This final paper will discuss the ongoing debate of genetic/prenatal testing. Procedures for genetic/prenatal testing have been available since the early 1970’s (Press‚ 2008‚ pp. 73-78). Genetic testing identifies abnormalities or changes in the chromosomes and genes. This type of testing is used to confirm or deny a suspected genetic condition or used to predict a person’s chances of developing or passing on a certain disorder (Grant‚ 2000). Once the woman wants to go ahead with the genetic testing
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Elizabeth Gershoff‚ a developmental psychologist at the University of Texas in Austin‚ said that multiple studies have concluded that such punishment doesn’t create a short-term compliance or help children learn right from wrong in the long-term. Furthermore‚ she said that spanking is correlated with increased antisocial behavior‚ more mental health problems and less self-regulation (Laird n. pag.). If such studies were
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PROS AND CONS OF UNDERWATER WELDING To briefly present the advantages and disadvantages of underwater welding let us first separate this two compound words‚ the UNDERWATER and WELDING. Underwater is anywhere where this is water‚ either in low or in deep aquatic areas. Now‚ Welding is the action of burning something (particularly a metal) into creating or fixing something with the use of a high temperature to burn down or melt a metallic material so that it can be reformed. Combining this two concepts
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practice holds and health and environmental groups question its safety. While fracking has created jobs and provided record-low natural gas prices‚ it comes with another kind of cost the risks the environment and health. There are many pros and cons to fracking. The pros to fracking allow for potential energy independence. A large amount of natural gas has been obtained through fracking in recent years that the United States carbon production are declining. The United States Energy Information Administration
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Gentrification has been the reason for distressing fight in numerous American urban areas‚ regularly along racial and economic deficiency lines. Neighborhood change is frequently seen as an issue of social equity‚ in which well off‚ typically white‚ newcomers are saluted for enhancing an area who’s poor‚ minority occupants are displaced by soaring rents and monetary change. With the impact of gentrification in urban community manifest social effects of homelessness and social stressors of low income
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Obama‚ and New York State Governor Andrew Cumo. Finally‚ the Outside Magazine article quoted James Nations‚ leader of the NPCA ’s Center for Park Research‚ a U.S. Geological Survey‚ and Clay Jenkinson‚ a Theodore Roosevelt scholar who appears in a short film that goes along with the
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author of "Arizona’s Immigration Law Is Racist‚" has an opposing view in comparison to Maiman (2011)‚ who wrote the article titled ”Arizona’s Immigration Law Is Not Racist." Arizona’s bill‚ according to Huerta (2011)‚ contains racial profiling. In short‚ this bill can allow police to suspect someone as being undocumented‚ which has typically applied to Latino Americans (2011). On the other hand‚ Maiman believes this bill does not contain racism because it concerns
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I have always had this idea that me being a mono-tasker makes me seem less intelligent than your average texting-and-driving‚ tweeting-and-doing homework multitaskers. However‚ after watching the short videos‚ and the PBS documentary‚ I am reassured that multitasking is not always a good skill to have‚ not when you’re doing something that requires cognitive skills and physical effort (math‚ writing‚ studying‚ driving). I am not good at multitasking. I never was‚ and I never will be. It takes me
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investing in a wind turbine to create electricity for your home‚ you’ll likely spend some time researching how they work and if this investment is worth it. Like other environmentally-friendly options‚ there are many pros and cons of wind energy to weigh against one another. Pros •The creation of wind energy is "clean". Unlike the use of coal or oil‚ generating energy from the wind doesn’t produce pollutants or require any harmful chemicals. •Wind is free. If you live in a geographical location
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toxin that could be harmful when excessively consumed is present (Byrne). Labels on foods are used to notify consumers of when they are purchasing foods that are harmful to their health and genetically modified foods do not fall into that category. In short‚ placing these labels on all genetically modified foods is excessive due to the small differences they carry regarding their nutritional value and
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