My hometown

BÆRUMS VERK

I live at a place called Bærums Verk and it lies in the suburbs of Oslo. If you ever visit, you might think it looks country like or boring, but it's actually a really nice place to live with everything you need close by. We have a little local shopping mall, a lake nearby, a small part of town with old houses that are really neat. We even have our own little waterfall. 

Even though it's almost out in the country, it doesn't make us disconnected from the world. We have busses that go every 15 minutes from morning to night that can take us to Oslo or Sandvika that haves Scandinavia’s largest mall, my school and part time job.  

My house is an the top of a hill and we have the forrest right behind our house so if we feel like it we can go for a walk in the woods. And because it's on the top of a hill it has great oppourtunities to go sleighriding in the winter if you like that. We also have a small slalom hill called Kolsås bakken wich lies only two stops away from downtown. 

If you like museums and stuff like that, we have one too. Back in the days they used to make iron here, so theres a little factory that you can look at in the old part of town. There you can also find some cute little oldfashioned restaurants and small stores where they sell homemade clothes, jewlery, glass and toys.

 

Timeline Civil War to WW2

1861 - Lincoln became president and the civil war started

1865 - The civil war ended with victory by North

1869 – Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads are joined, first transcontinental railroad

1870 – Fifteenth amendment to the Constitution gives black the right to vote

1876 – Custer's regiment is wiped out of Sioux Indians at the Little Big Horn River

1882 – US adopts standard time

1886 – Statue of Liberty is given to the USA by France

1890 – The massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends all Indian resistance

1892 – Ellis Island becomes chief immigration station

1898 – Plessy v. Ferguson: Supreme Court decision holds that racial segmentation is constitutional

1903 – Spanish- American War: the USA occupies Cuba an the Philippines

1906 – San Fransisco earthquake

1914 – The First World War begins

1917 - US enters the First World War on April 6^th , 1917

1918 – Armistice ending the First World War is signed on November 11^th , 1918

1919 – Eighteenth Amendment begins Prohibition; Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote; Treaty of Versailles is rejected by the Senate

1927 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight

1929 – Stock market crash of October 29 starts the Great Depression

1933 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as President; New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress; Twenty-First Amendment ends Prohibition

1935 – Neutrality Acts passed by Congress

1939 – The Second World War begins; the US declares its neutrality

Together we are stronger!

Speech by David Cameron.

Is it really true that United Kingdom should be as one, instead of the separations that has happened the last few years or should they go back to the way they used to be when they were on top?

In December 2007 David Cameron held a speech in Edinburgh in Scotland about a union between Scotland and England. He talks about inspiration and how strong Great Britain has become. How much better they can be together than separated. “Better than in perfect union than in perfect divorce “.  

In his speech he addresses some earlier facts about Great Britain’s history. Especially the facts about the great things they have accomplished throughout the years. And how much better and stronger they used to be when they were all one. He also looks upon the fact that they would not have been able to become this great and powerful country when separated. 

“We must not allow the legitimate and affectionate doubling up of patriotic pride

English and British

Scottish and British

British and proud of it

to be pushed aside by a coarse and casual nationalism.”

On May 1st, our countries marked the three hundredth anniversary of the Act of Union.

Two days later, the SNP, who want to break apart that Union, took office in the Scottish Parliament.

Into the wild

We just read the book Into the wild by Jon Krakauer. It's about a young man who leaves his life to go to Alaska and live off the wild. But it's also about this very special young man that you feel some kind of connection to. That's what makes the book so compelling to a lot of people. It's not that he goes into the wild, because that makes him look like a fool, it's his thoughts behind the whole journey and the people he meets and the effect he's making on them. After reading the book you get a feeling of almost knowing him and also admire him and all he did. 

I really liked the book because it wasn't what I expected in the first place and you find the story more interesting the more you read. And I think that the people that don't like this book either don't agree with Chris' thoughts on life or they don't really feel the connection that some people get while reading it. 

I would recommend people to read it if they have big dreams in life and truly admire the people that just can leave everything they have going for them just to persuit that one dream and succeed. Or in this case almost succeeding. And also everyone else because it's a really amazing story that everyone should know about, and because it's all based on a true story makes it all better.