...endanger the life of human kind. Therefore human cloning should not be allowed. o There are several arguments against cloning A) One is “the health risks from mutation of genes” 1) An abnormal baby would be a nightmare come true. A particular worry is that the genes used from an adult to create a baby would continue to grow, so that on the day of birth, the genes would be as old as the adult. But many attempts at animal cloning produced disfigured monsters. For example this is a cloned calf which was born in this way and died after a while. This is a mouse with an ear on its back, created by scientists. 2) However, some abnormalities may appear long after the birth. Even if a few cloned babies are born apparently normal we will have to wait up to twenty years to be sure they are not going to have problems later – for example growing old too fast. B) There are also emotional and ethical risks 1) What happens when a woman clones herself and the clone grows up and finds out her mother is also her sister, and her grandmother is her mother. And what happens to a marriage when the “father” sees his wife clone grow into the woman he fell in love with. 2) The emotional pressure is also unbearable for a child that knows it is the clone of his dead brother. It is an experiment doomed to failure...
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...Aging Journal Karen Sharee Steward PSY/205 October 12, 2015 Dr. Rollo Jones Fear of Aging Everyone always has a fear of something in their life and my fear is aging (growing old). There are a number of reasons why I am so uneasy about getting older. The first reason would be the loss of my independence. I have always been a very independent individual, and I have always done things on my own. No one has ever had to step in and take over for me. One day there is going to come a time where I will not be able to do things on my own. Like for instance, it will be harder for me to run errands, go to the grocery store, and etc. Losing my independence is something that I am not ready for. Another reason why I fear of getting older is that your health starts to decline. As a person grows older, their health starts to deteriorate. For example, seniors start to have heart problems, having a stroke, a heart attack, or they could get emphysema. Another health problem that is common among seniors are having vision problems. They could end up with glaucoma, cataracts, or presbyopia. These are all common problems that seniors deal with as they get older. Furthermore, getting older means having strangers in your home taking care of you. There was a time in my life where I was able to care for myself. Now there will be nurses and caretakers coming in my house looking after me. People ask themselves “why me?” How did I go from be being able body to being helpless at the blink of an eye...
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...Why the memory affected as one does grows old? Research indicates that memory may start to develop even before you are born. As a child your capacity for memory becomes increasingly sophisticated and then as you progress in old age your memory may deteriorate. So let’s start at the beginning. Within a few days of birth most infants are able to recognize their mother's voice and face, and within a few weeks, their father's voice. The next big jump in memory ability occurs around nine months, when the child develops the ability to store and then recall memory, what scientists call ‘object permanence’. What this means in plain English is that if you put a blanket over the teddy bear, the infant will not be fooled, but remember the teddy bear is underneath. The plus side to object permanence is that it allows the baby to compare and connect new experiences to old ones. The down side, however, especially for parents, is that this ability also means the child remembers their parents when they are not in the room and starts to miss them. A child’s memory is still not fully developed at this stage. Another key development is learning to speak. Without language children’s memories remain entirely non-verbal, something which may explain why we cannot remember our earliest childhood experiences. As language develops 24 so too does a child’s short term and long term memory. Even when our memory is fully matured, we all know that it is not 100 % accurate. Even when we remember...
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...he media today is filled with the picture perfect image of how a woman should look like, and as we women get older we find ourselves becoming more and more self conscious of how we dress, how old we are, and how old we look when we step out of the door every morning. This is becoming a big problem in today’s society as we sight more women, who are growing older but trying to look younger, and I’m not talking about trying to go back 3-4 years, I mean mothers copying their daughters. I’m going to try and help all you ladies out there and give you a few tips on how you can dress appropriately and still look great! The key factor in this process is to discover your own personal identity, so you aren’t just following the trends, but looking appropriate and unique too. The First Step What we need to do ladies is to figure out what we like, dislike and feel comfortable with. Start by grabbing a piece of paper and divide the page into two halves, what you like, and what you dislike. Be completely honest with yourself otherwise you won’t benefit from this and that’s what I want for you guys. Think about personal traits as well as physical. Now narrow it down and really come to terms with who you are. Think about how you want others to think of you, not just friends but strangers too. Now, write it down and analyse in...
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...for many years: not young” is how Merriam-Webster defines the word ‘old’ (Merriam-Webster, 2013). If this is what the word old truly does mean, how have we as a society manipulated this definition to portray growing ‘old’ as something to be looked down on? To be old is often times looked at as being incompetent, useless, or pitied. Old does not mean that a person becomes of lesser value; it simply means that they have lived for many years. I know that I have fallen into the category of people that sometimes think negatively toward growing older and elderly people. I have always viewed the elderly as people who don’t really have a place in society, as negative as that sounds. I often think of them as people who can’t do anything because their bodies are old and brittle. I have always assumed that the elderly have reduced physical and mental capacities and then have to live in nursing homes. Although this is true for some, it is definitely not true for all elderly persons. I have also viewed them as being strong in their faith since they really don’t have anything else to do with their lives since they are most likely retired. Throughout this course in my nursing degree and also after reading Nearing Home by Billy Graham, my attitude about the elderly generation has changed dramatically. I would define the word old as being something that has been around for a long time; worn in. I think of someone who is old and imagine how he or she are most likely enjoying a luxurious life...
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...fun thing. Some people grow up and can change for the better or the worse. We all grow up eventually. Some people grow up because they want to drive or have a house of their own. But the real truth is that growing up is never fun we'll all face a problem or problems as we grow up. The outsiders by S.E Hinton in a perfect representation of that. Growing up is very important because it gives us change. In the outsiders most of the gang has to grow up without parents or people that love them. ILL be explaining growing up and how it can have a positive or negative effect on our future. People usually think that growing is a Huge thing and most kids want to grow up. In the outsiders ponyboy says that johnny was only 16...
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...A 5 years old boy finds himself sheltered by his father when his father carries him on his back in the 2 kilometers road back home in the night and tells him softly "I am ok", despite he fell off because of a pot-hole in the road An 8 years old son couldn’t feel the brave expectation from his father when he tells him " Lost in a fight, still crying? Next time don't cry after a fight, remember?" An 8 years old can remember forever a simple spelling lesson he was given by his father after reading his essay "People don't use "and" after a comma, you know?" A 12 years old son takes many years later to fully understand the lesson his father gave him when he play balls and lost. His father doesn’t mind giving him money to continue playing until he wins in a match. But he lost finally. His father waits until the evening and tells him "You should know when to stop. Don't just play when you feel you can" A 13 years old boy takes long time to know how psycho his father was when he want his son to have a close girl friend. When he finds out, the chance has lost. A 14 years old son knows that men can cry when he sees his father crying, but why his father cry is the thing he keeps in his mind secretly. A every ages boy can know he is everything to his father when he see his father proud of him everywhere, every time, despite with his immaturity thinking, he knows he is just a normal boy like other boys The biggest lesson about heartless...
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...invest in stocks? A very good question from the people who don’t know what matter it is? Stocks can appreciate in price, creating capital gains, or an increase in the value of your asset, which grow your wealth. Stocks have offered the most potential for growth, you can ride out the ups and downs of stocks and you don’t need to invest all your money in stocks. People invest in stocks for a variety of reasons, investing in stock market would be a good decision for people who want to gain money, people could earn money in easier way trough investment of stocks. Most of us burn the midnight oil or simply says we overworked. To live is to work and also to earn. In the very first place, young employed, business men or entrepreneurs, ordinary people save for retirement when get old, something that’s years away but probably it must not be the first priority. But it does not mean it is alright to wait for the right time to save money. In real situation, the best way to grow money over a long period of time is by investing in stocks and stock mutual funds. Investing money is a decision that made you confuse before you decide to invest. When it talks about money many people want to grow their money and gain more. Other people use their money for structuring...
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...status was seen to be incredibly important. His book, “Great Expectations”, reflects on social status by showing what it does to people and that it is not as important as it seems. It takes us on a journey through a young, common labouring boys life into becoming an upper class Gentlemen. In Pips journey, there a two people that play a big role enabling him to become high in society. These two people are “Mrs Havisham” and “Magwitch”. Mrs Havisham has high social status living in a big house with money and all you could ever ask for. The name of her house is “satis house” which sounds like an abbreviated version of satisfaction. It gives the reader a sense of whoever living here has everything and no longer needs anything else, they are completely satisfied with life. Ironically, this is not the case with Mrs Havisham. She is completely unsatisfied with life. As a result of this she has become a very strange woman who has never left the house in more than 10 years. Besides the name, the house is very suited to Mrs Havisham. The house is made of and described as “of old brick and dismal”. In a sense, this is also a statement about Mrs Havisham. She is not made of old brick but she is refusing to move on and must stay as the “old brick“ and that she has also turned cold like bricks . Her life is also dismal. She no longer lives for any purpose and doesn’t care what happens to her. Magwitch first appears in the book on the second page.. Magwitch appears near the beginning of...
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...Assessment of Outliers Contrary to what some believe, success is not obtained by solely hard work and determination, one must also have another thing. Luck. Luck in this scenario does not refer to winning the lottery or stumbling onto success, it is referring to where the person comes from. According to Gladwell, a persons background has almost as much to do with their success as how hard their work does. Gladwell’s central argument in Outliers is that a persons background plays an extremely heavy role in determining their future and their success and he is completely right. In Gladwell’s book Outliers, he uses many different examples to convey the point: where you are from does matter. He uses a broad spectrum of examples to show...
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...Melissa Jinks Frist Year Writing II: ENGL 1304 5 November 2013 One Up “Proposal Argument for the MPAA rating system” A student and a teacher make out on school premises. A young man sings, “I make love with a woman on the bathroom floor.” A character says suggests to another that she, “shove it up her harry little-.” Two teens passionately make out in a bed while a mother walks in and offers condoms. A teenage girl is hit by a bus. PG-13 ("Mean Girls [2004] [PG-13] - 5.4.4."). These few scenes from the 2004 film, Mean Girls, depict the limits that are pushed in the content of a PG-13 rating. Why are filmmakers so limited when it comes to language and violence in PG-13 films? Why can’t they drop more than one F-bomb? Why do they have to be precautious when revealing the reality of the consequences portrayed in a violent scene? Although there is only a year difference between thirteen and fourteen year-olds, the MPAA should change the rating of PG-13 to PG-14 because most fourteen year-olds are mature enough to handle more explicit content, allowing liberty to filmmakers who try to avoid “R” rating and above. In doing this, leniency will be provided in the areas of language and violence and the filmmakers will be freer to expand on the content of the film while obtaining the larger audience they were aiming for. Since the boundary for content allowed in PG-13 movies is already pushed towards more mature audiences, it makes sense to say that upping the PG-13 rating a year...
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...Many kids with disabilities think that their disability holds them back, but participating in sports like karate can benefit young and even old.Helen Dugan an 80 year old third degree black belt teaches karate to kids that have special needs such as ADD, hearing, and vision problems. Three reasons that participating in sports are beneficial to young and old people are concentration, independence, and builds confidence. Participating in a sport like karate can make young and old people with their concentration. Helen Dugan an 80 year old woman helps kids and adults that people do not like or turn their heads when seen. Helen on the other hand likes to teach kids the art of karate. Karate makes you focus whether it be...
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...18.1 Bio 2 Bacteria 1. Bacteria are what cell type? Prokaryotic 2. TRUE FALSE Bacteria are the most numerous organisms on earth. 3. TRUE FALSE All bacteria are harmful to humans. 4. Describe the “old” and “new” means of classifying bacteria. Old is by shape. - Monera Second is by size, color, and chemical composition. - archaea and bacteria are new eu bacteria is the new kingdom 5. What is the structural difference between eubacteria and archaebacteria? The general cell structure of archaea and bacteria are the same but composition and organization of some structures differ in archaea. Similar to bacteria archaea do not have interior membranes but both have cell wall and use flagella to swim. Archaea differ in the fact that their cell wall does not contain peptidoglycan and cell membrane uses ether linked lipids as opposed to ester linked lipids in bacteria. 6. Describe the habitats of the two above mentioned groups. Eubacteria are the commonly encountered bacteria in soil, water, and living on or in larger organisms. Archaebacteria grow in unusual environments such as salt brines, hot springs and in the ocean depts. 7. Archaebacteria are divided into three major groups. List all three and describe. 1. Methane producers - live without oxygen 2. Extreme Halophiles - live in areas with high salt concentration 3. Extreme Thermophiles - live in hot, acidic waters such as those found in sulfur springs. 8. Define the following: nucleoid, capsule,...
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...Jennifer J., Old Orchard Beach, ME My friend Milton sat in the back of our fifth grade class with a pack of Marlboros bulging out the chest pocket of his T-shirt. Carol had an abortion over the summer and is beginning her freshman year all smiles. Rob learned to hide vodka in his thermos at nine and Tammy's parents kicked her out last night after 13 years of hell. As for me, I only had to watch two people I care about destroy 12 years of Brady Bunch love and family values with one signature and a lawyer's bill for $5,000. My parents got divorced when I was 12 and I thought my life had come to an end. My mom left my younger brother and sister and me with my father in a huge house and took her Home Interior with her. A selfish 12-year-old, I wondered how Christmas would be with only one income and who would bake cookies before I came home from school. But it was not long before I realized that my mom took more than her silk flowers and ceramic owls. She took our favorite tutor, our maid to clean up after us and our mother to give us our daily support and comforting. Suddenly, all of these roles were to be replaced by me. Of course I wanted to help my father ease into his new role as Mr. Mom, but I never wanted to become a very young mother of two. The greatest challenge that faces me as a teenager, and continues to face children, is learning when to act like a child and when it's necessary to become an adult. When a 14 year-old child becomes pregnant, does it mean that she...
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...Colorado Technical University Criminology Individual Assignment Week 5 Instructor: Russ Pomrenke August 11, 2014 Twenty four year old James T. Johnson has a problem, he is a thief. James works during the day as a construction and returns home to a house that he shares with his mother. He sells his ‘goods’ on the internet or pawns them a few counties away so that he will not get caught. However; Mr. Johnson got caught red-handed in a burglary just this past weekend. In order to help her son Mrs. Johnson mortgaged her home in order to bail him out of jail. During the ride home Mrs. Johnson yelled at her son for his behavior and stated he has “ended up just like his father, a criminal” and that she will probably die from stress that he has caused. James in anger yelled back that it was his mother’s fault and that his father taught him nothing but crime and that he drank because of their constant fighting. Parental Responsibility Should parents be blamed for their adult children’s behaviors? At what point should an adult take responsibility for their own actions no matter how their childhood was? Did James learn his behavior from his father? More likely than not, James did learn his behavior from his father. When children are born their parents are their main role models. This means the actions and behaviors of the parents are a large influence to the development of the child’s personality. In Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, boy’s wish...
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