Article Review: Cancer 1. Gibbs‚ W W. "Untangling the Roots of Cancer." Scientific American July 2003: 56-65. Print. 2. In the human body‚ cells are constantly going through the cell cycle. An important step of the cell cycle is called mitosis‚ in which the cell (referred to as the parent cell) undergoes a series of steps that lead to the formation of two daughter cells. This process only occurs in somatic cells‚ which are any non-gamete cells. Gametes are haploid (containing only half of a full
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August 20‚ 1989 Jose and Mary “Kitty” Menendez were brutally murdered in their Beverly Hills mansion‚ with no lead suspects at the time. Lyle and Erik Menendez were reported to be the first witnesses at the crime scene‚ not yet considered suspects because of their physically altered states of mind. At 21 and 18 years old‚ the Menendez brothers walked away from murder. The disdain behavior the brothers acquired through negligent parenting were strong indicators in which investigators came to the conclusion
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Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others‚ but no matter the severity‚ there is usually a loss‚ and a cry for help. The first one I want to talk about is the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks (a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake)‚ measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimate of three million people were affected by the earthquake. Death toll estimates ranged from 100‚000
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Pearl Harbor was a big attack that the U.S was not expecting and it was very sad that the enemy had won and a lot of people died. Thousands of people died in Pearl harbor. President Roosevelt said that this attack was a scarfull attack. The Pearl Harbor Attack started In December‚7‚ 1941. In Arizona‚ Honolulu in the ocean in the morning. It started in the morning and the U.S actually knew it was gonna happen. Because they cracked the japanese code and the warning was sent from washington. But
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Horrifying events happened on September 11‚ 2001. Families were separated‚ friendships killed‚ and tears were shed like rivers through the ground. On September 11‚ 2001‚ the 9/11 attack hit the united states; killing 2‚996 people‚ and injuring 6‚000 others. 19- terrorists who came from the extremist group Al- Qaeda‚ hijacked and additionally crashed 4 airplanes into American territory. Two of these planes went through the World Trade Center (Twin Towers)‚ causing them to completely collapse. Plane
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Identity theft is a form of fraud or cheating of another person ’s identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person ’s identity‚ typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person ’s name. No one is immune from this‚ it can happen to anyone‚ you can do everything right and it can still happen to you. Technology today has made very easy for predators to get their hands on your information. So it’s best to prepare for these types
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You are in the middle of the basketball court‚ and a sweat slowly runs down your cheeks. You are tired from running back and forth‚ jumping up and down‚ and passing the basketball to different players‚ but the thing is‚ it is barely the first quarter. Before the game had started‚ you had ingested a bottle of coke‚ but was that the right decision? Could have drinking something else make you a better player? Most importantly‚ which beverage helps your athletic performance the most? If you drink different
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After months of insistent begging‚ you finally decided to relent and get your child a pet. Why not try a guinea pig? Guinea pigs span the gap between an easy to care for goldfish with a fleeting lifespan and a labor intensive dog with a long lifespan. Guinea pigs typically live five to seven years‚ though some may live as long as nine years. While they enjoy floor time with their owners‚ they will spend most of their life in their cage. So while the cage requires weekly cleaning‚ there is no need
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decrease the number of shelters and the illnesses that occur when being homeless; having no home or shelter is a major societal issue that needs to be resolved in order to make society better. Homelessness is a societal issue that is a result of three causes: a catastrophe‚ mental illness‚ and job loss. Homelessness is sometimes inevitable when a catastrophe‚ an extreme unpredictable event‚ occurs. These events can range from a fire in the home to the loss of a family member. Hurricane Katrina caused
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radiation and broke down releasing chlorine and bromine into the ozone layer. The ozone layer is the earth’s ultraviolet shield. The chemistry is such that the chlorine and bromine attack the ozone‚ reducing it to ordinary oxygen which as no shielding effect from UV-B. The complex chemical reactions allow the chlorine and bromine to interact again and again with ozone molecules‚ until they eventually leave the ozone layer bonded to some other compound. Since the Montreal Protocol was developed to control
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