However, the fact is that animal testing is often ineffective in predicting how products will work on people. ... Many people do not see these tests as cruel and unusual in the United States, because they know animal testing goes on in many other countries as well. ... An estimated 52 million people possess an animal companion and would never even think of putting them through the pain and torment of experimentation (Animal Testing"). ... Other people volunteer to be given micro-doses of new drugs that do not make them sick. People do this because 25% of all animal testing failed to show effec...

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There are many alternatives to animal testing and if people took time to use those alternatives, millions of animal's lives would be saved. ... In the classroom, young people take part in dissection of frogs, bugs, worms, and other creatures in order to gain understanding of the particular body systems. ... Safety testing grew out of other forms of testing. ... Many people argue that animal testing hurts the animals and is completely unethical because then we don't see the animals as having any rights. ... Even though pharmaceuticals are routinely tested on animals, the Journal of t...

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Most people wouldn't believe that most cases of stress are from academics, and not bullying. ... Many people think that studying and practicing for standardized tests can improve student achievement, and boost their grades in school. ... Cato.org) This should amaze people, because it surely amazed me. ... Discrimination is something that businesses and people try to avert from. ... I am arguing my opinion, because I feel that people are under the impression that standardized tests are eminent. ...

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ANIMAL TESTING (what exactly is the problem?)... The experiment involves a creature to be burned alive with such techniques as flame-throwers (a weapon so cruel people reframe to use it in act of war) until the charred flesh is vulnerable to be removed in large pieces while the animal is still alive. ... According to specific test animal tests and human results only match 5%-25% of the time. ... More than 100,000 people in a year have been hospitalized and later died from toxic reactions to medications that were not predicted by animal test. Sixty-one people were also killed by the cough medi...

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The largest and most useful area of testing is called Toxicity Testing. ... (Boyd, 184) Eye irritancy tests, the largest and most controversial area in toxcity testing, began in 1920. ... This method of toxicity tests is now used to test everything from shampoo to pesticides. ... A less painful area of testing is the sub-acute and sub-chronic tests. These tests last between one and three months and use slightly less toxic doses then toxicity tests. ...

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People who choose to drink alcohol and drive endanger public safety, create carnage on the nation's roadways, and hurt everyone around them. ... America shouldn't be watching silently as hundreds of people are killed each day by drunk drivers. ... Another test that police frequently require to be taken is the Walk and Turn test. ... In order to properly administer this test, it is important to understand what type of test it is. ... Yet drunk drivers kill thousands of people every year. ...

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Many experiments tested diseases. ... Testing germ warfare was just as malicious as the other human experimentations. Germ warfare was tested on villages filled with innocent people. ... Planes sprayed the zone with a plague culture or dropped bombs with plague-infested fleas to see how many people at what distance from the center would die. ... Luckily, only a few landed, causing nearly no damage, although six people died when a child inadvertently set one off. ...

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Several individuals within the Pentagon strongly believe that testing of nuclear weapons will become more crucial as the size of the United States arsenal is reduced ("President Bush Considers Resumption of Nuclear Weapons Testing"). ... These are reasons why nuclear testing should be practiced but there are also reasons why this testing is harmful in many different ways. ... The DOE is actively involved in several assignments, like passing laws and engaging in community clean-ups, to better environmental conditions around our country and others ("People and the Environment"). ... Every sin...

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Most people recognize that there are some people with fantastic memories, some with mechanical expertise, some with musical genius, some with good vocabularies, etc., etc. ... To some people, intelligence tests are not culturally biased against American blacks or other native-born, English speaking peoples in the United States. ... On the other hand, some people believe that some tests are either racially or culturally biased which leads to the differences in test scores for different races and ethnicities. ... A perfect example is an aptitude or intelligence test. ... Instead, they are lo...

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Some people have suggested that the employment system should work on a color-blind test (Plous). The color blind test is a method where race is not mentioned on applications. Employers determine how qualified an individual is by administering a test (Benoit). ... For instance, it is logical to hire people with higher test scores, but "members of socioeconomically disadvantaged groups tend to score less well than equally qualified members of other groups" (Benoit). The color-blind test ultimately favors Caucasian people, even though it is meant to be fair. ...

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The industry has always been quick to exploit the less than conclusive results of animal tests, especially in fields such as onconlogy. ... Due to FDA's incompetent management the agency was unable to fulfill its task to protect the safety and health of animals and people (Menache, 1998). ... All of the chemicals mentioned above had been tested on different animals prior to their use on the soldiers. ... Moreover, animal tests have a dubious record in predicting useful drugs to combat the effects of a stroke. ... By comparison, the drug nimodipine can help people with a specific form of...

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Testing and Bombing A. ... At last it was time for the testing and bombing, to see if all the hard work had paid off. ... "A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. ... With on big flash 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 were injured. ... In one split - second 39,000 people...

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Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ... The Trinity test (the code name for the test of the first atomic bomb), on July 16, 1945, was an amazing success (Kimball). ... An estimated 130,000 people were either killed, injured or missing. ... A little more than one third of the city was annihilated and around sixty six thousand people had died or been injured. ... Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ...

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(Szasz 25) This was much more complex, and many people doubted that it would work. ... Kistiakowsky and Oppenheimer both argued for such a test, but initially Groves was opposed. ... People who saw it said it looked like the sun had risen for a few minutes and then went back down. ... Many people who were involved in the creation of the atomic bomb signed petitions against dropping the bomb. ... "At 0816 hours, in the flash of an instant, 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 people were injured by a 10 kiloton atomic explosion."...

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To many, the bill should be removed or revised because it is, in fact, leaving people behind. ... By observing young people at school, it can be observed that when their parents where at the school, they were more attentive. ... The Act also makes it look as if the school systems now are all about test grades [OBr13] [Deb09]. Every meeting that teachers have are about to get test grades higher. However, what good are test grades being higher if the student did not learn anything on the test and the teacher gives them the answer to improve AYP so that the school can get extra federal funding? ...

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Perhaps this is the reason that some heroes can withstand the test of time and others simply vanish away. ... They have accomplished things that will change peoples" lives. ... Their connection was for entertainment only and therefore could not stand the test of time. ... The President may seem like a figure that can withstand the test of time, but do they really? Perhaps we are just drilled and quizzed and tested over their names in school from elementary all the way through high school. ...

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In addition, most people concur in the courts and say that sign language is also speech. ... This is the precursor to the SLAPS test put out by another important obscenity case, Miller v. ... In Miller, the Roth test was again changed. ... This test is used today despite certain problems the SLAPS test has run into over the years. The biggest problem the test encounters is the questioning of art. ...

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Finland does not do any assessments or testing of their students until they finish secondary school at age sixteen. ... The U.S. testing system could be reformed by schools or states, as long as the main goals were being accomplished. ... The U.S. should discontinue testing until children are older as officials do in Finland. ... In order to be innovative, people need to be creative and have imagination, if that is squashed in a child at a young age, who can say it will return when it is needed later on in life? ... There has been worldwide academic testing which proves that American students ...

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We can measure this in various ways, but, naturally, I come back to standardized test scores, a common indicator of academic success. ... With 65 nations participating in the PISA testing, these are hardly numbers to write home about. ... This relationship is similar across reading and science tests, and in schools across the nation. ... Diversification also helps the social aspect of education that has been lost in the standardized testing craze. Students who attend school with students from different socioeconomic backgrounds have a broader and more nuanced worldview and are more prepared ...

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Fore example there have been several questions on standardized test given by the government where there is simply no answer to. ... I also don't agree with all of the standardized testing that takes place with Common Core. Teachers will or have started teaching to the test so it appears like everyone knows what they are doing. ... People learn and think in different ways. I don't think that by making standards and restrictions we will see an improvement in test scores around the country. ...

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It has to go somewhere away from people. ... Chief Raymond Yowell is very concerned about the waste dumping saying that he and his people have already been subjected to too much radiation because the reservation is just a few short miles away from the Nevada Test Site. Here, over 900 different kinds of atomic bombs have been tested... Many of those underground tests contaminated the water, the blood of our Mother Earth. ... Tom Goldtooth, the coordinator of the Indigenous Environmental Network, said, "The nuclear industry has waged an undeclared war against indigenous peoples that has poiso...

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Minority students are further disadvantaged when applying to college, because standardized test scores are biased against them. ... For example, Finnish people are seen as inferior in Sweden, and perform poorly on tests there; however, they perform well on tests in Australia, where they are not discriminated against. These studies suggest that standardized test scores are unintentionally biased against Americans who suffer a lower position in the U.S. social structure, namely African-Americans and Hispanics. This is one reason that affirmative action is needed to combat this bias by seeking to...

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This would be a plus toward the schools that continue to have problems with students scoring low on their standardized test. ... Most schools believe that more time in the required classes will improve standardized test scores, instead of having them involved in the arts. ... In today's society, people have to be careful about what they spend money on in order to allow their family to survive. ... In response, people in this society have decided that the 'arts' are not the most important attributes in our current economy. ... Current communities have started to thrive more on t...

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Many people have argued against home schooling for various reasons', others see no negative outcomes that arise from it. ... Many states have additional requirements, such as the submission of a curricular plan, testing of students, or less frequently testing requirements for p! ... "Some people think I am being paranoid or that I am overreacting. ... Social development tests showed that the children rated closely in self-concept and assertion (Packard 21). Another test showed that home schooled children scored higher on self-concept than public school students (Farris). ...

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Today they provide birth control and long-acting reversible contraception, emergency contraception, breast and cervical cancer screening, pregnancy testing and pregnancy options counseling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, sex education, vasectomies, LGBT service, and abortion to millions of patients annually. ... According to PlannedParenthood.org, the services they offer like Birth Control which cost $20-$25 per pack, STD/STI testing at $125, and counseling at $40 per session. ... The benefits they provide to people are second to none. ... Like Tiffany, many people&#x...

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