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- 371: Power Shifts in Intergovernmental Relations: A Result of Fiscal Federalism
- ... alter policies and legislation in accordance with its agenda. The manner in which the national government has wielded the influence of money throughout the history of the nation has continually altered intergovernmental relations. Since the Depression, fiscal federalism has caused the national government to dominate the states; recently, however, reforms have begun to return power to the states. Policies and precedents of the New Deal centralized power in the national government. To remedy the devastation of the Great Depression, it assumed a more direct and prevalent role in the lives of the people. Congress passed the 1935 Social Security Act, providing retired persons pensions and benefits for the unemployed and disabled. In addition to ... decision-making. As a result, the states began to relinquish their power and defer to as well as depend on the national government. This increase in federal power did not exist solely under Roosevelt's Depression-era administration but extended over to later administrations as well. The remainder of the century until the present was marked by legislation limiting the states even further. During the Great Society of the 1960s, ...
- 372: Technology And The Future Of W
- ... and describes views similar to Jenkins as "
century old conventional economic wisdom" and "
a logic leading to unprecedented levels of technical unemployment, a precipitous decline in purchasing power, and the spectre of a worldwide depression." It is questioned whether Jenkins solution of re-training will be able to replace all displaced workers. Educator Jonathon Kazol (1985) points out that education for all but a few domestic jobs starts at the ... the economy. Clearly unions saw the problems resulting from technological change to lie partly, in increased leisure time (Rifkin 1996). . Unemployment is steadily rising, global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s. More than 800 million people are now underemployed or are unemployed in the world, while the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. Unemployment rates among school leavers in South ...
- 373: Birth Control
- ... at the start of the regimen); spotting (light bleeding at times); change in menstrual flow (most commonly lighter flow than one is used to); breast changes such as increased tenderness, enlargement, secretion; change in weight, depression, intolerance to contact lenses. Women who suffer from migraine headaches may experience an increase in migraine occurance. It is important to always, always mention to any doctor you are visiting the type of birth control ... related to progesterone or estrogen. This is important, because while for most people estrogen related side effects, such as nausea, will usually diminish or stop within a few months, progesterone related side effects such as depression and diminished sex drive tend to only get worse over time. These side effects can usually be remedied by simply changin formulas, though. No serious side effects of overdosage have been so far reported. Most ...
- 374: Mental Illness
- ... down, but simply that other diseases cause older people more problems in everyday life than thought before. Senility can be preceded by many other disorders including arteriosclerosis, strokes, Alzheimers disease, and severe cases of depression. Common substance-related disorders include alcoholism and drug abuse. In addition to the effect already given by the abused drug, drug abuse can contribute to symptoms of other mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis. Most substance-related disorders include alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, and sedatives. Alcoholism is regarded as a disease by some who drink excessively and are generally unable to control how much ...
- 375: Anxiety Disorders
- ... seem unable to relax, have trouble falling or staying asleep, or feel lightheaded or out of breath. Some individuals startle more easily than other people, tend to feel tired, have trouble concentrating, and sometimes suffer depression. (Pamphlet, 2). Although GAD is the most common anxiety disorder, it is the least understood. It affects people of both sexes and all ages but is diagnosed more frequently in women than in men. The ... a primary feature and include rapid response to sudden stressful life events, leading to disorientation, and adjustment reactions - slower responses to life events that occur days or weeks later as symptoms of anxiety, irritability, and depression. These are usually limited and helped by reassurance, ventilation, and problem solving. Anxiety disorders oftentimes cannot be linked to specific life events and persist for months if not years at a time. Many people with ...
- 376: Alternative Medicine
- ... probability that an individual patient who saw a medical doctor also used unconventional therapy in 1990 was higher than one in three for patients with anxiety(45 percent), obesity(41 percent), back problems(36 percent), depression(35 percent), or chronic pain(34 percent), relaxation techniques, chiropractic, and massage were the unconventional therapies used most often in 1990" (nejm,1993). How can the insurance companies ignore the fact that, an estimated number ... percent in 1990 to 42.1 percent in 1997. This shows that society is accepting alternative medicine on an ever increasing basis. Alternative therapies were used most frequently for chronic conditions, including back problems, anxiety, depression and headaches. Also, more than half of these visits were paid for out-of-pocket, that is health insurance would not or did not pay for the cost of treatment (JAMA, 11/98). Incidently, more ...
- 377: Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- ... and agitated, or even vomit. Excessive drinking may also result in long-term effects as well. These include: loss of appetite; vitamin deficiencies; stomach and skin problems; liver, brain, and reproductive organ damage; memory loss; depression; money, legal, work, and relationship problems; and sexual impotence. Although there are many negative side effects of alcohol use, many dependant users, who are not in denial of their problem, will not break their addiction ... menstrual cycles in women. Like alcohol and most other drugs, physical dependency on marijuana may develop; therefore, those trying to stop using will experience withdrawal symptoms. Such symptoms for marijuana include headaches, nausea, irritation, anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Conversely, unlike alcohol, there are no reported deaths directly caused by marijuana use, making people believe that use of this substance is "safe". In reality, it is far from so. Substance abuse is ...
- 378: Lsd
- ... in consolidating short term to long term memory. Cognitive disorders such as Parkinson's disease can be traced to problems in dopaminergic pathways. Serotonin has been implicated in the etiology of various CNS disorders including depression, obsessive-compulsive behavior, schizophrenia, and nausea. It is also known to effect the cardiovascular and thermoregulatory systems as well as cognitive abilities such as learning and memory. The lack of knowledge in the middle ground ... it should be ineffaceable if 5-HT is depleted. The opposite result was actually observed; depletion enhances LSD activity.9 Mianserin, a 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, blocks LSD behavior but does not block LSD's depression of RN neurons.9 While LSD does cause a decrease in the autoreactive firing of RN neurons, this appears to be an effect and not the cause. These observations are considered however to be compatible ...
- 379: Is There A Light At The End Of The Tunnel
- ... This is true, but most of them are waiting until the end of the year to do this. If everyone goes to the bank simultaneously to remove their money, then they will cause an automatic depression. The banks do not have all of the money in the bank at the times that people will want their money. If everyone takes their money out of the banks at the same time, then all the money that is in the government, overseas, and in stocks will be taken away at such a rapid pace that it will cause a depression. There are ways to avoid this problem, but people must begin to prepare for it and stop worrying about it. People are not doing enough to prepare for the problems of Y2K, but they are ...
- 380: Hurricanes 3
- ... its circulation over 150kt (knots) with highest gusts in excess of 175 kt. The central pressure outrivalled the 899 mbar of the Florida Keys hurricane of 1935. Gilbert, at that stage an un-named tropical depression with maximum sustained winds around 30kt, was first spotted on Thursday 8 September some 300km east of Barbados. It brushed past Barbados and St Lucia the following day with limited wind-damage and some flooding ... Tampico and the Us border; mean winds were still 105kt and central pressure 954 mbar. Gilbert now weakened rapidly losing hurricane status about 10 hours later, and it was finally down graded to a tropical depression at 1600 GMT on the 17th, near the city of Saltillo. It was the 210mm of rain which caused the Santa Catarina to break its banks, claiming 200 lives in that city. There are certain ...
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