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- 2351: Henry VIII
- ... a hearty personality, he was also a gifted scholar, linguist, composer, and a musician. He was talented at many sports and was also good with the ladies. Henry was the second son and the third child of his father. Henry the VIII died in 1509, the only reason Henry would become king is because of his brothers, Arthur, death in April of 1502. Soon after that, Henry would marry his first ... after that, he married a young woman by the name of Jane Seymour. Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife, was the mother of Henry's only legitimate son, Jane Seymour died after bearing this certain child. Edward the VI was Henry's only legitimate son. A couple of years after Jane Seymour had died, Henry decided to marry once again. He married a german princess by the name of Anne of ...
- 2352: Pesticides
- ... Every day, scientists learn more about the health threats posed by pesticides. (Reigart, Line 9) The concern at most, is with the health factors that pesticides may impose in our internal systems. For instance, a childs immune system develops at a rapid rate, in comparison to an adult, therefore a childs exposure to pesticides would be far greater. It is now well established that relatively low low-level exposures to toxic chemicals, occurring at critical stages of development, can cause permanent damage
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- 2353: The Edutained American
- ... as well as VH1 and BET. These channels opened to us a world that most of our parents simply didnt see as children. One hour of MTVs Total Request Live can show a child a re-enactment of JFKs assassination, done by Marylin Manson, in one of the most popular videos of the week. The words of the song, however true and relevant they may be, are lost ... parts of the nation, but also bring those to the sight of impressionable children who would not otherwise have known of it until they were much older. At the same time, the video-babysitter separates child from parent and makes us reluctant to ask what these images meant. After all, we are led to identify with the musicians and models in the videos, and they often assure us that our parents ...
- 2354: Cloning
- ... From an individualistic viewpoint, those in favor of cloning human beings, do not see it as morally, or ethically wrong. Many see it as an opportunity to have children, or possibly to "re-create" a child who is dying from a terminal illness. Using a deterministic argument, many infertile couples are worried that any "government restrictions on human cloning might hurt their chances some day for bearing children through new medical ... is that we allow our different voices to be heard. The controversy over cloning humans or animals is no exception. Your voice may be individualistic, arguing for your right at the chance of having a child, or communitarian, claiming it is the hand of God that should create humans. The important thing to keep in mind is that we need to be willing to take responsibility for our decisions, no matter ...
- 2355: Plan and Purpose (Creation) or Time and Chance (Evolution)?
- ... a wave of events that form the muscle attachment to the end of the spine. It is not an unessential leftover, it is absolutely necessary for posture. The evidence found best fits creation. When a child was born with a flap of skin about two inches in length, found off the upper arm, scientists naturally assumed that it was a tail. It wasnt. Creationists have always thought of these mutations ... evolutionary ancestors. The repetition of embryonic features of evolutionary ancestors during the early development of an organism is called recapitulation. Another example of recapitulation occurs during the development of human beings. A human fetus (unborn child) grows a coat of fine hair called the lanugo, which is shed before or shortly after birth. The lanugo is almost certainly a development feature that has remained from the time of the apellike ancestors ...
- 2356: Nuclear Power: Worth the Risks?
- ... of cancer deaths go up in areas around nuclear power plants. Children with asthma living in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant are 50 times more likely to die of cancer than a healthy child living in the same area. Studies done by the EPA and NRC reveal that workers at nuclear power plants are more likely to die from cancer due to the proximity of radioactive elements. Naturally occurring ... visible genetic mutation or defect there are 10,000 non-visible recessive mutations that contaminate the gene pool of society. This could lead to more mutations and unnecessary deaths because the human body of a child whose mother was exposed to radiation and passed on deformed genes to her baby may not be able to fight off common sicknesses and die due to the radiation exposure."Radiation may be one of ...
- 2357: Future Psychology
- ... arguments that lead into gunfire and screeching tires. Some things definitely must go because they affect our survival prospects like military overkill, dangerous chemicals, or fast population growth. Many matters are debatable such as alcohol-abuse, risky scientific research or biased nationalism. We might say goodbye to such things as war, secrecy, faceless social disaffection, and public powerlessness. Soon enough it could be goodbye to dangerous stress, tobacco, burgers, serial killings ... and also values helpful factors that are to our advantage. This is risky business, but no government likes entertaining out in the open. Yet, it has been done secretly in and governments. We witness inhumanity, abuse, and scandals in daily news broadcasts, and we come upon many similar questions in the details of our personal lives. As it may be, the next government might make a difference, or media might expose ...
- 2358: The Awakening- Edna Pontellier
- ... when Edna's husband, Leonce Pontellier, returns from Klein's hotel, he checks in on the children and believing that one of them has a fever he tells his wife, Edna. She says that the child was fine when he went to bed, but Mr. Pontellier is certain that he isn't mistaken: "He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children." (7) Because of the reprimand ... swim out into the sea, not caring about what lies ahead: "She did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the blue-grass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end." (109) There are definite signs of Edna Pontellier's depression, from the beginning of the novel and all the way to the end when she commits ...
- 2359: Dadis Family
- ... Children in the film. She said something to the effect that when it is a boy they celebrate and when it is a girl there is no celebration. For Dadi's family having a male child is like to have a child forever, without sharing them later. All of the males stay and pool the income, but women do not, they must go and be married. I found it sad that the birth of a daughter is ...
- 2360: Cloning, Right or Wrong
- ... organs that would not be rejected by humans. Cloning could give couples who would like children, but could not have any, a chance to have them. This process would also let single women have a child without using in-vitro fertilisation or artificial insemination. Cloning could also make a copy of a deceased child for the parents. Also it would be a very useful tool for historians as people such as Hitler would be able to be recreated and studied to find out what their motivations were. Besides from ...
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