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- 10061: Teens and Suicide
- ... watch for are withdrawl from friends, family, and regular activities, violent actions, rebellious behavior, running away from home, unusual neglect of personal appearance, loss of interest in pleasurable activities, or says things like “I won’t be a problem for you much longer,” “nothing matters,” “it’s no use,” To prevent a teen from committing suicide, encourage him or her to talk to friends, to a family member, or to someone they feel they can trust. Listen to their feelings let them ... them. Do not give advice or feel obligated to find simple solutions. Just try to imagine being in their place, dealing with the feelings and emotions they are feeling. When talking with your child, don’t’ let their actions or words scare you. If you feel you know what it is like, share your feelings too. Let them know that they are not alone.(When a Child Talks of Suicide) ...
- 10062: Discuss Your Goals For the Next Four Years and Comment on Your Post-College Plans
- ... opened countless windows of opportunity. One of his references led me back to my high school where I am now teaching a college theatre preparatory course for the 12th grade. He was ecstatic! I couldn't express to him enough how much I enjoyed his class and all the lectures and theatre games we played. It is those little things that I remember most. After our joyful trip down memory lane, Professor Sacharow (who preferred me to call him Larry which I just couldn't do out of plain respect) led me into the lobby of the residence hall where a mural of myself hung on the east wall. I remember the day the university dedicated that lobby to me ... many programs which would be affected by the enormous tax hike in the fall of ‘99. We eventually raised over five million dollars for the university and prevented the cutting of many of the school's fine programs. My fellow thespians, Susan, Richard and the rest of the Theater Acting III class, told the President of what I had organized and how successful it had been. The marvelous mural and ...
- 10063: Pornography and the New Puritans
- ... from state to state, and if the bill does not describe what kind of obscenity is not allowed then how are the creators of the material supposed to know weather or not its actionable? Irving’s understanding of the bill is that it makes the publishers and distributors of the obscene material think conservatively- “that is when their imaginations turn to sex and violence.” After given the definition of the bill ... ban pornography. Irving feels as though “the movement to ban pornography is especially self-righteous, it looks like blacklisting to me.” He believes that feminist group are under fascism, which is banning something you don’t like and can’t control. He compares the situation of pornography to the situation of abortion. In the article feminist group are compared to the Right to Life people. The feminist group believes that attitudes toward child molestation ...
- 10064: DNA: An Invasion of Privacy?
- ... officials over step their bounds when investigating a case? These are some of the questions many people have asked over the years; people who have felt their rights have been violated. If the law doesn’t protect the people from unnecessary burdens than who will? There are some things that need to be done, before DNA specimens can be obtained; “law enforcement officials may be required to obtain a search warrant ... a search warrant, law enforcement officials are required to show that they have probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a crime. (347)” This law is to protect the rights of the person(s) in question. Whether a person is guilty or not the fourth amendment of the Constitution was established to protect any U.S. citizen. There are also three requirements for law enforcement officials to have before they can proceed with obtaining DNA, “(1) probable cause to believe the suspect has committed the crime, (2) a clear indication ...
- 10065: Hyperspace
- ... comprehension. You could sit only few inches from the fish, yet be separated from them by an immense chasm. You and the fish lives would be spent in two distinct universes, never entering each other’s world, yet were separated by only the thinnest barrier, the water’s surface. Now imagine that you are in a rainstorm next to the same pond. You notice that the pond’s surface was bombarded by thousands of tiny raindrops. The pond’s surface would eventually become turbulent, and the water lilies were being pushed in all different directions. To the fish the water lilies would ...
- 10066: Constructing Indentity In The
- ... white software consultant running the Native American seminar and chat room offered by AOL, Rapp, said “Basically, what we did was done in fun” (127) after he was discovered that he was dishonest, he wasn’t a native American. Rapp was a host of Native American seminar, discussing about Native American culture while he was not a member of any Indian group. All he was saying were fraud. As Marc Towersap, one of the first Indians to query about Rapp’s tribal credentials, said “There is a difference between adopting online identities ad perpetrating fraud” (Martin, 125) and he also said “Rapp was promoting herself as a genuine native elder, and AOL was making money on the chat room because a lot of people logged on to it” (Martin, 125). AOL, a biggest Internet service on the world, didn’t care about what Rapp talking and discussing was true or not. They just wanted to make money as much as they can. Miller, one of the Native activists went against Rapp’s dishonest and ...
- 10067: The Dangers of Nuclear "Progress"
- ... fact, more and more nations have been producing their own nuclear weapons, even after they made agreements not to. Now, with enough nuclear weapons to blow up the world a good 10 times, experts can't help but wonder if this "progress" has gone to far. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan should have caused alarms to sound in people's heads…"Danger, danger!" Just one of these bombs has the ability to wipe out an entire country. The United States did make an attempt after World War II at eliminating nuclear proliferation by proposing the ... building a nuclear device and, therefore, rejected the proposal. I think that the refusal of the Soviet Union was a big mistake on their part. Not only did they put the safety of the U.S.S.R on the line, but of the whole world, as well. By rejecting that proposal, other countries would soon follow America's example, producing nuclear weapons of their own. By 1952, the Soviet ...
- 10068: Gates World
- ... makes computing so much fun! As his company, Microsoft, surges for domination in the computing industry, I picture Bill installing little buttons under his desk for possible world take-over. Forget the Y2K bug, that’s nothing! Through Windows I see Bill using Microsoft much like a chess move for world-wide Gates time! But don’t worry, I’m sure Bill has some pretty exciting plans for us. Microsoft will probably offer the Gates Home Computer. Provided that you paid your monthly fees, Windows2050 will connect you to the Gates Network ... Computer knows you’re home! The Network also provides top-of-the-line household security. The Gates Patrol will be storming to your household in no time flat! Not only will you be surfing Bill’s Web on your Gates Network, but also you will be channel surfing the Gates Television. It will work in conjunction with your Gates Network providing you with the best in picture quality. Best of ...
- 10069: How is Tension Built up in “The Monkeys Paw”
- How is Tension Built up in “The Monkeys Paw” The success of any short story depends upon the skill with which the plot moves. The writer doesn’t have the time to develop ideas that he has in a novel, but at the same time all those elements must be present. The unusual element in the “Monkeys Paw” is how much the plot depends upon coincidence and irony. The successful uses of these binds the story together and contributes to the tension. Examples of this are: The coincidence of the monkey’s paw actually being in the possession Sergeant Morris. Mrs White brings up the conversation about the story of the Monkey’s Paw, once told by the Sergeant himself, and he just happens to have the paw in his possession. The fact that the paw is given movement and a sort of life as wishes are ...
- 10070: Xenotransplantation
- ... be good the girl only lived for an extended two weeks. The reason for the girl dying was unknown and baffled the medical world. Xentransplantation was the put on the back shelf until the 1960's when scientists started researching why Xenotransplantation was rejected by the body so quickly. It was not until the last decade that transplantation of animal organs into humans became a realistic goal. Thanks to Jeffery Platt ... supply, and will be adventally killed off after several days or weeks. This will be followed by cellular and finally chronic rejection. (Aziz, 2000). Another major problem would be Hyperacute rejection this is the body's ability to seek out foreign substances in the body and kill them off by to proteins called DAF and CD59. In 1995, Duke researches in collaboration with scientist at Nextran, a biotechnology company based in Princeton, NJ. succeeded in introducing two human genes into pig hearts and testing them into baboons. These genes had the DAF and CD59 genes. These proteins play a crucial role in a person's normal immune system by guarding blood components such as red blood cells and blood vessels from attack by the complement system. When you look at the pros and cons of Xenotransplantation many things come ...
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