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- 25261: Acid Rain 9
- ... away on great stone monuments and concrete structures, and the rain seems to corroding the pipes which channel the water away to the lakes and the cycle is repeated. Paints and automobile paints have it’s life reduced due to the pollution in the atmosphere speeding up the corrosion process. In some communities the drinking water is laced with toxic metals freed from metal pipes by the acidity. As if urban ... period of non-use, water taps at Summer cottages or ski chalets they should run the taps for at least 60 seconds to flush any excess debris. The average mean of pH rain fall Ontario’s Muskoka-Haliburton lake country ranges between 3.95 and 4.38 about 40 times more acidic than normal rainfall, while storms in Pennsylvania have rainfall pH at 2.8 it almost has the same rating ... provincial authorities calculated that Ontario stands to lose the fish in 48,500 more lakes within the next twenty years if acid rain continues at the present rate. Ontario is not alone, on Nova Scotia’s Eastern most shores, almost every river flowing to the Atlantic Ocean is poisoned with acid. Further threatening $2 million a year fishing industry. Acid rain is killing more than lakes. It can wither ferns ...
- 25262: The Seminoles
- ... United States in 1784, white settlers moved south into the Spanish and English colonies. It became obvious that a war between white immigrants and Native Americans of the land would take place soon. The U.S. began a policy of taking or buying land from the Native tribes. By 1813, some of the tribes rose up against white settlers and against other tribes that supported white settlement. The Second Seminole War (1835-1842) was the longest and the last of the US’s Wars of Indian Removal fought. It was fought at the east of the Mississippi River. It was the first guerilla style war fought by the US Troops. After the US withdrew from the fighting in ... favor of a recent experiment with the government. It is a time to specifically remember the past centuries in which the ancestors cared for the people in many of the same ways in which today’s leader’s care for the people, and the ways in which they strive to plan for the security of the people in the coming 21st century.
- 25263: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
- Robert Frost is America's most beloved poets. Throughout most of his work, we can see his ongoing battle between good and evil. In his works, we see many people who are forced to face challenges that are essential in ... still, he believes his location is irrelevant to God, who ultimately listens no matter what. In the second stanza, the horse is only a figment of his imagination. This "horse" is, in actuality, the speaker's own consciousness, a moment that we create something to relive the stress of our deepest emotions. It acts as an internal censor to keep us close to sanity, the value of life, and maybe even ... difference" that convinced him to choose "the one less traveled by." The "difference" that he experienced presents an expression of an individuality which separates him from those who choose to follow society. The two speaker's in each of Frost's poems are apparently in similar situations. Each has a certain decision that must be made. If their decisions were not thought through, the consequences could have proven to be ...
- 25264: Everyday Use
- ... only three persons: Herself, Dee, and the TV guy. "Sometime I dream a dream in which De and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program…" those were the words of her mother. Maggie's name was never mentioned in the dream. The descriptions that the mother makes of Maggie and Dee are completely different. " Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nice hair and fuller figure," said the mother. "Her ... referring to Dee. When she describes Maggie, she uses an analogy of a lame animal. Even the memories she had from their past are different. "Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black papery flakes." Those were her memories of Maggie's childhood. On the other hand, the memories of Dee's childhood were all happy. She described a scene were "Dee is standing off under the sweet gum tree she used to dig gum out ...
- 25265: Buddhism 4
- Buddhism was founded by Saddharrha Gautama. He discovered soon after that the mind was the most important aspect of human existence. In Gautama s believe he believed: Our mind is like mercury. It is also like a monkey who is struggling all the time to free himself. When he is pulled back, he may stay still for a little while, but a moment later, he will try to move away again. In his belief s he believed that man needed to pull back and control our minds frequently, otherwise it will not remain still and it will wander away according to its emotions. The mind will follow whatever arises in ... lay people is considered quite a number in todays world. In the early days of the order monks lived close to nature. The ordination did not require a meeting reviewing the rules, only the Buddha s words ehi Bhikkhu Upasampada ( Come, Monks! well taught is the doctrine; lead the Holy Life to make a complete end of suffering. With these words the Buddha conferred the ordination. Monks then knew all ...
- 25266: Bureau Of Alchohol, Tobacco, A
- THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms(ATF) was founded in 1972, established as a separate agency inside the U.S. Treasury Department. Before this transition took place, all of the ATF's responsibilities were under the care of the IRS. The Bureau's responsibilities consist of administering and enforcing the federal laws relating tofirearms and explosives, and to alcohol and tobacco products. Since 1982, when the federal Anti-Arson Act was passed, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
- 25267: Cannabis
- ... tends to be slowed, but cannabis smokers often believe that their minds are flitting from thought to thought with great speed (NIH). Intoxication is more intense during the first hour after smoking, although the drug's effects may persist for three to five hours, depending mainly on the dose. According to " CESAR," regular users often develop a psychological dependence on cannabis. They have a strong desire to continue its use, to ... known cancer-causing substances. Two or three marijuana joints per day may carry the same risk of lung damage as smoking an pack of cigarettes (NIH). Heavy use of cannabis may also affect the body's immune system, which protects the body from disease. Over time heavy users also may experience bronchitis, asthma and chronic irritation of the membranes of the nose and throat. Studies have found a decrease in the ... with concentration and memory can persist. Furthermore, two or three marijuana joints per day carry the same risk of lung damage as smoking a pack of cigarettes. Heavy use of cannabis also affects the body's immune system; and over time users experience bronchitis, asthma. Last but not lest, scientists believe cannabis interferes with the normal sexualhormone actionsin males. If that is not a good enough reason to smoke, what ...
- 25268: Child Labor In History
- ... as young an age as six. These children would work long hours in the dark and damp mines, often carrying coal in packs on their backs up long ladders to the surface. During the 1830's the English Parliament decided to create an investigation into the mistreatment of child laborors. One child in a textile mill testified that he began working when he was eight years of age and since that ... because businessmen felt that wages could not possibly exceed a subsistence level. This was commonly referred to as the "iron law of wages." Also at the time idle hands were believed to be the devil's tools, while work was thought to be morally uplifting, so the employers believed that they were helping the poor to become more morally uplifted. The eventual regulation of child labor resulted from many sources. Working ... Concern grew to the point where something had to be done. Children also worked in the American colonies. Conditions for children that worked in the colonies were the same as in England. In the 1800's some states passed protective legislation. Massachusetts passed a law in 1836 requiring that schooling be given to children that were working. Connecticut passed a law in 1842 that created a maximum amount of hours ...
- 25269: British Chartism
- ... the electorate and parliament encouraged democrats and radicals (middle classes) from all over Europe to protest and eventually uprise. One of the best, most comprehensive examples of a social revolution in this period is Britain s Chartism. This radical movement pushed for democratic rights in order to improve social conditions in industrial Great Britain. It arose from the popular discontent following the Reform Act of 1832, which gave very little importance ... parliament. Movements of mass discontent in Yorkshire and Lancashire caused by industrial exploitation and economic depression had already taken place. In 1838, the cabinet-maker William Lovett and the tailor Francis Place wrote the People s Charter . It is best known for its Six Points , which proposed the following: universal manhood sufferage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, payment of members of Parliament, removal of the property qualification for the Members ... Whig belief of the sovreignty of the parliament clashed with that of the radicals, who felt that the parliament should be entirely subject to the will of the people. Even though Chartism originated from London s the artisans and radicals, it found most of its support from the industrial middles classes of northern England. The Birmingham Union and Leeds radicals soon joined forces in an element of extremism. Two Irish ...
- 25270: Pollution and the Environment
- ... you ever turned on the television and saw an oil spill or gotten really excited to go to the beach only to see contamination signs everywhere? Pollution may be destroying the ocean before the ocean's resources will fully be used. For years, all kinds of garbage and toxic waste have been disposed into the ocean, thinking that the ocean is large enough to absorb it and not be affected by ... been falling for years, but only recently presented a severe risk. The woman was killed because of the negligence of the cliffs. No one seemed to think anything that bad was capable of happening. Taxpayer’s homes are also threatened along this coastline. They pay their taxes and now they need to be protected by these aging and eroding cliffs that are susceptible to falling. Erosion is not the only reason ... trash is burned or dumped out into the ocean, it depletes the ozone. The ozone is the protective layer around the Earth and without it all mankind will die. It protects us from the sun’s UV rays so when Styrofoam or other bad chemicals are burned, the ozone is just slowly disappearing. Bacteria levels will raise if human waste and garbage are continuously dumped into the ocean. That is ...
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