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Teens And The Price They Pay To Look Good
635 Words - 3 Pages.... themselves with these self proclaimed "safe" machines. "Tanning salons may call it 'healthful', 'beneficial', or 'sunshine under glass', but the radiation given off by even the newest tanning equipment can seriously harm the skin," said a researcher with Ohio State University Arthur G. James cancer hospital and research institute. Tanning beds surround your body with UV light. These beds emit two to three times the amount of UV light that reaches the earth outdoors. UV light has been linked to serious cases of malignant melanoma, and even to the weakening of the immune system.
I understand that people like to look nice and want to improve their looks, but there are safe ....
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Child Exploitation
574 Words - 3 Pages.... beaten into our heads enough, but these children that are dying are our future. Organizations have been formed to make sure that we know this, and make sure that we protect our future. Yet, child camel jockeys are cheered on by these same organizations when they visit these regions. They concentrate on sweatshops while around the world people are literally getting away with murder. Our trust rests, supposedly safely, in these people’s hands in hopes that they will pick up the slack for the rest of society. Then we are shown these films and pictures and we wonder, “Where are these saviors of the children? Where are these protectors of the future?” Where indeed. We ....
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Slavery - Causes
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the Indentured Servants decreased, exponentially. Their were a number of
different reasons why the population of Indentured Servents had decreased.
The indentured servents were running away from their temporary masters, to
find a job where he could become more independent. Indentured servents
were also dying of many diseases, which was caused by harsh conditions. The
immigration of servents thus declined, becuase of the people in England
being informed of the harsh treatment in the colonies. The society was
where the land was easy to find, while the labor was most scarce.
Indentured servitude, was a form of labor which was declining, and the need
for labor increased rap ....
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Civilize The Wilderness
515 Words - 2 Pages.... of the wilderness, at least not with all of the comforts of home.
What effects will civilizing the wilderness now have in the future? Many
questions can arise when contemplating civilizing the wilderness.
The wilderness is being civilized for one main reason. That reason
is technology. Technology plays an important role in everyone's lives
today. Without it, we would not have computers, fax machines, cellular
phones, and all of the modern conveniences that we have today. The fact is,
that many people believe that the wilderness is like an unborn country. A
country that has nothing and is striving to become more advanced. We see
this as an opportunity ....
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Happiness
1376 Words - 6 Pages.... Kant, in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, defends his strong
beliefs in the issue of a good will, and surfaces as MM's chief opponent on the
topic of metaphysics, The issue diminishes to a clash between emotions and
pleasures ve rses rationality and logic. Yet, what use is logic when the good
agent is miserable? Mill's stance within Utilitarianism exists as the more
favorable of the two beliefs, for happiness exist as the one intrinsically
favorable element, not an emotionless mind.
The main defender of the Utilitarian system exists within the Greatest
happiness Principle. Mill lived as a chief advocate of this concept, which
supports the i ....
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The Effects Of Television Violence On Children
1626 Words - 6 Pages.... and television viewing do
go hand in hand.
The truth about television violence and children has been shown. Some
are trying to fight this problem. Others are ignoring it and hoping it will go
away. Still others don't even seem to care. However, the facts are undeniable.
The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion:
Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-
long.
The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does
affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York,
a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked ....
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Animal Rights
761 Words - 3 Pages.... it with
violent force. The baboon would then writhe and moan before falling silent.
This experiment meant to simulate what happens to human beings in a car
crash or a violent head injury.
It isn't right to cause pain, suffering, and certain death to animals
just for our benefit. Many scientists also agree that this experimental
procedure was wrong but only because primates have higher intelligence. I
don't think it is right for any animal of high or low intelligence, to
suffer that way. In other laboratories animals are confined to small cages
or locked up so that thay can't move. They are then used to test cosmetics
and household chemicals. They have chemicals ....
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Divorce And Preschool Children
1878 Words - 7 Pages.... separation occurs is important, and in fact children of different ages are effected differently by divorce. According to Dr. Hodges and Dr. Bloom (1984), who are Psychology professors, “ the effect of age of the child on the response to the divorce of parents can be examined in three general age groups: preschool, latency (or elementary age) and adolescence”. Each of these age groups showed to respond differently. The preschool age children respond to marital separation with regression, anger, tantrums, aggression and anxiety. The Latency age group shows less impact although some symptoms are common such as anxiety and depression. Finally, the adolescence age showed sym ....
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