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Expert Author: Ellen Bell | Summary The history of the Christmas tree farming industry in the United States dates back to the year 1851, when an entrepreneurial farmer named Mark Carr hauled two sleds full of evergreen trees into New York City to sell them. As the story goes, he sold all the trees, and thus a new industry was born. In 1901, Christmas tree farming began on a larger scale when a farmer in New Jersey planted 25,000 Norway spruce trees. He harvested and sold them just 7 years later for $1.00 per tree. It seems that the modern advances of the Internet have made learning more convenient for university students and adult scholars. Dozens of colleges and schools offer online classes that help graduates become more knowledgeable in their desired fields. Through online courses, a student can become well-versed in the areas of criminal justice, human resources, psychology, accounting and communications. Despite the ease of learning through online methods, certain positions and occupations, like those in broadcasting, chemical engineering, architecture and the culinary arts, still require a more direct, hands-on approach. Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary Now that you've decided on taking the test you better sufficiently prepare yourself. This means loading on up for any of the CLEP test study guide or a CLEP test preparation class. Assess your current knowledge in the specific subject matter you will be testing through real-time practice tests. Once you understand your knowledge limitations, you can begin studying the proper material and course work. Expert Author: Ellen Bell | Summary The history of formal mail service in the United States dates back to 1639, when the state court of Massachusetts established the first government-authorized dropoff point for mail. That location was a privately held business, a tavern in Boston. In those days, it was quite common for local stores and taverns to be used as mail drop points. Citizens became quite accustomed to inquiring for their mail in that manner. If someone was picking up a package and noticed something marked for a neighbor or friend, that person would probably take their friend's mail and make a personal delivery. Expert Author: Rene Sandan | Summary The history of glow sticks is over 40 years old when Edwin Chandross, a chemist at Bell Labs, invented the glow technology which used chemical energy to emit light. This was quite an achievement as at that point either battery or electrical power was used as an energy source for emission of light. Expert Author: Susan Slobac | Summary Like most nations, Japan relies on the metric system for most of its weights and measures. While you may be used to the British Imperial system used in the U.S., the fact is that anyone who can add, subtract, multiply and divide by tens will have a very easy time with weight conversion the metric way. Expert Author: Susan Slobac | Summary If you're going to Japan, you'll need to know something about "volume-metrics". Since Japan is on the metric system, you'll need to know something about metric volume conversion, either by using a volume conversion chart or a calculator designed for metric volume conversion. Expert Author: Susan Slobac | Summary Those who are planning on driving their own or a rented private vehicle during their time in Japan should be aware of several issues - not the least of which is mileage conversion and how to use a gas mileage conversion chart. The fact is that in Japan, gasoline is sold by the litre, and distances are generally measured in kilometers. Expert Author: Susan Slobac | Summary Rejection of the metric system is a mystery, because metric length conversion is quite easy - far simpler than the old-fashioned Imperial system of weights and measures in use today. If you can count to and add, subtract, multiply and divide by tens, you can master the metric system in short order. Expert Author: Susan Slobac | Summary Like Great Britain (from which the current U.S. system originates), Japan once had its own traditional system of area conversion, weights and measures. Since the 1920s however, Japan has turned to the metric system as its official standard for the most types of measurement. Nonetheless, the Japanese hold on to a system of area conversion calculating that dates back well over a millennium - to the Ninth Century of the Common Era (AD), in fact. Preparation is a virtue that applicants need to have if they want to bag a scholarship. You always have to keep in mind that the competition for scholarship awards is very stiff. Thousands of students will be vying for the same awards, and many of them will have the similar academic and extra-curricular records. In order to differentiate yourself from the rest, you must make sure that your application is as exceptional and well-prepared as it can be. There are many people out there who believe that financing college through scholarships is nothing more than a ‘myth’. There are still a lot of people who claim that although there are billions of dollars offered for scholarship programs each year, the competition is just too stiff to make scholarships a reliable source of college funding. Expert Author: Jennie Gandhi | Summary India’s history is rich and diverse due to its unique blend of ancient civilizations, cultures, beliefs and ideas. To mention just a few of the landmarks in Indian history would do grave injustice to the other important events which may seem unimportant yet left a lasting impact on the history of India today. Read this article and learn the landmarks in Indian history. Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy turned his ships’ guns on Tokyo and forced the Tokugawa Shogunate to open Japan – which had been isolated and off-limits to foreigners for centuries – to international trade. Japan’s medieval society was abruptly yanked into the Industrial Age. The historical consequences were profound; events issuing from this action reached a tragic climax almost 90 years later with the raid on Pearl Harbor and the bloody three-and-a-half year war in the Pacific that followed. Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary In Japan, the shakkan-hō system was used for nearly 1300 years. Interestingly, the shakkan-hō units of conversion weight were very consistent within themselves, and are still used in the production of rice wine, or sake. The base unit of volume, the shō, is 1,804 milliltres, the standard size and volume for a bottle of sake: all other measures of volume are multiples or base 10 divisors of this unit (so a standard serving of sake is one gō - 180.4 milliliters – about the size of a shot glass). Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary You can access a volume conversion table many places on the World Wide Web, and honestly, if you can remember that a liter is just slightly more than a quart (meaning that a pint, or two cups is – you guessed it - .5 liter, or 500 milliliters), you should do just fine while in Japan. In fact, although the U.S. has so far resisted the metric system, the medical profession has embraced it; most prescription drugs are administered by the milliliter or the centiliter (100 milliters). Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary The islands that make up Japan stretch roughly from the same latitude as Puget Sound and Vancouver Island all the way to Southern California and the Baja Peninsula. The climates are similar, but you need to know the proper conversion temperature in order to select appropriate clothing. For example, the warmest temperature ever recorded in southern Japan was 41 degrees – but if you had worn a sweater that day, you’d have risked heat stroke! Likewise, the temperature in on the northern island of Hokkaido is frequently below zero – but that is not necessarily as cold as you may think. Expert Author: Evelyn Saunders | Summary You are a great athlete and feel it could help you pay for your education. The problem is, many athletic scholarships are set aside for elite athletes and they are very competitive and political. But have faith, there are many smaller colleges and universities willing to bring in athletes with funds and, most importantly, they are not only looking for athletic skills but also academic achievement and drive. Expert Author: Florin Costache | Summary Even in our modern information age the bike messenger still has a job. You would think that in the age of the fax and email none but the most special of packages and documents would need to be delivered by hand. Still, what saved the bike messengers' 120 year old profession is that inherent human mistrust of all that is new(ish) and the need to physically feel the things that are important. Expert Author: Wayne Hemrick | Summary Unlike the USA, where it’s fairly easy to get a license to drive in most states, the process in Japan is very complicated and expensive. However, if you have held a US license for at least six months, you can usually get a Japanese license, although you’ll have to take a road test and a written test in order to qualify (or swim through an ocean of paperwork if you want to apply for an exemption).
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