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The Quest To Understand The Origins Of Humans
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the creation myths and the behavior of the gods simply reflect the time,
politics and the general beliefs and fears of the century and people living
in it. People use to endue their gods with the qualities that are natural
for themselves and which they hate most of all. Religion was used from the
beginning of the earliest civilizations as a tool to conquer, kill and
destroy and it was usually used as a justification of those actions. People
were not responsible for the killings, instead gods were. When people can
not handle problems, which arise every day in front of them, they try to
hide under the mask called god, but by doing that they do not solv .....
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Euthanasia
<view this essay>.... head of the NT chapter of the Australia Medical Association,
Dr.Chris Wake, and Aboriginal leader Rev.Djiniynni Gondarra put forward the NT
euthanasia law .But was dismissed by the NT Supreme Court. After appealing and
with the support of three major party leaders the law was passed. Prime
Minister John Howard disapproved with the Law and saying that he has no problem
reconciling his views on federalism with his views on life and death by voting
to over turn the law. Also Kevin Andrews was strongly not in favour and with
Howard's support he introduced a bill overriding the N.T laws. But still in
the end the law was still standing. If our leaders are div .....
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Demanding Greatness: Steroid Use
<view this essay>.... Olympic champions, even if they knew they would die from the effects of the drug within a year. Half of the athletes said they would gladly take the drug!”2
An athlete will usually get out of a sport what he or she puts into it. If one would push themselves real hard and fail, they could end up with some problems. They could drive so hard as to cause or worsen injuries. They might ignore school, friends, family or work just to train on winning. They develop an aggressive training style which would lead to drugs such as steroids.3
“There are many reasons why people use steroids. But the two main ones are to excel in athletic competition and to look more .....
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B Cells And T Cells
<view this essay>.... They make precise three-dimensional combinations with particular molecules that the body recognizes as foreign. At any given time in the body, there are approximately 2 trillion B cells present. The daughter cells resulting from B cell activation differentiate into two types.
One of these types of cells that are being made in period I, is the plasma cell, a specialized antibody factory. It can make up to 30,000 antibodies a second.
The second type of cell being made in period I is a memory cell. They also produce antibodies, however they live for long periods of time (up to a lifetime), compared to a plasma cell that lives only a few days. Memory cel .....
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Bulimia
<view this essay>.... be damaged due to the acid nature of the regurgitated food. usually develops during adolescence (most commonly among females) as a result of various psychological pressures, the most obvious one being the social emphasis on the desirability of slimness. Various modes of group and behavioral therapy are used in treating the disorder. Because patients with often suffer from depression as well, antidepressant drugs may be effective. Bulimics, those people with , go through periods of secret binge-eating during which they consume very large amounts of food. Some bulimics then use their fingers to induce vomiting, or they use laxatives to purge the food .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking
<view this essay>.... see that your odds of getting this deadly disease is alomst double that of women. Since 1964 female deaths from lung cancer have increased by about 400%. In the United States there have been a reported 10 million deaths attributed to smoking. And of those 10 million people, 2 million died of lung cancer. These numbers are way too high especially for a supposedly educated society such as ours.
Two other dangers that relate to this habit are passive smoking and underage smokers. Since 1964 there have been an estimated 3000 deaths caused by second hand smoke. This is kind of scary to me, considering how many firends that I hang out with that smoke. Another p .....
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The Partial Birth Abortion Debate
<view this essay>.... hand. The reality of partial birth abortion broke into the news with a nurse's recounting of her experience.
Brenda Pratt Shafer, a registered nurse form Dayton, Ohio, assisted Dr. Haskell in a Partial Birth Abortion on a 26 1/2 week (over 6 months) pre-born baby boy. She testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee (11/17/95) about what she witnessed. According to Shafer, the baby was alive and moving as the abortionist: "delivered the baby's body and arms--everything but the head. The doctor kept the baby's head just inside the uterus. The baby's little fingers were clasping and unclasping, his feet were kicking. Then the doctor suck the scissors through .....
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Surrogate Mothers
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not see any reason for the issue to be continued further; rather, to end the
debate and declare anyone who disagrees to lack morals or values.
But have those who preach this anti-surrogate moralism ever experienced what
it would be like to be those on the other side of this issue? Suppose, for a
moment, that they were the ones who were incapable of having children. Would
they condemn themselves the way that they condemn others if they were in another
predicament? It is surely easy to say what one would do in any situation, but
one can never know exactly what they would do until that situation comes.
How many of you have ever held a small child in .....
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