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- 2251: Steps Towards an Ecosociety: Dealing with Air Pollution
- ... the St. Lawrence region of the Atlantic Ocean, but had to migrate due to the "...polluted water emptying out of the Great Lakes. They are said to be contaminated with toxic chemicals at concentration levels high enough that they are technically classified as hazardous waste" (Keller, 262). "...the atmosphere will...need to be regulated as a global trust if the human community is to entertain any possibility of addressing the problems ... pollution problems and protecting our natural resources. These sentiments have become so pervasive that well over the majority of people believe that "protecting the environment is so important that requirements and standards cannot be too high, and continuing environmental improvements must be made regardless of cost (Mitchell, 85)." This mass popularization of environmentalism has had the effect of increasing demands for action being made on our political process and leaders. In ... costs under Command-and-Control mechanisms are as much as twenty times as expensive as the least-cost market oriented mechanism that achieves the same environmental quality. This discrepancy in efficiency is due to the high costs associated with regulating the C&C method since allocations must be made on a firm to firm basis. As well, even when all sources are in compliance with technological based standards, there is ...
- 2252: The Evolution of the Computer
- ... for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. However, only in the last 40 years has it changed the American society. From the first wooden abacus to the latest high-speed microprocessor, the computer has changed nearly every aspect of people's lives for the better. The very earliest existence of the modern day computer's ancestor is the abacus. These date back to almost ... the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It could multiply two numbers at the rate of 300 products per second, by finding the ... wire it to perform whatever task he wanted the computer to do. It was, however, efficient in handling the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of ...
- 2253: Psilocybin Mushrooms as Hallucinogens
- ... increased or decreased ability to focus, and other "visions". These are very typical effects of a hallucinogen. These desired effects can sometimes cause long term brain damage if used to much. At a medium or high dose level the effects can be seriously harmful in the long-run. However, the dosage does not always have to be large. Psilocybin causes different levels of effects for different people, even at the same dosage. At a high dose level, psilocybin mushrooms have even more serious effects. The effects of high dosage are the same as the effects of medium dosage, but in a greater abundance. The effects of high dosage are much more serious than medium dosage, even though they are the same things. ...
- 2254: Basics Of Mutual Funds
- ... rising sales and earnings. The ones who have tendency to pull in the most money. The highest fund return in 1998 in this category under the Large-cap funds is Janus Twenty (which is very high risk) with a 73.4% return. It also has the highest 10 year return total. In the Midcap fund highest return in 1998 is Fidelity Emerging Growth (high risk) with a 43.3% return. In Small-cap fund highest return in 1998 is Value Line Special Situations (high risk) with a 29.9% return. The sub-category Value funds is when they look for companies that are undervalued by the stock-market , yet they must have good prospects and a good reason ...
- 2255: Catcher In The Rye Holdens Sig
- ... he ever really has a chance to get it started. Holden lacks the essential ability to motivate himself, which he needs to survive in the real world. He continues to be kicked out of every school he attends because he fails to apply himself, his simple reasoning being How do you know what you re going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don t (213). Everybody else in his life tries to encourage him to care about school and his grades but it doesn t make any difference. From the start of the novel Holden s history teacher at Pencey tells him I d like to put some sense in that head of ... problem being Holden is unable to will him into doing anything he is not genuinely interested in, therefore missing out on further knowledge he could acquire that would truly entice him. Holden gives up on school because he fears if he were to bestow his efforts upon his undesired subjects he would consequently become one of the phonies he had spent his entire life hating. But like Mr. Antolini tells ...
- 2256: FDR
- ... ins and outs of the British lifestyle in addition to teaching him the French language. (Conkin 35) In 1891, Roosevelt and his family traveled to Bad Nauheim, Germany, where he studied at a German public school for a short time. Eventually, they returned to the United States where Franklin received additional personal tutoring. For the most part, Arthur Dumper was his main tutor. (Conkin 36) Clearly, Roosevelts life did not start out in typical fashion. While most children went to school to receive an education, FDR learned from a wide variety of tutors coming from very diverse nationalities and backgrounds. This diversity may have been part of the reason that Roosevelt was so successful later in life when he became President. Once he completed his years of tutoring, Roosevelt entered Groton school, where he studied under headmaster, Endicott Peabody. While at Groton, he made his first ever political speech on the topic of the Nicaragua Canal Bill. (Ginna 33) On January 17, 1898, Warren Delano II, ...
- 2257: Exporting Purell Hand Sanitize
- ... has made proposals on a build-operate-transfer basis. There are eleven major ports in India. Traffic at these ports doubled from 1894 to 1996, mainly in oil, iron ore, and coal. Capacity utilization is high, although labor and equipment productivity is low. Several states have launched BOT port schemes, and attention is also being given to developing smaller ports. Pricing will be a sensitive topic for export, considering the massive ... newspapers with a combined circulation of over 15 million, as well as thousands of periodicals and journals. There is also a rapid growth in demand for satellite and cable television. Advertising and promotion ability is high in India. V.LEGAL DECISIONS Although many states like Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have shown considerable initiative in raising additional finance; most states have made little progress. During 1997-1998, 16 states resorted to overdrafts ... rates. VI. MANUFACTURING AND OPERATIONS As previously mentioned, some states have issued bonds and encouraged private investment in irrigation, roads, bridges, software development, and agricultural and horticultural projects. Most manufacturing projects take place in the high-growth private-sector industry concentrated in three main areas: around Mumbai and into Gujarat; around Delhi, including Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh; and the corridor from Bangalore to Chennai. Andhra Pradesh is also emerging ...
- 2258: An Analysis Of The Book Our Am
- ... side. These projects are like jail because once you grow up around them it is hard to get away or out of them. Some children in the book have never been anywhere else expect for school and then back to their homes. Attending school was not something to look forward to. The school's environment was not conducive to learning. The appearances of the schools were depressing. The building had small windows and no welcoming banner. There were no play areas, there was concrete with cracks and ...
- 2259: Herman Hesses Demian
- ... to be noticed; his manner and bearing was that of a prince disguised among farm boys, taking great pains to appear one of them. The first encounter between Sinclair and Demian occurs one day after school as the two boys are walking home. Sinclair had learned the biblical story of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis that day in class. Demian starts a conversation about the story and challenges ... his childhood, his family, and the world of light . The fourth chapter brings the separation of Sinclair and Demian, as well as Sinclair s separation from his family, when Sinclair is sent off to boarding school. This foreign world offers only loneliness and insecurity to Sinclair, who does not fit in with the other young men. Sinclair goes through a trying time of confusion and isolation at the boarding school as he searches for the road to himself. At one point, out of desperation, Sinclair resorts to rebellion. He begins to drink in bars and he becomes renowned among his classmates for being careless, ...
- 2260: Diana
- ... rags to riches story, like many want to believe. She was raised to be a good person, not having to rise above adversity. As a young girl she received her studies while she attended preparatory school in Riddlesworth Hall, in Diss, Norfolk. This is where she got basically what we get at our elementary schools. Around the age 13 in 1974 she went as a boarder to West Heath, in Sevenoaks, Kent. While studying there she showed talent as a musician, for playing the piano, dancing and domestic science. She was also once awarded for the girl giving maximum help to the school and her school fellows. In 1977 she left West Heath and went to finishing school at the Institute Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland. After the Easter term in 1978 she left the school when she moved to ...
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