Fast & Furious

November 14th will always be remembered as a dark day for us here at Cheese-Its headquarters. Some of us try pretending the incident never happened, but the results of that Monday morning haunt us daily. It was just another day at Cheese-its HQ, or so we thought. Everything was running smoothly. We had orders coming in and shipments going out, like always. Our CEO Fred Schumer seemed to be happy with how things were going that day because he was very calm and relaxed. Everything about that…

The disability that I decided to do was being wheelchair bound. I chose this disability because I wanted to experience it in an actual work environment and given my occupation the other two would have been a bit more difficult. As most of you know, I work in a restaurant and I am the cashier when I am there. I didn't have access to a wheelchair so I had to improvise. I did my role play in a chair with casters on them. I stand about 5'8 and the window that the customers place and pay for…

“One of the most famous and known symbols of Ireland is the green shamrock.” According to Irish Central, the three leaves of the clover originally represented Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. However, nowadays the three leaf clover is represented as a symbol of luck. This is just one of the many interesting facts about Ireland. Also, Ireland has completely different cultural norms than the U.S.. My family can still relate and connect with the people of Ireland in many ways. The culture of…

For those of you out there who’ve always thought that you had a sixth sense, congratulations, it turns out you were right all along...sort of. In a new paper published in Chemical Senses, Richard D. Mattes, a professor of nutritional science at Purdue University makes an argument that not only do human beings have tastes for sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami, they also have the ability to taste pure fat. Not that Mattes calls its fat of course, he prefers to call it oleogustus. While…

way to the riches of this far off land. Christopher Columbus was looking for a way to China while accidentally discovering the America’s leaving it to Portuguese mariner Vasco da Gama to be the first man to sail around Africa to India in 1498. With a fast route to…

Yoomin Jeong Informative/Informational Essay Professor Ventura English D 14 March 2016 The First Yogurt Smoothie in the World The world that people living has done many and fast developments. It changed a lot of things such as cultures and techniques. Even though many things have been changed to give better life to people, people’s passion of living better was getting bigger. As same as people wanted to live better, they wanted to eat better too. So many foods and beverage were invited and…

My Experience at Texas Roadhouse Usually when people go to a restaurant, they plan on having an enjoyable and relaxing time. Many times dining out can turn out to be a positive experience, but sometimes it can be the complete opposite. The goal of many restaurants is to provide quality food and service for customers in hopes that they return and reward their place with excellent reviews. In particular, Johnny Carino’s near the sunrise mall in Brownsville gives an outstanding dining experience…

Do you know that obesity is a major problem in the US? This means that junk food should have a tax on sugary drinks and junk food as they lead to problems like obesity and diabetes. Secondly, health care costs keep rising due to increasing obesity. And finally, the tax can discourage buying and eating junk food. For these reasons, junk food should have taxes. One reason junk food should have taxes is because sugary drinks and junk food, lead to problems like obesity and diabetes. First,…

In his essay, “What You Eat is Your Business” Radley Balko asserts that it is not the government’s responsibility what you put into your body. He calls for no regulation on the fast food industry, declaring it a personal responsibility issue. Balko claims that the best method of reducing the obesity problem is removing it from the public sector, and making it a personal problem. However, I believe that he is oversimplifying an issue which he does not fully understand. I also believe that he is…

There are also many attraction for older audiences. One of the most popular tourist attractions is the Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is a mile-deep canyon and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world and also being one of the 7 wonders of the world. Another attraction is the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam is a testimony to the country’s ability to build monolithic things in the most adverse conditions. The Dam was actually built during the great depression so you could…