Essays on Pacific Northwest

John Jacob Astor was a German-American businessman, born in 1763 who made a fortune in the fur business before diversifying his interesting to include the import and export of general merchandise between the United States, China, and Europe. At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was one of the wealthiest men in the country (Youngman, 1908). Astor, who was born poor in Germany, decided to create a new life for himself in the newly independent United States of America. On the voyage between Europe and the U.S., Astor had the fortune of meeting another passenger who introduced ...

Introduction

Virtually all aspects of people’s lives are governed by gender. The society has long-held perceptions about the appropriate responsibilities, particular weaknesses, and strengths of different genders. The beliefs dictate everyday life, responses, and patterns of activities such as crime and sports. Historians delegate particular focus to the functions of the women who were once considered lowly in the ancient days, but with time have grown to develop themselves and their households. Gender roles have encountered numerous changes within each passing century and decades as human beings continue to evolve into superior and civilized creatures. This essay will look ...

ENERGY RELATIONS

Introduction The US and Canada have been supporter and challenger, associate and adversary, foe and friend- throughout their history. As a result, the two nations have experienced durations of conflict with one country’s national interests dictating actions that caused adverse effects on the other (Behiels and Stuart 2010; Andreas 2013). Since the 1980s, however, the two nations have increased their energy relations through integration and cooperation (Hooper and Newlands 2012). As such, significant issues have often been resolved through negotiated compromise. Nonetheless, some US-Canada trade relations have been unsuccessful. For example, although the two nations are widely known ...

Introduction

The Haida tribe, also referred to as the Hydah people are an indigenous ethnic group that lived in North America, specifically, the Pacific Northwest Coast. The principal territory of the Haida people is the Queen Charlotte Islands, presently known as the archipelago of the Hydah Gwaii. The Hydah Gwaii is in the northern area of the British Columbia. Other people that are thought to be related to the Haida people are the Kaigan Haida. The Kaigan Haida inhabited the area around the Dixon Entrance in the Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska. It is estimated that before coming ...

Effects of Professional Football in the Pacific Northwest

A frosty plume of warm air jets into the air as a single player gets ready, eyeing the field only hours before game time, wondering just what the outcome will be once they step onto that gridiron to do battle with the opposing team. In the stands, in their living rooms, and in other, similar locations, millions of fans prepare themselves for an event that occurs every August to early February, an event that turns sane men and women into raving, howling lunatics for several hours a day at least once a week if not more. This is the NFL, and on ...

Going green simply means the idea of implementing various ways in our daily life that contribute to the protection of our surrounding and entails several aspects from newspaper recycling to living a lifestyle that is fully green. The green movement of the present day has been underway for many years, and it has become more popular because of the population growth effect whose evident result is global warming and increased scientific research ability. With the new equipment and technologies, scenarios that affect our surrounding can be measured and evaluated by research and our lives will be affected. Sometimes research reports ...

Section I: Introduction

The subject of history has always been interesting for scholars and writers. Undoubtedly, American history has a significant importance and is of particular interest for many historians and authors because of its rich background and vastness. Slavery has a deep association with the American history as I have always heard numerous stories on the subject of slavery in the country. In this paper, the history of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) is discussed in detail. The subject of history selected for this essay is slavery in the PNW region. The reason why I am interested in the topic of slavery in the ...

First responders whether at awareness or operational level should have a warning of the toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive or infectious materials under emergency. Most popular hazardous materials warning systems are the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) system and the Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS®).

According to (United States postal services Handbook., 1998) the HMIS® has rectangular shaped block of color coded bars with hazard ratings from 0 - 4(minimum - server hazard). From top its coded blue for health, red for flammability, yellow/orange reactivity or physical hazard and white for personal protection equipment (PPE).The HMIS® is advantageous to ...

1. Wildfire risk assessment using Geographic Information System (GIS) is an essential tool for tracking the increasing number of fires around the world. NASA has updated maps available daily on its Earth Observatory website. The terrible July 2012 wildfire in Colorado was first reported on June 23 in Pike National Forest. The TERRA satellite was able to track the movements of the fire from space. It is hard to track a fire from the ground because a fire moves wherever the wind pushes it. Even today the map is available at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov which shows the burn area of the fire. The ...

INTRODUCTION

The healthcare system has been proven to have inherent flaws in its system, the foremost being the ability to charge patients top dollar for medical procedures and examinations that so not rectify or correctly identify the problem (Rosenthal et al., 2007). The current system for medical care in the United States is a fee for service arrangement, wherein medical professionals set a specific fee which the patient must pay after the service is rendered, regardless of the perceived quality or effectiveness of the procedure or examination. There is then perceived to be a wide gap between the pay medical health professionals receive ...

Introduction

The Federal government promoted development in the Northwest Pacific area by chartering the railroad companies and granting them land grants. There were sixty railroads that received various land grants from the government. The land given by the government was over 130 thousand acres. The cost of building the railroad varied from $ 21,000 to $ 30,000 (Raugust, 2009). For each mile of land that the company received they would sell on cash or credit. This sale would therefore finance the construction of the railway. The companies would therefore own the land at no cost and sell it to finance ...