The site of the biggest home front disaster of World War II is in Port Chicago, California. This place of importance is often overlooked by many but has a great history behind it. The area is concealed by the surrounding Suisun Bay, Belloma Slough, and other bodies of water. The history of Port Chicago also includes racial issues which involve African-Americans and the cases that followed up some incidents in court until recently resolved. In Port Chicago, California stands a permanent memorial honoring
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything to be dry and flammable, then a fire broke out in the O’Leary’s barn and spread throughout the city. Many attempts were made to put out the fire but there were too many errors and problems in the beginning. After the fire many people were left homeless and had to help build their city again
couple of hours.) The hurricane hit the Florida Gulf coastline on August 9, and was the strongest hurricane since Hurricane Andrew 12 years prior. The hurricane was expected to hit Tampa, but suddenly changed direction and places such as Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, Fort Myer and Orlando were hit hard. Punta Gorda, being one of the worst hit towns, ended up being reduced to rubble.
airport with the most international travellers, the busiest port framework, and the two biggest provincial stock exchange where Indian firms are promoted. • A centre for smaller businesses with national and worldwide reach, incorporating into the design, fashion, tourism and jewellery
that may be closer or more affordable than a cruise. There are several economic Factors: • Rising cost of new ship construction • Rising cost of Flights- In order to go on a nice cruise vacation, consumers must live near a port destination or purchase airfare to travel to the port. • Carnival targets price conscious consumers so rising fuel cost may also be a concern as this would directly affect airfare and cruise tickets. • Oversea relationships with foreign countries and trade. Industry- Cruise/
statement caught my eyes. The statement had read that F., someone near my heart was ill and, along these lines, that she had contracted 'brain fever.' After three days, I had gathered my bags, obtained cash from a few companions, and slipped to the nearby port city, Glasgow. On August seventh with only a little more than 200 dollars in my pockets, I left on my ten-day excursion to the United States upon the steamer, Devonia. Not long after we dismissed the Scottish drift, Devonia conflicted with unpleasant
"November gale." One hundred years ago, in November, 1913, a blizzard with hurricane-force winds assaulted the Great Lakes. The storm produced 90-mph wind gusts, 35-foot waves and whiteout snow squalls. It was the deadliest and most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the area. Freighters disappeared without a trace. A deceptive lull in the storm and the slow pace of weather reporting contributed to the storm's effect. The financial loss in vessels alone was nearly $5 million, or about $100 million
Protestants. Immigrants often relied upon a process of “chain migration” in which early arrivals sent information and money back home to help secure passage for family and friends to come to the New World. Numerous immigrants could not go beyond their port of arrival because of lack of money. They would use previously learned skills to find immediate employment. Many immigrants branched out to various cities within the United States searching for immediate It was not unusual for an entire family to
national indication of student rebellion. Mark Rudd later on became the cofounder of the Weatherman clique of Students for a Democratic Society, which managed the student organisation, and cooperated to construct the prominent years of animosity in Chicago. This wasn’t enough for Rudd though. He wanted revolution. Mark Rudd and his friends yearned to end war, injustice, racism, and by any means mandatory, even cruelty. After the unfortunate turn, leading to the death of three members who were killed
One of America’s oldest railroads, known as the first common-carrier railroad, was chartered on February 28th 1827, by a group of Baltimore businessmen. The main objective of the railway was to ensure traffic would not be lost to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which was proposed and ground broken the same time as the railroad. The new railroad was a big invention, which allowed people and freight to travel by train. This was a huge improvement for the United States, since everything was becoming more
Andrew Jackson is one of the most controversial presidents. Many regard him as a war hero, the father of the Democratic Party, an inspiring leader, and a spokesman for the common man. While there is plenty to praise about the seventh president, his legacy is tarnished by his racism, disregard for the law of the land, cruelty towards the Native Americans, and ruthless temper. Jackson was an intriguing man who was multi-faceted. One must not look at a singular dimension, and cast judgment on him as
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Introduction If someone were to be asked what their profession is and they replied with supply chain management, they would likely be met with blank stares and the question, “what is that”? To briefly sum it up, supply chain management (SCM) is the overseeing of flow efficiency and storage of a product from the point of origin to the point of consumption. In the fairly recent past the implementation of supply chain managers has been increasingly more necessary for businesses to cut costs in manufacturing
Inc, 1989. Hoeling, A. A. December 7, 1941: The Day the Admirals Slept Late. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp, 1963. Kaplan, Morton A. "Why Roosevelt Wanted Japan to Attack Pearl Harbor." The World & I. Ed. Morton Kaplan. 1 vol. Chicago: Bantam, 2000. Morganstern, George. Pearl Harbor the Story of the Secret War. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1947. Prange, Gordon W. At Dawn, We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. Shapiro
Shakespeare: The Lost Years On February 2, 1585, William Shakespeare's twins Hamnet and Judith were baptized in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon. In 1592 the poet Robert Greene alluded to Shakespeare in his pamphlet "A Groatsworth of Wit Bought With a Million of Repentance." The period between these two dates is known as the "Lost Years" or "The Dark Years" because of the total lack of hard evidence as to what William Shakespeare was doing during this time. Sometime during this
Is Nuclear Energy Worth the Risk? The capability for nuclear energy has always existed. However, not until December 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago, did nuclear energy surface. Enrico Fermi made that discovery by making a chain reaction in a pile of uranium. How a nuclear reaction works is that a neutron is “shot” through a gram of uranium, which creates fission. This causes a chain reaction, thus creating a nuclear reaction or nuclear energy. This was the first man-made nuclear reaction
The Irish were refugees from disaster, fleeing the Irish potato famine. They filled many low-wage unskilled jobs in America. German immigrants included a considerably larger number of skilled craftsmen as compared to Irish immigrants. Many Germans established themselves in the West
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This was an extremely controversial military strategy in the United States. Was the United States justified in the dropping of the atomic bomb? The U.S. feared the rise of communism and gave aid to any country against it. The U.S. also fought countries threatening the spread communism. One of these countries was Japan. We began a harsh and brutal war against Japan and against communism. This
Don Quixote Rides Again: Illusion and Delusion in Conrad’s Lord Jim: A Tale “‘You are an incorrigible, hopeless Don Quixote. That’s what you are.’” (Conrad 1946b, 44) Fifteen-year-old Konrad Korzeniowski (Joseph Conrad) heard these admonitory words from the lips of his tutor, a Krakowian college student instructed by his maternal uncle (Tadeusz Bobrowski) to talk his nephew out of his eccentric desire to become a seaman. The link between young Conrad’s desire to become a sailor and the renowned
Let's Get Dirty - Our Future Is Compost Have you ever wondered what happens to your trash after you put it in the garbage can? Most people do not, after all, sanitation workers remove the garbage and it is never seen again. Martin V. Melosi called this "out-of-site, out-of-mind mentality… as long as someone removed wastes from the immediate range of the senses, the problem was solved."1 As a result, garbage disposal is a service that many take for granted. Yet, waste does not just disappear. It