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- 2361: The Theory of Evolution
- ... only an extinct relative of the orangutan. Australopithecus Africanus was based on a skull of a baby ape. Dean Faulk clarifies that matter by saying that his “humanlike features were overemphasized… because it was a child. Like humans, [apes and monkeys], go through stages as they grow up. In his analysis of Taung [Australopithecus Africanus], Dart [the founder] did not fully appreciate that infant apes have not had time to develop ... question the theory. Because evolution is so prominent in the educational community, the student may feel that it is fact, rather than theory (Life 179). A doctor once wrote in the magazine American Laboratory: “The child is not presented with evolution as a theory. Subtle statements are made in science texts as early as the second grade… Evolution is presented as reality, not as a concept that can be questioned. The ...
- 2362: Cloning and Its Impact
- ... Fibrosis. There are also possibilities that nuclear transfer could provide benefits to those who would like to have children. For example, couples who are infertile, or have genetic disorders, could use cloning to produce a child. Equally important, women who are single could have a child using cloning instead of in-vitro fertilization or artificial insemination. Nuclear transfer could also provide children who need organ transplants to have a clone born to donate organs (Hawley, 1998). With all the exceptional possibilities ...
- 2363: Braces: A Pain In The Ass
- ... a prisoner of their own orthodonist. Puberty is burdened enough by zit and acne battles, awkward growth spurts, and raging evil hormones. Braces add additional torture to this already hellish time to both parent and child. A life with braces is far more humilating, painful, and expensive than living with buck teeth, gaps, or a snarled tooth. Mental scars remain long after cuts and bloody sores in the mouth have healed ... as teeth cleaning and bleaching are nessacery to remove stains and stubborn glue. These additional expenses added to the original costs can mean a huge debt to parents. Braces can be both a parents' and child's worst nightmare. One can only hope that modern medical techniques will spread to the orthodontic world where appearance, pain, and cost are a problem.
- 2364: What Modern Teenage Girls Conc
- ... the royal patron of seventy separate charities and had a restless work schedule to keep up with all of them. She knew she has a duty to perform it. Initially, charities devoted to babies and child welfare were singled out for her attention, soon Diana discovered other opportunities. She decided she wanted to help young people-closer to her own age-with drug and alcohol problems and the young homeless. After concerning about AIDS, the charity Diana determined to raise funds for research into problems of the unborn child, including stillbirth, infant death, and infertility. Since Diana came aboard, many of the obstacles were solved and tackled. Her involvement with the charity has attracted stars from the entertainment world, which has helped it improve ...
- 2365: The Bronte Sisters, Jane Eyre
- ... treating them as intellectual equals (Stabenau 179). Similarly, both of the main characters, Jane Eyre and Catherine Earnshaw, lose their mothers to illnesses as young children and the remaining parent or relative must raise the child. Both stories make use of the popular nineteenth century motif of the orphaned child who must make his or her own way in an antagonistic world (Dunleavy 242). Besides the absence of a mother figure, both sisters spent most of their lives in isolation on the Yorkshire moors, another ...
- 2366: Cymbeline Essay
- ... The following paragraphs include examples from the play and explain the ways in which Imogen was abused and by who. Among the characters listed, one would believe Cymbeline to be the last person who would abuse Imogen in any way. Particularly because he is her father. Although, Cymbeline seems to be one of the first to be against her in any way. Even though the only thing he is really against ... sturdy evidence, Posthumus believes him and gives him the ring. Enraged by the fact that his loving wife-to-be has betrayed him, Posthumus orders his servant, Pisanio, to have her killed. Another form of abuse by Posthumus towards Imogen was when she was disguised as a man. Imogen was running to embrace Posthumus and he thought Imogen was getting in the way and struck her down to the ground. The ...
- 2367: Organ Cloning: The Future Of Our Lives…
- ... their needs. Imagine the lives that will be saved if an individual can clone their own liver, or any other organ that is needed to survive an illness. The process is fairly uncomplicated. When a child is conceived, doctors will take a few cells from it and clone them. These cells will then be placed in a national tissue bank until needed. There they are readily available. If the child gets hurt, or contracts a disease, it will have a “body repair kit” to fall back on. Most of the controversy is over whether or not we will be killing another human in order to ...
- 2368: Billie Holiday
- ... for her. At age 10, Billie was raped, further strengthening Billie's image of reality. As Billie grew older she became carefree and grew to have a strong temper. One musician remembers Billie as "a child, 11 or 12 years old, shouting the worst words she knew in the street, anxious to be grown up" (W 35). And on the numerous occasions when Billie's mother was out of town, she ... shortcomings of providing safety, an education, and a moral base. Musically, Billie grew up listening to the blues, although it never really was her type of music. Billie loved listening to Jazz records as a child, early influences including Louis Armstrong. Eventually, Billie moved on to attempt a singing career. "Inspired by her love of singing, she talked the manager of a club into letting her sing a few tunes with ...
- 2369: Personal Values In Today's Society
- ... my sanity for unlike any other hour of TV, this time I was forced to actually watch the commercials. The values that TV presents seem to be different than what I was taught as a child. Advertisers seem to present their own version of morality and values. Their idea of morality might not coincide with ours, but it does sell their products. Wait, I just learned that if I buy my ... And if you want you can get a visa to pay off a visa. I wonder why it is so easy to get credit? When is debt a bad thing? I was taught as a child that if you cant afford it you don't need it. Now society, or at least the advertisers version of society is saying it's OK to go into debt. I wonder if this is ...
- 2370: Drug Dependence
- ... In addition to tobacco, other potentially addictive substances include alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. To assess the prevalence of selected indicators of substance dependence among the U.S. population, CDC and the National Institute on Drug Abuse analyzed data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) for 1991--1992. The findings in this report suggest that a symptom of substance dependence is more likely to be reported by persons who smoke cigarettes and persons who use cocaine than by persons ...
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