Logging

The Gilded Age, an era in American history filled with superficial success based off the constant grind of the working class, mass corruption, and an overall disregard for the living conditions of the common man. With industrialization booming, European immigration at a high, and an increase in urbanization, there was little concern over potential health and environmental hazards. Factories forced their workers to work long hours in unsafe conditions with few breaks and for little pay. Cities…

President Franklin Roosevelt once thought, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” This arises into a resilient indication throughout the article, “The Sumatran Rainforest Will Mostly Disappear Within 20 Years” by John Vidal. Our valued author portrays the damage that will come out of abolishing the land around us and distressing millions of citizens if not to revive forests and determine…

lumber in the area, they have neglected to think of the forest and the long term needs that the forest could have provided. If they had cared for the forest’s long- term economy, the trees in the area would have been increasingly marketable at each logging (Berry, 29), thus helping not only the environment, but also our economy. When we focus on the environmental needs on an area, we tend to get better supplies to make our products with. This is because “the good health of part of the forest…

For breakfast on Tuesday, the 13th, I had another smoothie, which I enjoyed, as I always do. After my second class of the day I have an hour long break, during which I always go to Whole Foods to get coffee and lunch. Going out to pick up lunch seems pretty typical, at least in the Bay Area, despite the fact that it can be expensive, which is why I am glad I only have time to buy lunch out twice a week. At Whole Foods I got some fruit, made a salad at the salad bar, and some spring rolls from…

Provincial and federal governments take advantage of and use unclaimed Aboriginal land, often ignoring legal standards. In 2014, the Supreme Court has enforced constitutional procedures the Canadian government must take relating to Aboriginal land claims in the Tsilhqot’ in Decision. This Precedent setting case will strengthen Aboriginal rights for protecting their traditional territories and bring about change within their communities. By analyzing the legal policies our government must abide…

A thorough analysis was made on the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement (CPS) document to identify the type of security services addressed and if the document enforces and support the FISMA security controls. The CPS presentation of the capabilities demonstrated on the security services were equated to the security controls and how the security services can reduce risk impact. The CPS details the authentication and identification, access controls and the audit VeriSign’s certificate…

With this new technology, truck drivers will no longer have to log the hours they spend on the road themselves (Hawkes). Instead, enforcement agencies such as DOT will be able to access this kind of information through the electronic logging devices installed in these trucks. According to Hawkes, the purpose of ELDs is to prevent commercial truck drivers from “falsifying” their logbooks to “get more driving time than allowed by law.” The overall goal of Map-21 is to establish safer roadways…

contrast the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan is plagued with corrupt local police and politicians, which allow illegal deforestation. However, White explains that the governments of both of these countries have begun to crack down on the illegal logging in all…

running log, all that work and nothing to show. That’s how it was for early sailors, they had trouble keeping track of how fast they were going, when it changed , and where they sailed. To solve this they had a Traverse Board an early “computer” for logging the ship’s velocity, which is it’s speed and direction. This affected Transoceanic exploration (T.O.E) because it would help sailors find shorter routes for sailing, kept track of where they went to prevent getting lost, and helped with…

Approximately 30% of the Earth’s total land area, or about 4 billion hectares, is covered by forests (1); they promote biodiversity (70% of all land animals and plants reside in forests (2)), regulate climate, act as indispensable carbon sinks, mitigate storm water runoff, conserve soil, as well as provide food, wood, medicine, and oxygen (3). About 1.6 billion people worldwide rely on forests for both food and economic livelihood (4). Only 9% of forested land is protected, however, and each…