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Alcohol
<view this essay>.... and relaxation that can bring to some, it can also destroy others self-wort and integrity.
affects virtually everyone, whether the individual is himself an ic, is the family member of one, or has been the victim of an related crime. In spite of the dangers presents,it is still in countless social cirles. penetraes all ages, educational, occupational, and socioeconomical boundaries.
Each year it is estimated that ten percent of all deaths are related to abuse. Am astonishing fifty percent of all major automobile accidents, and murders are associated with . On and on the statistics point to the enormous dangers of , yet it is a legalized drug.
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Depression 7
<view this essay>.... are more often afflicted. There are two major forms of depression . One form is called depressive disorder. It is diagnosed only by episodes of depression. Episodes can be short or long but are usually brought about by an incident in a person's life. An example of this is if someone close to them dies. The other kind is called bipolar or manic depressive illness, it is recognized by alternating depressed and manic episodes. This is an actual brain disfunction. In the major depression or the depressed phase of bipolar illness, a depressed mood predominates, even though the patient may not be aware of feeling sad. Typically, he or she loses all interest in a .....
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Female Circumcision
<view this essay>.... there are variations in procedure, many times the above names are used interchangeable. The practice of has long been a part of the lives of many young Muslim, Christian, Jewish and African girls.
The July 14, 1996, Los Angeles Times, states that more than 120 million women across a broad swath of the African continent have been subjected to the brutal genital mutilation. Most are children between the ages of 4 and 10 when the ritual takes place. Although Westerners condemn it as torture, child abuse and a violation of human rights, it remains a revered rite of passage in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. According to the World Health .....
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Theory Of Evolution
<view this essay>.... on earth. Methane gas was in the atmosphere being bombarded with cosmic rays from outer space, and powerful lightning bolts arced through the skies, lighting up the desolate landscape. Given enough time, cosmic rays, and lightning bolts, a "primordial soup" gradually formed which contained amino acids. These in turn got hooked together to form simple proteins, the "building blocks" of life. At some point these proteins happened to get connected in just the right way, and a threshold was crossed: the proteins started reproducing themselves, and simple life was "born".
During uncounted eons, this simple life gradually became more and more complex as ch .....
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Comets And Asteroids
<view this essay>.... any other space rocks. They are
generally small rocks in comparison to the rest of space bodies, but vary
from the size of bird house, to the size of a small piece of real estate.
Asteroids usually travel in groups and sometimes form asteroid belts that
can wrap around an entire solar system. There are about 150 known
asteroids that travel in a path near the earth, and they are actually
called, "near-earth" asteroids. About 10 percent are bound to hit earth
eventually.
Asteroids ranging from fine dust, to house size rocks make up the
belt around Saturn, and the belt on the outside of the orbit of Mars.
These are pieces of larger rocks that were crashed i .....
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Cetaceans And Evolution
<view this essay>.... The only difference is that the cetaceans adapted to a marine lifestyle. The front limbs became modified as paddle-shaped flippers, the bones of which are still reminiscent of jointed limbs and digits, but the hind limbs were lost. The broad horizontal tail flukes that provide the main propulsive thrust bear no anatomical connection to the lost hind limbs, but are a seperate and distint development. They contain no bone, and owe their firm and yet flexible shape to underlying fibrous elastic tissue. The body is enveloped in a thick layer of blubber that aids in bouyancy, helps to preserve body heat, and is a source of stored energy. A cetacean’s skin is .....
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Ebola Virus
<view this essay>.... through direct contact of blood, organs, secretions of any kind and semen from any person infected. Another method is that of used needles that have been infected. With all countries considered, the 3rd world and the reuse of needles are a common practice, due to lack of funds and supplies. Though recovered patients pose no serious threat, the virus is present up to 7 weeks after being treated. Vomit and diarrhea contain the infected blood and mucus so any contact with this, e.g. in poor drinking water can cause contraction of the virus. Luckily enough Ebola is not airborne and in some cases due to its self-limiting nature, it has been known to di .....
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Robert Wright's Article "The Evolution Of Despair"
<view this essay>.... with his reader. The following example demonstrates
Wright's use of first person and emotional appeal:
"Whether burdened by an overwhelming flurry of daily commitments or stifled
by a sense of social isolation; whether mired for hours in a sense of
life's pointlessness or beset for days by unresolved anxiety; whether
deprived by long workweeks from quality time with offspring or drowning in
quantity time with them – whatever the source of stress, we at times get
the feeling that modern life isn't what we were designed for" (1).
Everyone, at some point, has experienced the feelings that Wright
describes. And with the pronoun ‘we' Wright tells his .....
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