OSAE

Observation

The neighborhood I went through was very well put together. It was clean, very well decorated, and it still had a sense of "home" to it. My neighborhood looks somewhat similar, well kept together and very quiet, but we don't have school's, churches, stores, restaurants, etc. in my neighborhood.

Speculation

I believe Baldwin Park was created so that people who felt they were more important than others, and that did not want to live next to some white-trash redneck, could live in a little community and never have to leave. There are school's, churches, clothing store, etc. in this neighborhood, I mean why would you want to leave if you were able to afford to live there. Baldwin Park is a very private kind of place, and they seem to like to be excluded from the "outside world".

Analysis

Baldwin Park is there for the people who do not like to be interupted by "hooligan's," and such. They are very braggartly, and seem to think they own the world just because they live in Baldwin Park. You are not allowed to be different from the rest of the houses, an example would be you need to ask the HOA to plant a garden, and if they do not approve of the plants then you are not allowed. Your grass is cut for you, and you must have a small vehicle, or atleast small enough to be parked out front, even though the driveways are in the back.

Evaluation

Baldwin Park was built in this area due to it's vast amounts of land, it's history, and where it is located. It is a very good neighborhood with low crime, and it has a very good geographical situation. For those people who need to leave Baldwin Park, they are very close to downtown, and it's just a very convinent are for the community to be located in.

Chapter 1

1. What restaurant chain did Carl Karcher start?

Carl Karcher started the Carl's Jr. chain. He started off as a simple bakery delivery man, bought his first hot dog stand, and now controls one of the largest privately owned fast food chains in the United States.

2. What was the "Speedee Service System" and how was it different from what other fast food restaurants were doing?

The "Speedee Service System" is basically what they used to call a "Drive-Thru." This way you could stay in your car, and not have to wait for someone to bring you your food. This was different because other people were still having to find parking, wait for someone to come to them and get their order, and then wait even more for their food to be delivered to them. Now all they have to do is wait in line, get their food, and go.

Chapter 10

1. Why did the author visit Plauen, Germany?

Plauen, Germany is a small provincial city located halfway between Munich and Berlin. It is a city that is looked down upon because of it's countryside outlook. The author visited this place because even though it was a sleepy backwater city, it had history to it. The events have oddly foreshadowed the rise and fall of great social movements. Slowy, the leading ideologies of modern Europe have passed through Plauen and left their mark.

2. In foriegn countries, what group does most fast food advertising target?

Foreign fast food advertisning, as well as the United States fast food advertising, target young children. All across the world children know who Ronald McDonald is and according to this book, the children at a primary school in Beijing, call him "Uncle McDonald" and say that they like him because he is "funny, gentle, kind, and understands childrens hearts."

Chapter 9

1. What are some of the ways people can be affected with E. coli O157:H7?

People can get infected by E. coli O157:H7 by drinking contaminated water, swimming in contaminated lakes, playing at a contaminated water park, or crawling on a contaminated carpet, but the most common is from eating undercooked ground beef.

2. What kinds of things are fed to cattle, things that might facilitate to the spread of pathogens?

Cattle are fed livestock wastes, the rendered remains of dead cattle and sheep, dead cats, and dead dogs. This was stopped in 1997 when when Great Britan suggested that this was the responsibility for mad cow disease. Now only dead pigs, horses and chickens can be fed to cattle.

Chapter 8

1. What kind of injuries do workers in meat packing plants typically suffer?

Meat packers normally stab themselves or someone around them. There is a possible chance of Tendinitis, and cumulative trauma disorders. They also tend to develop back problems, shoulder problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, and "trigger finger".

2. What is the impact on workers of speeding up the line in meat packing plants?

When the lines speed up, the workers are put under more pressure and this leads to accidental cuts and stabbings. The workers tend to neglect sharpening there knives since they want to keep up with the lines, and that puts stress on their bodies. So not only are they stabbing themselves, and even others, but there also stressing themselves out.

Chapter 7!!!!!!!

1. Why were newer meat packing plants located in rural areas rather than in cities?

They put the newer slaughter houses in rural areas, and far away from the urban strongholds of the nations labor unions because the new interstate highway system made it possible to rely upon trucks, rather than railroads, to ship meat.

2. Where do meat packing companies go to recruit new employees? What is the "new industrial migrant"?

Meat packing companies recruit refugees, asylum-seekers, and homeless peopleliving in shelters. They are recruiting these people because they have realized that will work for lower wages than a regular American citizen. IBP was among the first to recognize this fact, and one of the first to take advantage of it.

Chapter 6!!

1. What are some of the problems facing cattle ranchers?

Ranchers are currently facing a mess load of economic problems such as rising land prices, stagnant beef prices, over supplies of cattle, increased shipments of live cattle from Canada and Mexico, development pressures, inheritance taxes, and health scares about beef. This honestly does not surprise me that cattle ranchers are facing these kinds of problems, what with the economy and how far down the drain it has fallen.

2. What are "captive supplies" of cattle?

"Captive supplies" of cattle are cattle that are either maintained in company-owned feedlots or purchased in advanced through forward contracts. So when the prices of cattle start to rise, then the large meatpackers can flood the market with their own captive supplies, driving prices back down. Also, they can obtain cattle through confidential agreements with wealthy ranchers, never revealing the true price being paid.