By fermentation, the yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae converts carbohydrates to carbon dioxide and alcohols â for thousands of years the carbon dioxide has been used in baking and the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
In a memo last September, President Obama said the United States would admit up to 70,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2015, as justified by humanitarian concerns or the national interest. The number breaks down as follows: Africa................................17,000.
The number of refugees who are allowed to resettle in the United States is set annually by the President. For the past two years, it has been 70,000. Twenty years ago, the United States was welcoming twice that number. We have always been the world's leader in refugee resettlement, taking the majority of the world's resettled refugees.