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    Organ Donation

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    Money Fails Organ Donors All over the world, there are people in need of organs such as kidneys. According to the National Kidney Foundation, thirty million American adults have kidney disease and need kidneys. Without a new kidney, it could lead to death. There are many reasons for humans to donate their organs. Donating one's organs can save lives as well as give the person a sense of gratitude. There is no age limit on being a donor however the million-dollar question is should they be paid for

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    even if they kill way more people yearly than another substance that’s illegal? Alcohol causes 88,000 deaths per year and tobacco causes 480,000 (about 1 in 5 deaths annually). Together, that’s approximately 568,000 people killed between the two, and together, this is almost a quarter of the deaths per year in the United States alone. Meanwhile, steroids don’t kill people directly, unless taken improperly and in extremely high doses. When I looked up “annual steroid deaths” I wasn’t able to find a

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    Thomas Jefferson’s The Declaration of Independence is an extremely well-known essay written in 1776 to declare independence from the British monarchy. He is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and has written many of the principles used in government today. His argument is exceptionally clear and famously defiant, and along with the many forms of rhetorical devices, seamlessly presents an effective reason to secede from Great Britain. The purpose is to tell the colonies and the British

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    Leading Cause Suicide

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    lead causes of deaths and crashes. I learned that the leading cause of the teens death was teens running off the road. I thought that the leading cause was going to be distracted driving because a lot of teens are always on their cell phones texting or changing music. I also didnt know that the leading causes of crashes was following another driver too closely. I also thought that the distracting would be higher on the list but it wasnt as I expected. I also didn't know that the leading cause of death

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    a hospital bed is not the way anyone wants to go. Unfortunately for many people, it is a reality. Thousands of people a year end up dying while waiting for an organ that could save their lives. While on the other side of the world, thousands of people die a year, but from infection when an organ is forcefully taken from them to sell on the black market. There are two sides of the organ donation list, and both can end in death. This paper will discuss the shortage of donated organs and the issues with

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    has generated such desperation that people all over the world have begun to resort to unethical practices to obtain the priceless organs. Most donated organs and tissues are from people who have died. However, a living person can donate some organs as well as stem cells, blood, and platelets. The amount of people in the U.S. that are not able to donate organs is minimal. People with certain medical conditions are not able to donate

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    builds up in the arteries, it causes the arteries to slowly narrow (atherosclerosis). A very common symptom of CAD is angina, which is caused by the buildup of plaque. Angina is chest pain that is caused by reduced flow of oxygen rich blood to the heart. This makes the heart muscle weak, and can lead to another symptom of CAD, arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat. However, sometimes these symptoms don’t show up at all. The first indication of CAD in some people is a heart attack. A heart

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    Mongol Crash Course

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    1. List the four characteristics of herding/nomadic groups brought up in the Crash Course  Video.    ­ They aren’t Jack Kerouac, they don’t produce manufactured goods, they live close to  nature and harsh conditions, and they are more egalitarian.    Complete the following chart:         What     Why     Migration     They move around  according to the weather.  They move in order to feed  their animals.  Trade     They would trade with the  near by settlers.   They traded in order to get 

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    down on deaths. It would also cut down on people acquiring firearms illegally like through families and friends, and legally but in unsafe ways like the Charleston Loophole. If the United States passes tighter gun laws the deaths would decrease and the United States will be a bit of a nicer place. The Charleston Loophole is a big example of the reason the United States needs tighter Gun Laws. From the years 2010 through 2016, the loophole allowed about 23,000 guns to be sold to dangerous people (source

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    and Jonhson, 2009). He was so successful during his time of indulging in organ trafficking that according to the authorities, “Levy Izhak Rosenbaum had clinched the sales of black-market kidneys, where he would purchase organs from the defenseless people from Israel for around the amount of ten thousand and then presume to auction to those in need of an transplant

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