See I work at a grocery store and just like many businesses throwing away perfectly good food is just daily routine there. The reasons vary from the looks of the product, the product staying on the shelf past its shelf life or a customer returning something after they decided they “didn’t need it” but because of company policy we have to throw it out even if the product is perfectly fine. Every time I see the dumpster at the end of each night I can’t but wonder
Throughout the article, “The Great Twinkie Comeback; By The Numbers,” there are an abundant amount of facts about the Twinkies before and after they went bankrupt. Many of these however, show that their comeback was beneficial. By the numbers, ‘the great Twinkie comeback’ was a worthwhile endeavor because of company worth, jobs, and market penetration. First, the comeback of this company was worthwhile because of it’s company worth. As mentioned in the article, “410 million dollars was the price
consumed, and the least lucky are paying for it with their lives. There are many fields and areas involved in food production and responsible for big amounts of food waste, but a big part of this problem occurs at our houses while we live our daily life. There are three major reasons why people throw food away; they do not like it, they have had enough, and/or they think the food expired because a label tells them so. When that much food is discarded, it has an effect on the country’s economy and
before storage and consumption and thus is a critical step for incorporating antimicrobial mechanisms particularly to control the post-processing contamination. Antimicrobial packaging is a promising form of active packaging to improve safety and shelf-life of food products. It is a novel development system which incorporates antimicrobial agent into a polymer film to suppress the activities of targeted microorganisms that are contaminating foods [14]. The antimicrobial activity can be accomplished
resources beyond the territorial sea and the regime governing mineral resources. As far as the legal concept of the continental shelf was concerned, its main characteristics were established as a natural prolongation of the state’s land territory (Currie, Forces & Oosterveld 2007, p.403). The Proclamation established a clear separation between the territorial sea and shelf, in which the coastal state could not extend its sovereignty, but only under its jurisdiction and control. According to Byers (1999
To begin with, "It dropped so low-in my Regard" is one of the most mystifying and obscured poems Emily Dickinson has ever written. This free verse poem is about the disheartening realization that someone relatively close, in either spirit or in life, is not who you thought. A person would never have to know what exactly lost the regard of Dickinson; it is quite easy to substitute your own "it" for what once lost your own respect or love to feel akin to what Dickinson meant when she wrote this poem
The metaphor I have chosen to use for my “I will always” poem is a waterfall. I feel that a waterfall best fits and defines my personality as well as my life. Each separate lines defines me as a unique person with a different personality than the people around me. As many people say the sound of trickling water is relaxing, I am open to say that I am one of them. Coming up with a metaphor was not necessarily as hard because I knew what path or direction I wanted to go. The path I chose to go
Life can be seen as something precious and special. Life is a privilege to live, yet many take living for granted. In Dudley Randall’s “To the Mercy Killers”, a person, who is presumably a man, is speaking to a mercy killer. A mercy killer is a person who decides on whether a terminally ill patient should be put out of their misery or if he or she would be better off moving on in life. Taking this into consideration, the reader can guess that the man speaking is a terminally ill patient who may have
man of integrity and of complete dedication to his work. Mr. Gessler had his own shoe business where he made leather boots. His dedication is shown through the fact that, “He made only what was ordered, never taking ready-made shoes down from the shelf.” (“Quality” pg. 213.) He wanted each pair of boots to be a custom fit to each individual and for every pair he made, he used a pattern taken from the customer’s foot size. One day the narrator of the story walked into Mr. Galsworthy’s shop wearing
It is a tan, sticker covered, beat up Regal, and it actually began my collection of instruments. This guitar represents my creative values, because it was my first guitar and the first of many creative outlets that I have explored throughout my life thus far. I received it from my parents, as a birthday present, when I was in eighth grade and the first songs I learned were beginner level versions of, “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple, and “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath. It has a light tan wooden
dropped into the water his daughter had been drinking from the river. She then became pregnant and gave birth to the Raven as a baby boy. The grandfather began to spoil him and give him whatever he desired. The raven began to cry over the box on the shelf continuously after telling his grandchild no. Days later he gave in and allowed him to play with the stars, as he was playing with the stars rolling the box on the floor back and forth he then allowed them to roll up the smoke whole and into the sky
pursuit for the better. This “better” is often short-lived and quickly replaced. This cycle of replacement needs to end with a solving reinvention that will allow human life to breathe and be comfortable within its own skin. Lives are to be lived not viewed. To do this people need to break the mold that society is mass-producing and live life for themselves and up to their own standards of success and not follow the blue-print of the government’s bureaucratic and aristocratically favored system and ideals
A simple event can turn a person’s life upside down for the better or for the worse. It can maybe even go as long as changing lives forever or changing lives as short as 30 minutes. There was a time that an event in my life impacted me as a person. This experience was not one to forget. June of 2013 was when my life shifted. My mother, sisters, and I went shopping throughout downtown. I recall it being extremely hot that afternoon. The road was so blistering that an egg could be fried right then
steals our heroine's last shard of optimism from her. Edna Pontellier's suicide is completely believable, justifiable, and understandable. This world was too cruel for her tender spirit; this life too stifling for her to bear. None of this surprises me. How many women (or men, for that matter) go through life with their eyes closed? How many find it easier to simply shut out the ugliness and horror that surrounds them? Finally seeing the loathsome existence they are a part of can simply be "too much"
Streaming like rivers down my face were tears that day, my heart torn to shreds in a matter of only minutes. Starting with a decision, impossible for some, and yet I had already decided on my answer beforehand. No, I wouldn't trade places, I wouldn't let you save me at such vast of a cost. In the end, it didn't matter, what I said didn't make a difference, the same thing happened. Murdered in cold blood right in front of me, electricity jolted through his body, without a hint of hesitation from
Life does not always take the easy path for all of us. Bryce Courtey writes about Peekay, who is a English boy, that does not have the easiest life although it may seem like it. Peekay goes through a lot of heart breaks, in the form of death, but ends up coming out on top. With Peekay traveling around and forming new relationship he grasps the traits everyone would love to have. Peekays independence could not have come from nowhere, with him being alone most of his life he had to take care of himself
Emily Dickinson is known for the common theme of death in her writings. She uses various metaphors in her poems to demonstrate this theme of death. In her poems, “I Cannot Live With You,” “ My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun,” and “Because I Could Not Stop For Death.” Dickinson shows the theme of death as well as some other themes that can also point to death. In this way these poems, like all of her work, are similar yet different. They are similar in the way that she writes about death but they are
Hurston a young girl named Janie begins her life unknown to herself. She searches for the horizon as it illustrates the distance one must travel in order to distinguish between illusion and reality, dream and truth, role and self? (Hemenway 75). She is unaware of life?s two most precious gifts: love and the truth. Janie is raised by her suppressive grandmother who diminishes her view of life. Janie?s quest for true identity emerges from her paths in life and ultimatly ends when her mind is freed
College Admissions Essays - Something Daring and New Think about something you never did in high school but wish you had done. Now imagine your time at college. Propose taking up something daring and new, and describe how it might affect your life. For years I have harbored a secret desire to become a cheese aficionado. This is not entirely arbitrary. Cheese, as an independent entity outside of any broader alimentary context, is at once worldly and whimsical. It provides the ideal complement
yet many of his poems actually point out the dark side of human existence. This idea of hidden darkness in humans is especially evident in Frost’s three poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Provide, Provide,” and “Desert Places.” Frost’s life was full of tragedies, yet he was still able to become an accomplished poet. According to Poets.org, Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. When he was only 11 years old, Frost’s dad, William Prescott Frost, Jr, passed away.