Mexico Project

My topic was Undocuented Workers in the SouthWest United States.  The people in my group are Brenden H, Konnor D., Megan G., Erika L., and me.

My Country

My country is Brazil

Bibliography

References

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(2005, July 5). In Brazil. Retrieved Nov. 23, 2010, from http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1079224756/10

(2010, Mar. 26). In POP MUSIC BRAZIL 2010- MARIO BROZ. Retrieved Nov. 28, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaeFvtd9Tcs

Central Intelligence Agency, (2010, Nov. 9). In Brazil. Retrieved Nov. 28, 2010, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html

Corrosion Doctors, (n.d.). In Corrosion ib Brazil. Retrieved Nov. 24, 2010, from http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/AtmCorros/mapBrazil.htm

Jirage, R. (n.d.). In Traditional Brazilian Clothing. Retrieved Nov. 22, 2010, from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/traditional-brazilian-clothing.html

Portal Brasil, (2010). Retrieved Nov. 28, 2010, from http://www.brasil.gov.br/?set_language=en

Susie 1506, (2010). In Brazilian Baby Names. Retrieved Nov. 21, 2010, from  http://baby.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Brazilian_Baby_Names

Wikimedia Commons, (2010, Sept. 14). In Brasil. Retrieved Nov. 23, 2010, from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brazil All images from Wikimedia Commons

Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (2010, Nov. 28). In Brazil. Retrieved Nov. 28, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

Map with labels

I got a 47/50, which is a 94 %

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My Practice Test Score

My score was 68/100.

Reflection Essay

Andrew Beard

Mr. Wojewodski

14 October 2010

Reflection Essay

            I learned a lot about how food is produced and distributed in the United States and a lot of things stood out to me. First of all, I was saddened about the loss of the woman’s child because he died so young just because E-coli was in the food he ate. This made me realize that I should be careful of what I eat in case it has harmful things in it and the FDA did nothing to enforce food quality even though someone died because of poor food quality. I felt sorry for the woman because she was not allowed to say anything offensive about meat companies across America or she would be in a lot of trouble. In general, I think meat companies should handle their meat with a lot of care and I think they should follow sanitation regulations to ensure quality meat for the people who buy it.

            One thing that I thought was very interesting was that farmers feed the cows corn instead of grass, which is natural for them. I understand that the farmers want the cows to grow fatter so they can butcher them faster, but I think the cows should eat what is normal for them, which is grass. In the film, I liked how the farmer in Virginia fed his cows with grass and let them free unlike the cow ranches where they were trapped together and forced to eat corn. I definitely think it is better to eat meat from a cow that eats grass than to eat meat from a cow that eats corn because meat is fresh and healthy from cows that eat grass. When cows eat corn, they develop a bug that grows in their stomach and since they are crowded around so many other cows, they spread that bug. I think that is why eating organic meat is better since there could be many harmful chemicals in the meat most Americans eat.

            Another interesting thing that stood out to me was that in reality, it is more expensive to buy organic foods and healthy meat than it is to buy junk food and other unhealthy products. There are many poor families in the United States and they cannot afford to buy high priced organic food at the grocery store every week. Instead, they must go to fast food restaurants in order to save money on food every day. Many of the families that use this method are overweight because the fast food products are extremely unhealthy but this is the only way that families can provide for themselves. Many people in the United States would say that they would go to McDonald’s for a dollar cheeseburger instead of going to the grocery store and buying organic products that cost a lot more. This might be true, but buying organic products will save your health instead of buying a dollar cheeseburger in which you do not even know what is in it. If the FDA could just lower the prices of organic and healthy foods at grocery stores, than maybe the word about organic food might spread throughout the United States and our country could become healthy again.

            After learning all about food and how it is produced, I still wonder where all of it comes from. Much of the meat is made from cow ranches in the United States and then shipped to local grocery stores. This method uses a lot of gas, which is bad for the environment and contributes to global warming and it costs a lot of money for big rigs and trucks to deliver all the products since they get low mileage per gallon of gas. This is going to continue to happen unless Americans start to buy their produce and meat from local farmers. The products from local farms are usually higher quality than the products at a grocery store but the problem again is that most Americans are not willing to pay more for organic products. This is an undergoing problem in the United States because many farmers cannot sell their products if they are more expensive than the grocery store’s. I think Americans have to make a tough choice to buy local or go to the grocery store, but at this economic downfall, most people just cannot afford to buy local products.

            I had a lot of mixed feelings about the film we watched in class. I thought it was pretty disgusting about how the farmers butchered the cows in the factories and how they put their hands into the cow’s stomach to get the meat out. I do not like the idea that the farmers force the cows to eat corn and I like to see cows happily in the fields eating grass. I think organic is the way to go at local farms and markets and I think most of the meat in supermarkets has chemicals in it so people should be aware of what they are buying. I did not know there was a USDA permanent seal on foods that are 100 percent organic because I see a lot of food in the grocery stores that say they are organic but I guess they have to have the seal now. After watching the film, I will now be aware of everything I am eating, especially meat and I will limit the amount of fast food I eat.

            I might change my diet after everything I learned because I want to eat organic now and I will definitely try to eat local produce. There are many produce markets near my house that I can buy fresh grown fruits and vegetables that I know are organic. I do not think I will start eating local meat because it is expensive but I will look for fresh meat at my supermarket that I can rely on. I will eat fast food in moderation since now I know that it is has chemicals in it and I will buy organic as much as possible.

Beard Food Journal

Here is my Food Journal. Just click on the following link:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117625652832364791179.000492588992277efbee9&t=h&ll=34.452218,-87.714844&spn=64.794687,157.324219&z=3

Approximate miles my food traveled- 70,745 miles

Nuber of gallons of gas- 11,791

Cost of Gas altogether- $35,373

(based on 6 mpg of most tractor trailers and $3 average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel ).

Food Journal

Monday, October 4th

Dinner

Tacos made with...

• Butcher' s Choice ground beef
• Mario black olives
• Taco Bell and Old El Paso hard shells
• Kraft Triple Cheddar shredded cheese
• Fresh Express Iceberg Garden lettuce

Knorr's spanish rice
Old El Paso refried beans
Poland Spring bottled water

Dessert

• Lucerne Orange creamsicle popsicle
• Amish chocolate chip cookie bar

Tuesday, October 5

Breakfast

• General Mills Reese's Puffs
• Food Lion 2% milk

Lunch

• Sandwich with Oscar Meyer smoked turkey, 1 Nature's Own wheat round, Sargento provolone cheese, and French's mustard.
• A bag of Cool Ranch Doritos (Frito Lay)
• Grape Gatorade
• Quaker Chewy Peanut Butter granola bar
• Amish M&M cookie

Snacks

• A glass of Fanta orange soda
• Chex Mix Traditional flavor
• Sargento Colby Jack Cheese and Nabisco Sociables

 Dinner

• Butterball cooked turkey
• Yukon Gold mashed potatoes
• Food Lion gravy
• Green Giant yellow corn

Dessert

• Mcdonald's Oreo Mcflurry made with milk
• A bottle of Poland Spring water

Wednesday, October 6

Breakfast

• General Mills Reese's Puffs
• Food Lion 2% Milk
• Dole banana

Lunch

• Grape Gatorade
• Sandwich with 1 Nature's Own wheat round, Sargento Medium Cheddar cheese, Oscar Meyer smoked turkey, and French's mustard
• Frito Lay Fritos chili cheese flavored
• Kellogg's Nutri-Gran bar apple cinnamon
• Kellogg's/Sunshine Cheez It's

Snacks

• Snyder's of Hanover mini pretzels
• A bottle of Poland Spring water

Dinner

• Casserol made with Hormel smoked ham, Knorr's 4 Cheese bowtie pasta, Ronzoni elbow macaroni, Daisy sour cream, Safeway horseradish mustard, and Kraft Tripple cheddar cheese.
• Fresh Express Iceberg Garden salad with Ken's Steakhouse Ranch Dressing

Dessert

• Amish French Apple pie

Thursday, October 7

• Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
• Food Lion 2% Reduced Fat milk
• Dannon Strawberry Banana yogurt

Lunch

• Sandwich with Naure's Own whole wheat flatbread, Oscar Meyer smoked turkey, Sargento Medium cheddar cheese, and French's mustard.
• Snyder's of Hanover mini pretzels
• Kellogg's Nutri-Gran Cherry breakfast  bar
• Quaker Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola bar
• Lemon-Lime Gatorade

Snacks

• Snyder's of Hanover mini pretzels
• Sunshine Cheez-It's
• A glass of Polar Arctic water
• Nature Valley Maple Sugar bars
• A bottle of Deer Park water

Dinner

• 1 Cobblestone Mill Hoagie roll
• TGIF Chicken quesadilla roll-ups
• Knorr's Chicken and Broccoli rice
• Holly Farms Chicken breasts
• Food Lion broccoli
• A glass of Fanta orange soda
• Kraft honey barbeque sauce

Fruits and Vegetables from Food Lion

• Broccoli from the United States
• Dole bananas from Costa Rica
• Granny Smith apples from southern Pennslyvania.
• Fresh Express iceberg and romaine lettuce from Salinas, California
• Olives from Plant City, FL
• Green Giant corn from Salinas, CA

Language Map

We Won!!

My group and I won the challenge. I am so proud and we get 10 extra points. Now that is awesome!!

Podcast Summary

Part One- Persian Insult

This part of the podcast was about how Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said many things that people were shocked to hear, including a saying in Persian that meant "the bogeyman snatched the boob." This started a lot of controversy in the country of Iran asw well as around thw world and many people question if Ahmadinejad's language was appropriate during his important speech. He also made insults to the United States on our government and he is scheduled to speak again in front of the world in a month or so, so that will be interesting.

Part Two- Inuit Dialect

This part was about how a linguistic antropologist named Stephen Leonard from Cambridge University in England is going to go live in a remote area in Northwest Greenland for a year to learn about the Polar Inuit's culture. Only about 1,000 people live in this community and they speak a language called Inuktun, which is the northernmost dialect in the world. Stephen is going to document the language of the Polar Inuit and translate it back to English to see what it means. This will be a challenge for him as well as the Polar Unuit since global warming is affecting their hunting and they might have to migrate to southern England in about ten to fifteen years.

Part Three- Foreign Language Films in the United States

This part was about how foreign language films are not doing so well in the United States. Foreign language films made a lot of money in the US at one point but have dramatically decreased since then. The truth is that people in the United States do not want to sit through a two hour movie that is in a different language because it would be too hard to understand. Foreign filmakers say that if they put enough action like martial arts into their movies, people will pay enough attention to the movie to pay and see it. Until this happens, US citizens will stay away from foreign language films.

Part Four- Urdu Directions

This part was about how the language Urdu in India has the same word for terms that have to do with direction, like go straight and turn right. Sofia Javed explains how it is hard to get around with someone who speaks Urdu because you will not know what way they want to go. For example, a guy was with someone who spoke Urdu in Dubai and when they got to a roundabout, the man would say the urdu word that meant go straight and turn right. The guy who was driving turned right and the man kept saying the Urdu word for go sraight, but the other guy thought he said turn right. They made many wrong turns that day and Sofia said if the man added a verb to the Urdu word, it would have been easier to understand. It just goes to show how it is difficult to get somewhere if you speak Urdu.

September 11 Assignment

Andrew Beard, Travis Nelson


Mr. Wojewodzki

Honors Human Geography

2 September 2010



Air travel, both in the United States and the world, is more common now than ever before. Despite the popularity of air travel in today’s world, the process of getting from one location to another is very complex and involves thousands of people around the globe. Government agencies, such as the Transportation Security Administration, work to ensure the safety of all passengers and flights in the United States. When everything and everyone in this process is working correctly, air travel is fairly simple; however, when something as catastrophic as a terrorist attack occurs, the entire process of air travel is horribly disturbed. On September 11, 2001, air travel in the United States, and throughout the world, would never be the same again.

Before the events of September 11, one could arrive at the airport much later compared to today’s air travel time requirements. Airport security was not nearly as high as it is today. The terrorist attacks of September 11 caused many changes in the field of air travel, both in the United States, and the world. First of all, to ensure the safety of all air travel, the United States Federal government set new standards of security in airports and on aircraft. Along with this, the Homeland Security Act was passed by Congress in 2002, one year after the attacks. New standards of safety and security were not only being set in the United States, but around the world.

Around the world, air travel security increased dramatically after September 11. Airports have strengthened their security systems so that no one who goes to an airport gets unchecked. Despite the increased security at international airports, the United States still has the most advanced security system in the world since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Still, around the world, airports are becoming more prepared for situations like 9/11 that could happen at any point in time. When passengers board a plane, there are flight attendants that monitor the aircraft and its passengers. Air travel is more safe now than it has ever been. Terrorist attacks are less likely to happen in the United States; however, they are probably more likely in other parts of the world, as some countries might not have the technology to support an advanced security system. Regardless, September 11 was so disastrous that airports in the US and around the world do not want it to happen ever again.

September 11 had many impacts around the world. Airports have developed specific traffic control systems for airplanes to follow and specific routes have been developed so planes do not collide in the sky. These routes have helped for a safe experience for passengers on an airplane and pilots have a much easier time flying the plane. International flights have especially been a lot easier since September 11 because they are usually longer and the new traffic patterns have helped a lot. As a result of more safety on the plane, more adults are flying now than they used to and that number is increasing each year. More business trips are flying internationally too and many adults feel that they can be safe on an airplane and trust the pilots to fly the plane securely. Many adults have also abandoned their flights for numerous reasons and that number is slowly increasing, too. The country with the most incoming international flights is China, and people from other countries fly internationally to the United States the most. September 11 has had positive impacts on flights internationally but has had some negative impacts on international flights, too.

Believe it or not, the future of air travel will be even more secure and safe than it is now. New technology will allow every airport in the world to monitor each plane that is flying in the air at the same time to see where and when it will land. New technology will be built to occupy all the planes in the sky like specific routes from and to each airport. Pilots along with sophisticated technology will help planes fly around bad weather to ensure a safe flight for all passengers. Radar system will help pilots fly directs routes to the exact destination and traffic control systems will help pilots see how close each place is to their plane. Satellite-based technology will help pilots see where their exact location in the sky is. Passengers will eventually have everything they need like food and entertainment in the plane, especially on long, international flights. With all this new technology, passengers will have a much safer experience on the plane and pilots will have a much easier time flying the plane.

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All images were acquired from wikimedia.org, and are of the public domain.

Key Terms assignment

1.globilization- the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications

Quote- "It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity."
http://www.finestquotes.com/author_quotes-author-Kofi%20Annan-page-0.htm

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/globalization

2.culture- the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

Quote- "Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit."

http://www.finestquotes.com/author_quotes-author-Jawaharlal%20Nehru-page-0.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture

3.civilization- an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.

Quote- “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/civilization_is_the_progress_toward_a_society_of/10359.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civilization

4.history- the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.

Quote- “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/history_is_a_guide_to_navigation_in_perilous/203335.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/history

5.progress- developmental activity in science, technology, etc., esp. with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created.

Quote- "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."


http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/martinluth164280.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/progress