... can be a little more dramatic than a food dance. Queen honeybees mate mostly once in their lives, within weeks of emerging as an adult from the honeycomb cells in which they grew. The queen's mating flight, sometimes called the "wedding flight", may be the only time she ever leaves her hive. The Queen and several drones (up to 15) mate in mid-air, at about 20 feet ... above the ground. The drones that mate with the queen immediately die afterwards. The queen stores the semen from her mating flight for the remainder of her life, usually 2-3 years. "New research demonstrates that the numb...

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... her own. It was so interesting to see someone give up everything for a gorilla. Never the less knowing what she lost taking this chance to go to Africa, I never knew what poaching meant or even heard of the word until I saw this movie. I don't know if I would have the courage Diane had in doing this expedition. I would love to go to Africa and study ... the Mountain Gorillas, but not exactly how she went about it. When the movie first started off I thought it was going to be boring and ... gorillas and for what? Just to send the baby gorillas to the zoo and make some money. How would t...

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... around sex, gynecology or urology. Another problem is that almost no female on TV is modestly dressed. You can see more of the female body on TV than any married man has ever seen of his wife (Victoria Secret ads, Baywatch, etc.). The lack of morals on TV has affected Americans. People see sex on TV and it is just thrown around like a rubber ball so ... a chance and sometimes even if not given a chance. Almost any gas station in America has a magazine rack near the door just waiting to tempt you with some voluptuous woman on the front. These things ruin lives and yet they are sold publi...

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... it will be a way for us to save lives, for families to save that child with failing lungs or replace a child with a brain tumor (The Sixth Day 2000). They first show the social interaction the clone has within society. To begin with, no one can even tell who is a clone and who is not. However, once the secret is out they are regarded as freaks because ... it is outside the cultural norm and as abominations because it is outside the beliefs of many people. It is pointed out that the clones are only living organisms, they will have no rights, no inheritance, and no place in ... technical...

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... because they are different is scary. Occurrences like these happen everyday to all sorts of people. Matthew was hated against just because he was open about his sexual preference. He was tied to a tree, beaten, and was left in the freezing weather, begging for his life. Knowing that this just happened four years ago ... is a frightening thought. After so many years of learning how to be equal with other races and religions it's an awful thought that ... I have never witnessed or been a part a hate crime that was so extreme. I've seen people make fun of others for being gay. Talking beh...

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... to Use Animals I did two articles because they both appealed to me. The first article is about two kids, 18 years old, who climbed a tree to hop the fence of a homeowner, John Vratsenes. The kids proceeded to beat to death one of Vratsenes rare sandhill cranes. The kids were charged with criminal mischief, felony animal cruelty count, criminal trespass and conduct after an accident. Both may ... not be within 200 yards of the house it happened at. To kill the bird, they had beat it with a rake handle. The crane is being kept frozen in Vratsenes care in case it is needed in the court. Th...

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... parents have circumstances that leave them with no options but to abort because they have financial problems or too much kids. When problems like these arise, they should consider giving the child to people that could not have kids of their own. Many people out there have health problems that leave them childless. They always are wishing to have children ... of their own. It is sad to think someone will not even consider giving up a child she cannot take care of. Instead, they choose to take the life away. Children are special and unique in their own way. They each have a gift God gave ...

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... from past generations, are we predictable. And if there really is extra terrestrial life somewhere in the universe do they think of us as we think of lesser intelligent animals that run on instinct. We as humans harbor the same feelings deep within our mind and we all have physical reflexes or instinct. The point that I am making is not that we are all machines like bees ... Tom Walker because whatever essence drives him lies hidden within our own souls lurking and attempting to crawl out of that hole and consume our very lives. And it is just that Tom Walker was one of the ones that "g...

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... work for a good cause indicates his goodness, wisdom, discipline, and dedication to the common good. Furthermore, Simon sincerely cares about the other boys. "Then, amid the roar of the bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back to the endless, outstretched hands." (56) This kind act exemplifies his kindness and sympathy. Whereas ... the other older boys torment and torture the "littluns", Simon helps them. Hence, Simon opposes ... ...

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... After reading "What Holds the Water, What Holds the Light" by Linda Hogan I became more aware of our surrounding environment, which is often taken for granted. Linda is a wonderful writer. She uses many descriptive words that allow the reader to obtain a feel of emotion and a vision of the situation and scene that she is explaining. The world is very valuable to our lives in themselves and is often overlooked ... and taken for granted. If it wasn't for the world that we know as Earth filled with trees, grass, water, etc., we ... he could transfer to a University and move, and so on. If...

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... have to hide their true identity from the community of Waknuk because they are different and many of them try to banish mutants. These mutants are considered to be deviant for the reason of not fitting the description of a human according to biblical concepts. In the Waknuk community, the description of being normal is very important to the people of Waknuk. If one does not fit the description of what is normal, they are faced ... in Waknuk as evident through the lives of mutants such as David Strom, Sophie Wender and Joseph Strom, who follows the laws and religious concepts very strict...

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... love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the power gained through threat of punishment." In today's world, everyone needs to be tolerant. Tolerance in all that we think and do is going to make a difference in our lives, and the lives around us. Tolerance for others is appreciating the diversity, the plurality of modern society, and the willingness to live and let others live too. When ... we fail to tolerate others' beliefs, ways of being and opinions, the ending result can and will be discrimination, repression, dehumanizing, and ultimately violent. Practicing tol...

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... a cave. They are unable to turn their heads, and all they see is the shadow upon a wall. Plato correlates the human general process is to think and speak without any awareness of extra knowledge. The setting describes how puppets are placed behind the prisoners casting an image for them to comprehend. The images would provide an answer human's awareness. How can one describe he can't see ... humans would likely to acquire knowledge and concepts by its physical properties and appearances; we would be mistaken if we levied the concept, knowledge, and grasp of one object by the same level....

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... not artistic or that their work is to structured for creativity or that they don't have time to sit and soak in the beauty of everyday life. The truth is that we all can and do take part in artistic actions. The author quotes Confucius when he states that, "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it" (83). This idea is not wide ... presentation can be a piece of art work, a carefully crafted piece of machinery can turn a factory in to an art gallery, and an inventive new curriculum can morph a teacher into an artist. As easy as it is to find these beautiful features within our ...

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... to bank, stand in line, pay service fees etc. But nowadays with on line banking one can just stay in the comfort oh his or her home and pay bills and make other transcations in minutes! Everything with technology makes life soo much easier. Especailly for ... the 21st century man. The growing population it would take us hours to do anything manually or to wait up in line. Technology however seems to solve this problem. From kitchen appliances to cars to tele med, techinology seems to be ruling ... our world. There is a drawback to this, as everything seems to come with a price. Technol...

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... decision you didn't make for yourself, your insecurity made it for you. " I"m like everybody else: weak, full of mistakes, but basically good." Yunior describes himself to be naturally a good person, who has made a costly mistake. In the selection, The Sun, the Moon, the Stars, by Junot Diaz, Yunior is a Dominican man that has cheated on his girlfriend Magda. Magda has an extremely hard time understanding ... is drastically failing. Although I believe that cheating is wrong, I do not believe it makes you a bad person, and therefore, I believe in the statement Yunior made. Cheating is a ...

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... an imperfect place, wrought with moral controversies of every kind. One of these controversies that carries subtantial weight today is that of the death penalty. The death penalty should be abolished because it is a risky punishment in which the final judgement is made by a human jury, and it takes away a person's right to live. What I mean when I say that the death penalty is a risky punishment is that ... are many "precautions" made to make sure this does not happen, but the jury is only human. Because the jury is human, they rely highly on their emotions to make their judgments. The ...

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... help overcome fear, truth defines it. But truth is the phenomenon that says light always overcomes such demons as darkness and seclusion. The spirit of inquiry, the search for greater truth beyond religion and science, the profound seriousness of doing real thinking, philosophy- they are almost totally lacking in humanity. Humanity is therefore subhuman from the lack of genuine knowledge. They automatically reject any emergent facts or realities ... that do not fit their brain dead cognitive pattern of believe and disbelief. Gabriel Chiron, Truth ... and would die for. I must go with go...

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... 's personality and altruism as a person. After explaining the author's memory of his old English building, he writes: "Our buildings grow on us - we wear them every day" (3) and expresses this memory as "an arresting occasion that released me, like magic, from the present, without returning me to the past." (3) Within these quotations, Harvey describes the idea that memories influence what one's personality evolves ... into. The building that "grows on us" ... ...

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... which receive and process information about how they think or feel about a certain scenario. Purdue University conducted a study on pigs' social behavior and found that "the lack of mental and physical stimuli can result in deterioration of health" (Rifkin, 2003, pg. 59, par 4), when isolated or denied playtime with each other. Pigs feel depressed and alone when deprived physical contact, much ... humans feel. Even though humans and animals have different brain functions, they still feel depressed when left alone. Feeling depressed or feeling any emotion about a certain case is a major ...

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... her. Miranda tried to be nice to Ms. Matthews and could not understand why she was not treated equally. After dealing with this treatment most of her senior year, our family tried to make sense of the whole situation. The only difference between Miranda and other female students was that she did not participate in sports. Ms. Matthews was a coach and favored athletes in ... than other female teachers but she could have had low self-esteem and was not happy with who she was on the inside. Our family believes that some people treat others poorly because they themselves are not happy in th...

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... would not like to be hunted like he hunts his prey, if he would consider that it could be him being hunted, he would probably be more understanding to the value of human life. The main characters in this story are Rainsford, and General Zeroff. I don't know why Rainsford didn't accept to hunt with Zeroff, and when he got a gun or knife kill ... him and take his boat or whatever. I don't think hunting should be a sport because it is kind of dumb, unless you are hunting due to necessity of food. That's the main reason I don't like General Zeroff. I think Zeroff should have gone into marks...

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... Arthur Miller believes that a common man can think, aspire, suffer: and that a common man can give his life for "his sense of human dignity." Willy Loman demonstrates such a notion. His main thought is of the American Dream. Because he knows that he is unsuccessful, Willy wants his sons to be successful in his place. Willy suffers a great amount whenever he thinks about his ... within this play. Willy had always dreamed about what a great success his son Biff could be and when he did not make anything of himself, it was Willy who suffered the most. He would often think back to the past ...

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... don't know how to treat themselves let along another human being. I know I myself have been turned down many times just because the next guy had a better car or lived in a better neighborhood. I can't even remember the many times I had to shell out a lot of dollars just to be able to take out a girl that looked ver good. But that's where even I fall into ... I do believe that all people do these days is go by the status of a person rather than what they are truly all about. Just like it was shown in the video when the American guy would go all the way to Russia to find the best looking ...

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... that needed to be exterminated or Goats about to be killed for a major feast. For example, in one of the lines it says, "They attacked the towns and spared neither the children nor the aged nor pregnant women nor women in childbed, not only stabbing them and dismembering them but cutting them to pieces ... had to stand there and watch what these barbarians do to these people especially the women and children. They raped the wives of the village rulers and took the newborn infants and threw them into the rivers to drown or be eaten by the sharks and other man eating marine animals. It rea...

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