Top Chef

Birdie kicked at a stray rock with all her might, snarling with clenched teeth. It flew across the street, and disappeared into the passing crowd. Birdie sighed and ran a hand through her hair, her stomach folding in on itself. “I want to go home,” she moaned quietly, and Albert nudged her with a grin. “You want to go back to Kansas? Lame, Bernie.” Birdie rolled her eyes at the nickname, but smiled at Albert anyway. They started walking down the street, dragging their shoes across the…

TV food shows have proven to be a big part of American culture since televisions were introduced. This lead to the promotion of in-home cooking that brought forth a multitude of TV personalities and simple food shows. Dione Lucas, Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Rachel Ray, Bobby Flay are the few that are considerably the most important figures in TV food shows that showed an amazing progression of how preparing different cuisines were taught. Each generation developed their own style and variation…

Her rapping is distinctive for its fast flow and the use of alter egos and accents such as her British cockney. Nicki Minaj is also known for her colorful costumes and wigs. She has sold over millions of records and had singles that made it to the top of the charts. For example, Nicki Minaj became the first female solo artist to have…

The pounding of my heart was inevitable as I looked up at the coaster. Standing 420 feet tall The Top Thrill Dragster was staring me down. Watching it in action was a sight to see. Reaching top speeds of 120 mile per hour was the fastest I would have ever gone in my life by far. I have never had a fear of coasters but this one was a different story. Cedar Point is home to the fastest roller coaster in the world. On this trip this ride was the focal point of the trip. No one realized how…

Intuition is a key aspect that features in Internet Naming System. The daily activities of human begins normally affect their way of thinking. The naming of the system need include the intuition layer so that both the context and shortened addresses can enhance the identification with certainty. When well combined, they help eliminate the need for internet domain names. This is because through analysis of the context, and collection of all possible information in a certain context, then location…

For the culture shock assignment, I decided that I would go to a Mexican grocery store. I went to Bonito Michoacán. Before going, I decided that in order to have the best experience I would have to look around the whole store and buy something. To make things more exciting I decided I would buy something to make for lunch and possibly a treat. On my way there, I was kind of nervous. I felt like I would not belong and I thought that people might stare at me. I went around nine in the morning. I…

cards. This isn’t the case. The legislation simply removed the requirement that cable providers use cable cards. If your set top box uses a cable card, they still have to supply one on request. Local Channel Bundles Satellite and Cable TV providers use the number of TV subscribers as a metric when reporting to Wall Street. To keep their stock prices up they want you to have set top box. This means they will usually offer a super slimmed down package at a…

remembered as America’s number one song. Willie Mae Thornton, better known as “Big Mama”, is perhaps best recognized as the woman who primarily sang hound dog on August 13, 1952. After hound dog came out to the public, it was not long unit it rose to the top of many charts spending 14 weeks as the number one song. Thornton’s version of hound dog was so popular it iniatated multiples covers before Elvis Presley famous cover came out. The Big Mama Thornton original version was the first song that…

apprehending criminals. Soon spread to other parts of the world, with its Indian version, known as ‘Indian idol’. Soon more shows followed with different concepts and ideas like the amazing race (2001), fear factor (june 11, 2001) the America’s next top model (may 2003), the apprentice (2004) dancing with the stars (2005) and also like continue the big boss and dancing star still now(…

The Real, the Bad, and the Ugly by Cassie Heidecker is an interesting example of analyzing the reality TV epidemic and in addition to the people that view it. The author starts out by listing things that go into a reality TV production and things that happen in real life in order to state that these are two different things despite the idea that reality TV is supposed to be “real”. The mundanity of real life is emphasised here vs. the idea that reality TV is scripted and has a lot of extra work…