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You can argue about medical advancements from animal testing and research more on the knowledge we gain through animal testing. This is a good essay, check it out after you read the below list. Http://www.writefix.com/argument/animaltestingyes2.htm

On this website, http://www.avert.org/hiv-animal-testing.htm, I found a good list for and against animal testing.

* FOR: Animal testing is justified because of the many human lives that it can save
* AGAINST: There is no firm evidence that animal testing has saved anyone’s life directly, particularly in the case of HIV – most drugs could probably have been developed without the use of animals.

* FOR: Humans are clearly unique amongst animals in our abilities and intellect. Animals do not experience pain and emotion in the same way that we do because they lack language and the power of abstract thought
* AGAINST: An animal’s life is equal to a human’s and we have no right to assume otherwise simply because animals cannot express their pain and suffering in words

* FOR: Animals are the best way to test vaccines, because it would be unethical to give a human a vaccine, and then to try to give them HIV to see if it works.
* AGAINST: It is no more ethical to give an animal a life-threatening illness than it is to give one to a human.

* FOR: SIV-infected chimps and Rhesus macaques are good substitutes for humans, and make drug and vaccine development far more simple
* AGAINST: Monkeys and chimpanzees do not have identical immune systems to humans, and may not respond to drugs or vaccines in the same way. Rhesus macaques also cannot be directly infected with HIV. No HIV vaccine has yet been developed, despite many years of animal involvement.

* FOR: Any differences between animal and human biology are generally known, and can be factored in to experiments
* AGAINST: This overlooks the effect that stress may have on the normal functioning of an animal’s body, which may in turn affect the results of the experiment

* FOR: Not testing new pharmaceutical products on animals is highly dangerous
* AGAINST: Animals are often poor substitutes for humans, and some compounds that may well cause no harm to an animal, could seriously harm a human being. Likewise, a drug that is toxic to the animal it is tested on, may have no toxicity, and even therapeutic benefits in humans.

* FOR: There are no viable alternatives to testing pharmaceutical products for safety on animals. Scientists already use in-vitro studies and computer models, and animal testing comes only after these tests have been performed. If a drug fails either test, it will not be given to animals anyway.
* AGAINST: Studies have suggested that ‘micro-dosing’ (where only a tiny amount of a product is given to a human through the skin) could be a new and very effective alternative to animal experiments 7. The recent news that scientists have grown a small piece of human liver tissue from stem cells could also mean that it may one day be possible to perform initial ‘human’ safety trials in a lab8.

* FOR: There are very strong laws in place to ensure that distress and pain in animals is kept to an absolute minimum
* AGAINST: Pain and suffering still occur, and simply being in captivity can cause great distress to an animal, just as it would to a human. Plus, animal testing facilities cannot be monitored at all times, so the sort of treatment animals receive on a daily basis can never truly be known.

* FOR: It is a legal requirement that drugs are tested on animals for safety in the majority of countries. Scientists have no choice in this matter.
* AGAINST: Perhaps if laws on the necessity for animal testing were relaxed, or animal safety-testing were banned, it would encourage scientists to develop other methods of testing toxicity that were equally effective. At the moment, they have no incentive to do so, so only a small handful of alternatives are being tested.

* FOR: No scientist wants to cause any more injury to an animal than is strictly necessary. Most scientists build up strong attachments to the animals they use in their experiments.
* AGAINST: This may be the case, but it is also very easy to become blasé about something that you do every day, and forget the pain and suffering your work is inflicting. Animals may well become little more than useful objects of study, rather than live creatures, and this can mean they are treated as disposable rather than indispensable.

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Unless you pick up the skills from your family, you probably will have to overcome a lot of things in life, perhaps anger, jealousy, loneliness, boredom and who knows what else. It takes some work. The trick is that all the answers are online. It’s just a matter of doing the work to find the websites with really good information that is totally satisfying and also using your intuition with the information.

Http://intuition.jigsy.com for quotes on the importance of intuition. Especially note the quotes from Einstein.

Some other subjects to get you started, google ‘emotional intelligence’ and ‘social intelligence’. The idea that helped me a lot is that these people are fearful and uncomfortable with people they can’t relate to. Mostly they will end up following you if you remain strong. Your strength helps them to be stronger so you are actually helping them get out of their rather small worlds. Do the work and you will find most and maybe all people you encounter will come to be a lot of fun and they can also help you in a million ways. You will be glad you took the trouble to do the work. Good luck.

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For starters, we should start with asking what the theme is. I think the theme is that there is more to life than money and that human knowledge is worth more than money will ever be. So, I think the author is trying to say those things in this story.

So, obviously, he is trying to stress the importance of these things. The first thing he does is uses time to show this. He uses a situation where someone learns this lesson over time. The lawyer basically has the choice between money or a new start. Instead of claiming the money, he chooses to take the knowledge that he has learned from the books to start a new life.

The author also shows the drastic difference between the lawyer and the banker. The banker, after fifteen years, still only cared about the money. He cared about the money so much; he was almost willing to kill the lawyer so he didn’t have to lose the bet and his two million dollars. Again, the lawyer didn’t care about the money after fifteen years of confinement.

In the lawyer’s notes, he claimed that he doesn’t care about freedom or money anymore, basically giving up on worldly things because he claims that knowledge is more important. He says that it angers him how these are things that human take advantage of.

I have more that i wrote, but i’m leaving my school now so i can’t write anymore. Haha. Hope this helps!

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Ask your friends if they have had positive or negative experiences with any of the carriers on your list. You might want to shop your auto and homeowners together and see which carrier will offer the least expensive package.

Don’t forget about service though, I can’t stress this enough. Just today, I wrote a client who had bought car insurance over the internet, had a bad claim and was unsatisfied with the service. We got her back because she knew that she could always come in and speak with us (as opposed to a website). That’s just my small plug for independent agents (can you guess that I am one?).

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I don’t know if this is the answer you are looking for, but please ponder it for a moment or two. You may be too far behind in some of your classes to get the grade you desire. I believe the cause of your stress may be that you are in danger of not getting the grades you envisioned yourself getting. Realistically evaluate your effort, what needs too be done, and what grade you will actually obtain. You may fail, period. Accept it, then do what you can. There is no need to stress over what can’t be done. If it can be done do it, but be realistic. Validate your opinion with facts.

On a personal note I recommend some “you” time. Watch the progression of dusk. Smell a flower. Take a moment to watch the birds and appreciate your existence. Appreciate it in your own way. Life is great.

I hope this all helps. Also notice all the people that answered your request. We’re rooting for you!

And some quotes for you:
“Ignorance is not bliss; it is unconsciousness and slavery.” John Dewey

“There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.” -From Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”