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Observation: The outside of it was very neat. It was really quiet and it was almost scary. There weren't many stores in the center. Inside the office, was also very pleasant, it was neutral colours, and it was kind of empty. The lady at the desk was very polite, but the sales rep was not there both times I went to interview him.

Speculation: Baldwin Park is there to provide a safe environment for children. Baldwin Park is a little city in a city.

Analysis: Baldwin Park is here to provide a fun and enjoyable community for people. It is trying to reconsider the make-up of the city.

Evaluation: Baldwin Park is good where it is. It is a perfect distance from downtown, Orlando, and Winter Park.

What is the history of Baldwin park?
A: The land Baldwin park was built on was an old Air Force base through World War II until 1968. In 1968, it became a Naval training center. The training center was closed in 1999. The name Baldwin comes from a former secretary of the Navy, Robert H.B. Baldwin.

How much would it cost to live here?
A: Houses are from around $200.000 to $5 million. Apartments start at $850 a month.

What can you do in the center?
A: In the center we have a grocery store, multiple restaurants, shops, and a public gathering place.

Do the children have to leave the community to go to school?
A: Some of them so, but we have our own schools here. We have Audubon Elementary school, and Glenridge middle school.

Are there any parts or places to play sports? Any green areas?
A: Yes; we have two centers with Jr. Olympic sized pools and children's pools, excersize room, multi-purpose gathering room, park space, and playground. We have a third center with two open-air pavilions, the Audubon Pavilion, and Birthday pavilion, a tot lot and pool. We have Blue Jacket Park with track and field, baseball field, tennis and basketball courts, picnic areas, concession stand, covered pavilions, and two children's playgrounds. Harbor Park has a trail and waterwalk, gazebo, and fishing pier. We also have multiple conservation ares as well.

Chapter 1, "The Founding Fathers"

o Why did General Motors want to buy trolley systems throughout the U.S.?
They wanted to wipe out the train system. The trollies turned into bus lines, and the buses were made by GM.
o What was the "Speedee Service System" and how was it different from what other fast food restaurants were doing?
The McDonalds brothers got rid of anything that had to be eaten with a knife, spoon, or fork. They got rid of dishes and glassware and replaced them with paper items. The only sandwiches were cheeseburgers and hamburgers. The divided the food preparation into different parts. One person cooking the food, one person dressing and wrapping the food, one person making milkshakes, one made fries, and one worked at the counter.
o What were some of the other fast food restaurants that were inspired by McDonald's approach to food service?
Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Dominos, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Dunkin’ Donuts were all inspired my McDonald’s new way of preparing food.

Chapter 10, "Global Realization"

o In a discussion of fast food corporations why is it important to talk about their oversees operations?
McDonalds opens about four buildings every day over seas. It earns most of its profits outside of the U.S.
o In what ways might there be a connection between the obesity rate in America and the fast food industry?
The proportions of Americans eating fast food and American obesity has increased greatly. The rate of obesity is twice as much as it was in the early 1960s. Today, about 44 million Americans are obese. 6 million are super-obese, weighing around 100 pounds more than they should. No other nation has ever been so fat. The genes in Americans have not changed, but the eating and living habits have. The fast food industry has made fattening foods cheap and available. The obesity rate in Italy and Spain, where fast food spending is low, is much less of a problem.
o Why is obesity a problem for American society as a whole?
Obesity has been linked to heart disease, colon cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, infertility, and strokes. Overweight people have a much higher rate of dieing early. Severely overweight people are four times more likely to die early than a person with normal weight.

Chapter 8, "The Most Dangerous Job"

o How does the injury rate in meat packing compare with the injury rate in other occupations?
The meatpacking injury rate is three times higher than a typical American’s job. About forty thousand men and woman need medical attention for an injury beyond first aid. This number, however, is most likely wrong. Thousands of injuries and illnesses probably go unrecorded.
o What kinds of injuries do workers in meatpacking plants typically suffer?
Workers typically suffer from human operated knives, despite all of the conveyor belts, forklifts, dehiding machines, and other power tools.
o Why don't more workers complain about safety conditions in the plants?
Most of the workers can be fired for any reason, so they are afraid to report anything. The companies will give bonuses to people if they do not report injury.

Chapter 7, "Cogs in the Great Machine"

o What changes did IBP introduce to the meat packing industry?
Each worker stood in one place in the line, did the same job over and over again, making the same knife cut thousands of times during an eight hour shift. IBP’s success depended on access to cheap and powerless workers. IBP was obsessed with efficiency, centralization, and control. IBP put the slaughterhouse in rural areas. They were selling smaller cuts of meat. This enabled markets to fire their butchers. It also let sell the left-overs (bones, scraps of meat) as dog food. They added grinders to make ground hamburger meat in their factories.
o Where do meat packing companies go to recruit new employees? What is the “new industrial migrant?”
The employees come from mainly New York, New Jersey, California, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador. The meatpacking companies also recruited homeless people. The people were more likely than Americans to work for minimum wage. The “new industrial migrant” was someone who the company recruited from a different place.

Chapter 6, "On the Range"

o What are some of the problems facing cattle ranchers?
Cattle ranchers face economic problems. They have to deal with land prices, beef prices, oversupplies of cattle, shipments, development pressures, inheritance taxes, health scares for beef, and fast food chains.
o What are "captive supplies" of cattle?
Captive supplies are cattle that are either maintained in company-owned feed lots, or purchased in advance through foreword contacts. When prices rise, large meatpackers can flood the market with their own captive supplies. About 80% of cattle being exchanged are captive supplies. The prices for these are never disclosed.
o What was the impact of the Chicken McNugget on the poultry industry?
The Chicken McNugget turned a bird that once had to be carved at a table into something that can be eaten behind the wheel. It turned a bulk agricultural industry into a manufactured, value-added product. It turned many farmers into little more than serfs. Poultry consumption grew. It changed the way poultry was sold- now in pieces instead of being whole. American consumption of chicken surpassed beef in 1992. McDonalds turned Tyson into the worlds largest chicken processor.

Chapter 5, "Why the Fries Taste Good"

o Who is J.R. Simplot? What connection does J. R. Simplot have to the fast food industry?
J.R. Simplot started the Idaho potato plant. His company now grows and processes corn, peas, broccoli, avocados, carrots, potatoes, and more. He owns the biggest cattle ranch in the U.S. Altogether, he owns more land than the state of Delaware. J.R. Simplot invested in frozen food technology after the war. He created the frozen frech fry. Simplot met with Ray Kroc and made a deal to set up a frozen fry production factory for McDonalds. The customers didn't notice, and the profit was the most profitable item on the menu--above hamburgers. He sold his french fries to other fastfood companies, and the rate of growing fast food restaurants grew.


o How have the potato farms in Idaho changed in the last 25 years or so?
The potato farms now sell corn, peas, broccoli, avocados, carrots, and more, as well as potatoes. The farms have expanded greatly, and put together there is more land than the state of Delaware. J.R. Simplot stepped down from being executive producer of his company, but keeps buying more land.


o What is the "fallacy of composition?"
The fallacy of composition is the belief that if someone does something, and everyone follows, it will still be a good thing. But this assumption is wrong.

o What makes McDonald's french fries taste different from the fries of other fast food restaurants?
For decades, McDonalds cooked it's french fries in a mixture of 7% cottonseed oil and 93% beef tallow. This has given it their unique flavor. They have more beef per ounce than a McDonald's hamburger.