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- 2441: Acid Rain
- Acid Rain INTRODUCTION: Acid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat ... emitted into the atmosphere with little or no treatment. The term was first considered to be important about 20 years ago when scientists in Sweden and Norway first believed that acidic rain may be causing great ecological damage to the planet. The problem was that by the time that the scientist found the problem it was already very large. Detecting an acid lake is often quite difficult. A lake does not ... passes through the soil. Since the industrial revolution in britain there has been an increasing amount of sulphur in the soil. In the river there is not enough sulphur for the acid to react in great quantities. However in the soil there is a great collection of sulphur to aid the reaction. When it joins the water the pH becomes much lower. This is the most deadly effect of acid ...
- 2442: Cloning
- ... is the Wall Street opportunities for the biotech field. Instead of phone calls from eager investors only phone calls from reporters were coming in asking about this market. I feel that now would be a great time to invest in biotechnical companies specializing in agricultural and medicinal cloning. This article says nothing about the great potentials of long term investment. Long term investment especially in the medicinal field is incredibly profitable. Just as in other controversial investing opportunities I feel that investors will find they could have made a lot ... if they invested in this area. Ten to fifteen years from now this agricultural cloning will be a commonly routine thing and price wars will begin for the products produced by them which means many great investment opportunities will be available. But one must remember that Wall Street is extremely short term investing so this is a good explanation for not many investors being interested in this because it is ...
- 2443: Acid Rain
- Acid Rain INTRODUCTION: Acid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat ... emitted into the atmosphere with little or no treatment. The term was first considered to be important about 20 years ago when scientists in Sweden and Norway first believed that acidic rain may be causing great ecological damage to the planet. The problem was that by the time that the scientist found the problem it was already very large. Detecting an acid lake is often quite difficult. A lake does not ... passes through the soil. Since the industrial revolution in britain there has been an increasing amount of sulphur in the soil. In the river there is not enough sulphur for the acid to react in great quantities. However in the soil there is a great collection of sulphur to aid the reaction. When it joins the water the pH becomes much lower. This is the most deadly effect of acid ...
- 2444: The Recent Negative Effect of Technology on Society
- ... and farms into the city. We can now have forms of electricity directed into our houses for heating and light. Humans are more reliant on technology then ever before. All of these technological advances sound great, however, there is a negative effect to all this technology. Technology can serve to actually harm humans rather then help them. Competition between companies or even cities can sometimes make lives for humans even worse ... All of these examples show how technology has negative effects on society. First, competition can lead to a negative effect of technology. When a company in the U.S. produces shoes and a company in Great Britain produces shoes as well, they must fight for their market share. Lets say the company in Great Britain purchases more machines that will reduce the amount of workers needed and improve output, then they can reduce the price of their product. If the company in New York doesn't follow in ...
- 2445: Nuclear Strikes
- ... their own weapons. In 1952 the first hydrogen bomb was made with a force of 800 Hiroshima's. In 1953 the Russians did it too (thanks to the Rosenberg's). In 1958 the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union stopped testing but in 1961 France started. Then the Cuban Missile Crisis happened. This event was the closest we have ever come to a nuclear war. This event it really ... applies is, "The less you know, the better you sleep."(www.pbs.org) There is 15 nations in the world with nuclear weapons. Besides the United States other Declared Nuclear weapon states are China, Russia, Great Britain, France and Kazakhstan. The Undeclared but known nuclear weapon states are India, Pakistan, Israel, and Bangladesh. The Soviet successor states that say they are getting rid of the weapons and waste are the Ukraine ... to kill large masses of people. Key players in trying to stop this is usually the United Nations or leaders (i.e. Reagan & Gorbachev). Looking into the future, it will be a time of either great destruction in the world or great reduction of nuclear based uses. Works Cited Allen, Arthur. "Operation Hades" New Republic August 21, 1995: 12. Andrews, Elaine. Civil Defense in the Nuclear Age Franklin Watts, New ...
- 2446: The Problems With Acid Rain
- The Problems With Acid Rain Acid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat ... emitted into the atmosphere with little or no treatment. The term was first considered to be important about 20 years ago when scientists in Sweden and Norway first believed that acidic rain may be causing great ecological damage to the planet. The problem was that by the time that the scientist found the problem it was already very large. Detecting an acid lake is often quite difficult. A lake does not ... passes through the soil. Since the industrial revolution in Britain there has been an increasing amount of sulfur in the soil. In the river there is not enough sulfur for the acid to react in great quantities. However in the soil there is a great collection of sulfur to aid the reaction. When it joins the water the pH becomes much lower. This is the most deadly effect of acid ...
- 2447: Youth Violence
- ... predictor. The closer the child s relationship with his parents, the more he is attached to and identified with them, the lower his chances of delinquency (Hirschi 71). Neighborhoods and peer groups are also a great influence on kids and their crimes. Growing in an underclass neighborhood is closely related with the risk of delinquency. Not all poor people are criminals, but drugs, guns and poverty are identified as causes of delinquency. These delinquents usually have the lack of role models, good schools, and a nice community. Your friends are also a great influence on what you become or what you do with your future. If you are in contact with peers who use drugs, or those who are delinquents, there is a big percentile that you would ... the TV a violent scene usually comes on. This is very sad, because many people around the world are concerned with all the violent acts that occur everyday. Kids feel that Robocop and Hulk are great models, but these characters are a bad influence on children. Growing up to be a violent person isn t the right road to take. At school, the fight for status and status related confrontations ...
- 2448: Glass
- Glass Glass is a substance whose form is dependent upon a great number of properties. It can be categorized under different types. Soda-lime glass is theleast expensive of the types for good reason. Lead glass is used most commonly as an art glass. Borosilicate glass has ... its melting point is considerably higher than that of soda-lime glass. It is the borate which this glass contains which makes it so expensive. Pyrex is the borosilicate glass which is used when a great resistence to thermal shock and a great chemical durability are required.(Grolier). In the case of borosilicate glass the sodium carbonate is replaced by the boric oxide and some of the limestone id replaced by aluminum oxide. (Brady, Holum, 1988). Borosilicate ...
- 2449: Work And Labour
- ... not from mining, but from cigarettes and a bad eastern European diet." Dust to Dust. Not only can work be bad for your physical health but also your mental health. Every year many people suffer depression and some even commit suicide due to workplace stress. "Workplace Stress" by Cathy Walker explains that in the year 1989, after the signing of the free trade agreement, four workers, all from the same General ... allow workers some control over their lives at the workplace." Workplace Stress. "Madness at Work, A Call For Compassion", is an article written by Jane Caron. Jane suffers from a very sad illness called manic depression. Jane writes about how she has dealt with her illness and how it has effected her life at home and at the workplace. Her story is a sad one, but true. One of the leading causes of manic depression is workplace stress or losing a job. Jane explains the hard times she went through with her family and at work before her illness was recognized and treated. After twelve years of depression she ...
- 2450: Women Sport Athlete Injuries
- ... factors more than to sheer increase in the number of athletes and intensity of play. Intrinsic factors originate in the knee joint and are related to its anatomy. The intercondylar notch configuration has received a great deal of attention as a potential factor in ACL injury. Some studies have shown that athletes with smaller intercondylar notch dimensions are at greater risk for ACL injury. Reports show that notch-width indexes were ... that increase the quickness of the hamstring response, in addition to exercises that build up the quadriceps. After the injury occurs some athletes are able to stand up and walk, while others are in such great pain that they cannot move. Swelling often begins in the first few hours after injury. Pain progressively worsens, and muscle spasms may develop. The position of the knee maybe abnormal. There might be gross deformity ... a sport you love. If you think you are insecure about the sport you are in, and feel that it is too risky, then go into something that makes you feel comfortable. Females have taken great strides to be able to accomplish as much as males in a male dominant world. Women are more competitive and are able to play at great intensity that was thought impossible several decades ago. ...
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