1. Capstone case study on Monday - done
2. IB midterm - fish farming in Hugary, paper and presentation - done
3. Wednesday gym-night, eating at a wonderful pizza place with Jing, Aziz and Andris - done
4. Thursday econ class - preparing for midterm - done
5. Friday late afternoon fun started:)
Here is our itinerary:
Standing in front of one of them. Service is still provided in Hungarian:) Pretty cool!
Saturday (Mar 9)
§ Allentown Fish Hatchery
Only a dam separated the farm from the river where many people were fly-fishing. Look at my face and you can see how much i wished my fish rod was with me. Anyway, thank Andris for putting this place in the program. Even girls enjoyed the time there (or they didn't complain too loud:)
10:00AM - sightseeing in Allentown
§ The Liberty Museum
http://libertybellmuseum.org/
"After Washington's defeat at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia was defenseless, and the city prepared for what was seen as an inevitable British attack. Bells could easily be recast into munitions, and locals feared the Liberty Bell and other bells would meet this fate. The bell was hastily taken down from the tower, and sent by heavily guarded wagon train to the town of Bethlehem. Local wagoneers transported the bell to the Zion German Reformed Church in Northampton Town, nowAllentown, where it waited out the British occupation of Philadelphia behind a false wall.[24] It was returned to Philadelphia in June 1778, after the British departure. With the steeple of the State House in poor condition (the steeple was subsequently torn down and later restored), the bell was placed in storage, and it was not until 1785 that it was again mounted for ringing.[25]" - wikipedia
2:00pm - discovering Bethlehem
§ Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
Here, you can see the huge contrast between the old and restored industrial buildings. It is a great example for brownfield city rehabilitation.
Around 12:30PM so 00:30AM we left our hotel. Just in time:) Our first destination was the Bethlehem Brew Works microbrewery. We sampled six kinds of crafted beer. I think the cup holder was a brilliant idea.
Sunday (Mar 10)
9:00pm - Morristown National Historical Park
Washington's Headquarters Museum
At three of the 1000 huts. Life was just ridiculously hard for them.
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
http://www.nps.gov/pagr/planyourvisit/things2do.htm
2. IB midterm - fish farming in Hugary, paper and presentation - done
3. Wednesday gym-night, eating at a wonderful pizza place with Jing, Aziz and Andris - done
4. Thursday econ class - preparing for midterm - done
5. Friday late afternoon fun started:)
Here is our itinerary:
Bethlehem - Allentown nagyobb térképen való megjelenítése
Hamden (CT) - Betlehem (PA) - Allentown (PA) - Morristown (NJ) - West Orange (NJ) - Paterson (NJ) - Hamden (CT)
380 miles
We left Whitney Village at 6:06 PM and headed to Kriszti's place to pick her up. By 6:26 our company got together and was heading to Bethlehem. We checked in our hotel and hung out for half an hour before we went to the Sand's Casino.
It is a very cool place to be. How should you imagine this place? Well, first you got to know the Bethlehem was very famous about its Bethlehem Steel company, this was a giant steel factory.
Construction of two
warships: HMS Calder(K349) as USS Formoe (DE-58) and USS Foss(DE-59) on
the right
6", 10",
12", and 14" naval guns being assembled at a Bethlehem Steel facility
- The USS
Massachusetts was built at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard duringWorld War II.
'Another executive ranked the Mexicans above blacks, but below Hungarians. ''We have had a more favorable experience with the Mexicans than with the Negroes, but not so favorable as, say with the Hungarians, who are more stable and dependable than the Mexicans.'''
"The labor camp, a cluster of wood-frame shacks and barracks, was a squalid plot where 250 men, women and children had to endure black soot and noxious odors from the coke batteries and tar pits, as well as rats. Among the residents, besides the Mexicans, were Slavs, Hungarians, Portuguese, Poles and Spaniards. Though they had freedom of movement, a fence enclosed the property, and guards stood at the gate."
Iron ore, moreover, will not turn itself into steel without the labor of thousands of working men and women. The long geographic reach of Bethlehem Steel includes the places, in the United States and abroad, that laborers left behind to try their luck at the plant. The First World War (1914–18) created a great deal of anxiety among Americans about the loyalty of immigrant populations, especially those whose origins lay in countries allied with the Germans. In early 1918, only a few months after the United States entered the war, Bethlehem Steel reported “that we have 10,500 foreign-born employees in the various departments of the Bethlehem plant alone, there being fifty-eight different nationalities represented in all.” But the company newssheet, Bethlehem Steel, hurried to say that “over 2500 of these employees have their naturalization papers, and are citizens of the United States” while others, they assured readers, were in the process of becoming citizens. In general, they soothingly asserted, “there is great evidence that our foreign-born employees are fast realizing what it would mean if the Hun should win this war.”
The same publication in later issues promoted the Hungarian-American Loyalty League, a federally sponsored effort to find Hungarians and their descendants and administer an oath of allegiance to the United States. It is not clear that Hungarians responded with any alacrity to this appeal. The editors of the newssheet hoped that Bethlehem’s Hungarians might lead the way in showing other immigrants their duty.
Hungarians were not the only concern, though. Americanization was actively promoted in these years, and Bethlehem Steel supported it directly for many immigrant groups and their descendants. On June 15, 1918, the company reported in its newssheet that “several hundred Italians and Spaniards,” railroad workers who lived in bunkhouses behind the No. 5 shop in Bethlehem, “participated in the raising of an American and an Italian flag at the bunk house. . . . After the flags were raised [accompanied by an oration in Italian] . . . the men took the oath of allegiance and formed into line and paraded through the small village there. The Bethlehem Steel Company band was on hand and furnished martial music.” Apparently “it was a joyous occasion for the men.” The corporation also introduced its weekly readers to Professor Julian Korski Grove, a Polish-born American and political science professor from the University of California. Professor Grove had been engaged by the federal government to “take charge of Americanization in this city and suburbs.” The editors hoped that workers would “render him all the assistance possible.” To smooth the professor on his way, the editors printed his appeal in English, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Greek, Spanish, and Italian.
So what is the point here? Andris knew that Taylor made a lot of scientific management experiments on Hungarian workers. I only knew what Taylor did without knowing with whom. :) Of course with Hungarians. Bethlehem was another hub destination for Hungarian emigrants besides Buffalo, Clevelenad, NYC, CT (Bridgeport, Fairfield, Danbury)
I just love to know these places. It is such a great feeling to know that some of your country came over, settled down and contributed to this nation so hard, and finally succeeded. They realized the American dream. Nobody spoke English, had nothing in their pockets, but his/her will-power and hope.
There are still many Hungarian churches in Bethlehem like this:
And look at this bell. Degenfeld Harang:)
But don't jump ahead. Even though we went to the casino at the first night I will write about it later on.
Saturday (Mar 9)
§ Allentown Fish Hatchery
This was my place during the whole trip:) Look at these beautiful trouts. Look at this unique trout, this is a golden trout. Wow.
Lots of fish
They were raised in raceway tanks that were linked together. As you can see above fish is concentrated at water inflow, because as the water goes through the tank dissolved oxygen level drops dramatically. I thought based on this tank design they face problems because of the lack of oxygen on hot summer days. The lady at the shop confirmed my guess. But the whole business model is different than anybody would think. This fishfarm is owned by Allentown city and this place has been written off. Operator gets paid from the fish conservation organization who gets paid by fishermen like me. I pay for my license and they make sure there will be fish in the river/stream. It is not the most efficient way to operate such fish farm, but still makes sense in this model. Everybody wins.
The rest of the crew:) I could have spent the whole day there. They were just sunbathing, we had a real spring weather.
10:00AM - sightseeing in Allentown
§ The Liberty Museum
http://libertybellmuseum.org/
"After Washington's defeat at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia was defenseless, and the city prepared for what was seen as an inevitable British attack. Bells could easily be recast into munitions, and locals feared the Liberty Bell and other bells would meet this fate. The bell was hastily taken down from the tower, and sent by heavily guarded wagon train to the town of Bethlehem. Local wagoneers transported the bell to the Zion German Reformed Church in Northampton Town, nowAllentown, where it waited out the British occupation of Philadelphia behind a false wall.[24] It was returned to Philadelphia in June 1778, after the British departure. With the steeple of the State House in poor condition (the steeple was subsequently torn down and later restored), the bell was placed in storage, and it was not until 1785 that it was again mounted for ringing.[25]" - wikipedia
Ringing the Bell:)
2:00pm - discovering Bethlehem
§ Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
@ Lehigh University - a great engineering school
| Lehigh University | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Motto | Homo minister et interpres naturae (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Man, the servant and interpreter of nature |
| Established | 1865 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $1.036 billion (2012) [1] |
| President | Alice P. Gast |
| Admin. staff | 1,196 |
| Undergraduates | 4,883[2] |
| Postgraduates | 2,187[2] |
| Location | Bethlehem, PA, USA |
| Campus | Urban and Suburban; 2,350 acres (9.5 km2) |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I 25 varsity teams |
| Colors | Brown and white |
| Mascot | Mountain Hawks |
| Affiliations | MAISA |
| Website | www.lehigh.edu |
 | |
Taking this picture was funny. Because this was spring break time we couldn't ask anybody to take a photo, so I staged the camera, set the timer 10", pushed the button and run. I made it, but almost fell down:)
Old
Partially restored. These factory buildings get new functions and interior design while saving the historical landscape of the city. It would be an incredible investment to wipe out the whole area and re-cultivate as mother nature created originally. On the other side Bethlehem Steel is a very important phase of the American industry revolution.
I couldn't take a great photo at night of these distillery towers, but they are painted by red lights. Pretty cool!
We had lunch at Apollo Grill bar.
Look at this giant burger!!! I over fed myself. Plus on the top of this I made two big mistakes:) First I ordered root beer. I got it in bottle, i finished it so fast, because i was thirsty and I love it anyway. Waiter came and ask, can i bring another one? I said, sure:) Almost every places soda is served with free unlimited refill. OKAY, but not bottled beverages... Stupid Bence:D So I drunk the next one, and the next one, and the next one. On the bill the waiter also made one mistake, only charged me for 3 bottles instead of 4. But still I had to pay 3x$2.5....for rootbeer???? this is ridiculous. I almost paid as much as for food. Sh*t.
Evi and Andris at the very catchy Bethlehem sign.
Bence standing at the corner of Sun Inn, established in 1758. This was the oldest "hostel" in town.
This is how and when everything started. Moravian puritans settled down in this area and celebrated their first Christmas here and gave the name of it as an honor to that historic place.
At the Moravian Book store. The oldest shop in town. You can buy everything that basically you do not need for a normal life day:)
This is the famous Moravian star.
Around 12:30PM so 00:30AM we left our hotel. Just in time:) Our first destination was the Bethlehem Brew Works microbrewery. We sampled six kinds of crafted beer. I think the cup holder was a brilliant idea.
Samplers:) Girls said the photo of them is not appropriate for public posting. Fine, i agree.:D:D:D
Then we went to the Sands Casino
http://www.pasands.com/
The sign was very unique and gigantic suggesting this place must be big inside as well.
Sign said the truth. It truly looked like a factory, a money losing factory though:)
Dealers, people (losers), winners (us), slot machines, tables....
The winning team. However, we won a lot we tripled our bet on the first night, we left the casino even:)
Sunday (Mar 10)
9:00pm - Morristown National Historical Park
Washington's Headquarters Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_Hollow
History
On October 17, 1779, the Continental Army bivouacked for the winter at Jockey Hollow. Soldiers camped at this location until June, 1780, during which they endured some of the harshest conditions of the war.[2] This was strategically sound because the elevation of Jockey Hollow was several hundred feet above the British to the east. The mountainous range also allowed revolutionary soldiers to spot British movement.[3] In the days of horsepower, this was considered an impregnable redoubt. Another reason why the location was chosen was because the surrounding area held citizens that were sympathetic to the rebel cause.[3] That winter was the "cruelest" of the war, including the one at Valley Forge the two years before.[4] Twelve men often shared one of over one thousand simple huts built in Jockey Hollow to house the army.[2] Desertions were commonplace. The entire Pennsylvania contingent successfully mutinied and later, 200 New Jersey soldiers attempted to emulate them. Several of the ringleaders of the latter were hanged.[5]
[edit]Soldier Housing
Soldiers had to build their own huts including surrounding trenches for drainage. The huts, made of log, were 14 by 16 square feet (1.3 by 1.5 m2) and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) high. Twelve men often shared one of over one thousand simple huts built in Jockey Hollow to house the army.[2] Inside the huts soldiers had a fireplace for warmth and cooking. To create a floor they packed the ground for an earthen floor. Soldiers also had to make their own furniture, including bunks and tables. Their bunks got covered with straw and each soldier was given one blanket. Soldiers huts were about 2 to 3 ft (50–100 cm) apart, with three rows of eight huts for each regiment. By 1780, soldiers had built about 1,200 huts in Jockey Hollow.[3]
12 soldiers lived in one hut which was 14x16 feet (ca.21m2)
At the Fort Nonsense
During that winter soldiers were ordered to build a fort on the top of a steep hill that only served one purpose: keep them busy...Yes, it was nonsense. But they didn't have time to think about food and living conditions. That makes a lot of sense.
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Laboratory Complex, Glenmont Estate
Back in time this was the state-of-the-art laboratory research facility.
Accuracy of this balance. If you put a piece of paper on it and measure it and then sign the paper and measure it again, you can tell the weight of the ink. Pretty amazing.
This is only the chemical building. They conducted the first experiments with plastic and rubber.
For me realizing this was a great moment. In management accounting this was a key point. They invented the first timesheet machine. It measured the time by employee and projects. So they get paid on a more accurately allocated way, and of course Edison had a better understanding how much labor he used for specific projects.
He claimed 1093 patents at that time. More than everybody else combined in the world.
This was his desk. Edison was a great manager, entrepreneur and business man. He literally exploited his employees. Paid so low wages per hour while his company made a ton if money. Does this model sound familiar when you imagine businesses now? Yes, it does.
This was like one of the Big4 now:) Learning curve is so steep, you earn a lot, but be sure that they benefited much much more than you. Still win-win. No problem with this model.
The box where the first movie was recorded. Guess what was the title:
Chinese Dinner/Cuisine i dont remember exactly. This box was the Hollywood of film making.
At Thomas Edison National Historic Park on St. Patrick's Day
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
http://www.nps.gov/pagr/planyourvisit/things2do.htm
When we visited this remote place in the middle of a bad ghetto and took some photos. A Hungarian guy said hi to us. Wow?! WTF? It turned out that he is on a business trip in Jersey and came to see this waterfall. Now, you can calculate the probability of 4 Hungarians meet an unknown Hungarian in a ghetto of Paterson at 5:44PM.
Yes, it is 1.
:)
The End
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