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Life On Earth Rain Forests
1,287 wordsLong ago, the Earth had a green belt of rain forests around its middle that covered almost twelve percent of the earth's land surface. (Miller & Berry 3) Today, the rain forest covers two percent of the earth's land surface and it is declining rapidly. The following will be a description of the rain forest, factors in its destruction, and if there are any answers to slow or halt the process. "Today, as we enter the last decade of the twentieth century, we have reached a turning point; we can no ...
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Wilmut And Dr Unicellular Organisms
1,428 wordsThe biological definition of a clone is an organism that has the same genetic information as another organism or organisms ("Cloning", 1997). From this definition and from information about the science behind cloning, my current view on cloning is that it is ethical. This statement ignores information about how we can misuse cloning and what consequences occur when the procedure is unsuccessful. I currently do not think cloning should be used until it is perfected. I doubt however that we will a...
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Alcohol Abuse Alcohol Advertising
1,242 words... ion of football in the Bud Bowl. Some might say that these games wouldnt be if it werent for these companies, but Dr. Gary Hopkins suggests that in all realization, alcoholic commercials only constitute for seven percent of advertisements in sports programming (n. p. ). Another statistic from the NIAAA proves that these imbedded messages appear at a rate of over three per hour in major sports such as baseball, football, hockey, and basketball (2). Thousands of teenagers watch sports on telev...
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Play An Instrument Flies Or Not Flies Music
2,526 words... at we think are part of our identity and then, if we " re lucky, we discover later on that we can actually step out of that identity and we are actually not confined by that identity that's been laid upon us. Back to our frog. The world becomes very simple if all you " re looking for, all your epistemology encompasses, is flies or not-flies. Even your need to eat flies may suffer, because the frog can be easily tricked into swallowing other moving black objects which are not flies. Human bei...
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The Medias Effect On Underage Alcohol Abuse
1,790 wordsThe Medias Effects on Underage Drinking The use of alcohol is a major aspect of our society. It is used in religious ceremonies, during socialization, and its presence is seen everywhere. Second only to caffeine, more people drink alcohol than any other substance. It appears in many forms such as beer, wine, and hard liquor. It has been praised, denounced, accepted, and outlawed in the past century alone. The effects of alcohol are numerous. From drunk driving accidents to fetal alcohol syndrome...
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Witchcraft I Tituba Black Witch Of Salem
778 wordsWitchcraft-the power or practices of witches" Webster's New World Dictionary. Witchcraft is a term which sprouts many different meanings. As stated above, it is attributed to witches. But what is a witch? Probably an evil haggish-like women who has signed a pact with the devil if we think of it in the English sense. So witchcraft must be evil doings; putting curses on people to make their life miserable, using wicked spells to transform humans to frogs etc. But does this hold true to everyone's ...
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Bait Casting Reel Three Main Groups Bass
1,173 wordsThe fog drifts lazily above the murky swamp water as I slowly ease my boat toward an ancient, moss covered cypress tree. A bullfrog croaks its early morning greeting and somewhere off in the distance an unknown creature screeches as the hair on the back of my neck stands on end. The old tree was the site of a recent battle between a monstrous black bass and me. A battle in which the big bass taught me a valuable lesson in humility. I have a lot more respect for her and her kind. She never gave u...
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Knowledge And Experience Rest Of The World
1,746 wordsDiamagnetic's was discovered by Michael Faraday in 1846, but no one at the time thought that it could lead to any appreciable effects. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), referring to levitation as the problem of 'Mohamed's coffin, ' had this to say: 'It will orally be impossible ever to observe this phenomenon, on account of the difficulty of getting a magnet strong enough, and a diamagnetic substance sufficiently light, as the [magnetic] forces are excessively feeble. ' Fields strong enough to lift...
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Human Nature Year Olds
1,023 wordsA. Racism As an American citizen, it would be easy to say we should encourage both unity and diversity, but, in truth, it is almost impossible to implement such a great idea. Our nation would be a utopian society if we could implement both global or nation-wide unity while keeping our citizen's diverse. Unfortunately, it's an oxymoron - like saying we " re all alone together. Part II: The Dream Answer A. Utopia We could always take each individual aside from all they knew and brainwash them into...
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Wild Beasts Plagues Yhvh
301 wordsMaking Sense of the Plagues: The Education of Pharaoh INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN THE PLAGUES Then YHVH said to Mother, Pharaohs heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; stand by at the river bank to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake. Say to him, YHVH, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not li...
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Human Beings Human Body
1,046 wordsSend in the Clones It is hard to say if cloning is an answer to a problem or just another problem for the human race. There have been books, movies, and even stories about mankind creating their own species of humans. A good example of what could happen if mankind learns to clone itself is Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. A classic novel demonstrating what could happen when mankind takes the power of God in our own hands. Cloning is physically a new science but ethically is a century old debate. A cl...
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Downs Syndrome Mother Told
695 wordsThe book I chose was Be Good to Eddie Lee written by Virginia Fleming. The book is based on a little boy who has Downs syndrome. The three main characters are Christy, Eddie Lee who has Downs syndrome and Jim Bud. The story is about a hot summer day and a quest to find frog eggs in the lake that they all live near. Christy was taught by her mother to be nice to Eddie Lee even though he is different. Jim Bud on the other hand, is unkind to Eddie Lee because he thinks he is a dummy. After reading ...
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Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act
1,937 wordsIn the past century, one of the greatest threats to North Americas aquatic ecosystem has been the widespread acidification of hundreds of thousands of waterways. Acid rain has effected plant and animal life within aquatic ecosystems, as well as microbiology activity by affecting the rates of decomposition and the accumulation of organic matter. What causes this poisonous rain, and what can be done to improve North Americas water quality and prevent future catastrophes? To answer these questions,...
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856 wordsTheatre History Oral Report Aristophanes (448? - 385 BC), Athenian playwright, considered one of the greatest writers of comedy in literary history. His plays have been produced through the centuries and have remained popular because of their wit, comic invention, and poetic language. Aristophanes is believed to have been born in Athens, Greece, in the deme, or township, of Cydathenaeum. Presumably, he was well educated and may have had property on the island of Aegina. He had three sons-Philips...
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Zona Pellucid Cloned Embryo
853 wordsTrue Human Cloning Biological Aspects True human cloning involves taking a somatic cell from a person and removing its nucleus. Then the nucleus of a fertilized egg cell is removed and placed in the somatic cell. This is impossible in humans right now because the somatic cells are specialized and there are many genes that have been switched off in them that we do not know how to turn them back on. This was done with frogs however. The eggs were implanted with the nuclei from the intestinal linin...
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Today Society Year Old Girl
2,092 wordsIs Human Cloning Acceptable in Today? s Society? Imagine a twelve-year-old girl that has been diagnosed with an illness that will be fatal in the next ten years. This disease targets the heart and slowly deteriorates the myocardium of the heart. The twelve-year-old girl is placed behind fifty people on a list for a heart transplant. For that little girl, there seems to be no faith to which she can depend on for her heart transplant. What options does this girl have besides waiting for a heart tr...
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Fa Mu Lan Brave Orchid
1,244 wordsWoman Warrior Food strengthens us, without it we are weak. Eating has always been an important factor with families living in poor conditions. Often, those who could not help to produce more food are considered inferior or unworthy to eat. Maxine Hong Kingston? s The Woman Warrior is no exception, due to the relation it creates between eating and the strength of people. This is shown through the tale of Fa-Mu-Lan, the story of the eaters, and the references to the fellow relatives left in China....
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Knowledge And Experience Rest Of The World
1,757 wordsDiamagnetic's was discovered by Michael Faraday in 1846, but no one at the time thought that it could lead to any appreciable effects. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), referring to levitation as the problem of " Mohamed? s coffin, " had this to say: " It will ob ably be impossible ever to observe this phenomenon, on account of the difficulty of getting a magnet strong enough, and a diamagnetic substance sufficiently light, as the [magnetic] forces are excessively feeble. " Fiel...
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Young Men Long Ago
674 wordsMohegan Myths, Legends, Lore A brief Mohegan History The Mohegan tribe along with other Alonquian speaking Indians lived in the Thames valley in what is now Connecticut. The population was roughly 2, 200 strong. Their way of life was based on the cultivation of maize, hunting and fishing. The Mohegan and the Pequot were jointly ruled by the Pequot Chief Sassucus until a sub chief Units lead a rebellion that lead to Mohegan independence. The Pequot tribe was besieged and broken a part. The Mohega...
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Future Of Life Ernst Mayr Planet
1,206 wordsThe end of the world is nigh The Future of Life Edward O Wilson Little, Brown? 18. 99, pp 230 What Evolution Is Ernst Mayr Weidenfeld &# 038; Nicholson? 14. 99, pp 318 Small but perfectly formed, South Americas dart frogs are some of evolutions strangest by-products. They come in a vivid array of reds, oranges and greens and are so tiny they could perch on a fingernail. Yet these little popinjays are the rainforests most feared denizens, for each secretes poisons that can flatten even the larges...
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