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- 23881: Biosafety Protocol: Is There A Need For One?
- ... with which we will have to contend for some time to come. One of those uncertainties is the absolute assurance that there can never be a biological disaster (150) Many researchers argue that there hasn't been enough testing and virtually no working experience in this field. Referring to the detrimental effects modern agriculture has already had on the environment, Jack Brown, a plant breeder geneticist at the University of Idaho ... not being used for agriculture already is the endangered and protected natural areas (Hileman 8). When the amount of land used for food production increases, then so does the amount of chemicals used in today's agricultural processes increase. These chemicals are vital because they offset or prevent the losses from weeds, pests, and diseases. Hopefully with new technologies, biotechnology being one of them, plants will be created that can grow ... sharply over benefits, risks of agricultural biotechnology." Chemical and Engineering News 73 (1995): 8-17. Mather, Robin. A Garden of Unearthly Delights: Bioengineering and the Future of Food. New York: Penguin Group, 1995. Moffat, Ann S. "Developing Nations Adapt Biotech for own needs." Science 08 July 1994: 186-187. Weintraub, Pamela. "The Coming of the High-Tech Harvest." The Reference Shelf: Genetics and Society. Ed. Penelope Barker, New York: H. ...
- 23882: Persuasive Essay Gay And Lesbi
- ... with a different lifestyle who would simply like to be treated with respect. Many organized religions believe that a 'gay' lifestyle is wrong. But, if someone is born producing hormones of the opposite sex, shouldn't we have compassion, instead of hating and labeling them as 'morally wrong'? Why are so many people homophobic? Being gay is human, not wrong. Many people say that gays and lesbians are not equal to ... are law abiding citizens and want and deserve the same rights as others. Is that too much to ask? Religious leaders believe that gay is wrong. Many organized religions are contradicting themselves when they don't accept gays and lesbians. If we are all supposed to be God's children, then that means God accepts all people. In other words, we as children of God, should also accept all people. According to the Bible, God is the only judge. "Do not judge others ...
- 23883: Analysis of Langston Hughes'"The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I, Too," and "Mother and Son"
- ... often conjures themes of the celebration of the beauty, both physical and spiritual, of African Americans. In these works of literature, readers are shown the beauty of survival, strength, determination, and patience of African American's in a type of constant struggle. One particular author, Langston Hughes, touched upon this subject. Examining his poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I, Too," and "Mother and Son," readers find the beauty in physical ... Through all this time, he has survived and is still here. He has seen it all and done it all. Like rivers that often grow over time, the soul of this man, and the soul's of his ancestors and descendants, have grown/will grow deep with patience for a better time to come, and determination to go on until that time finally arrives. All things that have been experienced, all ... back. She tells her son that his life may seem a bit hard at times, but that he, too, can not turn back. Sometimes it may actually seem easier to give up, but it wouldn't be. At least if he presses on, he is bound to find something better. If he gives up, he gives up all that he has already triumphed from, and all the way that those ...
- 23884: To What Extent Does Acid Precipitation Affect Annelids?
- To What Extent Does Acid Precipitation Affect Annelids? In order to truly understand acid rain and it's eventual effect on earthworms, it would be best to look at the causes of acid rain. How and why does altered acidity in precipitation have a devastating effect? Acid rain is charecterized as "Precipitation that ... McGraw Hill Books.) As earthworms burrow, thew swallow large quantities of earth that often contain large amounts of vegetable remains, often depositing, or casting, their very nutritive remains to the soil, which adds to it's enrichment. The first person to truly recognize the importance of earthworms was Gilbert White, when he wrote in his book, The Natural History of Selbourne (1788) that "soil was loosened, aerated, and made more fertile by earthworms." (Gilber White (1788) The Natural History of Selbourne) Earthworms are typically very sensitive to low pH levels. Therefore, it isn't surprising that "pH of soil is sometimes a factor that limits distribution, numbers, and species of earthworms." (Edwards and Lofty (1977), Biology of Earthworms, Chapman and Hall) There have been many experiments done on ...
- 23885: Hysteria And The Crucible
- ... rid of her enemy; not to mention, she is the first building block in a wall that is being built on a mass extinction of people being hung in this full blow panic. Abigail William's, Reverend Parris' niece, is the ring leader in this case of hysteria. First she knows that she and her friends will just get a spanking for being caught dancing in the woods, but she also ... girls "confess" to doing the Devils' work people are trying to figure out a good reason why the devil would choose a member of the Parris family, when the truth being that there really isn't a devil choosing anybody in the Parris family. It is on central person causing the hysteria and devilish attitudes. While the day's turned into weeks, and the weeks into months more and more people are prosecuted and hung while innocent. Abigail Williams adds to the mass hysteria by continuously "confessing" the people she saw with the ...
- 23886: Why Al Gore For United States President
- ... that divorce and other factors have broken up too many family units, therefore causing problems when it comes to raising children. Many single parents are struggling to work and raise their children. Some parents cant afford childcare and healthcare for their children. In order to reduce these problems, gore has decided that he wants to put care giving, support groups in many small communities. As well as after school childcare ... to nearest emergency room when hurt, right to choice of provider, and the right to appeal any decisions of a healthcare plan. Al Gore is tired of seeing so many underage smokers, and he doesnt think that the law enforces underage smoking well enough. He thinks that we should make it harder to advertise tobacco to children and to better enforce the illegal selling of tobacco products to any one ... without proper identification. He wants to fight to reduce teen smoking, yet while he still tries to protect the people working in tobacco fields. Gore says that tobacco is the greatest threat to a teenagers health. His anti-tobacco laws will hopefully reduce smoking by anyone by almost forty-two percent over a five-year period. In conclusion, Al Gore seems like he makes good points on important issues. ...
- 23887: Sex On The Net
- ... Do we have a twisted sense of morals if we support pornography? Or is it just a natural part of life that should be nurtured and encouraged? These questions and more are springing to people's lips as we enter the technological age. The age of the Internet. Never before has pornography been so readily available. Through mail-order, at secret places around the schoolyard, or simply down at the local ... a packet of cigarettes (legal age of 16 until June 1994). The obvious derivative from this statement is that fines and punishments for selling pornography to underage persons are not high enough. So why don't we raise them? The answer to this question can be found on the screen of every computer in the world. The Internet, or as one person put it, "The closest thing to true anarchy that ... it is obvious to see that some middle point must be reached between the two. Pornography on the Internet cannot be totally band and yet it cannot be accessed by any user as our society's ethics are against children looking at pornography. A set of ethics or laws must be devised that will satisfy each and every country which is on the Internet. It must be devised by a ...
- 23888: Drug Abuse
- ... involved in feelings of pleasure. When the drug is released into the brain, it blocks the dopamine from returning to the first brain cell. Repeated use changes the brain cells so that normal messages can't be sent between brain cells. The drug must always be present in order for neurotransmissions to take place. The user is only able to feel pleasure from the cocaine rather than the things he/she ... down the signals through the nervous system. They produce relaxation, lowering of anxiety, drowsiness, and sleep. They include sedatives (such as barbiturates, alcohol, and tranquilizers) and narcotics (heroin, morphine, opium, codeine), which dull the mind's perception of pain. Some drugs are not included in the stimulant/depressant categories. An example is the hallucinogens, such as PCP and LSD, which produce unusual mental states such as psychedelic visions. Also, marijuana is ... he/she accepts his/her drug addiction. When they are confronted by a family member or friend, they refuse to accept that they are addicted. This is sometimes called a mental block. The user isn't ready or able to deal with thier addiction. The time period of denial varies from person to person. When the person has come to accepting their problem, they may go to therapy for treatment. ...
- 23889: The History Of Affirmative Action
- ... The tension of the 1960s civil rights movement had made it very clear, that the nations minority and female population were not receiving equal social and economic opportunity. The implementation of affirmative action was America's first honest attempt at solving a problem, it had previously chose to ignore. Affirmative action has had its greatest amount of success in city, state, and government jobs. Since the 1960s the area of law ... big business has been more resistant to affirmative action and harder to regulate. However, this is an area that most supporters of affirmative action expect to see a change. There are many people who don't see affirmative action as a positive thing and would like to see it eliminated. In my opinion thes people need to realize that thirty years of affirmative action isn't a long enough time to solve a major societal problem. Affirmative action is making steady strides in helping the problem of racial inequality in America. Affirmative action is something we should all support, until ...
- 23890: Scarletletter Symbolism
- ... of finding out who Hester committed adultery with. By this point in the story you have some clue who the father of Pearl is but until you get to the second scaffold scene you don t know for sure. At the second scaffold scene Dimesdale is on the scaffold and Hester and Pearl come up and join him. Dimesdale is wearing down by the burden of his sin he committed. He goes to the scaffold to confess to God and ask for some kind of forgiveness. Then a cloud forms the letter A in the sky and everyone thinks this stands for angel because that s how they view Dimesdale. Then when Dimesdale goes to leave he leaves his glove on the scaffold to symbolize he was there and that he should have been up there with Hester and his daughter ... as he is standing on the scaffold. Then Pearl who has always seemed to resent her father goes over and gives him a kiss. At the end of the last scaffold scene Dimesdale just can t seem to live with his sin and dies. The scaffold scenes are basically the introduction, climax and the conclusion of the story. Without these scenes the story would have no backbone. Throughout these scenes ...
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