Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Final Essay
During the Russian Revolution there were alot of people who thought differently about where the money, land and everything else should be. some thought it should be evenly spread between all. That's what the peasants thought. They thought that the land should belong to the people that work, most thought that the workers should get the benefits. During the war and another time they were the hardest workers, and they also worked more longer hours than most. With working that much and not even having any money to show for it, there would be alot of changes with the economic conditions. How the French Revolution economic conditions and the Russian Revolution compare is by how there are more social and political ups and downs than there were economic in the french revolution.Rasputin was one of the bigger leaders in the Russian Revolution. He was considered miracle worker because he could help people when doctors couldn't. He was a trusted friend to most. Al though people thought that he was having a affair with the royal wife. That's why not alot of people liked him they always thought he was having an affair with the wife of the king. George Danton was a leader in the french Revelation in a different way than Rasputin was. Geogrge was a president of France. He was the biggest force in the revolution for France.Both the French and the Russian won the wars. There outcomes were the same, both sides won that's why it was called a revolution. In the end of the Russian Revolution there wasn't any difference with the way that the land was and where the money would go. The money and land still belonged to the people with the highest power and the ones that were higher class. After the French Revolution the ending was still that the ruler was Danton and he still powered over everyone.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Book
Fast Food Nation
After reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schosser you will learn there are alot of things that the fast food places are not letting you in on. Have you ever really wondered what is in the food from McDonald's or Burger King? The book Fast Food Nation really gets into detail about things. This non-fiction book that is telling about things that aren't good about the fast food places, it starts out telling where the food comes from: Farms to factories to the restaurants where they serve it to people like us. Some of the book tells about how most of the fast food chains got started and how they got to where they are now. It tells you alot about the ins and out of what your eating and all of the steps that it takes to get all the things together when making the things you order at McDonald's. The book takes a negative aspect on the fast food places. Its shows how bad they are and the things that they do to the food, which they think are very bad. This book Fast food nation will make you stop and think about what your getting when you go and order from a place like McDonald's. 
In this book Fast Food Nation Eric Schosser shows how bad fast food really is. He also shows things about McDonald's like the brothers first made the turn around with fast food. This made it so there were alot of fast food restaurants its mostly started up the fast food chain of restaurants. So there were many factiores starting up, they made things like hamburgers, chicken for all of the restaurants. The factories were the worst to work at, this book also showed the worst jobs that people had to deal with. The enviorment that they had to work in everyday, and it was very unhealthy for them. This Factories produced everything that we order at the fast food restaurants today. Eric Schosser also shows how the fast food place isn't somewhere we should ever eat, his option on the fast food places is very clear. He shows how bad the food is for us to be eating, how we can get really bad diseases like mad cow disease. The big thing that he tries to show is that all fast food is bad and i think he wants no one to eat it.
Mostly this book is showing all the bad things about fast food, what could happen when you eat the food coming from theirs places. Its really opinionated book the author is one way on this issue. It also makes me think about what I'm eating theses times i have no time and that's the only thing that's available. This book should be something that alot of obesity people should be reading, so maybe they will think before the next time they go to eat at there favorite restaurant. I think that alot of people would wake up if they read this book, it would be something like a reality check to them. The author made the theme very clear, he wanted people to know how bad fast food really is, this should be a very important theme to people in America no one realizes what there eating and that they need to stop.
In this book Fast Food Nation Eric Schosser shows how bad fast food really is. He also shows things about McDonald's like the brothers first made the turn around with fast food. This made it so there were alot of fast food restaurants its mostly started up the fast food chain of restaurants. So there were many factiores starting up, they made things like hamburgers, chicken for all of the restaurants. The factories were the worst to work at, this book also showed the worst jobs that people had to deal with. The enviorment that they had to work in everyday, and it was very unhealthy for them. This Factories produced everything that we order at the fast food restaurants today. Eric Schosser also shows how the fast food place isn't somewhere we should ever eat, his option on the fast food places is very clear. He shows how bad the food is for us to be eating, how we can get really bad diseases like mad cow disease. The big thing that he tries to show is that all fast food is bad and i think he wants no one to eat it.
Mostly this book is showing all the bad things about fast food, what could happen when you eat the food coming from theirs places. Its really opinionated book the author is one way on this issue. It also makes me think about what I'm eating theses times i have no time and that's the only thing that's available. This book should be something that alot of obesity people should be reading, so maybe they will think before the next time they go to eat at there favorite restaurant. I think that alot of people would wake up if they read this book, it would be something like a reality check to them. The author made the theme very clear, he wanted people to know how bad fast food really is, this should be a very important theme to people in America no one realizes what there eating and that they need to stop.
Local History Paper.
Palmyra Town History
Palmyra is your typical small town, nothings ever going on type of thing. So it would seem like there wouldn't be any history to go along with this small town aspect. Although lots of people think that small towns have nothing to offer, there very much wrong. Palmyra is a small town but it does have alot of things that people would like to know about. It's the unknown history that everyone wants to read about.
Alot of towns and states started out just like Palmyra and even the state of Maine. Palmyra dates way back to its undocumented history, which goes back over millions of years. Its said that the first people living in Maine were Indians from the Algonquin Nation. Although there is no documented live when they were living here, all that is left is the stories that people left behind of the early days of this state. The earliest thing that was documented was over 150 years ago. This was when around the 1600's France and England fought over control of the area of Maine. After the fight for the land ended, England gained control of Maine over France by 1763 and they also got part of Massachcsetts. This was the first time that any territory was claimed around this area. Around 1790 the unsettled territory of Palmyra was part of Lincoln County, it was on of the two counties in Maine at this point in time. Both of the two counties were bought from Massachcsetts and called a township. After things started to get settled around this area, lots of people started making the move to a not very populated area. There were alot of people that came to this area around 1807. That same year a meeting was held concering a petition that was being sent out to get "the rights and privileges of an incorporated town". This Petition was passed. In 1820 Maine gained statehood. The town of Palmyras population grew to 336. Alot of new stores sprung up, and even some churchs. During the Later 1800's the town of palmyra really started to shape up. Things like people voting to build a eight corner pound for keeping of stray animals, also one of the oldest things in the town was bulid in 1870. Over 130 years ago the Palmyra town office on Main street was built. It still remains in the same shape and same spot as it was build over 130 years ago.
As the town began to grow and things started to get going. Lots of things changed within the town, new things started go come into the town and also more people too. Palmyra the town that would now be called Somerset Count, now had a pretty big school up and running. As the school grew the region started to get bigger. Palmyra was also the center of trade and business activity for the region at this time. Backsmith shops, mills were two of the big things going in Palmyra in the 1800's. Shingle Mill was the biggest mill around at the time. And most of the people that attended church would have to of gone to the Church and Grange hall in Palmyra. This church is still standing today, being the only church that is still in Palmyra to date. Another thing that shows how outdated the town is, would have to be the roads and also the houses that were built back in the day that still stand right at this very moment. There use to be only two main roads in the hole town. One being the Country Road (now known as Rote 151), Second Stage road. Both of which were very important to the town and also both of them still are in use today. The other thing that out dates Palmyra are the houses still standing around, some which were built by the earlist settlers around the 1800's when people were really seltting around this area. During the 1840's the largest estates was owned by Royal Clark, Michael Hanson, Daniel Hanson, Stephen Hilton and Reuben Homestead. The reason that this was documented was because alot of people liked to have a big house around this time, if they didn't have alot of other things to show off why not there big house. Another fact that isn't well known is that Jeremiah Robinson built the first farm house, also still standing today. There was a house always called the "new house", still standing today is known as the Furbusg place to people now. It was built in 1802. This house took a very long tim to build because of its massive size. The original house was bigger than it appears now. The price of the house back in the days when it was built was around $1700. This constisted of two barns, one other good building, six tilled acres, raised indian corn, cheat, oats, beans, and potatos.
Coming from the Furbush house there is alot of history from the road that this massive sized house sits on. Dr. Warren was the man that owned and bought Palmyra. Born July 27, 1753 and also graduating from one of the best schools Harvard in 1771 he was settled in boston. He was a surgeon till around 1777, he found the first medical school in New England at Cambridge around 1781. Dr. John Warren from Boston bought Maine from the common weath on June 12, 1800 with the cost being 7,666.89 for 28,200 aces more or less. After buying all of this land Warrens family stayed around the Palmyra area. He made the rule that anyone who came before him could keep 100 acres of land by paying 5 dollars. The first settlers arrived at the invitaion of Dr. Warren. They had to purchase land from him or not have any at all. Although of the steep prices he put on the land for newcomers to buy land, there was still 20 families sellted in the 1800's within one year. And 20 more within 5 years after that he was very successful with people settled around 6,600. Although no one really could figure out what the name Palmyra really ment, some say that the name came from Dr. Warrens wife. She gave the name to the town in the memory of her daughter Myra out of love. This was her daughter that died at birth. Alot of things happened during the time of Warrens life to the town of Palmyra like on June 20, 1807 Massachcsettsgovernor James Jullivan signed the act, and approved the anem of Palmyra to this Area. And After the Revolutionary War Massachusetts was in debt, they sold more land to Dr. Warren trying to get some of there debt payed back. Although Dr. Warren owned this area, had his own very big house here he never lived here and visted the area alot. It was like a vacation house to his family. Warren died April 3, 1815. He left his land on Warren Hill Road in Palmyra to his brother Joseph Warren although he died not much later.
After thinking that Palmyra was a small town that had nothing to offer, i've rethought about the things i thought after researching this topic. Palmyra may be a pretty small town but this town has more to offer than you would think. Alot of the things that are intresting about the town are behind the senses. Most of the history dates back really far from this town. There were many great things that happend back in the day. This was a hot spot back when Dr. Warren was around, he made this town what it is today. So all the people think that little towns have nothing, no history and also nothing to offer thing again because ones you get into all of the things that happened you'll be knee deep into all of it!
Work sited Page-
1.) "History in Palmyra." Maine's Friendly Town. 4 Jan. 2008.
2.) "Epodunk." Maine. 8 Jan. 2008.
3.) Book-- Palmyra. Ann Hardwick, 1998. 1-80.
Palmyra is your typical small town, nothings ever going on type of thing. So it would seem like there wouldn't be any history to go along with this small town aspect. Although lots of people think that small towns have nothing to offer, there very much wrong. Palmyra is a small town but it does have alot of things that people would like to know about. It's the unknown history that everyone wants to read about.
Alot of towns and states started out just like Palmyra and even the state of Maine. Palmyra dates way back to its undocumented history, which goes back over millions of years. Its said that the first people living in Maine were Indians from the Algonquin Nation. Although there is no documented live when they were living here, all that is left is the stories that people left behind of the early days of this state. The earliest thing that was documented was over 150 years ago. This was when around the 1600's France and England fought over control of the area of Maine. After the fight for the land ended, England gained control of Maine over France by 1763 and they also got part of Massachcsetts. This was the first time that any territory was claimed around this area. Around 1790 the unsettled territory of Palmyra was part of Lincoln County, it was on of the two counties in Maine at this point in time. Both of the two counties were bought from Massachcsetts and called a township. After things started to get settled around this area, lots of people started making the move to a not very populated area. There were alot of people that came to this area around 1807. That same year a meeting was held concering a petition that was being sent out to get "the rights and privileges of an incorporated town". This Petition was passed. In 1820 Maine gained statehood. The town of Palmyras population grew to 336. Alot of new stores sprung up, and even some churchs. During the Later 1800's the town of palmyra really started to shape up. Things like people voting to build a eight corner pound for keeping of stray animals, also one of the oldest things in the town was bulid in 1870. Over 130 years ago the Palmyra town office on Main street was built. It still remains in the same shape and same spot as it was build over 130 years ago.
As the town began to grow and things started to get going. Lots of things changed within the town, new things started go come into the town and also more people too. Palmyra the town that would now be called Somerset Count, now had a pretty big school up and running. As the school grew the region started to get bigger. Palmyra was also the center of trade and business activity for the region at this time. Backsmith shops, mills were two of the big things going in Palmyra in the 1800's. Shingle Mill was the biggest mill around at the time. And most of the people that attended church would have to of gone to the Church and Grange hall in Palmyra. This church is still standing today, being the only church that is still in Palmyra to date. Another thing that shows how outdated the town is, would have to be the roads and also the houses that were built back in the day that still stand right at this very moment. There use to be only two main roads in the hole town. One being the Country Road (now known as Rote 151), Second Stage road. Both of which were very important to the town and also both of them still are in use today. The other thing that out dates Palmyra are the houses still standing around, some which were built by the earlist settlers around the 1800's when people were really seltting around this area. During the 1840's the largest estates was owned by Royal Clark, Michael Hanson, Daniel Hanson, Stephen Hilton and Reuben Homestead. The reason that this was documented was because alot of people liked to have a big house around this time, if they didn't have alot of other things to show off why not there big house. Another fact that isn't well known is that Jeremiah Robinson built the first farm house, also still standing today. There was a house always called the "new house", still standing today is known as the Furbusg place to people now. It was built in 1802. This house took a very long tim to build because of its massive size. The original house was bigger than it appears now. The price of the house back in the days when it was built was around $1700. This constisted of two barns, one other good building, six tilled acres, raised indian corn, cheat, oats, beans, and potatos.
Coming from the Furbush house there is alot of history from the road that this massive sized house sits on. Dr. Warren was the man that owned and bought Palmyra. Born July 27, 1753 and also graduating from one of the best schools Harvard in 1771 he was settled in boston. He was a surgeon till around 1777, he found the first medical school in New England at Cambridge around 1781. Dr. John Warren from Boston bought Maine from the common weath on June 12, 1800 with the cost being 7,666.89 for 28,200 aces more or less. After buying all of this land Warrens family stayed around the Palmyra area. He made the rule that anyone who came before him could keep 100 acres of land by paying 5 dollars. The first settlers arrived at the invitaion of Dr. Warren. They had to purchase land from him or not have any at all. Although of the steep prices he put on the land for newcomers to buy land, there was still 20 families sellted in the 1800's within one year. And 20 more within 5 years after that he was very successful with people settled around 6,600. Although no one really could figure out what the name Palmyra really ment, some say that the name came from Dr. Warrens wife. She gave the name to the town in the memory of her daughter Myra out of love. This was her daughter that died at birth. Alot of things happened during the time of Warrens life to the town of Palmyra like on June 20, 1807 Massachcsettsgovernor James Jullivan signed the act, and approved the anem of Palmyra to this Area. And After the Revolutionary War Massachusetts was in debt, they sold more land to Dr. Warren trying to get some of there debt payed back. Although Dr. Warren owned this area, had his own very big house here he never lived here and visted the area alot. It was like a vacation house to his family. Warren died April 3, 1815. He left his land on Warren Hill Road in Palmyra to his brother Joseph Warren although he died not much later.
After thinking that Palmyra was a small town that had nothing to offer, i've rethought about the things i thought after researching this topic. Palmyra may be a pretty small town but this town has more to offer than you would think. Alot of the things that are intresting about the town are behind the senses. Most of the history dates back really far from this town. There were many great things that happend back in the day. This was a hot spot back when Dr. Warren was around, he made this town what it is today. So all the people think that little towns have nothing, no history and also nothing to offer thing again because ones you get into all of the things that happened you'll be knee deep into all of it!
Work sited Page-
1.) "History in Palmyra." Maine's Friendly Town. 4 Jan. 2008
2.) "Epodunk." Maine. 8 Jan. 2008
3.) Book-- Palmyra. Ann Hardwick, 1998. 1-80.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Exam #5 Essay
1.) Compare Mao To Stalin in how they came to power?
--Both Mao and stalin came from around the same kinds of things. They both were soliders and were known for being soliders. That made them kind of the same type of person. Althought Mao came to power from more of the dicatorship way. He wanted sole power over anyone else.
2.) Compare Mao to Hitler in how they came to power?
--Hilter was more of the promise things to get power. Although he promoised things to lot of the people he never really came through. He did what he wanted and never really listened to what other people whated. When he would promise to do something to get power it would never happen. He just wanted to over power people. Mao was more of the dicatorship kind of person. He wanted everyone to want him to have some type of power. Thats why he got most of the people into the dicatorship. Mao wanted to over power people but not in the same way as Hilter.
3.) What are the signs of a buliding dicatorship?
--When one person wants power. It is like having one person making all the decitions over what they want there country to be like. Its like having a king, they have most power and what they say over rules everything else. Thats what most wanted. Thats because they wanted final say in everything that went.
--Both Mao and stalin came from around the same kinds of things. They both were soliders and were known for being soliders. That made them kind of the same type of person. Althought Mao came to power from more of the dicatorship way. He wanted sole power over anyone else.
2.) Compare Mao to Hitler in how they came to power?
--Hilter was more of the promise things to get power. Although he promoised things to lot of the people he never really came through. He did what he wanted and never really listened to what other people whated. When he would promise to do something to get power it would never happen. He just wanted to over power people. Mao was more of the dicatorship kind of person. He wanted everyone to want him to have some type of power. Thats why he got most of the people into the dicatorship. Mao wanted to over power people but not in the same way as Hilter.
3.) What are the signs of a buliding dicatorship?
--When one person wants power. It is like having one person making all the decitions over what they want there country to be like. Its like having a king, they have most power and what they say over rules everything else. Thats what most wanted. Thats because they wanted final say in everything that went.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Exam #4 Part 1
During the Russian Revolution there were alot of people who thought differently about where the money, land and everything else should be. some thought it should be evenly spread between all. Thats what the peasants thought. They thought that the land should belong to the people that work, most thought that the workers should get the benifits. During the war and anyother time they were the hardest workers, and they also worked more longer hours than most. With working that much and not even having any money to show for it, there would be alot of changes with the enonomic conditions. How the French Revolution enonomic conditions and the Russian Revolution compare is by how there are more social and political ups and downs than there were economic in the french revolution.
Rasputin was one of the bigger leaders in the Russian Revolution. He was concitered miracle worker because he could help people when doctors couldn't. He was a trusted friend to most. Althought people thought that he was having a affair with the royal wife. Thats why not alot of people liked him they always thought he was having an affair with the wife of the king. George Danton was a leader in the french revolation in a different way than Rasputin was. Geogrge was a president of France. He was the biggest force in the revolution for France.
Both the French and the Russian won the wars. There outcomes were the same, both sides won thats why it was called a revoluation. In the end of the Russian Revolution there wasn't any difference with the way that the land was and where the money would go. The money and land still belonged to the people with the highest power and the ones that were higher class. After the French Revolution the ending was still that the ruler was Danton and he still powered over eveyone.
Rasputin was one of the bigger leaders in the Russian Revolution. He was concitered miracle worker because he could help people when doctors couldn't. He was a trusted friend to most. Althought people thought that he was having a affair with the royal wife. Thats why not alot of people liked him they always thought he was having an affair with the wife of the king. George Danton was a leader in the french revolation in a different way than Rasputin was. Geogrge was a president of France. He was the biggest force in the revolution for France.
Both the French and the Russian won the wars. There outcomes were the same, both sides won thats why it was called a revoluation. In the end of the Russian Revolution there wasn't any difference with the way that the land was and where the money would go. The money and land still belonged to the people with the highest power and the ones that were higher class. After the French Revolution the ending was still that the ruler was Danton and he still powered over eveyone.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Questions and Answers
1.) What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
--Joseph Stalin wasn't a good leader, he didn't care about his people of stalingrad. He didn't care weather or not his people died.
2.) Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?
--Hitler reascts in this way after signing the non-aggression because Stalin doesn't know that hitler is going to have a surprise.
3.) Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
--The significance of propaganda in the battle is showing that Hitler was beaten down by Russia. It also showed people how bad the Nazi's were.
4.) What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
--The extremes of the war reveals that it is hard to win a total war. Killing alot of people doesn't win a war. This shows that when in war its hard to end it because theres always alot of killing and fighting. Your not alowed to give up you have to contunite no matter if everyones dieing.
5.) How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
--Hes fighting for what he believes in, hes fighting for his country. Hes kind of like us in iraq hes not fighting on his lad hes on the enemys soil. Hes more of an independent peoples there isn't much support like iraq has. More like iraq there independnt people with guns then there are a group of people fighting agasint the United States.
6.) In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
--A heroic figure from 9/11 would be Geroge Bush alot of people thought of him as a heroic figrue because he stood up after the attack, showed the united states what they were going to do.
1.) What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
--Joseph Stalin wasn't a good leader, he didn't care about his people of stalingrad. He didn't care weather or not his people died.
2.) Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?
--Hitler reascts in this way after signing the non-aggression because Stalin doesn't know that hitler is going to have a surprise.
3.) Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
--The significance of propaganda in the battle is showing that Hitler was beaten down by Russia. It also showed people how bad the Nazi's were.
4.) What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
--The extremes of the war reveals that it is hard to win a total war. Killing alot of people doesn't win a war. This shows that when in war its hard to end it because theres always alot of killing and fighting. Your not alowed to give up you have to contunite no matter if everyones dieing.
5.) How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
--Hes fighting for what he believes in, hes fighting for his country. Hes kind of like us in iraq hes not fighting on his lad hes on the enemys soil. Hes more of an independent peoples there isn't much support like iraq has. More like iraq there independnt people with guns then there are a group of people fighting agasint the United States.
6.) In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11?
--A heroic figure from 9/11 would be Geroge Bush alot of people thought of him as a heroic figrue because he stood up after the attack, showed the united states what they were going to do.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Nickel and Dimed
In this non-fiction book called Nickel and Dimed by Barbabra Ehrenreich, Barbabra tries to hold a minimum wadge job. She tries to show how people can't make it on minimum wage. Through out the book she has different jobs that only pay wages around $6 or $7 an hour sometimes even less money then that at certian places she worked. Barbabra Ehrenreich is a writer for the New York Times she kind of seems like shes better than any place that she works at. Being happy with what you have is something that Barbabra Ehrenreich doesn't really have. The theme of the book seems to have soemthing to do with, be happy with what you have.
While Barbara was in Maine she worked at a hotel as a maid. Maids wages don't even cover the money they have to play social security taxes, green cards, the money they have to pay for backaches and child problems. The problem with the wage that they give to the fast food, hotel, and other companies employees are very low. Although Barbara does this work and tries to be a minimum wage worker she doesn't. She still acts like she has alot of money and still uses it if she gets in trouble. Barbara said that if she got in trouble and didn't have enough to pay for rent she would just use other money not eraned from her work. I don't think that she didn't acomish working and living in the style of a minimum wage person.
During the story Barbara was trying to show that you couldn't live on minimum wage. But all she really showed was that you could survive on minimum wadge but the major thing was, you couldn't have any mishaps. you couldn't have any kids that got sick because you can't afford to take them to the hospital. During the book they talked about how unitll April of 1998 there was no right that let employees have bathroom breaks. Also in 1996 the number of people holding two or more jobs was around 7.8 million, or 6.2 of the workforce. While in Maine Barbara found out that she was going to have to pay around $880 for rent in cape cod.
While Barbara was in Maine she worked at a hotel as a maid. Maids wages don't even cover the money they have to play social security taxes, green cards, the money they have to pay for backaches and child problems. The problem with the wage that they give to the fast food, hotel, and other companies employees are very low. Although Barbara does this work and tries to be a minimum wage worker she doesn't. She still acts like she has alot of money and still uses it if she gets in trouble. Barbara said that if she got in trouble and didn't have enough to pay for rent she would just use other money not eraned from her work. I don't think that she didn't acomish working and living in the style of a minimum wage person.
With the theme of be happy with what you have i think Barbara Ehrenreich it that. She wouldn't be able to live with the life style of minimum wage. She showed that people can live of minimum wage if nothing goes wrong. I don't really think she showed much else, she wasn't really living like life of a minimum wage. Barbara isn't someone who would be able to live this way.
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