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- 1401: Salt Pollution
- ... form of sodium chloride crystals or as a ion in a solution. Normal concentrations in the water are average around 10 mg/litre. Concentrations found in ground water near major highways have been recorded as high as 250 mg/litre which is around the threshold of taste. The main factor with ground water pollution is the risk to human health. The raised level in sodium in water can cause high blood pressure and hypertension. With people who already suffer from these problem it is necessary to keep their salt intake relatively low, they should not drink water above 20 mg/liter. Although this is recommended ... water. The increased salt cause a lower concentration of water in the fishes cells. To compensate, the fishes body takes in water to restore equilibrium. This can kill fish if the salt concentration becomes to high. Just as important as fish, microorganisms are also effected in a detrimental way. Microrganisms are tiny organism that sustain aquatic life in all bodies of water. They are more susceptible to the effect of ...
- 1402: Alexander Ghram Bell
- ... alphabet. As he matured, Aleck displayed what came to be known as a Bell family trademark--an expressive, flexible, and resonant speaking voice. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the inventor spent one year at a private school, two years at Edinburgh's Royal High School (from which he graduated at 14), and attended a few lectures at Edinburgh University and at University College in London, but he was largely family-trained and self-taught. He moved to the United ...
- 1403: Labor And Unions In America
- ... church, to read, to write and to attend lectures. They saved part of their earnings to help their families at home or to use when they got married. The young factory workers did not earn high wages; the average pay was about $3.50 a week. But in those times, a half-dozen eggs cost five cents and a whole chicken cost 15 cents. The hours worked in the factories were ... the 1920s began, organized labor seemed stronger than ever. It was successful in getting Congress to pass laws that restricted immigration to the United States. Unions believed that a scarcity of labor would keep wages high. But events that took place in Europe were already threatening labor's gains. In 1917, a communist revolution overthrew the government of Russia. Communists also attempted revolutions in Germany, Hungary and Finland. Immigrants entering the ... maintain a decent standard of living. Hours were shortened to give them more time for leisure. The law also forbade the labor of children under 16 in most occupations. Unemployment in the United States remained high until the United States entered World War II in 1941. Then, defense industries boomed, and millions of men entered the armed forces. By 1943, unemployment ended and industry was faced with a shortage of ...
- 1404: Van Gogh
- ... 1853, in Holland, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor and eldest of six children. His favorite brother Theo was four years younger. When Vincent was twelve to sixteen years old, he went to a boarding school. That next year he was sent to The Hague to work for an uncle who was an art dealer, but van Gogh was unsuited for a business career. Actually, his early interests were in literature ... interrupted by an intense love for his widowed cousin Kee Vos. On her decisive rejection of him he pursued her to Amsterdam, only to suffer more humiliation. Anton Mauve, a leading member of the Hague school was a cousin of van Gogh's mother. This opportunity to be taught by him encouraged van Gogh to settle in Den Hague with Theo's support. When van Gogh left Den Hague in September ... use of harmonized color. Van Gogh pinned them on his walls, and they appear in the background of some of his paintings. While refining his technique as painter in Paris, the home of the Impressionist school, he soon found that his real affinity was not for this school but for three men who had left their company to carry the torch of revolt a step further: for Cezanne, usually considered ...
- 1405: History Of Coca-Cola
- ... Atlanta, Georgia he finally settled on the syrup later to be known as Coca-Cola.1. John Pemberton was born in Knoxville, Georgia in 1831. At the age of 17, he attended the Botanical Medicine School of the State of Georgia.2. After school he owned a drug store in Columbus, Georgia and fought for the confederacy in the Civil War. During the war he became addicted to morphine from an injury.3. After the war ended, he moved ... Asa Candler, to buy the business. He then went to work for Candler in 1888.11. Asa Candler was born on December 10th, 1851. Growing up Asa decided that he didnt want to attend school, so instead he became a apprentice to Dr. Best & Dr. Kirkpatrick in Carterville, to become a pharmacist. Three years later, he left the doctors and went to Atlanta with $1.75 to his name, ...
- 1406: Alzheimer's Disease
- ... and prolong their stay at home. Examples of low- cost modifications to the environment include reducing the noise levels in the home (telephones, radios, voices, etc.); avoiding vividly patterned rugs and drapes; placing locks up high or down low on doors leading outside (AD sufferers are known to wander off); clearing floors of clutter; reducing the contents of closets in order to simplify choices (Alzheimer,1992, p.17). These costs are ... cost the Canadian taxpayer [an added] $1 billion per year thereafter.(Brassard,1993,p.11) There have been many studies that conclude that the number of incidences of AD is on the rise. A very high incidence was reported in a U.S. survey conducted in East Boston by the Harvard Medical school. It showed the incidence of AD to be 3% for people between the ages of 65-74, 18.7% for those between 75-84, and 47.2% for those over 84 (Evans,1989,p. ...
- 1407: Search of April Raintree
- In Search of April Raintree is a novel written by Winnipeg born writer named Beatrice Culleton. Beatrice Culleton was born in 1949, in St. Boniface Manitoba. She attended George Brown College, 1970, and Banff school of Fine Arts, 1983. She was raised in foster homes, as were her brother and two sisters, because of her parents alcoholism. Both sisters committed suicide and Culleton turned to writing for and emotional release ... wanted to fit in with the white people. She did not tell anyone she was half Metis, but she did tell everyone that her parents died. She told her little sister about how great the school was and then Cheryl wanted to go there to finish her education. April convinced her sister not to transfer schools because Aprils classmates would find out she was a Metis. When Cheryl decides not to transfer school April is considerably relieved. April says, I didnt want Cheryl at the Academy because of the lie I had told about my parents and because I was white as far as the other ...
- 1408: Penalty Of Death-Analysis
- ... the outcome of the rest of his life, he learned from his mistakes, thought about what he did while he was in rehabilitation and decided on a better path for his life. Paul attended Pittsburgh High School and where he lived had made him already decide on a better life for himself. He was very conscious of his surroundings and didnt like the life on "Cordelia Street." Every time he came ... never hear the end of that piano. At first, Isabel would write me, saying how nice it was that Sonny was so serious about his music and how, as soon as he came in from school, or wherever he had been when he was supposed to be at school, he went straight to that piano and stayed there until suppertime. And, after supper, he went back to that piano and ...
- 1409: Birth Order 2
- ... order: the oldest, the only, the middle, and the youngest. Each has its own set of advantages, as well as its own set of disadvantages (Leman, Birth Order 10). First born children tend to be high achievers in whatever they do. Some traits customarily used to label first born children include reliable, conscientious, list maker, well organized (Leman, Birth Order 11), more oriented toward authority and responsibility (Moore and Cox 19), and tough-minded (Stephens 356). The first born child is typically the success story in the family. They are the ones that are driven to succeed in high achievement fields such as science, medicine, and law (Leman, Birth Order 13). For example, of the first twenty-three astronauts sent into space, twenty-one were first borns or the very similar only child. In ... This idea helps support research that indicates first born children walk and talk earlier than later borns. They get more coaching, prodding, and encouragement than later borns (Leman, Birth Order 40). When it comes to school work, first borns tend to have higher IQs and be more productive than their younger siblings (Brown 147). Many times the most attention is paid to the first born and along with getting the ...
- 1410: Society Points Guns And Finger
- Society Points Guns and Fingers A few months ago, in Littleton, CO, two students performed a heinous massacre at their high school. Incidents like these seem to be on the rise, and naturally, people are looking for answers. And too often, fingers are pointed at rocker Marilyn Manson. Marilyn Manson s music takes a look at himself ... with our family structure, our systems of education, or our selves would be more appropriate. The murderers from Littleton were into gothic music such as Marilyn Manson. They wore black, and were outcasts in their school. So What?. So did I. But I DIDN T KILL ANYONE. The common goth kid usually is looking for a group to fit in. They don t particularly like the activities that the athletic ...
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