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- 181: Do Men Have Symptoms of PMS?
- ... cravings. Some people substitute food for affection. Others eat just because they are bored. Some people eat when they get depressed. Most people get depressed at some point in their lives. Hormone-imbalances can cause depression. Depression happens to some people when they have PMS. Hormones get released by certain hormone-producing glands into the body. The brain uses these hormones to dictate what emotions a person has. When the hormone that produces depression gets released, a person gets depressed. A person may feel like they are not wanted, or needed by others. They may feel like what they do is not good enough for other people. Some ...
- 182: Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... thick description and inventive but realistic dialogue. This included with the very realistic themes makes good reading. John Steinback shows his disapproval of the bankrupt socio-political and economic system that led to the Great Depression of the 1930's that is so well depicted in this book. This novel is as much an insight into the harsh conditions endured by many out of work families in the Great Depression as an entertaining read. The book is not easy to read and at times is slow but in the end the result is an entertaining and touching novel. The powerfully thick description allowed me to ... John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived. The novel tells of one family's migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The bank took possession of their land because the owners could not pay off their loan. The novel shows how the Joad family deals with moving to California, and how ...
- 183: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... 32d president of the United States (1933-45); elected for an unprecedented four terms, he was one of the 20th century's most skillful political leaders. His New Deal program, a response to the Great Depression, utilized the federal government as an instrument of social and economic change in contrast to its traditionally passive role. Then, in World War II, he led the Allies in their defeat of the Axis powers ... farmers. His greatest struggle—for control of the Saint Lawrence River waterpower resource by the state rather than private utilities—aimed at providing cheaper electricity for the rural consumer. With the outbreak of the Great Depression, he identified himself with the urban relief cause by appointing Harry Hopkins to head the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. As the depression deepened, he assembled the “Brains Trust,” a group of faculty members from Columbia University, to formulate with him a comprehensive program for resolving the economic collapse that had begun in 1929. With the aid ...
- 184: Child Abuse
- ... to dominate due to their trust in adults. For example, a mother who is suffering from severe emotional problems hit her child as she tries to solve her own personal problems. Another internal cause is depression and post-natal depression. Depression and post-natal depression can cause an adult to do something irrational at the spur of the moment. For example, a mother might hit her child unintentionally in her desperate attempt to make her ...
- 185: Creativity
- ... and mentally incapable by his teachers. Froyd was an excellent student and was considered above average in all his school work. Both men were labeled as geniuses, and both men suffered from some kind of depression . Dr. Arnold M. Ludwig informs us that ". . . creativity must go beyond the bounds of what already is known or deductible by reason . . . "(American Journal of Psychotherapy). It is creativity that is the soul of the ... creative individuals are usually more troubled than their ‘noncreative' counterparts but have more resources to deal with their problems(American Journal of Psychotherapy). Reading previous studies, one could conclude two separate theories. One is that depression stimulates creativity, and the other that creativity stimulates depression. According to some current tests performed at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Post and Dr. Terence Ketter used a PET, brain scanning device, to examine brain activity during mental depressions. As the ...
- 186: Psychology Comparison
- ... Carnegie Mellon University completed a study (later identified as the ŇHomenetÓ study) that examines the social and psychological effects of Internet use in the home. What they found, the report states, is that the initial depression and loneliness of the participants in the study did not increase use on the Internet. However, citing the researchers, the article states; ŇInternet use itself appeared to cause a decline in psychological well-being.Ó ... Internet's focus on communication; Ňgreater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.Ó After this brief description of the study, the article begins by describing the trends in social ŇdisengagementÓ due to technology that many researchers have discovered over the past 35 years. The Internet ... tests were administered at the conclusion of the study. Social involvement was measured by family communication, size of local and distant social network, and social support. Psychological well-being was measured by loneliness, stress, and depression. They carefully monitored for other control variables that could influence these things. Internet usage was automatically monitored watching specifically for the major applications the Internet was used for and finding that e-mail and ...
- 187: Notes: Americanization or Candaisnism?
- ... to control trade. *Encourage producer and consumer cooperatives. *National labour code to cope with things such as unemployment. *Public owned health and hospital services. *Amendment of the BNA so that Ottawa can deal with the depression. *Foreign policy to promote international peace. *Changes in the tax laws. *Freedom of speech and assembly. *Humanization of the law. *An emergency program to deal with things such as the depression. _This made the CCF start strong towards being a third major party. -In 1935, Stevens left the Conservative party because he was forced out and made a Reconstruction Party to help farmers and workers. -In ... made a new deal with the Americans by building dams and forming unions. -In Jan.3rd 1935, Bennet introduced unemployed insurance, a minimum wage etc.. rules to copy Roosvelt's way of getting over the depression. -Bennet then went to England for the silver jubilee of King George the 5th. _In 1935, the Regina insident took place that destroyed his reputition and cost him the title of being the PM ...
- 188: Facts Behind The Great Depress
- ... On October 29 the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, had its worst day of panic selling. By the end of the year declines in stock values reached $15 billion. The Great Depression The stock market panic preceded an economic depression that not only spread over the United States but in the early 1930s became worldwide. In the United States, despite the optimistic statements of President Hoover and his secretary of the treasury, Andrew W. Mellon ... in business and farming to obtain credit, and the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), with assets of $2 billion, to make emergency loans to industries, railroads, insurance companies, and banks. Nevertheless, the economic depression steadily worsened during the remainder of the Hoover administration. By 1932 hundreds of banks had failed, hundreds of mills and factories had closed, mortgages on farms and houses were being foreclosed in large numbers, ...
- 189: Labor And Unions In America
- ... 1865 and 1900, industrial violence occurred on numerous occasions. Probably the most violent confrontation between labor and employers was the Great Railway Strike of 1877. The nation had been in the grip of a severe depression for four years. During that time, the railroads had decreased the wages of railway workers by 20 percent. Many trainmen complained that they could not support their families adequately. There was little that the trainmen ... day and collective bargaining. This led to a big increase in union membership. In January 1917, the AFL had 2,370,000 members. By January 1919, it had 3,260,000 members. RED SCARES AND DEPRESSION As the 1920s began, organized labor seemed stronger than ever. It was successful in getting Congress to pass laws that restricted immigration to the United States. Unions believed that a scarcity of labor would keep ... 1920s were prosperous years. But in October 1929, the New York stock market "crashed," and the value of stocks went way down. The crash, part of a worldwide economic decline, led to the worst economic depression in the nation's history. People lost their jobs, their farms and their businesses. By 1932, 13 million men and women were unemployed. This was one out of every four in the work force. ...
- 190: Mi Familia
- ... many of these immigrants have been tragically abused by the system that was designed to welcome them and protect them. The time period that this movie takes place was after the Revolution and the Great Depression had just begun. The great depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. History. The depression began in 1929 and lasted for about a decade. The main cause for the great depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth. What this film tells us about the Mexican- ...
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