The gilded recipe that I choose is Parmentier and Boiled New Potatoes. I thought this was interesting and very special because it was part of the first class menu that was last served on the Titanic before it sunk. Truthfully that is what made me want to do this recipe over others.The following were the ingredients that I used for Parmentier Potatoes white potatoes, butter, fresh parsley,salt and pepper. The ingredients for Boiled New Potatoes red potatoes, lemon, butter, pepper, and salt. I first started by washing 1lbs of red potatoes and 1lbs of white potatoes I then chopped them. After, I placed the red chopped potatoes to boil I followed by placing the white ones on a sauce pan with a cup and a half of butter. I zested the lemons and chopped the parsley while I waited the potatoes cooked. Onced the white potatoes were cooked I then proceed by adding two teaspoons of parsley, one teaspoon of zest, salt and pepper. That would be how I made Parmentier Potatoes. I checked that the potatoes had finished boiling and drained them, placed them on the serving pan. Once there I added one cup of butter, one teaspoon parsley, salt and pepper. This is how I made my gilded age food.

When people think of skyscrapers the usually they never think of how they are structurally built or how is that they came about. Most of us are to busy admiring the size of them and despite of weight hold and do not collapse. For this we have the George Fuller to thank, he worked on fixing the problem of the “load bearing capacities” in buildings. He did that by using Henry Bessemer steel beams, a decarbonization process using a blast of air. This is when air pushed through a molten pig iron to oxidize and the impurities that are not needed are removed. Henry Fuller created steel cages that supported a significant amount of weight in buildings that had been previously thought of.

The first skyscraper that was ever built with Henry Bessemer techniques mentioned was called the Tacoma building. Designed by the architectural firm known as Holabird & Root in 1889. This building was constructed in downtown Chicago, IL on the Northeastern corner of LaSalle and Madison Streets. Although The Tacoma building was demolished in 1929 and replaced by the One North LaSalle building it initially led the way in the unique skyscraper designs that we use today. It had what people call curtain walls. Which are exterior walls hanging off the steel frame.

Skyscrapers play a big roll in our downtowns in major cities. They mesmerize us with their monstrosity . Without George Fuller the giant skyline of Chicago that many take pictures and admire today wouldn’t be possible. I think that steel cage invention singlehandedly changed the way skyscrapers are made today.

My 3D Model was a replica of Wilder Building

Notes
⦁ 1st building was Tacoma
⦁ Located: LaSalle Street and Madison Street
⦁ Downtown Chicago
⦁ Designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche
⦁ George Fuller worked on solving the problems of the “load bearing capacities”
⦁ Used Bessemer steel beams
⦁ Fuller created steel cages that supported all the weight
⦁ Bessemer patented a decarbonization process using blast of air
⦁ Air is blown through molten pig iron to oxidize and remove unwanted impurities.
⦁ skyscraper term was 1st used in 1880

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk along the dinosaurs?  One of my favorite movies, Jurassic Park, based on  a book written by Michel Crichton, is a  very dramatic example about how it would be like to live with the dinosaurs. This movie is exhilarating because it has tons of  action packed scenes;  dinosaurs are being brought back to life so we can learn their habits and how they lived over 65 million years ago.   Before Crichton’s book was even done movie producers started bidding on who would be able to make the movie because they thought that the movie would make a lot of money.  They were right because Jurassic Park brought in over 900 million dollars in the box office internationally. In the end Steven Spielberg and Universal studios won the bid and had the opportunity to make the movie.

During the movie the actor Sam Neil who plays Alan Grant is approached by mysterious man during an excavation of a velociraptor to tell him of the island called Jurassic Park. Where John Hammond, the founder of a bioengineering company InGen, has created a theme park on Isla Nublar, a tropical island in an isolated Central American location populated with cloned dinosaurs. Once on the island Alan and his partner learns during a laboratory tour that the cloning was created by using the DNA of dinosaurs in mosquitoes that had been preserved in amber. However because the DNA was incomplete to fill in the gap they had to using DNA from africa frogs to finish the process. Due to a greedy park ranger played by Wayne Knight the power goes out, and the tour cars, as well as most of the park’s electric fences are deactivated, leading the T- rex to attack the tour groups. The movie then takes big turn after all the dinosaurs escape from their enclosures because the T-rex  breaks the cables that are containing all the dinosaurs.

After two years of pre-production, finally the filming began on August 24, 1992, on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. Costa Rica was considered as a location for the story’s setting but ultimately Spielberg’s concerns on accessibility made him choose Hawaii. This movie was well directed. It won three academy awards and was rated 5 stars on google. I personally love this movie. The idea of Dinosaurs being brought back to life is amazing! I feel if you are like me who enjoys sci fi movie this is movie for you to watch.

If I were the president I would change many laws and regulations for our country. One of the laws I would start by change are that people could have same gender marriage in all states. Another rule that I would change is our gun policies. These laws I chose are not the only rules I would change but these are the main ones.

The reason id change the same gender marriage rule is because, people should be able to love whomever they want. I feel that just because people think it’s weird that a guy likes a guy or a woman likes another woman that our senate should not have a say on who you marry. I feel that you are a human regardless of who you like and should have the same rights as any other person. Personally I feel it is outrageous that only 37 states of our 50 have recognized same sex marriage.

The other law that I would change is the process to own a gun. I feel that it is way to easy to own a gun. I also fell that the ONLY place you can buy a gun is at a military base on at a certified gun range. Also no automatic far range or silenced guns. Your test to own a gun should be based off your criminal record and the place you take your test.

Scotland
Scotland was formed in the 9th century. Scotland is an amazing place located on the most northern coast of the United Kingdom. So, why would anyone want to leave it? Majority of of immigrants came as a punishment from the government because they were banish from their homeland. Most immigrants were forced to move to the US due to evictions. It was one of the places that people immigrated from the most to the United States during the 1900’s.

Its flag is a blue and white themed flag it has a white x with blue outlining, as you can see to the left. The national animal happens to be the unicorn which i think is ridiculous but scotland clearly disagrees. I know you have to be wondering why is their national animal a Unicorn, well the Unicorn symbolizes grace and purity and its how they wanted to be perceived. Their national flower is the thistle a thistle is a group of flowers with leaves on the segments and has thorns The currency is the pound sterling. The capital is Edinburgh which is in the southeastern part of the country. The Scottish came to the US around the early 1600s. Scots were looked down upon by almost all the other races that were already in the US. In the US there are many places that have Scottish rooted words like Albion, Bonny Doon, and Irvine. The Scottish also immigrated from
Scotland to start a new life and lose any bounties they had on their heads.

The scotish were accepted into america butt they had to wok hard. They weren’t accepted into america right away, but when they were they were accpeted whole heartedly.

PROS
CONS
immigrants don’t get treated equally
Immigration drains the US of its resources
cheap labour from immigrants
workers get paid very little
More taxpayers to pay off chinese dept
not enough jobs in the US making more competition for jobs

Bibliography

1.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller

2.  http://www.history.com/topics/john-d-rockefeller

Born October 27 1859 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. being the second of four children he had an older sister named Anna and a little brother named Elliot and a little sister named Corinne. His father was the father  of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt who happened to be the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Theodore was born with asthma which made it hard for him to sleep. It was said that he had many near  death experiences. Back then there was no cure for his asthma which made it even harder for young Roosevelt. Young Roosevelt had a fasination with zoology.

He has been known for being the president  of the United States. He has been many things one he was a solider in the Spanish American war. He was also a historian a boxer and author. One book he wrote was: THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIG GAME OF THE UNITED STATES. His first wife was Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt she died two days after giving birth to her only child. Theodore Roosevelt’s second wife was Edith Kermit Carow  Roosevelt she had four children with Roosevelt.

Teddy Roosevelt died of in his sleep on jan 6 1919 at the age of 60.Teddy was in my opinion one of the best  presidents I think that he had the best presidency  of all time  I hope you found this report good if you want to find more go to

1.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

2.  http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424

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Theodore Roosevelt Jr

• Born October 27, 1858
• Died January 6, 1919
• In office  from September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
• He was often referred to by his initials TR
• His had a lifelong interest in zoology
• Learned the rudiments of taxidermy
• On his 22nd birthday he married  Alice Hathaway Lee
• February 14, 1884 his first  wife died two days after giving birth
• Roosevelt was mostly home schooled
• Was a member of the NY State Assembly  in 1882, 1883 and 1884
• Among his accomplishment were;

American statesman, author,  explorer, soldier, naturalist, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States.

• The Assassination of  the previous president  William McKinley made him president  at age 42
• He was the youngest in history
• Children;

Alice, Theodore III, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, Quentin

• His parents were Theodore Roosevelt Sr.  and  Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
• Second of four children
• Service/branch New York National Guard United States Army
• Years of service  1882–1886 and  1898
• Earned Rank of  Colonel
• Commands 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
• Battles/wars  he was a part Spanish/American

Battle of Las Guasimas
 Battle of San Juan Hill

Craig had no plans to rescue an alien last Tuesday, but his sister had other plans. Early Tuesday morning Karen Craig’s sister went down to the lake which she is not allowed to go. She went to the lake anyway, what she found at the lake was worth the risk. She found a purple fuzzy thing about the size of a cat. As soon as she found it she took it back to her house. When she got home she woke up Craig to show him it. After Craig got ready and dressed, he went down stairs and when he got down he was astonished at what he saw. He saw the purple thing  and Karen said,” I’m gonna name it Roger.” Still disoriented from just waking up he thought ,”is this some kind of joke”.

By the time Craig came to his senses he finally realized it was an alien. He suddenly said ,” Its an invasion”. He said to his sister “where did you find this ” Karen told him “that it was on the front porch”. He did not believe this so he asked again she said that she found it at the lake . When he heard this he said” How many times have you been to the lake”? She said that “it was her first time being to the lake”.

Craig quickly to,d his sister to get a box and they would head down to the lake. They found an even bigger surprise there was two big versions of Roger. They tryed to be as quiet as possible. An idea poped in to Craig’s head  he lifted Roger in to the air and the aliens came running towards him. The aliens took Roger a ran to their ship and left. Roger kept making a sound  and Craig said you’re welcome.

John Ddavid Rockefeller is known for co-founding the Standard oil company with William Rockefeller.He was born in New York Rich-ford in the year 1839. John was the oldest of six children. John was like his father.They both conned anyone he did business with. His father taught him how to always get what he wanted. His father said that he had a way with numbers.

John d Rockefeller actually lent his neighbors money for  anything he wanted. In 1855, at the age of sixteen, he got his first job as an assistant to a bookkeeper for a company called Hewitt and Tuttle. He originally worked  for 50¢ a day which was $50 a week. How? He then decided that he would invest in the oil industry.

By 1863 he started to run his own oil company that would of made him 24 years of age. By 1870 he had founded the Standard Oil Company and in 1874, the rivals of the company made a secret deal to Rockefeller and became the partners of the standard oil company. Impressively by the year 1882 he had a power monopoly of all the oil companies. Having this power of monopoly made it impossible to compete with. Sometimes what he would do is that if someone would lower the prices of his oil so low that none of his competitors could get any customers. He was a remarkable businessman  that could be so saby. 

Unfortunately in 1901 John D. Rockefeller died of moderate depression. Not before he became the world’s richest man and the first American worth more than a billion dollars. Rockefeller’s wealth soared after controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak. By the end of his life he had a long and controversial career in the oil industry followed by many enemies so of course who he ran out of business. The legacy that he left behind is unbelievable hope one day to be as rich and successful. 

Bibliography

1.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller

2.  http://www.biography.com/people/john-d-rockefeller-20710159

Alex Calabrese #7

NOTES

• John John Davison Rockefeller
• Born on July 8, 1839
• Died May 23, 1901
• Born in New York Rich-ford
• co-founder of the Standard Oil Company
• First job at 16 yrs
• 0.50 cent a day
• by 1863 ran his own company
• died of depression
• had many enemies
• was a billionaire
• controlled 90% of the oil in the us at a point

Of all of the decisions i’ve had to make the  hardest decision was when I was in my second year of Old Town Academy when I was given the choice of staying in fifth grade or continuing on to sixth grade. My family thought that if I was right sized I would feel more comfortable with my classmates. In my old class I was having a hard time fitting in with that class, and as a result I fell behind in school. What my mom, and dad ,and Mrs. Lehr did was came to me was to ask me what I thought was best for me, staying with my old class of going to a different class. After a good five hours I finally made my decision. I chose to stay in fifth grade for a second year. The second year I did exceedingly better than my first year. I went from barely passing my classes to passing my classes with straight A’s. So I feel like I made the best decision because I made good friends like Brayden Elio Johnny and Phillip. In my old class I really had no one to hang out with or talk to. I actually hung out with the same people I do now so I already knew the people before I was in their class. I feel like I made the best decision for myself.:)

1.   Sleepy hollow is in the middle of a valley. I know not that special but what happens in this town is. It is said that a phantom on horseback stalks the night looking for his head, some even call him “The Headless Horseman”. He is thought to be the ghost of a revolutionary soldier whose head was shot off. Long before my time or my grandfathers time lived  a man named Ichabod Crane. Ichabod looked a lot like a crane coincidentally enough. He was tall and skinny with small shoulders, with lanky arms and legs. He wore his shirt with his hands a long way from the sleeves,his feet were like pancakes,and his ears were like an elf’s. Some said he was a scarecrow who came to life.

2.   Ichabod was from Connecticut he had moved to Tarry Town New York to continue his job as a school teacher. He taught in a old rundown schoolhouse. Most of the schools windows were smashed in and stuffed with news paper to keep out the cold. Ichabod had no home no family so he was invited to stay with the families of the students. He was a very strict teacher when he was in school, but the students always said he was nice when he wasn’t at the school.

3.  Ichabod over the summer had fallen in love with a girl named Katrina. He had a problem because a man named Brom Bones had also fallen in love with Katrina. The whole town was gossiping Brom and Katrina liked each other and how Ichabod liked Katrina. Some people said the Katrina was using Ichabod to make Brom jealous and make sure that  he liked her.