... made. Such figures, called automatons, have long been popular. For several centuries, automatons were as close as people came to constructing true robots. European church towers provide fascinating examples of clockwork figures from medieval times, and automatons were also devised in China. By the 18th century, a number of extremely clever automatons became famous for a while. Swiss craftsman Pierre Jacquet-Droz, for ... example, built mechanical dolls that could draw a simple figure or play music on a miniature organ. Clockwork figures of this sort are rarely made any longer, but many ...

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... not and end up loosing your life by its carelessness with the usage of its weapons on the battlefield. And used along side Napalm was Agent orange, a pesticide used with the intention of depriving Vietnamese farmers and guerrilla fighters of clean food and water in hopes they would relocate to areas ... the operation over twenty million gallons of herbicides and defoliants were sprayed over forests and fields. Destroying and affecting more than was originally intended. Agent Orange still ravages through certain areas of Vietnam til this day as The Vietnam Red Cross recorded over 4.8 mil...

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... that rice has also been modified to benefit the growing consumers. In one case, an increased amount of beta-carotene, an antioxidant compound found in carrots and other yellow and orange vegetables was produced ("Genetically Modified Foods"). In another, the concentrations of glutelin, a rice protein that is undesirable for sake brewing, were reduced. This study illustrated how the modifications in ... ...

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... public in the United States. Within this department, there was a color-coded threat system known as the Homeland Security Advisory System. There was red for severe risk of terrorist attacks, orange for high risk of terrorist attacks, yellow for significant risk of terrorist attacks, blue for general risk of terrorist attacks, and green for low risk of terrorist attacks (Homeland Security ... ...

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... all types of legal actions in between. As stated in Kay Bell's article "When It Pays To Be Single" Janice K. Hobbs, owner of Jan Hobbs Financial Group in Orange, Calif., says this is a concern of many of her clients who primarily are high-income individuals. "We have a lot of doctors as clients, both partners are physicians, which is a high ... ...

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... own troops, to lethal toxic substances. We have some experience with the long-term effects of exposing military and civilian personnel to potentially dangerous chemicals such as the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam and a variety of toxic agents in the Gulf War. These health effects can be devastating. Just as terrorism knows no borders, neither do environmental problems. Those environmental harms ... ...

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... , the officer does not have probable cause to pull over every red sedan in sight. If the dispatcher tells the officer that the sedan is missing a hub cab, has an orange bumper sticker and is occupied by four people, and the officer spots a car matching those terms, that would be probable cause to effect a stop. Lacking probable cause does not necessarily ... ...

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... increasingly unable to survive the rest of the year due to limited food resources. Polar bears are not the only species currently under stress form a warming climate however. Masses of orange-and-black Monarch butterflies that travel on a 3,000-mile annual migration from the United States and Canada covered an area of 42 acres two years ago. Now, however, the butterflies ... ...

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... . "the war was lost primarily at strategic, diplomatic, and domestic political levels" . In fact, the Johnson administration had to use propaganda to avoid public discontent at the use of Agent Orange and the slaughter of the Vietnamese people. "The picture of the worlds greatest super-power killing or seriously injuring 1,000 non-combatants a week, while trying to pound a tiny backward nation ... ...

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... miracle of birth. Below those words are seemingly random sketches that resemble blueprints or construction plans with a cat in front of them. To the left of these "blueprints- on a yellowish-orange background are a number of items placed together in disarray. Again in this portion of the painting, it appears to be construction plans, calculations, measurements, chemical compounds, and blueprints in the ... ...

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... . The leaves are wider at the base then they are at the tip. At each node there is a single spine. The leaves are green in the summer and can be orange to purplish color in the fall. The Japanese barberry has small yellow flowers in April and red berries around October. Many cultivars of the Japanese barberry have been bred for ... ...

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... a more lateral threat largely derived from low capital requirements and switching costs. Substitutes (High) The functionality of beer is largely social. In contrast to other beverages such as milk or orange juice, beer is not generally thought of as providing basic sustenance or nutrition. Therefore, not all beverages are actually substitutable products. Any beverage that is perceived to be primarily necessary ... ...

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... prospect." He continued in his letter, lamenting Virginia's established church, in contrast to Bradford's enjoyment of relative Pennsylvania's religious freedom. In May of 1776, Madison was elected as a delegate from Orange County, to the Revolutionary Convention of Virginia. He was assigned within a matter of days to a committee charged with the responsibility of writing a "declaration of rights." Madison immediately proposed disestablishment with ... ...

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... homeland. The United States was formed by a combination of different people from different ethnic groups and cultures escaping their homelands to practice and exercise their own beliefs (Kulver). Here in Orange County, we are a melting pot of different cultures and ethnic groups. However, presently cultures are becoming less defined from one another, and even forgotten. The problem is that we are ... ...

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... some allied troops were exposed to nerve agents such as Sarin, Soman, Tabun Blister Agents, Mustard Gas, and Lewisite and the Vietnam War where chemical and biological agents called "Agent Orange," and "Agent Blue" were used for causing casualties and harm are just some of the examples where chemical and biological weapons were used. Biological Warfare has been laden with controversy ... ...

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... a great emphasis on regional security, trusting in their policy of 'forward defence' (Cowie, page 246). It was reasoned that if we could maintain security in the broader region, than the "orange lava" of communism would never reach Australia's shore, and therefore keep the spread of China's communism under wraps. It is partly true that Australia followed America to war in order ... ...

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