...The play “Almost, Maine” contained various scenes that had to with love. Almost, Maine is a romantic comedy by John Carhini. Almost, Maine is an ensemble play about 9 different couples in various stages of falling in or out of love. There was only 4 actors that played different roles. The play is set in various locations in the town of Almost, Maine a place that does not exist on any map of the state. Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected ways. Three elements of the play that stood out in the performance was the costume design, the lighting and the sound effects. The theme of “Love” played a huge role throughout the play. John Cariani’s play is trying to show a series of different relationships and their struggles. The actors are struggling to find love and dicover what love is. The vital message of love keeps occurring . This wonderful, humorous, and romantic play’s goal is to make the audience want to fall in love again but also keep them laughing on the way. In the play the lighting continued to change. The purple lights that represented the sky keeps occurring to set the romantic mood of the play. In the prologue, there is music that sounds very romantic and also a field of stars ; a clear, cold, moonless northern night sky – serves as the backdrop for the entire play. In the prologue, the light is on Pete and Ginette sitting on a bench in Pete’s yard, looking at the stars. They are not sitting close to each other at...
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...Dorothea Lynde Dix, a social reformer, was born in Hampden, Maine on April 4, 1802 and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. At age 14, Dorothea Dix began teaching. Later in 1819 she established an all girls’ school called Dix Mansion as well as a charity school for unfortunate girls. In the year 1841, Dorothea Dix started teaching at East Cambridge Jail, a prison only for women. Teaching Sunday school at East Cambridge Jail took a turn for Dorothea’s life. During her time teaching there, she realized that the handling of prisoners were horrifying, especially the handling of prisoners who were mentally ill. In result Dorothea Dix spent most of her life devoting to the welfare of the mentally ill. She began traveling around the country to investigate the environment and conditions of prisons and documented all the conditions. One case that was documented was about an old man she had visited. The old man became mentally ill after the death of his only son. Jail was the only place this man could go to be cared for. The old man was found lying on a small bed in a dark basement room deprived of necessary comfort. All documentation of the prison’s environment, such as the case of the old man was presented to the Massachusetts legislature. Not only did Dorothea investigate and document the conditions of prisons around the...
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...with a phone call and conducted a brief survey. The goal of the survey was to understand what was their preferred provider, and why. Was it cost? Availability of product? The real question we need answered above all is it because we need to have a more accommodating sales team for just that area. All data collection and measurement has been accurate and stable. Newshore Medical Center has 3,000 customers they supply to in the New England area. We were able to reach 75% of those customers. That is 2,250 customers that we were able to survey. The survey was approximately 15 minutes long. Out of the 2,250 customers, regions are formed to understand if one region is different than another. The regions include northern Maine, southern Maine, Costal Maine, east Massachusetts, west Massachusetts, north New Hampshire, south New Hampshire, north Vermont, south Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The questions were multiple choice, rating options, and yes or no. The questions were as follows: 1) How often in the last three months have you ordered from Newshore Medical Center? a. 1 - 3 times b. 4 - 6 times c. 7 - more times d. none at all 2) How many times a month are...
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...produced. There were many leaders in the Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army that made bigger impacts on the war than Col Chamberlain made. But none, that has made a bigger impact on me than Col Chamberlain. Col Chamberlain was an American college professor from the State of Maine. He volunteered in the Union Army and by the time he got out had reached the rank of brigadier general. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Gettysburg during the fight at Little Round Top. He went on after the Civil War to successfully run and serve as the Governor of Maine and even served as president of Bowdoin College. Col Chamberlain is probably most known for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg where his defense of Little Round Top became famous. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine found themselves on the left flank of the Union lines and understood that if they were overrun the confederate army would have artillery advantage over the entire Union Army. The 20th held their ground due to the fact that Chamberlin had to think of new stock maneuvers suitable to the terrain to repel the attacks that were not in the Army manuals. The Confederate attacked five times until the 20th Maine was down to 1-2 rounds per man. Knowing that he couldn’t give up his position ordered a bayonet charge. The Confederates where caught by surprise and finally retreated. Chamberlains loyalty to his superiors’ orders to “Hold at all Hazards” kept the confederates from gaining the high...
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...seventeenth century most Americans viewed people who were mentally ill differently than other. They were called the lost souls and viewed as incurable and helpless. They were thrown into prison, mistreated, beaten, and taken advantage. It couldn’t be perceived or cured and was simple to be endured. Dorothea Dix wanted to change how these people were treated. She took her time to advocate for the mentally ill. She played an instrumental role, and developed 30 hospitals for the treatment of mental ill. Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on 4 April 1802, in Hampden Maine. She had two younger brothers, and being the oldest she held most of the responsibility at home. Dorothea said many times that she never had a childhood and refused to talk about due to how painful it was. Her father was a fire and brimstone Methodist preacher, terrible businessman, and alcoholic, as well as a Harvard drop out and had no care for holding any frail almost of the time responsibility. Dorothea’s mother was not accepted by her grandparents, she was frail and hopeless most of the time. By Dorothea’s thirteenth birthday she left home and went to go live with her widowed grandmother (Madam Dorothy dix) in Boston. She taught Dorothea manners and social grace along with strict Calvinist religion more so than the loose frontier Methodism, that her father use to preach. She felt unwanted and was sent off to live with her great- aunt where she felt a congenial home. Even though Dorothea was still a minor she was allowed...
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...CO. v. MAINE WILD BLUEBERRY CO. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1996. 670 A.2d 944. BACKGROUND AND FACTS E. S. Herrick Company grows and sells blueberries. Maine Wild Blueberry Company agreed to buy all of Herricks 1990 crop under a contract that left the price unliquidated. Herrick delivered the berries, but a dispute arose over the price. Maine Wild sent Herrick a check with a letter that stated the check was the final settlement. Herrick cashed the check but filed a suit in a Maine state court against Maine Wild, on the ground of breach of contract, alleging that the buyer owed more. The court awarded Herrick some, but not all, of the damages sought. Both parties appealedHerrick contended that it was owed more, and Maine Wild that it owed less. Question* * * [A]n accord and satisfaction is created by cashing a check that is accompanied by a letter bearing restrictive language. * * * * Maine Wild considered the check to be the final payment. Herricks president admitted that he read the letter that included the language regarding final settlement but interpreted it as a statement made by Maine Wild not as a condition between them. He admits that he cashed the check, but that it did not occur to him that by cashing the check he was surrendering any claim under the contract. * * * The language in the letter, however, was unambiguous. It represented final settlement, and there is no exchange of correspondence of such a nature as to create doubt as to what Maine Wild intended...
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...Dix continued her work on the state level by continuing in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In 1843, the opening of the New York State Lunatic Asylum in Utica opened seven years after state legislature approved the asylum Dix’s was lobbying. The original plan was to spend $500,000 but increased the funding in order to create four wings, and accommodate for over 1,000 people. Dix concluded in her time in New York that they should create new state facilities for the incurable insane, and she urged legislature to establish several asylums in different parts of the states. She said that a plan similar to the one in Utica would be created, but with lower costs. Although the costs were to be lower they still needed to assure comfort and careful attendance. Dix moved right from New York into lobbying in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Dix hoped to promote moral treatment in Pennsylvania, Dix had already successfully got Pennsylvania legislature to approve the construction of a state asylum. The insane that were once kept in almshouses had a designated place to live; this was Pennsylvania’s first step. Although Dix had setbacks in Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey so her lobbying technique began again with memorials. The memorials discussed the neglect of chronic patients and current living conditions of the mentally. After much setback eventually Pennsylvania legislature passed the hospital bill. New Jersey legislature voted yes to the hospital after hearing her memorials and the...
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...Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The new territory of Missouri wanted to be added as a pro-slave state in 1819 and that started a turbulent world wind of opinions from both sides. The question over the expansion of slavery brought about heated debates in congress. At first James Tallmadge Jr. made a proposal that slaves born in Missouri after Missouri became a state would be free at the age of twenty-five. He also said that no new slaves could be brought into the state. These proposals were denied by the southerners in congress. This delayed Missouri becoming a state because the north and south could not agree on the slavery issue. This issue was not resolved until Maine asked to be a member of the union and “the Great Pacificator”, Henry Clay, negotiated part of the state being free from slavery and the other part allowing it. This resolution was named the...
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...The New England and Chesapeake region, both settled largely by people of English origin, had developed into two very distinct societies. In determining how the two regions differed, one must assess the purpose of migrating to the New World. Economically, the two regions differed with New England focusing on family growth and Chesapeake more concerned about agriculture. Climatically, the locations provided a difference with different climates causing various problems. And with motives of finding independent religion in New England and jobs in Chesapeake. Thus, the New England and Chesapeake colonies differentiated greatly in aspects of the climate in the two colonies location, the motive of migrating to the New World, and the economics used to form the two colonies. Economically, the two colonies main focuses varied from each other. In the Chesapeake colony, the settlers looked for gold. With gold being the sole purpose, the target group was middle aged men. (doc. 3) While the men looked for gold, the settlers did not bother having crops to survive, resulting in the starving time. After the men faced ‘the starving time’ the settlers worked for economy only. This means, the men cultivated tobacco and used indentured servants for labor. On the other hand, New England had small scale farming because not only did they have long winters, but the soil was poor and rocky which was not ideal soil to use for farming. Since farming was not a large source on income, the New England...
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...use her creative skills and business tactics to create an empire. In the long run her hard work rewarded her with millions of dollars. Burt’s Bee’s became a major success after a matter of years. It all started with Roxanne and her team of forty employees that kept the whole operation running. The business grew to obtaining revenue of three million dollars per year. However, soon enough Roxanne was hit with a major dilemma. Her company was originally located in the state of Maine. As many may or may not know Maine has an expensive payroll and business tax is high. So in order to remain in Maine the company would need to expand fast. For some reason, however, the company’s growth could not keep up with Maine’s demands. so Quimby had to make an important decision, fast. After some consideration Quimby decided to move her company to North Carolina. North Carolina at the time was a popular state, where companies were growing and expanding. The taxes in North Carolina were also lower than they were in Maine. At first, Roxanne was feeling apprehensive about the move. But overall the decision was not too difficult to make. There was potential growth that Roxanne envisioned for her company there and she seized the opportunity. But with opportunity comes different alternatives that Quimby had to consider before she made a concrete decision. Her first alternative was to stay in North Carolina. Roxanne was financially stable enough to commit to North Carolina. She had in place managers...
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...territory that is now Maine were Algonquian-speaking Wabanaki peoples including the Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Penobscot. European contact with what is now called Maine starts around year 1200 when Norwegians interacted with the native Penobscot in present-day Hancock County, most likely through trade. About 200 years earlier, from the settlements of Iceland and Greenland, Norwegians had discovered America and attempted to settle areas such as Newfoundland, but failed. However, evidence suggests that Norwegians in Greenland returned to North America for several centuries after the initial discovery to collect timber, the most relevant evidence regarding Maine being the Maine Penny. The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, including Samuel de Champlain, the noted explorer. The French named the entire area Acadia, including the portion that later became the state of Maine. The first English settlement in Maine was established by the Plymouth Company at Popham in 1607, the same year as the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. The Popham colonists returned to England after 14 months. Two Jesuit missions were established by the French: one on Penobscot Bay in 1609, and the other on Mount Desert Island in 1613. The same year, Castine was established by Claude de La Tour. In 1625, Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour erected Fort Pentagouet to protect Castine. The coastal areas of western Maine first became the...
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...Certificado De Nacimiento Estado de Maine Nombre del niño: Primer nombre Primer apellido Segundo apellido Dennis Conrad Levesque Fecha de nacimiento Sexo 7 de Abril de 1951 M Lugar de nacimiento Pórtland Cumberland Nombre del hospital Maine General Hospital Residencia de la madre: Calle P.O Estado 48 Brackett Portland Maine Residencia legal: Pórtland Cumberland Maine Ciudad Condado Estado Nombre del padre: Color: Edad: Conrad Paul Levesque W 35 Ciudad y estado de naciemiento: Brunswick, Maine Ocupación: Tipo de negocio: Cocinero Splendid Cafe Nombre de la madre: Color: Edad: Helen Mary Gallagher W 24 Ciudad y estado de nacimiento: Presque Isle, Maine Otros niños viviendo: 3 La madre firmo la aprobación de los archivos: Si X No___ Asistente: Edgard S. Sherwood Titulo: Medico Dirección: Pórtland, ME. Fecha Firmada: 4-17-51 Registro por la fecha de recepción por el secretario en el lugar de nacimiento: 4-20-51 Por la presente certifico que lo anterior es una copia real de un certificado o documento en el que esta en mi custodia. Fecha de archivo Julio 11 de 2005 Ante mi, el infrascrito Notario, llego y aparecio Edili De Jesús...
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...Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine on September 21, 1947. His parents names are Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He has an older brother named is David King. His parents split up when king was really young. He was raised by his mother , which they kept moving around a lot. Finally at the age of eleven, they settled in Durman, Maine. As a young boy he found some of his dads fantasy horror books and he began reading them and by the age of seven he was writing his own stories. He enjoyed watching science fiction and monster movies. His family members said they he would see his friends getting hit by a train or dying but he doesn’t recall of the incident. When they continued their life in Durman, he went to school at Grammar...
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...Caged prisoners, mentally ill people locked up--Dorothea Dix was horrified by what she saw when she visited a Massachusetts jail in 1841. This is when she started investigating prisons and asylums all over Massachusetts, to find out what really occurs on the other sides of the stone walls. Dix was born in Hampden, Maine and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was first of three children to Joseph Dix and Mary Bigelow, and ran away from her alcoholic parents and abusive father to live with her prosperous grandmother at 12 years old. At age 14, she began teaching school and founded the Dix Mansion, a school for poor girls who couldn’t afford education. Dix didn’t know it yet, but her life was about to change and her whole future would be determined after that first visit. Dorothea Dix’s life completely changed when she visited East Cambridge Jail, a women's prison to teach Sunday school. Naked and chained...
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... Dorothea Dix, an advocator for the mentally ill, changed the lives of such people directly. She spent countless years working towards her cause, and regardless of the multitude of setbacks she encountered, was able to thrive and reign with her visions. Dorothea Dix advocated for the humane treatment of the mentally insane to be changed, however, in order to achieve her vision of benevolent management of the mentally ill, she overcame many setbacks, including personal struggles, gender inequality, and difficulty with legislation. Before laws were created to mandate civil treatment of the mentally ill within prisons, hospitals, or other institutions, those people were treated very poorly. The mentally ill were confined to cages and other small areas, in a way not suitable for a human being to live. The states did not provide heating for the patients. The way that the people were maintained led Dorothea Dix to begin a career centered on advocating their rights. “The popular belief was that the insane would never be cured and living within their dreadful conditions was enough for them” (Bumb). The social norm concluded with the mistreatment of the mentally ill. Society, of the time, reduced mental illnesses to incurable diseases. Once Dix had viewed how these jails, hospitals, or asylums treated their cases, she noted that the process disturbed her. Her inspiration lay with the initial first views that she witnessed within East Cambridge Jail, stemming a long term...
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