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    Abortion is one of the most disputable issues discussed all over the world today. Several decades ago abortion was considered only a social issue, but now situation has changed and it has also a political and ethical issue attached to it as well. Arguments against pro- choice are typically biased; overlook the fact that the legalization of it benefits the health of women, and deny women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to discuss the pro-choice

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    History of the Atom By Karina Vazquez Period: 4 May 11, 2016 Mr.Sanchez Chemistry B The atom is an important thing in the world of science and chemistry. The atom might have started on a different point of view on how the atom works. There were many different people who had many good and different ideas on how to use the atom and what it was used for. Democritus was one of many other philosopher and scientists that wanted to start the discovery of the atom. He got the

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    useful. Eighteen years ago a man named James Thomson discovered what we call “Stem Cell Research.’ He first discovered stem cells by using ES cells from an Old World monkey (the rhesus macaque) and a New World monkey (the common marmoset), this work is what led to the derivation of human ES cells in 1998 (Thomson Article). After this discovery, his research lab was dedicated to establishing human ES cells only. After many years of research, Thomson found a new research that now focuses on understanding

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    discovered alpha and beta rays, found the laws of radioactive decay, and identified alpha particles as helium nuclei. Most important, he postulated the nuclear structure of the atom this structure was known as Rutherford model. Rutherford overturned Thomson 's model in 1911 with his well-known gold foil experiment in which he demonstrated that the atom has a tiny, heavy nucleus. Rutherford designed an experiment to use the alpha particles emitted by a radioactive element as probes to the unseen world

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    and zygote have the right to life, because it is potentially a person. Marquis’s argument is similar to the potentiality argument, such that even an unfertilized egg has an innumerable amount of valuable futures, which is absurd. Comparatively to Thomson, Marquis offers his own response to this objection.

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    On the other end of the spectrum, many frequent marijuana users are against legalization for the many constraints it will place on their use. The way the states have been regulating the drug disallows anyone under twenty-one to obtain the drug, even for medical needs, and it hinders their ability to drive while the drug is in their system (Evergreen). The stipulations concerning driving will cause inconveniencies for frequent users due to the variations of time in which the drug stays in a person’s

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    Descartes' Meditations Descartes' meditations are created in pursuit of certainty, or true knowledge. He cannot assume that what he has learned is necessarily true, because he is unsure of the accuracy of its initial source. In order to purge himself of all information that is possibly wrong, he subjects his knowledge to methodic doubt. This results in a (theoretical) doubt of everything he knows. Anything, he reasons, that can sustain such serious doubt must be unquestionable truth, and

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    argument, writing either for or against the topic. A particularly well known piece that does just that, argues that a fetus’s right to life does not trump a woman’s right to have control over her own body. “A Defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson Pro life versus

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    Introduction Impact factor – Garfield1 first mentioned the idea of an impact factor in 1955, and it was only in the early 1960s he, along with Irving H Sher, created the journal impact factor to help select journals for Science Citation Index. The evolution of the idea of the impact factor is well documented 2. From then on, it has been used widely

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    her. Through her multiple personalities she struggles with Sandra Bartky’s idea of a docile body and is further excluded from the supposedly supportive feminist community, and society in general, because of her disability as discussed by Garland-Thomson. Through this paper I will explain

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