Glanders Essays

  • A Look at the Final Chapter of Timothy Glander’s Book, Origins of Mass Communications Research During the American Cold War: Educational Effects and C

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    scholarly work and into an opinion piece. Glander sadly wastes a promising opportunity for critical examination of propaganda’s role in education and mass communications. Works Cited Cravens, H. (2001). [Review of Glander's Origins of mass communications research...] History of Education Quarterly, 41(2), 292-294. Danielson, W. (2000). [Review of Glander's Origins of mass communications research...] Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 77(2), 433-434. Glander, T. (2000). Origins of mass communications

  • The History of Bioterrorism

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    Throughout the progression of mankind, there has always been a need to become superior in tactics and technology over an opponent. It did not take long for man to discover the effective and deadly tactic of Bioterrorism, which is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria or other germs used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants. As time passes, everything about bioterrorism becomes more and more sophisticated, making it very difficult to combat with. By examining the history

  • Sex Education in Schools

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    currently eighteen states and the District of Columbia that require schools to provide sex education and thirty-two that do not require sex education. “There is no federal law that requires public schools to teach sex education or what should be taught” (Glander). While the parents and schools are debating whether sex education should be taught, children are out participating in sexual activities without any knowledge of protection and consequences, such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STD)s

  • Informative Essay On Wild Kratts

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    International in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, he started the Carleton Organization for Biodiversity. His brother Martin attended Duke University, chose zoology as his major, and became a research aide for a howler monkey project with Dr. Kenneth Glander in Costa Rica. Let me give you some background knowledge on Wild Kratts. The start of each show episode features a live-action segment of the Kratt brothers. In this segment, the brothers describe a specific animal species' unique characteristics

  • Animal Research: A Necessary Evil

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    development of everything from the Tuberculosis cure, to the Polio vaccine, to the treatment of AIDS (Gluck, 2003). It is also argued that animal testing is beneficial to animals themselves and furthers animal welfare. Treatments for rabies, Heartworm, glanders, Feline immunodeficiency virus, and anthrax, as well as other parasitic infections are all advanced from the use of animals in studies. Animal research is ongoing in the veterinary field in hopes of finding an improved treatment for the feline leukemia

  • The Threats of Biological Warfare

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    The term “biological warfare” has been used quite frequently lately. We see it on the news, read it in magazines and newspapers, and hear about it in the political rhetoric of the day. However, the sad reality is that most Americans are not well informed about how dangerous the threat of biological warfare really is. Not only that, but our own government is not even prepared to deal with a biological attack, something that is more probable than most of us would like to believe. Biological warfare

  • Madagascar is a Dying Land In Need of Help

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    Due to this form of farming, humans have turned vast wetlands into deserts and luscious forests into tundra. In the... ... middle of paper ... ...lies in the hands of education. Knowledge is Power. Bibliography: Works Consulted Glander, Dr. Kenneth. What's a Lemur? The PBS website. Godfrey, Dr. Laurie. Isolation and Biodiversity. The PBS website. Howes, Oliver. "Environmentally friendly health care begins in Madagascar." The Lancet. February 21, 1998: 577. Middleton