Tú vs usted
*You use ud when talking formerly like as if you were talking to
senorita Manuel. You us tú when talking to friends.
Example:
Hola fred que
tal (tu)
Hola president
Obama que tal (ud)
*You use ud when talking formerly like as if you were talking to
senorita Manuel. You us tú when talking to friends.
Example:
Hola fred que
tal (tu)
Hola president
Obama que tal (ud)
Own Reflection
Coming into the food unit I knew nothing about food. I learned a lot of fascinating facts about food. For example 90% of our food is made from corn. As I was watching the Food, Inc documentary I felt very bad for the ways that animals had to be brought in to be slaughtered. As I was riding home on septa I was having a conversation with my dad and stated to him that I watched Food, Inc documentary and said, “I feel bad about what happens to the animals as they get brought in to get slaughtered,” so his response to me was are you going to stop eating meat and become vegetarian?
As a response to this comment I stated, “I can never become vegetarian and that I will always be a meat eater and that it would be very difficult for me to cut this out, even though it is killing animals.” According to the 10 Biggest Issues with the Global Food System, most of the problems in the food system stem from one gigantic problem concentration of power, land, wealth, and political influence in the hand of a few large players who have gamed the system for their benefit. Some changes I could make to my food choices are to eat healthier. The impact of these could help me lose weight and not have the health problems I currently have now such as being over weight, and having high blood pressure. Yes I would be willing to make these changes because I want to have a healthy life and not to have continuous health problems in life.
Food Recipe Analysis:
The recipe of Fudge Brownie contains at least 75% of processed foods and approximately 25% of whole foods. A pinch of salt is 1/16 of tsp and 147 mg of sodium. I cup of flour contains 440 calories. Four eggs contain 280 calories. One teaspoon of baking powder has 440 mg of sodium. Two teaspoons of vanilla contain 0.8 mg sodium, 24 calories, and 1 g of sugar. One cup of butter is 112 calories, 880 mg sodium, and 112 g fat. One 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips has 1,680 calories and 96 g of fat.
With a “sugar high” you are going to have one of two reactions. You are going to feel either happy and energetic or nauseous and drowsy. This is because the amount of sugar intake is increasing the amount of insulin in a person’s body. The insulin is trying to dominate the sugar in your blood. Salt is somewhat healthy for the body; however, the problem with salt is not the salt itself but the condition of the salt that influences the quality of the product. Salt is considered a healing process to the human body. Flour can cause glucose levels to rise that can lead to obesity. Eggs are very healthy, full of lots of vitamins, proteins, and fats, which is able to help a person lose weight by controlling your hunger for the rest of the day. Semisweet chocolate is healthier than dark chocolate because it contains less sugar, lowers blood pressure, decreases cholesterol levels and lowers the chance of heart disease.
Food Directions:
1 package semisweet chocolate chips
Cup of butter
Salt
Sugar
Eggs
Baking powered
Vanilla
Nuts
1. Grease 9x13 inch baking pan: preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Combine chocolate chips and butter in a large saucepan.
3. Melt over low heat stirring, constantly, remove from heat. In a small bowl combine eggs, salt, sugar: blend well. Add chocolate mixture blend well. Stir in flour, baking powder, and vanilla until well blended.
4. Stir in nuts if desired.
5. Pour into prepare pan bake 25 minutes or until brownie begins to pull away from edge of pan.
6.
Let stand until cool. Cut into bars.
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-semisweet-chocolate.html
http://www.puristat.com/standardamericandiet/processedfoods.aspx
http://www.puristat.com/standardamericandiet/processedfoods.aspx
http://altmedangel.com/salt.htm
http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritionist/f/eggs_protein.htm
A poetry
book by Eryn James
My Honest Poem
How many of you have
kept secrets from yourself?
Those "I
shouldn't have eaten that last piece of chocolate cake" or that "I'm
in love with my best friend" secrets
Well I feel like its
time for me to be honest with myself,
Boys tell me I’m
beautiful and I say thank you to be polite but I have no idea what it really
means,
They say, "The
sun is a reflection of your smile and the sky is envious of your
demeanor."
Through the
compliment I hear "Shawty you bad. Can I hit?" sometimes "Girl
you are gorgeous and that alone should put a smile on gods face".
But I can never
decipher between being a bad jaw and a queen so I just say thank you,
I sometimes forget
that I’m a person and wonder who my classmates are talking to when they call
out my name in the hallways,
I get nervous when
people get close enough to hear my breaths because then I have to actually be
in the room,
Rambling is one of
my many talents because I tend not to make sense,
See I never know
exactly what to say and sometimes I accidentally say what I’m thinking.
Sometimes I forget
that divinity lives in my habits and that I was born from naturalist,
Truth be told I
still hold my ex's name bottled into my bones because I don't know how to let
go,
I seem to hold onto
anything that feels good for that moment in hopes that the moment will last
forever,
Or at least return
just one more time so I can properly inhale perfection,
I have to admit I’m
a hypocritical perfectionist,
I tend to try to fix
everything around me but myself,
I figured since my
innocence is well past tampered with I might as well leave it that way,
I see pain in
paradise so I try to avoid changing the world,
I was brought up
being taught that change is a mistake and beauty doesn't exist in these
streets.
I don't have too
many secrets but the ones I do have live at 30th street station where I go to
talk to the ceilings,
Breathing my stories
onto lunch time table tops,
I confide in the
walls because I know bricks can keep secrets,
I often see my
thoughts ricocheting off septa bus windows because they just won’t shut up,
6 am bus rides to
basketball practice on top of homework and projects cant really keep you sane.
I think Facebook is
a better therapist than the resource specialist at my school because it knows
when to shut up and let me make a comment,
I'm sick of people
telling me to write a poem,
My friends think
because I’m a poet that’s the easiest way to get free,
I've discovered that
writing cannot be the key to every shackle that holds you down,
My problems can’t be
solved with a note pad and pen,
I turn to poetry
only when I can handle recapping the worst of me,
But honestly when
the my pen hits my life,
My world shakes like
Hurricane Katrina is about to blow through my brain.
Sometimes I just
want to say to hell with my writing,
I just want to
scream even thought I know it wont solve anything but it takes way less time
and effort than caring if someone with like my metaphors and similes.
Sometimes and only sometimes I wish I were more honest with myself.
Confession to A.J
I would've never
thought that I'd found the perfect me in a person so opposite myself,
You’re the me that I
could never be,
I've always wanted to make the world a
better place and by the world I mean the little part of it that belongs to me,
But I’ve come to the
realization that without you my life wouldn't be as complete so I’ll go out on
a limb and say that I can only make my world a better place if and only if I do
everything within my power to make sure that the world you live in is precisely
to your liking,
I'd never think that
I’d find my soul mate,
A person ideally
suited to me as a close friend but NOT a romantic partner,
In a being such as
yourself,
I'd never make your
world cry,
Or attempt to be yet
another burden placed upon your back,
Just as you'd never
attempt damage my already broken soul,
You couldn't fathom
what you do for me as a person so just try to concoct a remote idea of what you
do for me on a more spiritual level,
On days where you
feel like your falling apart like weathered stone I will graciously gather you
like gold dust between my fingers and help re-construct you just as you were,
I love just as you
were,
Just as you are,
just as you will be
And I’ll stand
beside you at times when you feel like you have to go to war with the world,
just like you told me,
There’s never a day
that goes by that you should feel any form of loneliness,
As long as I have a
breath in my body the feeling of lonesome will not exist to you, I will always
be here until my body is laid to rest,
I'll know that I've
had my peace,
And it doesn't
matter to me if you feelings are remotely connected to mine because what you can
do for me in just one glance, one day spent together in silence,
In one passionate
conversation,
In one innocent
forehead kiss, in one reassuring hug,
Another can't do for
me in 10 lifetimes and my gratitude is infinite.
Girls
This is for the girls who
aren’t content with their bodies,
Girls who don’t understand
the power they hold by just being women alone,
Girls who try to
compromise who they are to be something they’re not for people, who don’t even
matter,
Didn’t you know that sizes
8 -18 are just as beautiful as a size 2,
You are a queen no matter
how large,
They always say the bigger
the better,
So how much satisfaction
can you get out of a dainty little doll baby?
Even if you wear a size 11
shoe,
You can still have your
Cinderella story,
Glass slippers don’t just
come in size 4’s,
You are still divine,
I know some days you just
want to let everything go and say I don’t care,
I know there are days when
you want to dispose of your halo,
And on those days I will
hold it above your head,
You’re still an angel on
days when other peoples standards make you feel like a monster,
You have a smile that could put the sun to shame,
And eyes that could strike
Aphrodite with envy,
Skin like softest clouds
in heaven,
I want you to understand,
That the looks of a air
brushed King Magazine Model can never amount to the natural beauty you posses,
A man will only love you
correctly if you love yourself that way first,
So don’t rush the process,
Learn to love yourself
slowly so you wont miss a spot,
And don’t pretend to be
someone your not,
And don’t waist gods time
praying you were somebody else,
You’re a commodity to this
planet as the person that you are,
So don’t regret turning
out the way you did,
Because every women has a
day where she hates something about herself,
When she wishes she were
never born because nobody told her what she had the potential to amount to,
And grated,
I am no Opra or doctor
Phil,
I cannot pay to fix your
faults or feed you some psychology mumbo jumbo to make you feel better,
But I can let you cry on
my shoulder,
Let you create oceans of
your tears in my lap,
Help you reflect on the
person that you are,
And the women you aspire
to be,
Help you recognize your
elegance,
I can do that much for you,
Because that is just how
much I care.
Expectations
Yesterday I wanted
you be every reason I stood up straight,
I wanted you to
become everything I breathed for,
I wanted you to be
that reassuring feeling in the pit of my stomach that everything was going to
be okay,
I wanted you to be
my adrenaline rush,
Fun,
Wanted you to be my
pulse,
Dependence,
A love,
That ooo I cant stop
this feeling and I don't want to kind of love,
I wanted you be
everything I needed for tomorrow,
A reassuring hug,
A rainbow after this
thunderstorm,
Something beautiful
to look forward to,
My piece of mind,
My sanity,
My will to stay just
a little while longer,
Baby, help me hold
on for a few moments more,
Help me remember
yesterday and the images it captured of our happiness,
Help me find my
grasp of reality because with you everyday will be easy like Sunday morning,
I wanted you be the
love song that I never wanted to forget the words to,
But today I realize
that no love is perfect and sometimes there’s no love at all,
Just lust in disguise,
And to embrace that
is to embrace reality in its purest form,
With that being
said,
Tomorrow I want you
to be yourself whichever way you want,
I'm not expecting
anything of you anymore just be you,
Be exactly the
person god intended you to be at your worst so I can accept you that way first,
So when you reveal
to me you at your best I'll know that I deserved it.
Confident Women Piece
I won't concern
myself with degrading catcalls,
I'm a goddess and
will never reduce myself to a "jawn",
A "bitch",
A "hoe",
Or a
"shawty" for any boy who thinks he got enough mugga in his pocket to
own me,
Priceless is what
you should call a person of my stature, And no,
I'm not the most
confident girl on earth let alone in this room but on days when my confidence
is only knee high I still stride smoothly in my heels,
I’m gorgeous and I
love almost everything about me,
My laugh,
My big feet,
(more stuff I love
about me)
And it didn’t take
validation from anyone for me to see,
I don't need a man
to make me whole,
He is merely an
extra attachment sold separately from my main masterpiece,
I won't label myself
as a damsel in distress because I'm strong enough to break down any barrier
between my happiness and me,
I’m the type of
women who will grow old build a home standing on her own two feet,
I’m every mans fantasy,
I’m not conceited so
there’s no reason to argue it but my advice to you is stop worrying about me
and concern yourself more with becoming a queen.
Dear Love,
I’m not a love poet,
The idea of writing
about a person that I have passionate feelings for scares me,
That makes the
concept of rejection and heartbreak too vivid for me to handle,
But if tomorrow I
decided that I wanted to write the perfect love story,
My first poem would
be about you,
Not about how I love
you but about how somehow you make the idea of love a lot less scary for me,
Every time I see you
I smile like an absent minded child,
I'm not usually a
love poet but if I were I’d write about how I see centuries of happiness in
your eyes and how lost I get in them every time our pupils connect even if its
just for a second,
I'd write about how
your demeanor is that of a sunset,
Hurting and
beautiful all at once,
Some nights I find
myself waiting for the sky to turn purple and blue like a bruise so I can blow
kisses at it at the in hopes that I can make it feel better,
If I were the type
of poet who liked to look on the bright side of things,
I'd explain pain
like art,
I’d write about how
I like watching you,
Admiration without
commentary,
I like to call you
silent poetry,
You’re a perfectly
imperfect masterpiece,
That fits right into
the chaotic puzzle of my life,
I’ve never really
thought about love,
But if we just
pretended that I had I’d write about how I love hugging you,
I enjoy the sound of
our hearts beating in unison against each other,
Its like your
heartbeat is the bass-line to my rib cage playing symphonies on my insides,
There’s always music
in me when you’re around,
It’s like you Boq
(that music guy) and Beethoven sat in the chambers of my heart and had the most
beautiful of conversations,
I know how you how
you feel about the L word so I don't want to make love to you,
I want to make
heavens with you,
Use a few hours to
turn a bedroom into galaxies with you,
Scratch my future on
you sides so there’s reason to be anywhere but beside you tomorrow.
I want to tickle you
in places no other girl has,
I want to hold you
so tight that my right hand is imprinted over your heart,
So you understand
that I promise to love you on days when your heart feels like an avalanche,
And I know it’s hard
to trust girls these days,
So think of it like
this,
I want to be
everything that no girl ever had the audacity to be for you,
A person who isn’t
afraid to be trustworthy and honest with you,
Sometimes when I
call you with absolutely nothing to say it's not just to get on your nerves,
I just want to hear
your voice and I was too scared to admit that,
See I have this
crazy fear of forgetting what you sound like,
I don't want to lose
you,
So when I get the
chance,
I'm going to hold
you like my last breath,
Cherish you like my
heartbeat,
I’ll be good to you,
Sometimes when I'm
next to you I get this fuzzy feeling all over me,
I think its God's
way of saying, "this is the way it was meant to be",
I’ve finally found someone who makes me just as
happy as I make myself and alls I want to do is give that back.
Qyidir White
Election Day 2011
Donald Romaro
Me- So ser what motivates you to come out and vote today?
Donald- It’s just something I like to do. So that I know that I took part in something so important.
Me- Okay, What do you hope to see change in your neighborhood?
Donald- I just hope to see older people getting more involved, so that the crime rate goes down.
Me- But don’t you think that has a lot to with the cops and the way they play their part in keeping the community safe?
Donald- Yes but its not their fault that these kids are running around getting into all types of trouble. Their parents should have raised them better.
Me- Thank ser hope you see the change around her.
Directions:
1) Grease and flour two 8x4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325º F (165º C).
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In my glass drawling we had to make the glass look like it was sitting on the paper, as it the glass was in the paper, basically 3-D. We used charcoal for this project as our drawing utensil. Using it made it easier for shading and fading. When i started my drawling I realized it was more to a drawing then a shadow and a outline. This drawing helped me to realize being a artist is not easy it takes a lot of work and patience . This made me stronger in some sections. I started off by shading a the shape of my glass. Then i lightened the area where the light hit the glass. After that I darkened the outline of my object so I could shade it in. In the video we watched the artist next step was erasing and shading where the light sits in the object. Once i did that for the first hour I took the next two hours making this drawing look more 3-D. This drawing consisted of me shading the object, darkening the out line ,showing how the light hits each side of the glass and adds a shadow , these are all the qualities and high lights of my drawing to make this object look like real glass.
Still life drawling
For this assignment we had to draw a human model for four hours. Before beginning this drawling I had to visualize the size of the model and the size of the paper, and figure out how i would portion the drawling. I visualized my model dejah and put her on my paper.Most of my focus was on her upper part of her body and shading where the light hit her. My weakness of this project was being able to draw her legs, but overall i felt I did a weak good job.
Interview #1: Ray Bailey (committee member)
I'm a committee person for the Democratic party. My job is to make sure that people vote, and have the right to let their voice be heard.
2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
I would like to see the people be more educated about the process of how you become a candidate, and how the votes are tallied up.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes I do. Every election.
4. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
The changes that I'd like to see in this election, would be that the candidates live up to their promises.
5. How would you feel if voting was mandatory?
I would feel that it takes away a person's right to choose to vote or not.
Interview #2: Faye Tyler
I'm a good citizen. It's my duty.
2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
I don't really know. There are a few things that I would like to see changed, but I can't think of them all now.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes I do.
4. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
Hopefully, a cleaner city.
5. How would you feel if voting was mandatory?
I would feel uncomfortable. If I knew I had to, it wouldn't feel the same to me.
Interview #3: Judge John Younge
I always vote. It was taught to me by my parents. They're from the South, and they always voted. I didn't know people didn't vote until I got older.
2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
I'd like to see a city where there is a minimization of money in politics. That the political figures focus on issues.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes.
4. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
I hope we get our fiscal house in order. And that we fix our tax situation, so that we attract businesses and people to our city. All this without harming poor people.
5. How would you feel if voting was mandatory?
This is a free country. With that comes the choice to vote. Maybe if we did early voting, or computerized voting, or maybe even voting on the weekend. Mandatory voting would be against our constitutional right to vote.
Interview #4: Janienne Hinton
To make sure I have a voice.
2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
More cooperation among different parties.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes.
4. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
More funds for the school system, and city services
5. How would you feel if voting was mandatory?
I'm for it if there's no fine. If there is a fine, I would be against it.
Interview #5: Linda Tripp
It's my civic duty.
2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
That both political parties get together to make Pennsylvania a better state.
3. Do you vote in every election?
Yes.
4. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
Hopefully, both parties get together to change the future of our city and state.
5. How would you feel if voting was mandatory?
I'd feel uncomfortable. To make me vote for someone I don't want or have to vote for would make me uncomfortable.
*The following interview was conducted the following day (Monday) via email*
Interview #6: W. Wilson Goode Jr. (Councilman - at - Large)
1. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
My law enacted campaign contribution limits but it's up to the "one person- one vote" to prevail.
2. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
I will continue to increase economic opportunity in terms of creating new jobs, better wages and benefits as well as business and workforce diversity.
3. How do you think we can improve voter turnout in Philadelphia?
People vote when they believe that it will make a difference.
4. What inspired you to run for office?
I'm the son of a Mayor but also the grandson of sharecroppers who endured economic discrimination - I fight for justice!
5. How do you feel about making voting mandatory?
People should go to the polling place to vote even if they don't like any of the candidates - and there is a ""NO CONFIDENCE" vote option.
1: What motivated you to come out and vote?
I feel as though it is my right, (that people caught hard for me to have) so it is my duty. Every vote counts and i want my voice/ opinion to be heard.
2: What would you like to see changed in our political system?
I wish we could all just get along to get to that common goal. I also believe that certain people get paid to much and their salaries need to be looked at and re-evaluated given our current economic situation.
3: Do you vote every election?
Yes, I vote every year.
4: Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
Not a clue
5: Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning?
tv
6: What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?
I don't really pay attention to them because they say nasty things about each other.
7: Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating?
yes
8: What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
hope if the mayor is re elected that the people of philly realize we need to make some changes and they don't shoot down all his ideas. Something has to give.
9: What impact do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election? Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?
I feel every vote counts and there really wasn't a lot of people voting today so my vote hopefully will make that much more of a difference. I learned about voting from my mom. She reinforced how important it is to be heard and reminded me it is a privilege to be able to vote. People in other countries don't have that capability.