United States Forest Service

The people I met were not only interesting, but they broadened my knowledge about the criminal justice system. I also learned much more about the RNC and certain threats that are of high alert for the Secret Service and other agencies involved. The inputting of information for the Secret Service helped me understand all the little things that go into such a large event. I got to talk to some East Cleveland Police and the Cleveland Chief of Police once again about many different issues…

is a secret service officer who is very close with the President. London Has Fallen is the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, where Mike Banning a former secret service agent returns to the White House to save the President’s life. In London Has Fallen, Mike Banning returns as the head of the secret service task force serving full time for the President. To give some context, the film starts out by showing a known terrorist named Aamir Barkawi attending a family affair. The United States, after…

“The Escape of Alcatraz”, the LSD trails, and the life on “Uncle Sam’s Devil Island” are all important parts of the history of the prison. This island had the worst of the worst and it spread everyone crazy to each other and greatly hurt the mental state of the inmates who made parole. Alcatraz was originally made as a military prison in the 1860’s…

Mitchell Saunders Mrs. Whitmire AP Environmental Science 4th Period 11 October 2014 The Woolly Adelgid: A Forest Nuisance The woolly adelgid, or hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelgis tsugae), is a species of small insect native to Japan that infests eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) trees in the Eastern United States. The insect was first discovered in the United States in Richmond, Virginia around 1954. The infected trees were part of a park located on the…

of speech at Osawatomie, Kansas, on August 31, 1910. Thus president Theodore Roosevelt became a conservationist. After becoming president in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the United States Forest Service (USFS) and enabling the American Antiquities Act of 1906. During his presidency, Roosevelt established five national parks and protected approximately 230 million acres of public land. President Theodore Roosevelt conserved many…

West Fraser Timber co Ltd (West Fraser) operates in southern United States (US) as well as in western Canada. The governmental regulations for the forestry industry vary amongst different territories and countries. Therefore, West Fraser is subject to different regulations according to the location of its operations. In Canada, the provincial and territorial governments are responsible for the governance of the country’s forests. These laws require land-use planning, respect of aboriginal…

The documentary Earth on Fire that focuses on how mega-fires and fires effect forest and ecosystems in today’s world. The documentary primarily focuses on New Mexico and the southwest region of the United States along with areas in Australia. For starters I knew forest fires can be deadly to forest areas as far as harming the ecosystem and ruining soil but this documentary opened my eyes to the long term effects forest fires can have and introduced to me the term “mega-fire” which I was not…

USPS GENERAL OVERVIEW The United Sates Postal Service (USPS) founded in 1775, is a federal agency that is responsible of providing postal services to citizens at a standard cost independently of location. USPS is the only delivery service institution that reaches around 150 million addresses around the country. USPS annual revenue is 65 billion for the closing fiscal year of 2012, and it also delivers around 40% of the world’s mail (David, 2015). USPS source of incomes is based on the sale of…

multi-product offering and customized services. Traded on the NASDAQ from 1997 to 2002, Aramex today is a publicly traded company on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM: ARMX), employing more than 8,600 people in over 310 locations around the world, and has a strong association network providing worldwide presence. Competitive advantage: Ability of one organization to outperform other organizations because it produces desired goods or services more efficiently and…

Fed Ex began delivery in 1973 (Parnell, 2014). What was originally an overnight and second-day delivery service to 22 major cities in the U.S. has blossomed into a diverse portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business solutions where air, ground and sea networks cover more than 220 countries and territories (FedEx, n.d.). FedEx was the first major air transport company to implement a “hub and spoke” system, where all packages would enter a central location and be redistributed to their…