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- 1861: Salt Pollution
- ... increase in sodium and chlorine can also cause problem with water balance in the human body. As well as surface water, ground water is also affected by road salting. Although the effects are not as great as ground water, they still pose problems to the environment. The problems are based on the salt ions. The salt ions interact with heavy metal that fall to the bottom of the body of water ... of the road and even the road itself in search for salt. Small animals are effected more by the toxicity of high levels of salt. Increased levels of salt in small wildlife caused kidney hemorrhaging, depression, excitement, tremors, incoordination, coma and death. Rabbits seem to be the most susceptible because their inability to stop consuming salt. Household pets are also effected. once outside, salt collects on their feet. Pets consume a ... salt when cleaning their feet. This causes cats and dogs to get inflamed stomachs. As one can see, the effect of roadway de-icing on the environment are tremendous. The use of salt causes a great burden to both land and water. One must weigh the pro's and con's of de-icing when learn about the effects of salt on the environment.
- 1862: Canada's Immigration From 1852-1990
- ... of young Chinese men that were coming to Canada to work building the CRP ( an estimated 15,701). Without these men most of whom lost their lives from injury or disease. During the 1890s a depression because of the very short growing season and very high cost of shipping the grains. This lack of rain caused many Canadians to immigrate to the U.S. for a better life. Not very attractive ... of hostility. After the war there was a huge boom in immigrants because of Canada's growing economy. But after all booms there is always the come down by 1930 Canada was in a bad depression people were also tense because word of another war. During World War II no Canadians had it worse than the Japanese Canadians. After the booming of Pearl Harbour all Japanese-Canadians were stripped of their homes and property. The Canadian government showed great sympathy for European refugees and homeless. The government donated allot of money to agencies involved in post war rehabilitation and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund. There was a also a change in ...
- 1863: Marxist Analysis Of Thomas Cro
- ... in society today as well as in the society of 1968. Fundamental principles of Marxist analysis include alienation, materialism, false consciousness, class conflict. "Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other -- bourgeoisie and proletariat" (Marx http://www.anu. edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html#Bourgoise). That was the initial statement of Karl Marx's Manifesto of the Communist party: the ... idealize them. Whereas in the 1960s, the bourgeoisie was displayed as an unattainable position. It is a position that was out of reach during that time due to the fact that the period from the depression through the Vietnam war killed the American Dream. Back then it was not a matter of idealizing them but fearing them and staying out of their path. The new Thomas Crown is used to ...
- 1864: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Cant We?
- ... been outlawed most would still be standing oxygenating the planet. The growing of the cannabis sativa plant was legal until the late 1930s. The main contributing factors to it becoming illegal occurred during the Great Depression. There was a popular movement called the Alcohol Prohibition, making alcohol sales illegal. At this time, crime got out of hand due to the fighting between various gangs and the Mob for control of the ... tetrahydrocannabinol). Marijuana has higher levels of THC than the hemp crop plants do. There is a long list of ailments and diseases that hemp is used for such as multiple sclerosis, cancer treatment, AIDS, glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, sclerdoma, severe pain, and systonia. This doesnt even consider the other medicines that could be made out of the 60 or more chemicals found in Marijuana. It is relatively ...
- 1865: Hitler And World War I
- ... and financial difficulty weakened the Weimar Republic after the World War I. Germans faced high unemployment and inflation, in the years to follow. Hitler and the Nazi party made their first substantial gains during the depression. Hitler's energy towards the problems of agriculture fell on ready ears. From 1924 to 1928, the "golden years" of the Weimar Republic, inflation was conquered and economic output grew. However, Germany was dependent on foreign loans, especially from America. The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 collapsed already-falling agricultural prices in the depression of 1929 to 1933. Hitler and the Nazis reconsidered their strategy. Instead of directing propaganda towards the urban working class, which they had been doing, they concentrated on rural areas and agricultural problems. This proved ... Hitler exploited an affair of Minister of War Blomberg which caused a shift of forces, one of which made Hitler commander in chief. This was yet another gain for Hitler. Hitler wanted to build a great military power, but he couldn't because of small-scale and incapable producers. The German economy showed signs of recovery in late-1932. Jobs were created between 1933 to 1935 in construction, road building ...
- 1866: Technology
- ... take us? Into a global system of social relation and peace--where people from all over the world can intertwine within a perfect Utopia? Or will it cause pain and suffering due to a worldwide depression? A scale that would be twenty-times the size of the Great Depression during the 1920's. Technology has so wondrously and destructively marveled the human mind and body throughout the centuries. From out of the dark depths of the mind have sprung explosive ideas, producing inventions ...
- 1867: Bulimia
- ... in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode. Also, bulimics are usually of average or above average weight, there are ongoing feelings of isolation, self-deprecating thoughts, depression, low self-esteem, and there is a full recognition of the behavior as abnormal, for example: - Make excuses to go to the bathroom after meals. - Shows mood swings. - Buys large amounts of food, which suddenly ... Laxative or diuretic wrappers frequently found in trash can. - If there is unexplained disappearance of food in the home or residence hall setting. - What causes Bulimia? Although the exact cause is not known, in a great majority of cases bulimia is thought to be related to a complex network of psychological and emotional factors. Rather than food itself being the central issue, other underlying concerns such as low self- esteem, feelings ... predisposition, a metabolic and biochemical problems or abnormalities, social pressure to be thin and personal of family pressures. - What are the symptoms of Bulimia? Binging often occurs after a psychological or emotional episode such as depression, anxiety, or boredom. Bulimics eat tremendous amounts of food during binges. This is a loss of control over food, unlike anorexia that is full control over food intake. Feelings of guilt often set in ...
- 1868: Farm Crises In The US
- ... the state. This stop only helped the farmers a little bit. Low grain prices are the talk of the crisis. Prices of grain are lower than what they were in the 1930's, during the Great Depression (Williams 8). Soybeans have hit their lowest price since 1972, about four dollars a bushel. This is less than most farmers' cost of production. Worldwide prices of wheat are at their lowest levels, yet Canadian ... Farm Policy. Star Tribune. 21 September 1999 Kilman, Scott. The Deepening Farm Crisis causes heartache and tension. The Wall Street Journal. 17 August 1999: A1. True Grit. The Economist. 28 August 1999: 21 Williams, Florence. Great Plains Dispatch: Farmed Out. The New Republic. 16 August 1999: 8
- 1869: Al Capone
- ... today to see a white collar individual use their professional look to bring about money to themselves. Money was an immense thing and was always needed in the years of Capone's lifetime. With the depression and war, it made it difficult for people to even cut even with the cost of living. People always saw themselves in contention with life, and it wasn't becoming easier. For Capone, cutting even ... Italians and Syndicate Crime in the United States, New York, Oxford University Press, 1978, p.143. 3. Schoenberg, Robert, Mr. Capone, New York, William Morrow and Company Inc, 1992, p.23. 4. Asbury, Herbert, The Great Illusion ; An Informal History of Prohibition, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, 1950, p.95. 5. Ianni, Francis, A Family Business ; Kinship and Social Control in Organized Crime, New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1972, p ... Ianni, p.189. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Allsop, Kenneth, The Bootleggers : The Story of Chicago's, Prohibition Era, Hutchinson & CO (Publishers), 1968. 2. Arlacchi, Pino, Mafia Business, Mulino, Bologna ,La Mafia Impreditrice, 1986. 3. Asbury, Herbert, The Great Illusion ; An Informal History of Prohibition, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, 1950. 4. Bergreen, Laurence, Capone : The man and the Era, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1994. 5. Coffey, Thomas, The Long Thirst, London, ...
- 1870: Howl & Kaddish By Allen Ginsberg
- ... Jersey where she believes that the spies will not get to her. The second part of the poem is perhaps the hardest to interpret and certainly the longest. Ginsberg mentions the times of the "gray" depression. He does have a point by saying gray; which is a word that means bleak as opposed to great which is used more often in a positive sense. The name of Franklin Roosevelt is also mentioned- "invisible bugs and Jewish sickness breeze poisoned by Roosevelt". This alludes to either the poison of the atomic bomb or the poison of the Holocaust- that Roosevelt could have prevented. As his mother was ill, so was the society she lived in "silent polished desks in the great committee room
Crapp the gangster issuing orders from the john" As his mothers life was failing, so was the innocence of life. Corruption was taking over and poisoning America and Naomi Ginsberg. When ...
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