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Food Biotechnology is a process by which foods are created or modified to enhance crop production, nutritional value, safety, and/or taste. These foods are considered genetically engineered (GE), or genetically modified (GM). Genetic engineering modifies the genetic material of living cells to produce new substances or perform new functions. As with most “new” technological advances, genetic engineering has its advantages and disadvantages and is currently a hot topic of debate with regard to…

Everyone Can’t Be Super Seeking perfection in an imperfect world has been a massive dilemma in today’s society. The rapid development of technology in this generation has created many new opportunities for genetic engineering. In California, a personal-genomics organization has been awarded a U.S. patent for techniques used in fertility clinics to create babies with selected traits. This human modification will lead to the controversial idea of designer children with artificial attributes.…

“There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue” ― Elizabeth I Tudor (goodreads.com). However, Queen Elizabeth I never held her tongue when she could have a say in matters. In many ways, Queen Elizabeth was one of the very first women in the 1500s to dominate her own era. Queen Elizabeth l controlled part of the government and provided suitable leadership for her army when the Spanish Armada tried to challenge England. With her…

Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth l, commonly known as the Elizabethan era. The Elizabethan epoch is seen by many as the pivotal point in English literature; historians regard it as being the golden age in England’s history. A plethora of books, movies, and plays, including many of Shakespeare’s works, were based on ideas and interests of the time. Consequently, many of his works are reminiscent of values and ideals found throughout this time period. Learning about the…

Portrait and will explore how contemporary achievements and the state of politics and economics of the Elizabethan Era are displayed in The Armada Portrait. George Gower’s The Armada Portrait, painted in England in 1588, was commissioned by Sir Francis Drake (1540 - 1596),3 an English sea captain who was involved with the Spanish Armada battle. Since the Elizabethan Era is thought of as the golden age of England, it is very important that Queen Elizabeth I chose to honor her political and…

Deciding Actively Listening for the Public Voice, by Robert Cook-Deegan and Jane Maienschein, discusses the issue of genetic engineering and the ethical dilemma and how the United States, government, and people are interacting in the struggle of the ethics behind genetic engineering. The authors present the facts that genetic engineering has laid in the grey area ever since it was first brought to in lab, and still continues to sit in that grey area. Genetic Engineering will occasionally pop up…

Jacob Reed Ms. Taylor Green Chemistry I December 9, 2016 The Life of Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born on July 25th, 1920 into an class family in London, England. Born as the second of five children to Ellis Arthur Franklin and Muriel Frances Waley, Rosalind had science involved in her life from a young age as her father Arthur, who was an investment banker, also taught lessons about electricity and magnetism at London’s Working Men’s College. Rosalind’s education was mostly…

Saint Francis left behind his family, money, and himself to follow Jesus. In today 's society, people find it hard to live as Saint Francis did. In the journal, Poverty as Emergency: A Radical (Re-)Form of Life? by Silvia Mazzini, the question on whether or not becoming poor is good puts another view on Saint Francis’ life. From a Catholic perspective, Saint Francis became poor because he wanted to follow the teachings of Jesus. Catholicism plays a major part in the Medieval period. During…

Just six years before his birth Elizabeth I became queen of England in 1558. It was a time of great history and relative political stability, followed and preceded by eras of upheaval. For the time being, arts held a great importance; theaters thrived and playwrights were active including William Shakespeare. Theater was central to Elizabethan social life leading to great buildings and the development of companies of actors, both professional and amateur. It did receive criticism. Puritan…

Another writer, Alice Rawsthorn, asks what the true definition of an artist is in this modern world, deciding that it can be anyone. Through her piece, “Can Anybody be a Designer?” Rawsthorn discusses “Unnamed,” an exhibition held in South Korea. This exhibition explores innovation in places that one would normally never look; the code involved in a computer virus can be just as majestic as a rainbow barcode where each color signifies one of the four nucleotides of DNA (adenine, thymine, guanine…