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Commentary: A Child Called "It"

This book was especially disturbing to me in that I tend to carry a significant burden for abused children. In this piece, a scene of child abuse and neglect is painted by the person who suffered one of the worst cases in California history. The colors used are not the colors of the quitter or ...

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Dietary Fibre

: SIGNIFICANT TO HUMAN HEALTH OR NOT? In scientific terms, is a mixture of components derived from plant cell wall material and non-structural polysaccharides, as well as non-starch polysaccharides added to foods. It includes non-digestible polysaccharides such as cellulose, hemi-celluloses, ...

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Book Report A Voyager Out

Frank, Katherine. A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1986 Katherine Frank’s novel A Voyager Out tells the life story of Mary Kingsley. She talks of her childhood, her young adult life, and her traveling life. She wanted to tell the world what this ...

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The History, Use, And Effectiveness Of Medicinal Drugs

I. A. Introduction (Pg's 1-2) II. Aspirin (Pg's 3-6) A. Its Origin B. Dosages C. Relative Effectiveness D. Side Effects E. Alternate Treatment III. Sulfa Drugs (Pg's 7-10) A. Its Origin B. Dosages C. Relative Effectiveness D. Side Effects E. Alternate Treatment IV. Antibiotics (Pg's ...

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The Holocaust

"If we were not an eternal people before, we are an eternal people after , in both its very positive and very negative sense. We have not only survived, we have revived ourselves. In a very real way, we have won. We were victorious. But in a very real way, we have lost. We'll never ...

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The Positive And Negative Effects Of DNA Profiling

Genetic engineering has developed and blossomed at a frightening rate in the last decade. Originating as merely an area of interest for scientists, genetic engineering has now become an area of which all people should be somewhat knowledgeable. DNA profiling has many uses, both positive and ...

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My Vision Of Tomorrow

Tomorrow's world will be much different and also, much better in many ways. We will have developed much better technology. We will have made huge medical advancements. The general quality of life will be much better, and living will also have become much easier. Still, nothing can ever be ...

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Genetic Engineering 5

“Just as the success of a corporate body in making money need not set the human condition ahead, neither does every scientific advance automatically make our lives more meaningful” (Wald 45). These words were spoken by a Nobel Prize winning biologist and Harvard professor, George ...

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The War On Tobacco

Each day, millions of Americans of all ages light up a cigarette distributed by the tobacco companies. Smoking is a habit that, in the long run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with the lungs. Now, this deadly cancer causing drug is one of the leading causes of death in America today. ...

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Antibiotic Resistance 2

During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...

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Social, Ethical And Biological

Cancer is one of the most complex and devastating diseases that claim the life of many humans. Today there are one in three people worldwide who are affected by cancer, and almost 60% of these people will almost certainly die. 7000 New Zealanders die every year from this disease. It is the second ...

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Cancer

I. is a group of diseases characterized by an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. If the spread of these abnormal cells is not controlled, can cause death. Most s take the form of tumors, although not all tumors are s. A tumor is simply a mass of new tissue that serves no physiological ...

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Animal Rights

is a very fragile topic. Opposing sides have strong reasons to stand for either of their believes, leading to many ethical questions. One of the major questions is who is right and who is wrong? There is no one right answer, but instead million of them based upon our own individual opinion, and ...

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Marijuana Should Be Legal For Medicinal Reasons Only

When people think of medicine, they generally don’t consider "The Gateway Drug", as marijuana is occasionally called, as their ordinary prescription. Most think of antibiotics, aspirins, or over the counter pills; it’s presumable that marijuana wasn’t the first thought in the majority of ...

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Condoms In Schools Do Not Solve Teen Problems

Because of the rise of AIDS among teens, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and teen pregnancy in today’s society, schools have begun to issue condoms to students who are sexually active or who are desiring to become sexually active. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

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Indian Suffrage

Before the English arrived in the New world and began creating colonies, the American Indians lived in harmony and peace with natures. The American Indians were skilled hunters, farmers and used everything in their environment for survival or for essential necessities. They shared the land ...

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The Functions And Disorders Of The Liver

The liver is the largest organ of the body and weighs about three to four pounds. The lower ribs protect the liver that is on the right side of the abdomen. The liver is an important organ like all the others of course. Without it our bodies could not function at all. Our bodies would then ...

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Genetic Engineering 4

The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. With the advancement of clone technology two states, California and Michigan have already banned the cloning of humans. "Everybody who thought it would ...

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The New World

HST 114 In 1492 Christopher Columbus headed across the Atlantic Ocean in order to find a trade route to India. When Columbus finally reached land, he believed that he was somewhere near the Asian mainland. Where he had actually landed, was the Americas. Columbus found, in America, that there ...

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A Massive Project For The Benefit Of Mankind: A Look At The Human Genome Project

Scientists are taking medical technology to new heights as they race to map all of the genes, nearly 100,000, in the 23 chromosomes of the human body. Along the way, they hope to understand the basis of, and maybe even develop methods of treating certain genetic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and ...

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