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- 1981: Intellectual Development Of Yo
- ... and the views regarding how best to encourage the cognitive abilities of these young children. In the earlier issue, dated February 3, 1997, the special report consisting of two articles titled “Fertile Minds” and “The Day-Care Dilemma” the theories of Jean Piaget’s cognitive-development are supported. In the latter issue, dated October 19, 1998, the special report titled “How to Make a Better Student” focused on refuting the theories ... by placing it within a broader context, but this is often an anticipation of later intellectual achievement, not a true reflection of the young child's competence (Carey, 1989). In the “Fertile Minds” and “The Day-Care Dilemma” articles, neuroscientific evidence is used to comply with Piagetian theory of preoperational stages of development. The article describes in depth how the rapidly proliferating brain cells at birth make connections that shape a ... the brain power of youngsters” (Nash, 1997, p.51.) This argument is supported by hard, quantifiable evidence in the form of PET scans. Furthermore, the incorporation of Piagetian tools in the education of toddlers in day-cares is stated to be a means that society can use to promote the intellectual development of young children who live in conditions that are a threat to their brain development. In “How to ...
- 1982: Michael Jordan 2
- ... better (Johnson, 61). He s the greatest that ever played, in terms of doing things that Larry Bird and I never dreamed about. (62) Doug Collins says that, Practice is what made him go. Every day he had this need to show who was the best. It s like `I m the best today and I m going to show you and tomorrow I m going to show you and the next day I m going to show you again. That was how he competed. All the great geniuses of the world were like that. We re talking about Einstein, Edison, and Roosevelt. These people came across something ... would cheat to win, if he wasn t winning, he would do anything to do so. (63) Fread Lynch tells, More than anything else, he was a sore loser. Just playing pick-up games, he d get on his teammates all the time. He hasn t changed that. What he always expected was everybody play the game as hard as he played it. (Lynch, 63) Michael Jordan s father once ...
- 1983: Martin Luther King Jr. 9
- ... After graduating from Morehouse in 1948, he entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. He was the ~ledictorian of his class in 1951 and won a graduate fellowship. At Boston University he received a Ph. D. in theology in 1955. In Boston King met Coretta Scott. They were married in 1953 and had two sons, Martin Luther III and Dexter Scott, and two daughters, Yolanda Denise and Bernice Albertine. Civil-Rights ... the nonviolent civil-rights moment. In 1965 King led a drive to register black voters in Selma, Ala. The drive met with violent resistance. In protest of this treatment, thousands of demonstrators conducted a first day march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery. King was disappointed that the progress of civil rights in the South had not been matched by improvements in the lives of northern blacks. In response to ... officials criticized his stand on Vietnam. Some black leaders felt that King's statements against war dirtied public attention from civil rights. King inspired and planned the Poor People's Campaign, a march on Washington, D.C., in 1968 to dramatize the relationship.
- 1984: The Aviary, the Aquarium, and Eschatology
- ... support of the United Nations CBW Inspection Team); A Relook of the KAL Flight 007 Shoot-down; Atmospheric Ozone Depletion - Projected Consequences and Remedial Technologies; and the Saint-Exupery Crash Site. I'm sure we'd all like to find out what Psi Tech's RVing has discovered on these events, however, Dames regrets to inform us that this is "proprietary" information gleaned under contract. This would be interesting enough on ... is now married to the former Victoria Lacas, Dr. Laibow's close associate. This list of strange bedfellows gets even stranger when you add the name of CSETI founder and head honcho, Steven Greer, M.D., into the mix. As it turns out, Greer, whose modus operandi incorporates shining blinking lights and laser beams at UFOs in the hopes of establishing communications with the ufonauts, was trained in remote viewing by ... in the intelligence agencies," to which Pelican responded "he didn't find any here" at CIA. I inquired about the status of psychotronic weapons research. Pelican was dismissive of the entire subject, calling it "modern-day shamanism." He also stated that psychotronics is only taken seriously in countries like Russia and China that do not have the rigorous peer-reviewed scientific establishment such as in the U.S. I raised ...
- 1985: Marijuana
- ... Nung thought using it as a seditive was all right. In 2,700 B.C. that same "mythical" emperor said it helped female weakness, gout, rheumatism, malaria, beri-beri (?), contipation, and absentmindedness. In 1979 (A.D.) Carlton E. Turner visited China and found marijuana was not in use in formal medical places. J. D. P. Graham of the Welsh National School of Medicine wrote, "One not need take to seriously the anecdotal use of it's use for many purposes in China or by the Hindus in the pre ... the dose of an individual preparation is to give it in ascending quantities until some effect is produced. (The Book suggested using a fluid extract - powdered cannabis in solution, 4/5 alcohol - three times a day, starting with two or three minims.)"(Lovinge,1985,p434) Extracts, tinctures, and herbal packages of cannabis manufactured by many drug companies, was available in any pharmacy until 1941 when "The two main professional directories ...
- 1986: The Six Essential Nutrients
- ... raise the temperature of water. Because the body contains so much water, this slow-to-heat property of water helps keeps body temperature nearly constant. Your body loses about 2.5 L of water per day through exhalation during breathing, and through sweat and urine. As result, water must be replaced constantly. Clustering: nutrients food carbohydrates fats proteins minerals vitamins water body Outline: 1- The vital nutrients a- Carbohydrates b- Fats c- Proteins d- Minerals e- Water 2- Food groups. a- Bread, cereal, rice and pasta{carbohydrates} b- Meats, nuts, and dairy products{fats} c-Dried beans, whole grains, and eggs{proteins} d-Phosphorus and calcium {mineral} e-Fat-soluble and water-soluble{vitamin}
- 1987: The Enlightenment and the Role of the Philosophes
- ... on reason or human understanding only, which they hoped would provide a basis for beneficial changes affecting every area of life and thought. The more extreme and radical philosophes--Denis Diderot, Claude Adrien Helvetius, Baron d'Holbach, the Marquis de Condorcet, and Julien Offroy de La Mettrie (1709-51)--advocated a philosophical rationalism deriving its methods from science and natural philosophy that would replace religion as the means of knowing nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, pantheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, David Hume, Jean Le Rond D'alembert, and Immanuel Kant, opposed fanaticism, but were either agnostic or left room for some kind of religious faith. All of the philosophes saw themselves as continuing the work of the great 17th century pioneers ... fear of repression. Voltaire admired the freedom he found in England and fostered the spread of English ideas on the Continent. He and his followers opposed the intolerance of the established Christian churches of their day, as well as the European governments that controlled and suppressed dissenting opinions. For example, the social disease which Pangloss caught from Paquette was traced to a "very learned Franciscan" and later to a Jesuit. ...
- 1988: Vampires
- ... Due to their belief in these mythical creatures they began the practice of placing stones on these vampires graves to kep them from escaping.This then became standard practice and is still used to this day in the form of a tombstone. Tombstones were used to control ghosts and other spirits instead of their original use in controlling vampires. Due to the fact that vampires seemed to be so commonplace around ... of education that many people, because schooling was not an important part of these societies. Their lack of medical knowledge about diseases, some of which are quite rare and hard to explain even to this day was a large factor in the spread of vampire lore. Along with the fact that very uneducated people have always had a tendency of being overly superstitious also contributed to the vampire legend. In 1985 Dr. David Dolphin, Ph.D., a professor of chemistry at the University of British Columbia presented his theory that blood-drinking vampires were not vampires at all but rather victims of a disease known as Porphyria.(Dresser, Norine. American ...
- 1989: Mountain Bikes
- ... point A to B. It has gone through a very intense evolution process over the past decade. It all started with some guys from California who took their bikes out for a ride on their day off, they modified their bikes and turned a hobby of theirs into a worldwide phenomenon. The mountain bike's rapid increase in popularity was influenced by social and economic situations, and by technological improvements that ... center of the bottom bracket, can have very serious consequences. Frame Geometry The basic elements of frame geometry are: A- Height of the seat tube; B- Length of the top tube; C- Seat-tube angle; D- Headset-tube angle; E- Trail, F- Distance between the rear-wheel axle and the bottom bracket; G- Distance between the front-wheel axle and the bottom bracket; H- Wheelbase; I- Height of the bottom bracket ... seat-tube is to be set at a 72° to 73° angle. At 69° to 71°, it is a more comfortable ride, but a sharper angle increases the bike's agility and ability to climb. D. Headset-Tube Angle Along with the fork and trail, the headset-tube angle determines the steering characteristics of the bike. A steep angle together with a curved fork reacts more sensitively when steering; a ...
- 1990: Mein Ghetto: Black Racism And Louis Farrakhan
- ... religious or special interest groups. This essay will examine some of the events that form part of the foundation of his philosophy, will examine essays written about Farrakhan by prominent academics, civil libertarians, and modern day economists, writers. Who is Louis Farrakhan, what does he preach, and why? This essay will attempt to shed some light on these questions, and as well Black radicalism itself. Farrakhan was born the child of ... Carolina for a couple of years and got married to his high school sweetheart. Through continuing his love for music - especially calypso - Farrakhan gained local fame and, in 1955, was invited to a Savior's Day convention to hear Elijah Muhammad (head of the Nation of Islam of the time). That was a turning point that saw him convert to the Nation of Islam (NOI). His natural gifts allowed him to ... opinion of the role of women in the family and black society as a whole, partially owing to his interpretation of the Islamic culture. (Alexander, P. 141) Julianne Malveaux, an economist and writer in Washington, D.C., explains to us, in her essay " Minister Louis Farrakhan's Economic Rhetoric and Reality," how, through the kwanza principles of cooperative economics (e.g. If there are 30million African-American and each one ...
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