Pacific Lumber Company

Seattle. William Boeing, the company's founder, had started in the timber industry that had previously dominated the city. His knowledge of timber allowed him to begin designing planes and eventually, he founded the Boeing aircraft industry. The new company had become world class in aircraft design and manufacturing. During World War II, Boeing was responsible for the design of the B-17 and the B-29, the most important bombers of the…

Though Japan and the U.S are very different countries in terms of how they relate to the world around them, being collectivistic and individualistic respectively. This will affect how they interact with and organize themselves in relation to others differently in comparison to the US. However, both countries favor similar traits such as good work ethic and education, which will provide comfort as I will know what will be expected from me as an individual in an academic environment. Having…

The constellation that I've chosen is Andromeda- the chained woman. I've chosen that constellation because the myth interest me. Basically Andromeda was named the chained woman because she was chained to the rock because her mother said she was more beautiful than the Nereids. In ancient Greece Cepheus and Cassiopeia had a daughter named Andromeda. One day Cassiopeia boasted to everyone and anyone how Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea-god Nereus…

In general, Steller sea lion prefer to swim and hunt in colder waters. Stellar sea lion can be around the North Pacific coasts of Russia, Japan, Canada (rocky coast of British Columbia) and some parts of the United States. When Steller sea lion are not in the water, they gather on rockeries and prefer to haul out in secluded rocky islands. With that being said, Steller sea lion live near coastlines and are associated with sandy beaches. And according to a journal about their…

Hawai’i is known as the endangered species capital of the world with the largest number of endangered species per square mile than any other place on Earth (Meditz et al., 2013). Hawai’i is called this because of an invasive algae called Gracilaria salicornia, or gorilla ogo. Studies on Gracilaria salicornia provide background information of on the specific algae. Current research also analyzes the ecology of the algae, along with how the algae affects Hawaii's economy. Additional research…

An example where trash has been going into ocean is in an article named New Plastic Garbage Patch Found in The South Pacific Could Be 1.5 Times Larger Than Texas. In this article, a person they call captain Charles Moore discovered a polluted patch of plastic about 1.5 times larger than Texas and two times larger than California(Mosbergen). In an article that came from…

The Pacific Ocean Paradise documents the reefs of five islands named Flint, Vostok, Starbuck, Malden, and Millennium Atoll. With a small group of people that go on a mission to raise awareness and show “ ocean lovers” what is going on at these reefs of the islands. The leader of the group is Dr. Enric Sala who is a research scientist and Natural Geographic Explorer. He sees Tahiti as an almost impossible goal to preserve and is looking for untouched places where no humans have been. They say it…

Theodore Roosevelt took the powers of the president to new heights in the international arena with his involvement in building the Panama Canal and building up the Navy. Roosevelt believed that building a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans was key to becoming a dominate naval power. The proposed site for the canal was in the northern part of Columbia, modern day Panama. Roosevelt attempted to reach a deal to build the canal with the Columbian government, but when the deal fell…

14. Discuss the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands: what is it, how does it function, and what symbolic and practical significance does it have for Trobrianders? (10 Points) The Trobiand Island is populated by a society who are horticulturalists. The Kula Ring is practiced by Trobiand islanders where they exchange for ceremonial reasons. There are two important traditional items called the Soulava and the Mwali. The Soulava is a symbolic item, it is a necklace of red shell move in clockwise.…

Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA the has traveled the earth in search of the answer to his question , why some parts of the world thrive and why some a so very poor. So in his journey across the earth Jared's firs stop is in New Guinea where he is asked by a local, Yali “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little. Jared finds that New Guinea is one of the few countries that still has a hunting and gathering type civilization to survive, but people have been…