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The United States of America has always been a country that prides itself in being a nation of immigrants and providing the right of free speech to all of its citizens. June 18, 1798 marked the beginning of something that went against these ideals. Whether one was wealthy or poor; a citizen or an alien; young or old - they were impacted by a vote of congress. This was the date that the first of the four acts known as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed and became responsible for upsetting…

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is defined as a Priority Pollutant covered under the Clean Water Act. The chemical is an organic vapor, and is a component used in degreasing, distillation, and painting operations (Woodside, 1999). Trichloroethylene is a liquid used as a solvent, and in other compounds (Environmental Protection Agency, 2011). Annually 10 million pounds of Trichloroethylene is used to manufacture Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) (Gilbert & Heuvel, 2014). While current figures are not…

Health issues and the decline of the Warao Tribe by Jennifer Fitzwater Objective In any culture/society disease and health related issues have many devastating affects. In very remote parts of the word these problems can wipe out an entire group. In the remote village on the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela lives the Warao tribe. In recent years many diseases have made their way into this remote village. These diseases have created a deadly problem for the tribe. I would like to find out how…

Women behind bars Today, more than one million women are currently under the supervision of a justice system in the United States. Population of women involved in correctional facilities has been steadily increasing. The rate has increased by 4.6 percent annually between 1995 and 2005. As of 2010 the United States already had close to one million women under some kind of judicial supervision. Women prisoners had a population around 112,797 , while female inmates in jails were 93,300. Probation…

World War I was a war of the future. Armies on both sides used newly developed chemical agents and automatic weapons, leading to great devastation. This war was the culmination of the two centuries of rapid scientific and technological development preceding it, fought during a cultural period of opulence and extravagance. Thus, it may come as a surprise to find a poet like Alan Seeger. Modernity dissatisfied Seeger; he doubted it was conducive to a meaningful life or to medieval values he held…

Therefore, the money can be concluded as an addiction and ultimately the source to all the inconsiderate treatment he bestowed upon the re-enactors. The concept of money as an addiction can be proven by a Psychologist Dr. Tian Dayton who explained that, “these days, the idea of process addictions is widely accepted. Process addictions are addictions that involve a compulsive and/or an out of control relationship with certain behaviors such as gambling, sex, eating and yes, even…

HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY Drayton Hall (3380 Ashley River Rd) HABS NO. SC-377 Location: 3380 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina 29414 Present Owner/ Occupant: National Trust for Historic Preservation Present Use: The National Trust for Historic Preservation allows the site to be open to the public since 1977 after the house was placed in historic preservation hands Significance: “Built between 1738 and 1742, Drayton Hall is one of the finest…

Trees naturally sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and thus decrease global warming and its repercussions. Carbon dioxide is an essential component of the Calvin Cycle for the production of glucose, which is the primary energy source for plants as well as many herbivorous and carnivorous consumers. With the rapid increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from anthropogenic activity since the Industrial Revolution, scientist suspect that carbon dioxide fertilization…

Should Students Have Armed Teachers? On April 20th, 1999, two armed students walked into Columbine High School, shooting and killing thirteen people and injuring many more. On December 12th, 2012, an armed adult walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, shooting and killing over twenty people. On February 14th, 2018, an armed adult walked into a high school located in Florida, killing seventeen and injuring seventeen more. With today’s uprising in school shootings, and other…

example, the news report from CNN about the black man, who was shot in the Fairborn Wal-Mart. Van Jonas, reporter for CNN news writes, “Crawford was 22 years old when he and his girlfriend went to the Wal-Mart last month in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. They planned to pick up the ingredients for s 'mores for a family cookout. Crawford had two young children. While browsing, he picked up an unpackaged BB gun from one of the store shelves, and continued shopping. A man named Ronald…