As we continue to see these luxuries as necessities we become dangerously more comfortable as our population increases at an alarming rate. ... The more people on this earth, the more food will be needed, our population already suffers from an abundance of poverty. ... While working Americans do work for their possessions, we do have a responsibility to help our fellow men. With the over population problem that we our facing today this also means that more people will be going hungry and have to live in poverty. ... Our lifestyle plays a large role in our shrinking natural resources, as ...

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It is a bit daunting how so few Americans know about the American eugenics movement considering how consequential it was to the United States and the world. ... An attempt to rid society of these problems in America led to the American eugenics movement. ... With the idea of solving various social problems, early Americans wanted to be able to improve the overall genetic quality of the human population. ... Hitler's annihilation of selected populations deemed to be unsatisfactory was implemented with the intent of improving the overall genetic quality of humans under his control. Having t...

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The proponents of the "Kill" theory contend that over-hunting directly caused the mass extinction of the large Pleistocene mammals in North America or that perhaps over-hunting eliminated a "keystone species" and this ultimately led to extinction. This theory proposes that humans migrated into North America across the Bering Land Bridge where they encountered favorable conditions (space and game) that allowed the human population to increase exponentially. ... An opponent of the kill theory, Donald Grayson, archaeologist at the University of Washington, states that the theory is based on five ...

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But the theories of eugenics from which they operated were also touted in America and the rest of the Western world. ... Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and Alexander Graham Bell. ... In America, breeding for a better race was supported. For example, the Pioneer Fund, an American eugenics foundation, proposed that American pilots should be encouraged to have more children by paying them stipends. ... Army are especially valuable, that they should procreate and not inferior members of American people ("Nazi Eugenic"). ...

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The population of drug users includes a wide variety of different peoples as well, one can see the use of drugs spans across a spectrum of people of various backgrounds. Other aspects relating to the frequency of drug use by individuals can also demonstrate how diverse the population of drug users is, as well as it brings up the issue of differentiating between using, abusing, and being dependent on drugs. ... South American countries have been practicing with Ayahuasca as part of spiritual experiences since before the Spanish landed in the area, and certain Native American tribes have been ...

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Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and Alexander Graham Bell. Parallel to today's arguments, many American scientists during the 1920s and 30s enthusiastically thought that they could and should apply genetic and population science to political issues. Ideally, population engineers lead by eugenicists would determine who should be cloned or allowed to procreate (Nazi eugenic 1994; Kluger et al. 1997). ... The Pioneer Fund, an American eugenics foundation, proposed that American pilots should be encouraged to have more children by payi...

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He presents perceptive and, at times, disturbing observations relating to North American ecosystems. ... At one point the population of the pigeon reached an incredible fifty million. The "five, mindless horsemen" came into play over the next twenty years, however, and the population was reduced to a mere twenty. ... In my opinion, it would have been a good idea to state implicitly the steps that need to be taken in order to obtain ideal environments in America. ... I myself was unaware that such a dilemma facing American wildlife existed, but now am very informed. ...

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Some laws in America concerning contraceptives survived until the mid- 1960's when the Supreme Court declared them invasion of privacy (Madsen 325). The revised commandment number four, "Bring children into the world only if they are wanted" (Singer 199), allows for population control as well as prevention of children who were never wanted and not loved. From 1930 when the population was two billion to today where the population is over five billion and is expected to rise above eleven billion by the middle of the next century. ... The American Medical Association has devised a set of cod...

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Growing populations, industries and irrigation will cause a third of the world's population to face a severe shortage of water in less than fifty years. ... Recently concerns that the Earth's population may be ruining the water supply have been unveiled. ... Canadians have an obligation to manage water wisely, using it not simply to sell, but also to meet the most basic needs of our fellow human population. ... Canada is tying to avoid exporting their water under the North American Free Trade Agreement because they fear that one day the Canadian fresh water will be considered a tra...

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Introduction Despite the erroneous origins of the term race and its modern usurpation by advanced studies in biological anthropology, American society at large (and elsewhere) and mental health professionals continue to place great cultural and psychological value on the term. ... Homo sapiens americanus, for example, were a group from America "given the color red, the humor choleric, and the posture upright ", while the group from Europe, Homo sapiens europaeus, are described as "white, optimistic, and muscular, gentle, active, very smart, inventive, and covered with close vestments " (Camero...

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This would have definitely led to fight with starvation and a decrease in the overall Neanderthal population, which could have been the cause of extinction. ... It is possible that when Cro-Magnon man first encounter Neanderthal man, he could have introduced new devastating diseases, as the conquistadors did in Latin America. ... On the other hand, a disease, a war, or an increase in population causing the natural resources to be inadequate for keeping so many hominids alive might have cut off Neanderthals suddenly from contact with the humans, possibly. ... This is a clear indication that h...

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This research method has been commonly used since the nineteenth century (Animal Testing Timeline), but over time this practice has become less popular in America, partially due to the fact that most of the results from animal testing are not successful in humans. ... Some people are athletic, others are obese, part of the population drinks a lot of water, others smoke, and a few might be alcoholics. ... America's options on how to better distribute twelve billion dollars annually are uncountable. ... Engineering tissues can not only represent humans better than any animal, but they can a...

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However, The Food and Drug Administration and The American Health Regulatory Authority recently reinstated the drug because twenty years of human experience in those countries, which did not prohibit its use, had convinced the Food and Drug Administration that Depo-Provera did not cause cancer in humans. ... It has been learned that the American soldiers were exposed to experimental vaccines, drugs and pesticides. ... Over the last decades it has been repeatedly revealed that our military has been caught red-handed conducting experiments not only on thousands of unsuspected and no consenting U...

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The environmental issue has certainly been at the very top of the American agenda, as the nation seeks ways to preserve and conserve. ... Population creates demands on the land; the command to "be fruitful and multiply" is considered fulfilled following the birth of two sons, or a son and a daughter Finally, the third factor, which without the first two can hardly be successfully implemented, is self-denial. ...

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According to AMP, Americans for Medical Progress, animal research and experiments have contributed to breakthroughs in cancers, HIV/AIDS, heart disease/stroke, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, hepatitis c, birth defects, bioterrorism countermeasures, epilepsy, spinal cord injuries, and cystic fibrosis. ... (Www.humanesociety.org) Now these numbers are disgusting to me and probably would be to anyone else since humans basically killed more animals in one year than the entire human population and the number has been around 9 billion since 2000. ...

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Race is a distinct population of people with genetically transmitted physical characteristics in which is what I understand to be true as well with this term. ... Now that the voters of the United States have elected our first President of color, I do not think the issue of racism is moot in America. ...

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Moreover, Parens elaborates that "science and its benefits must be directed toward making life better for all Americans "never just a privileged few. ... Again, Erik Parens states this "would entail undermining our fundamental commitment to preserving differences, to promoting the health of populations made up of people whose normal function takes different shape- (5). ... Also, Americans have always pursued improving the quality of life. ...

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Research with Animals Use of animals in behavioral research raises crucial ethical issues as different research techniques can not only harm animals or inflict pain; they can also disrupt population balance and eco system in severe cases. ... American psychological association (APA) standard 8.09 of the 2002 APA ethics code has also laid down few principles for the psychologist who is interested to do social behavior research with animal subjects (APA, 2010). ...

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At the beginning of the exploration era, a diverse collection of tribes located in the tropical lowlands of South America and the farthest regions of Australia practiced cannibalism in one form or another. ... During the 1950s, after hearing reports of cannibalism from several missionaries, the Brazilian government Indian agency enforced their control over most of the Wari' population. ...

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A survey conducted in 1995 by the Associated Press was able to determine that more than two-thirds of the entire American population agrees that animals, just like human beings, should lead a life free from suffering (Wilson, 2004). ...

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