When the first attempt to start a meat business failed, Dufour’s dad started buying pig lips from another supplier. There was such a high demand for cooked pig lips that they family had to start cooking their own. “Pretty soon, we were selling so many lips that we had to almost bed Di Salvo’s for product. That’s when we started cooking up our own.” (82) Proceeding onto the second part of his story, Edge describes how he had to muster up courage to actually try the famous pickled lips. “Meanwhile back at Jesse’s Place I finish my third Bud, order my fourth. Now, I tell myself, my courage bolstered by booze, I’m ready to eat a lip.” (83) Edge tries to get himself together by taking a suggestion from a local and eating the lip with chips. “I pull from the bag a coral crescent of meat now crusted with blond bits of chips. When I chomp down, the soft flesh dissolves between my teeth. It tastes like a flaccid crackling, unmistakably porcine, and not altogether bad. The chips help, providing texture where there was

The adolescence stage in one’s life is often portrayed as a time of ‘storm and stress’ (Lipsitz, 1980). However, there are

From the now popular recyclable cloth grocery bags, to the organic garden at the White House, food, and the food industry is changing. The popularity of organic and whole foods is on the rise. Processed foods are increasingly advertising that they are additive and preservative free, and all sorts of products now offer a “gluten-free” variety. The popularity of what is now being called the sustainable food movement, leads many to wonder why are some people willing to pay more, sometimes double, for organic produce, meat, eggs, and milk. Will this prove to be just another trendy American fad, or are there real health benefits from eating organic and whole foods? While the organic market only represents approximately 3% of the total food

Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act is a renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is an aid program for disadvantaged students. Although it does sound as if the Act is helping children all across the country, Alexandra Robbins thoroughly explains otherwise in her book, The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. Within pages eighty five through eighty nine, Robbins thoroughly shows her negativity to the Act and why it’s hurting children rather than helping them. She uses hard facts, such as the emphasis on tests, altered curricula, and the corrupt college admission process to prove her point.

Allie Latimer is a woman to be celebrated. According to www.thehistorymakers.org, www.thewomenshalloffame, and www.theamericanbar.org, She accomplished many things in her lifetime and is still doing so. She contributed to civil rights, working conditions, and many other things that changed society. She was put into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009, and is currently 89 years old. With three resources I used, I was able to write many of the accomplishments she has done in her lifetime.

Food Reflection Have you ever wondered how your food is made or what they make your food out of? Well in the stories, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, “Food Product Design” by Eric Schlosser, and also the movie FOOD INC., we find out how our food is processed and what it is made out of. In this reflection I will tell you some of my opinions and facts about these encounters. First of all we had the book, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair which talked about how the food was made before the a 1990’s. In this story it tells us how the food back then was made from anything, sometimes including human remains.

In the past few weeks, I have read two essays regarding the immigrant population in the United States. They both pass along the same meaning, yet they are still quite different in abounding ways. The two articles that I am exposing are “A Quilt of a Country”, by Anna Quindlen, and “The Immigrant Contribution”, by John F. Kennedy. They both converse with the theme in relation to immigration.

The person that I admire the most would be Tianna Bartoletta from Elyria, Ohio. Tianna has numerous of world championships and Olympic medals. Tianna's main events in track and field are the long jump and the 100m. The reason why I admire Tianna the most is because I can see myself in her. She is an ambitious, extroverted, gregarious, intelligent and industrious person. When Tianna first started track and field she knew the effort that she was putting in would not get her anywhere unless she was putting her all into practice, which made her change a few things in life. Tianna knows what she wants in life and do not allow anything to bring her down. After Tianna recovered from an ankle injury in the long jump, she did not give up and she did

The document I chose to do this journal entry on was Anna Bijns’ “UNYOKED IS BEST! HAPPY THE WOMAN WITHOUT A MAN”. This document is explaining a number of things. One of the things it’s explaining is that the stuff she talks about is already going on such as how women from a young age believe marriage is a wonderful thing and that happiness will always be there as long as you’re married, but Bijns tells the readers it’s not all like that. The audience I believe she is trying to reach are teenage girls to older women.

Milton Hershey originally made this product as a coating for caramel, over time he branched into making the chocolate its own product. Growing up, his family was poor and had to move a lot. Over the years Milton went to seven different schools before leaving to pursue his life. In 1871 Milton left school and was apprenticed to a local german english newspaper. He didn’t like that line of work so that quickly ended. After that his mother got him apprenticed to a lancaster confectioner named Joseph Royer. At only 14, Milton had a natural talent for making these sweets and quickly learned the art and science of creating them.

This tasty treat has always been a favorite, even since its appearance on this earth over sixteen centuries ago.

However, even though the visual images he uses are very appealing, they do not look professional nor do the confections look like they were store bought or made by a culinary expert. By using these "homemade" photographs, the speaker is trying to prove to the audience and persuade them that even though the craft confections may seem elaborate, it is possible and quite straightforward to create the confections in their own homes. As seen by the picture of the fudge, it is very alluring and may cause some salivation for some audience members,

There are so many different reasons that are arguable for female expatriates and especially in this case, Aline Jacques to be a part of any international assignment. Since Aline Jacque would be someone that is new to the job assigned, having a mentor will definitely help her to develop herself into becoming the right candidate. As stated by Crocitto, Sullivan and Carraher ( 2005) since protégé is considered as employee that have lack of experience, they will definitely benefit from the mentor relationship as it will help them in terms of career advancement, visibility and ability to achieve goals. If Aline Jacques and any other male or female employee are taken as a protégé in HLE, all of them should have the same amount of opportunity to be an expatriate for the job. Therefore, it can be concluded that as long as female have the right skills and capabilities required for the international assignment, they should have the same amount of opportunity as male.

In recent years, many people don’t go more than a few days without hearing about organic foods in one way or another, whether it be through the media, friends or the numerous labels at the grocery store. For me, whenever someone brings up organic foods, they always put them on a pedestal of health caused by people’s recent disgust with the industrialized way we produce foods, which, to be fair, is not unfounded. I had assumed it was a bunch of gibberish, however, the data suggests a more ambiguous answer.

Adolescence is the period of development from ages 10-21, it is the period between childhood and adulthood (McGraw Hill Education, 2015) It is a time of confusion and exploration. This stage continues until a person is holding a full time job, economic independence, and taking responsibility to oneself (Santrock, 2011, p. 344). As a 16 year old female I am in the midst of all these changes and can relate many themes to myself and my own experiences.