Rumplestilskin-she never returned the favor!

They only remember the bad things you see. I was born poor with little to offer to the world many pitted me others ignored me as if I didn't  exist. My parents abandon me at a young age so throughout my life I was forced to lie steal and cheat just to make ends meet.

All of the treasures in the world couldn't fill the hole in my heart. I was missing something..something very important-love.  I needed someone of my very own to love and nurture in the way that I wasn't. So on the day that I found a woman weeping in the castle I thought that was my only chance. Maybe if I could do something for her she would provide me with a child to fill the void.

After helping her two times essentially saving her life she required assistance a third time, But she had nothing to offer me after giving up her ring and necklace. That is when I offered a deal if she promised me her first born child I would help her a third time,this time she would marry the king. She agreed! So I helped her a third time doing the task the king required.

Once she was married and bore a child I came to collect her debt. She refused..after I did everything in my power she refused to give me the only thing that would make me happy and my life complete. I was not prepared to let that beautiful baby go without a fight so I told the new found queen that we would play a game and If she could guess my name she could keep her child if after three days she did not know the baby was mine to love forever.

Each day I came back and she had not yet found out my name. On the third day I had returned she went through a couple of names until to my surprise she calls out "rumplestilskin!" With a wide smile. I was so angry I stumped and jumped until my foot was stuck in the ground. This was not fair! I've waited my entire life for a baby to have and hold and in that instant she ripped away all of my hopes and dreams.

I lost my leg after that little fit I had and grew bitter in my years. You see everyone deserves the kind of special love you can't find anywhere else even me. I still hope that I find that love someday but until then I will plot my revenge on the queen for destroying everything I've ever hoped for. I am not a bad person like people have made me out to be I am lonely and loveless that's enough to drive anyone completely mad. So before you judge me imagine your life without love and think what you would have done.

Hero-Understanding Beowulf

My group discussed the qualities of a hero being overall rounded. They need to be brave, smart, and morally sound among many other qualities.

   Before you focus on anything else as a hero you need to be morally correct. I believe that being morally centered is the most important out of the three characteristics because it not only involves knowing right from wrong but also pairs that with an understanding of humanity. Strength and intellect are extremely important however if you do not posses the moral knowledge that all people should then how much of a hero could you really be? when it comes down to what needs to be done or who needs too be saved your moral disposition is what will make the decision for you. take a moment to think-If there was a small child and an adult male with much to offer, the smart thing to do would be to save the man that can contribute the most however the moral thing to do would be save the child considering the man has had a chance to live out most of his life while the child has not. moral values can be bounced back and fourth between people, But for the most part it generally comes back to what most people as a whole believe to be right. Choosing what is right is far more important than choosing what is best or most beneficial.

What is old English? Many people refer to Shakespeare as old however the truth is Shakespeare is far more simple and understandable than old English. Old English is the language of the Anglo-Saxons. It has a largely Germanic vocabulary with words very recognizable in today's English. Old English was considered a language of the uneducated after scholars and artisans took to French however it is one of the hardest languages to understand.
   Over many centuries the English language has involved as well as the standards of speaking even though people who speak a certain way are still judge as uneducated.   Some words such as leg, arm, and freckle have not changed and are still have the same meaning in today's culture.  Before using these words would mean you're uneducated in some way however now it is common ground for everyone.

Blog post-autism

     What is autism? Autism spectrum disorder  or (ASD) is a complex disorder of brain development. Symptoms are identified  by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S and that may be due to the chemicals put into our food that timmerman mentions such as arsenic and other pesticides.
     In my last blog post I discussed the chemicals injected into our food and the fda, I stated that if they do not do their job, as they should, they are putting many lives at risk of disease and death. As I predicted based on the information timmerman provided us with this disease has become more frequent in children throughout the united states. In 2012 one in sixty-six children were diagnosed with autism, the statistic has risen to "one in eighty-eight"(timmerman).
   The cause for such a drastic increase in the statistic ,like anything else in the book, lies within the food we consume daily. In the most simple scientific term autism is due to a genetic mutation, this mutation can be caused by a multitude of reason however the chemicals in the food have become the main reason. Before a child is born they have no choice but to trust their mother, that is their life source ,for the first nine months they feed off of her, without realizing she not only consumes this dangerous unhealthy produce for herself but her child as well which in turn affects their development.
     Children and babies are the most vulnerable, they have to accept what they are given as a meal. Instead of really looking into what they feed their children most parents just go with what is convenient and I feel as though that method has proven itself useless considering the effects its had on people in the united states. 

Blog post -inspections of import;pesticides

           

         Food consumed by the general public should be inspected, sanitary and free of pesticides. if it is not the people should be informed of such and able to make the decision on whether or not they want to take the chance of consuming food that may or may not be up to code. In a general sense, food should be kept in a
clean, sanitary, space. The Quality of food, unadulterated, is important because peoples lives matter, they shouldn't have to worry about their children or themselves getting sick because the quality of their food is questionable. Transporting and receiving food is a major part in the process of importing food and keeping it up to good quality. Many of the factors during transportation include food temperature, food condition, timeliness of storage, etc. these are essential because if any one of these are not done correctly it could drastically change the food.
       who is responsible for ensuring food safety? The FDA, which stands for food and drug
 administration, is responsible for protecting the health of  human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices. Timmerman mentions arsenic pesticide multiple times throughout his book, which is a naturally occurring element widely distributed in soils and minerals.  Old agricultural soils may contain high levels of arsenic resulting from its former agricultural uses, levels too high to be considered legal. There is no real way of knowing whether our food contains this pesticide because this information is not open to the public "in 2001 the food and drug administration (FDA) inspected less than one percent of imported foods"(timmerman 189) not even half of our food was inspected so if the don't know, how are we supposed to know? It is their job to inspect and assure that that the food that is being imported is safe for human consumption,they're not doing what they should be if only one percent of food that will be distributed to the public is inspected.More than the legal amount of arsenic pesticide may or may not have been in the food however we would not know because the food was not inspected properly which is necessary for the welfare of the public.
      This is not something that can just go unaccounted for, this is something that can become extremely deadly to millions of people if not handled properly, this is important and that needs to be understood specifically by the FDA. Their jobs and millions of lives are on the line, the need to make a change quickly.

 





 

 








 

 

Blog post four-sustainable,no solutions.

 The lifestyle of a diver is not sustainable,especially not  with the conditions in which they're doing it in. Over the last century the price per pound that the divers get paid has be substantially decreased. In the video “my village,my lobster” it describes the life and working conditions of the divers and their families that have no choice but to live with them.

The people of Puerto Cabeza were making three fifty a Pound until it was cut almost in half,this only further limits their ability to provide for their family. In comparison to the other three found groups that we have read about the divers make more and have slightly better Living conditions however,all four are still living below the poverty line. When their wages were cut,unlike the south Americans, the people of Nicaragua and Puerto Cabeza protested to demand a fair living wage.

Many of the divers turned to Commercial diving in hopes that it would increase living standards with higher pay. Hundreds of the miskito diver have died,become injured,or even paralyzed due to poor work conditions. Many of them are not provided with proper gear to dive or care to help them after they resurface. Diving is one of the most dangerous jobs to have considering all of the extremely possible occur occurrences such as shark attacks,oxygen tanks cutting off,getting disease such as the bends and the men that risk their lives are not treated for.

This is not by any means a sustainable lifestyle,the average Nicaraguan live of off two cents a day. Two cents a day is not enough for anyone to live,eat,or survive, economically it took a turn for the worse in 2008 which in turn cut divers payments in have by over fifty percent. Due to the low income divers are forced to leave their families for long periods of time to make as much money as possible,which still won't be enough for them to live, while they work on the Boats where they don't eat or sleep well many of them starve,get sick and are poorly clothed. They will soon lose their only way of making ends meet due to the depletion of the lobster population which means that the two cents that they live off of now will soon come to an end. Most of these men will not be able to find another job or make a better life for themselves or their families because of the neurological damage that Timmerman mentions briefly that makes it hard for them to function. This is not a life anyone would as for,diving over a hundred feet fifteen times a day,suffering from mental and physical Ailments that go uncared  for. This life is no good and although there seem to be no solutions people still need to work around the negatives to find a plausible solution that'll benefit the people and uplift the economy. 

Looking into the plantations.

 Pesticides have become overwhelmingly popular as plantations have began to grow steadily along with demand.a Pesticide kills all unwanted creatures and insects however at some point that pesticide starts to sink into the crops. If you don't think about it the Pesticides arent that bad however once you come to the realization of what's in it and what it does to you,you begin to see the underbelly of it and wonder how healthy can it really be.  There are thousands of earth friendly ways to do the same job as the pesticide that are good for you and your food however the remain over looked by major corporations even though it is highly doscouraged (Timmerman 141). Just like anything else Pesticides have their pros and cons, they can protect you from diseases spreading but at what cost? It was noted in Timmerman book but that many people went on to sue due to the effects of Pesticides,one specifically because the chemicals in the food made them sterile.   These chemicals do more damage than anything and even though they are needed for the mass production of crops there are alternative ways to do the same thing In a healthier way.

Slavery in the ivory cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slavery

Slavery in Africa is not new, there has been slavery in and out of this country for centuries.

People have been sold  for labor so intense that anyone with a choice would not do so. These people live and work  with no chance of freedom, and if they so chose to try to escape they would be  viciously  beaten and punished. Much like the coffee farmers in south America slaves age ranges everywhere between small children and the elderly, usually families are auctioned off and children are separated from their parents at a young age. Growing up without any real will to live working for someone much stronger, more powerful, and in most cases highly educated is  not the most ideal living situation.
       Chocolate is something that most people enjoy however, not man people know the under belly of what really happens to make the chocolate they love so much. I ,for one, know the big corporations that have gone on to monopolize the chocolate industry, if you don't know try thinking of the most recognizable chocolate brands , think hard, got it? the ones you thought of would be the monopolizers. Im sure a lot of you have not stopped to think of how the chocolate is made or even where it comes from. The chocolate you love so much is harvested from slave labor, hard to believe but very true. This is an extremely disgusting and highly disturbing truth of the chocolate industry, many people without a way out get sucked into the slave work and with no other options this is how they live their lives. "The world is full of injustice and Ivory Coast is full of slaves."(timmerman 55) These are people, not property, not objects, there people with lives and families.  I applaud the brave men, women and children who endure this kind of life without a choice, who find a way to survive in conditions that most people couldn't adapt. Timmerman devotes substantial effort into the study of these people who are treated horribly, in hope that it'll bring enough light to the overwhelmingly disgusting situation to cause a change.
             Im sure that life for the farmer or middle men isn't ideal either, however I believe wholeheartedly that no one receives as bad of treatment as the slaves doing the heavy work. I know that, the things that timmerman describes in his book is not something I could deal with because much like most of the world, or at least the united states, I have been protected and sheltered my entire life. Much like the south Americans these people are put in unfathomable situations where there is no clear cut answer or solution because there are so many people above them who are there to hold them down and keep them in a position to where they can not get up. However unlike the south Americans these people on the ivory cost are in much worse shape, living in worse conditions with absolutely no chance of change. I know that this is a terrible situation for anyone but I also know I don't have the power to change this myself so I prompt more people to read the book, do the studying and help me make a change by helping them. I know that these people matter you should know as well.

Blog post one- campesinos

Deijah Lord-Pugh

Mrs. Mcgowen

ENG IV

August 16 2016

Campesinos

Who are they?..Campesinos are roughly translated to a Spanish peasant farmers. Throughout the book timmerman describes the work they endure under the conditions they are forced to do so in. As the author continues to describe his experiences while searching for answers it comes out from a Starbucks service agent that “the information you're requesting is proprietary information”. The workers who are not paid a living wage are further dehumanized when stripped of their identity and named property. The conditions are so terrible that “There are over one billion farmers and sixty percent of them live in poverty” the workers only receive a fraction of what Americans receive this includes money,food,clothing,etc.

What do they do?..One farmer has the productivity of ten workers, however they “get less than a dollar for selling the same amount” as the ten workers who have the productivity of one farmer. The worker's age range anywhere between small children to the elderly. They pick the pits out of cherries ,leave them out to be dried and processed. In continuation to this process one farmer is given three coffee processors and expected to do the work of ten or more people by themselves. Instead of hiring more workers to do the heavy lifting they utilize the farmers children to do tedious task such as bean picking or carrying heavy sacks.

        Why does this matter? Why is it important?. Because it's unfair. Many people have complained about the fact that “100% Columbian coffee” isn't exactly a hundred percent, However this is a first world problem with simple resolutions. The real problems such as poverty, abuse of child labor and underpaid, over-worked farmers are overlooked and ignored. These people who are stripped of their identities, named as property and work twice as hard as any American do not earn a living wage and can not possibly work to earn a living above poverty. They do not experience first world problems such as mislabeling, but much worse. They've been put into a hole they could not possibly dig out of without any idea that it was done.

                       These farmers..These families..This community of people are stuck living a life that they can not rebuild, can not leave, can not save. The cruel truth is that they're not paid enough to create a better life for themselves, which in turn means that they are stuck in an everlasting cycle that may be broken but is very unlikely. They remain unaware to the damage that has be done by the major corporations that make millions of dollars off of them while they make less than a dollar. Even if they possessed the knowledge and understood what has been going on there's not much that they can do about it, they can not leave because they don't have enough money to go anywhere, they can not quit because that would ensure little chance of survival. Their only option at this point is to wait it out and hope that it gets better.