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- 2001: The Different Faces of Yoga
- ... of the different branches. At the core of this path is the eight step path to enlightenment. In many ways it resembles the eight-fold path of Buddhism. The steps in order are, yama (self-control), niyama (religious observance), asanas (body posturing), pranayama (breathing exercises), pratyahara (withdrawal from sense-desires), dharana (concentration on an object), dhyana (meditation on the Divine), and samadhi (union with the Divine). The first two categories deal ... student also begins to study the sutras, or threads left behind by the ancient teachers. The next two categories are the most well known part of yoga. The contorted body posturing of asanas, and the control of breathing, pranayama. The goal of the physical positioning is to neutralize the senses and thus eliminate them as unwanted distractions (Eliade 521). By controlling breathing a yogi hopes to equalize the amount of time ... meant only as a means to eliminate sensory distraction. To practice them solely as a means of fitness is pointless because the human body is only a temporary housing for the soul. The focus to control ones' breathing naturally leads to intense concentration. This intense concentration is the fifth step on the way to isolation of the soul. In order to test the level of concentration the yogi can see ...
- 2002: Anxiety Disorders
- ... see if I could talk my problem out. There I found my salvation and my sanity. I was told that I had not been in school in over twenty years, and here I was all gun ho about school and I just simply bit off more than I could chew. They suggested three things to me. One was to cut back on my hours, I was just taking on too many ... s what's so scary, they can happen at any time or circumstances. I don't like that part because I pride myself in being a strong person, I don't like being out of control for any reason. The other three disorders or concepts discussed in the book are worth learning about even if I don't have them, their worth looking into. Phobic Disorders, in this one and individual ...
- 2003: Abortion
- ... not so lucky, in fact 32 million unborn babies have been killed in the 21 years since abortion was legalized. This slaughter of innocent human beings must stop. Using abortion as a means of birth control should be illegal. These babies that are being killed are not just worthless fetuses. They are tiny little humans beings. A tiny six week old unborn baby has forty six chromosomes in every cell which ... getting placenta previa, a condition where extremely severe, life threatening bleeding can occur in future pregnancies. After two or more abortions there is a two hundred percent increase of having a miscarriage. Social or birth control reasons account for approximately ninety-seven percent of all abortions. Rape, incest, the health of the baby and the life and health of the mother accounts for less than seven percent of all abortions. More than 1.5 million babies are being killed each year by abortions. This merciless slaughter of babies just for a means of birth control should be illegal. Women who get themselves pregnant should have to be responsible for what they have done. It is a danger to the woman to have an abortion and it is the murder ...
- 2004: The Ethics of Abortion
- ... is all right? Well pro-choice believes that the answer is what the woman believes. The most common reason for abortions is when contraception fails. What is a person suppose to do when the birth control method fails? "The fact is that contraceptive failure led to 1.6 to 2 million of the 3.3 million unwanted pregnancies in the United States in 1987. These pregnancies account for about half of ... is damaged by abortion, but pro-choice women state that is not so and it actually benefited them." Pro-Choice also believes that it is the moral right for a person to be able to control their own body whether it is having a baby or destroying it. They feel it is the womans right to be able to do what she wants with herself and what she has created. Pro ... burden. Abortion on the other hand should not be legal for all. When a person chooses to have sex she is taking a chance. This she does of her own free will, and she has control over what she is doing. This is the total opposite of the rape victim. If a person decides to have sex whether it is safe or not, what happens after that is her responsibility ...
- 2005: Abortion
- ... stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of rape and incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my life would have been a disaster. I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was married ... who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ordnance would have done little good. "Young women need the freedom to make ... Women should not be forced to have babies they don't want. They must be able to decide what happens to them and have a safe plus legal way of doing so. Women are in control of their own bodies and lives. Legislators have no right to interfere. The practical assertion that since pregnancy involves a women's body, the choice of continuing that pregnancy must be hers alone. This ...
- 2006: Abortion
- ... stay home to bring up babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of rape and incest to carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life. One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my life would have been a disaster. I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was married ... who need abortions are in some kind of turmoil and it's really a life-saving thing."(Blender 4) To ignore the rights of others is selfish and injustice. Women must have the right to control the functions of their own bodies. Revern George Gardiner pastor of the college Hill United Methodist Church, told the council that the ordnance would have done little good. "Young women need the freedom to make ... Women should not be forced to have babies they don't want. They must be able to decide what happens to them and have a safe plus legal way of doing so. Women are in control of their own bodies and lives. Legislators have no right to interfere. The practical assertion that since pregnancy involves a women's body, the choice of continuing that pregnancy must be hers alone. This ...
- 2007: Abortion: A Controversial Subject
- ... is all right? Well pro-choice believes that the answer is what the woman believes. The most common reason for abortions is when contraception fails. What is a person suppose to do when the birth control method fails? "The fact is that contraceptive failure led to 1.6 to 2 million of the 3.3 million unwanted pregnancies in the United States in 1987. These pregnancies account for about half of ... is damaged by abortion, but pro-choice women state that is not so and it actually benefited them." Pro-Choice also believes that it is the moral right for a person to be able to control their own body whether it is having a baby or destroying it. They feel it is the womans right to be able to do what she wants with herself and what she has created. Pro ... burden. Abortion on the other hand should not be legal for all. When a person chooses to have sex she is taking a chance. This she does of her own free will, and she has control over what she is doing. This is the total opposite of the rape victim. If a person decides to have sex whether it is safe or not, what happens after that is her responsibility ...
- 2008: The Ebola Virus
- ... loss of intravascular volume, bleeding, shock and the acute respiratory disorder seen in fatal cases. Patients basically die of intractable shock. Those with severe illness often have fevers and are delirious, combative and difficult to control. Some victims of the Ebola virus, one out of ten people infected, survive the virus's deadly operations. Due to its self limiting nature, the Ebola virus is known to sometimes die out within a ... contact with infectious blood and other body fluids. Members of the surgical team then developed symptoms similar to those of a viral hemorrhagic fever disease. The Ebola Zaire in Kikwit spread quickly, but investigation and control of the outbreak come from a combined effort of medical teams from the Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization, Belgium, France, and South African countries. Since July 1, 1995, 233 deaths have been reported among the 293 cases (Garrett, 1995) So has the Ebola virus ever ...
- 2009: Alcoholism: Is It Hereditary?
- ... hope to prevent all its citizens from drinking. The modern definition of alcoholism, as embodied by A.A., instead claimed that the alcoholic was a person who from birth was destined to be unable to control his or her drinking. The mechanism stated for this continuous inability was an inbred allergy to alcohol, one which dictated that from a first single drink the alcoholic was set on an relentless path to ... least one alcoholic-biologic parent were far more likely to develop alcoholism than those without such a parent, no matter by whom they were raised. In the absence of an indication that the inability to control drinking is inherited, researchers have begun exploring other biochemical differences that may account for alcoholism. Speculations about metabolic differences have a long history, and the metabolic process that has attracted perhaps the greatest interest recently ... statistical controls needed to separate genetic and environmental causes. When Valliant examined differences between those with alcoholic relatives who did not live with them and those with no alcoholic relatives as a kind of environmental control, the ratio of the incidence of alcoholism was reduced to 2:1. There could also be additional environmental factors besides this one of immediate modeling effects of drinking that could reduce the ratio even ...
- 2010: Myotonic Dystrophy
- ... It is important that physiotherapy should be practiced on the baby from a very young age to help with breathing and lung function, and to encourage movement and strength. The baby may have poor head control. There is commonly facial weakness and a lack of facial expression. Older children tend to have poor motivation and concentration and are easily tired. There may be speech difficulties, particularly with clear pronunciation. A baby ... club feet. This may be mild or severe; both improve with physiotherapy but the severe form will require corrective surgery. Physiotherapy is important, with passive stretching to help with the foot problems. The development of control over the bladder and bowel are sometimes delayed. Bladder control usually improves to become normal but bowel problems, especially constipation, may be persistent as the muscle of the bowel wall is weak.
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