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- 581: Carbon Dioxide
- ... The amount of CO2 deposited in the earth's atmosphere from human activities is expected to double by the year 2050. It could possible increase by four in the future with developing countries, such as China, anxious to improve their standard of living. Global warming is more serious in areas of Alaska, Canada and Northern Eurasia where temperatures have risen by as much as 10 degrees F over the last 35 ...
- 582: Canabis
- ... in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibis sativa, was mentioned in historical manuscripts as early as 2700 B. C. in China. (Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1995). The cultivation of the marijuana plant began as far back as the Jamestown settlers, around 1611, who used hemp produced from the marijuana plant's fibers to make rope and canvas ...
- 583: Arsenic
- ... an antisyphilis drug. Carbarsone is an arsenical used in treating amebic dysentery. Arsenical now are being replaced with other drugs. Supply Worlds production of arsenic trioxide in 1998 were estimated at 42,000 tonnes, with China contributing 33%, Belgium 14%, followed by Ghana, 12%, France 7% and Mexico with 7%, at an estimated price of $0.40/lb. World resources of copper and lead were estimated to contain about 11 million ...
- 584: Aromatherapy
- ... and ointments. Temples were filled with incense. Corpses were embalmed in oils of cedar and myrrh. Egyptian women wore perfume. Greece and Rome were introduced to the riches of the far-away places. Camphor from China, Cinnamon from India, Gums from Arabia. Much of the knowledge gained by earlier civilizations was lost to Europe during the Dark Ages. The Arabs excelled in the manufacture of perfumes during the thirteenth century. During ...
- 585: Acupuncture
- ... A clinic in New York City treats over 250 addicts a day. In the past six years, 10,000 people have been put through the program either by will or court order (Consumer 57). In China, acupuncture is used as an anesthetic. Surgeries such as lung removal, open heart, and brain can be performed while the patients are wide-awake. They feel no pain and experience no shock (Duke 224). The ...
- 586: What Is Human Rights Abuse?
- ... But, it usually occurs in a poor or unstable country with a record of violence and inept leadership. At this time country's that have been known for human rights abuse in their countries are China, Cuba, Rwanda, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They have violated their citizen's rights as individuals through senseless killngs, arbitrary detention, and detention. When human rights abuse occurs it may be unknown by the international community but ...
- 587: Welfare Reformation
- ... cash to women who continue to have births while receiving welfare (Donovan 73). It is designed to discourage out-of-wedlock births (Sollom 41). The government needs to include a child exclusion provision like both China and Japan currently have (Donovan 73). Disincentives are required to act as the primary strategy for regulating poor women's reproductive behaviors (Sollom 41). This unorthodox behavior causes much strain on the welfare system, since ...
- 588: The Censorship Of Art
- ... should wonder if those same people protest outside of the theatres of the porn movies that their Catholic Coalition supports and funds. Well these people have more versions of their so-called concrete bible than china has egg rolls. So it is no wonder they are confused. In an interview on Moviefone.com with Elizabeth Castelli the Professor of Religion, at Barnard College she states how the Bible is used for ...
- 589: Shermans March
- ... houses, including dwellings.(Hitchcock, 119) He said that this was not the case. That in one instance Capt. Coles orderly riding his houses foot sunk into ground and smash went a lot of china and crockery buried by and old Negro woman. Cole had it taken out- orderly kept some of the plates- and returned the rest to her, told her safe in her house. This shows that the ...
- 590: Extreme Roles
- ... If Gallimard was gay, which is a matter of opinion, the Eastern and Western society at that time would of completely shamed him and that lifestyle. "Chin: Dont forget: there is no homosexuality in China!"(Act two, Scene five, pg. 48) Being homosexual basically meant not existing in that country at that time. Even during the trial, it seemed incomprehensible that any man would fall in love with another man ...
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