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- 731: Suicide in Las Vega
- ... man fly in from Ireland. On his immigration card, it said he seemed either on drugs or depressed. He came here and went to a pistol range, shot targets for a while, then took his gun into a bathroom and killed himself. His family in Ireland kept asking, why Las Vegas? At that same pistol range, a man from Japan shot himself in his shooting stall. It's strange." I hear ... lot of Russian roulette. It's a mistake to think it's a game. It's a very successful form of suicide," says Flud calmly. This simple connection chills my arms. I think of a gun being passed around. A trigger being pulled. Laughter. Deliberate prayers whispered as sprinklers water brown desert lawns. I think how, downtown on Fremont, where white neon lights never dim, there is no music; only silence. And in that silence, someone in the city is lifting a loaded gun, emptying a prescription, or eating dirt until his heart convulses. The big suicide months are December and January. The group with the highest suicide rate are those between the ages of 30 and 39. ...
- 732: A Pro-Choice Argument
- ... a huge financial burden on a woman as well as her family. Many women lack sexual education, such as which contraceptives are available to them, where to buy them, and how to pay for birth control, which can be very expensive.(Small steps are being made to help with the latter problem. Recently, Maryland became the first state to offer insurance coverage for contraceptives.1) These women who are uninformed about ... have one performed. Throughout history, abortion has been a prevalent concern among women. "Linda Gordon lays the groundwork for a feminist theory of reproductive freedom, observing that, throughout history, women have practiced forms of birth control and abortion; recurrent moral or legal prohibitions against such practices merely 'forced women underground in their search for reproductive control.'"4 Even in times when no doctor would perform an abortion, women have risked their health and taken their body into their own hands, through surgical or herbal methods. Abortion will continue with or ...
- 733: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... and in particular the capacity to feel pain. 2) reasoning (the developed capacity to solve new and relatively complex problems) 3) self-motivated activity (activity which is relatively independent of either genetic or direct external control) 4) the capacity to communicate, by whatever means, messages of an indefinite variety of possible contents, but on indefinltely many possible topics. 5) the presence of self-concepts, and self-awareness, either individual or social ... personal feelings, but the perserverance showed through and gives us the rights we have today. Here are some important cases: 1965 - Griswold v. Connecticut - upheld the right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control. Eight years later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy included abortions. Roe v. Wade was based upon this case. 1973 - Roe v. Wade: - The state of Texas had outlawed abortions. The Supreme Court ... abortions. In 1976, Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (Missouri) ruled that requiring consent by the husband and the consent from a parent if a person was under 18 was unconstitutional. This case supported a woman's control over her own body and reproductive system. Justice William Brennan stated: "If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwanted governmental ...
- 734: Domestic Violence
- ... the same thing, abuse by a marital, common law, or a dating partner in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence is not limited to physical beatings. It is any behaviour that is intended to subjugate and control another human being through the use of humiliation, fear, and physical or verbal assaults. Domestic violence is very important issue in today's society because it has such a profound negative affect on the abused ... it. Finding the reasons or causes of domestic violence is a very difficult. There is never one reason for domestic violence but it usually begins with a controlling nature and the need the need to control one's spouse. It begins with verbal insults and degradation then over time escalates into physical violence. The abuser has usually been involved in domestic violence case's before. More than likely during child hood ... First tension builds due to stress. The abuser becomes critical, edgy and irritable. The abuser gradually becomes more abusive and more severe incidents of abuse start to occur. Both parties can sense the loss of control which only fuels the tension. With the second stage of the cycle comes the violent outbursts with acute battering. The abuser will fly off into a rage for no apparent reason and there is ...
- 735: Depression And Its Affects
- ... alter our familiar behavior, changing the way we relate to the world, even changing our perception of who we are(Whybrow 255). Learning to see these signs can help hold a state of depression in control. The causes of depression vary from person to person which makes it difficult to accurately diagnos the disorder. Psychologists believe that some forms of depression are caused by chemicals in the brain. Depression is related ... 42). There are also many psychological affects that lead to depression. Stressors and things that impact one's life may cause something more serious than the blues. When this happens it is important to gain control of the situation causing stress. When it has been determined that a person is depressed there are ways of gaining control. Therapy and some medications can cause the depression to subside. Early diagnosis and treatment can often dramatically reduce the length and intensity of depression(Salmans 75).By undergoing a treatment program one can pick ...
- 736: A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
- ... and blown in wall insulation can reduce the amount of outdoor air infiltrating into a home. Consequently, after weatherization, concentrations of indoor air pollutants from sources inside the home can increase. THREE BASIC STRATEGIES Source Control Usually the most effective way to improve indoor air quality is to eliminate individual sources of pollution or to reduce their emissions. Some sources, like those that contain asbestos, can be sealed or enclosed; others, like gas stoves, can be adjusted to decrease the amount of emissions. In many cases, source control is also a more cost efficient approach to protecting indoor air quality than increasing ventilation because increasing ventilation can increase energy costs. Specific sources of indoor air pollution in your home are listed later in ... forced air heating systems, do not mechanically bring fresh air into the house. Opening windows and doors, operating window or attic fans, when the weather permits, or running a window air conditioner with the vent control open increases the outdoor ventilation rate. Local bathroom or kitchen fans that exhaust outdoors remove contaminants directly from the room where the fan is located and also increase the outdoor air ventilation rate. It ...
- 737: Diabetes
- ... believe that this disease is contagious. This is not true. You cannot "catch" it from another person. Also, some think it will just "go away". This is also false. Certain measures can be taken to control it but it cannot be cured. There are two main types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is also called "insulin-dependent" diabetes. In this type, the body is unable to store and use glucose as ... same. Because there are infinite varieties of responses and treatments, the care of this disease depends mainly on individualized plans. Meal and exercise plans are very important in the treatment of diabetes. Meal plans help control weight, control blood sugar levels, and help reduce the chances of needing additional medications. A healthy diet should include avoiding sugar, eating low fat and high fiber foods. Meals should be eaten regularly and at least ...
- 738: Pesticides and Their Harmful Affects
- ... is the trust that individuals have in the food that they consume. Yet pesticides are still found daily in foods all around the world. Pesticides are toxins that are used by produce growers universally to control pests that can destroy crops. These toxins are being ingested by humans in the forms of fruits and vegetables that have remaining toxins on them. How safe are these toxins to humans and what is ... as to the long term effects on our environment and what they are eating or giving to the future of our world, the children. In some foreign countries pesticides are used more frequently with legislative control than in the United States. In Mexico and South America, for example, many of the pesticides that the United States and Europe have banned, wind up being used on a majority of their produce crops ... plan is changed. The produce export trade in some cities and countries constitutes the majority of their economy and they will protect the resulting income at all costs. These places have very little legislation to control chemical usage, and follow up on almost none of its effects. Officials do not care how it affects consumers, being adults or children. Even their own agricultural worker's health is of no concern. ...
- 739: Brain Function
- ... sides of the brain must do completely different things. The more integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become as people. Integration not only increases our ability to solve problems more creatively, but to control physical maladies such as migraines. Brain is the main part in human body, brain controls each and every part of the human body. Brain function is very complicated, especially a human brain. This two brain ... see from the right eye goes to left brain. But this function is reversed for left-handed people. Left brain mostly focus on the logical analytical, judgment and verbal. The right side of the brain control the left side of the body, this brain focus more on creative, intuitive, it is concerned more with the visual and emotional side of the life. When reading left brain is sensibly making connection and ... action. Left brain is slower than right brain, when playing games right brain activate automatically, and any artistic endeavor, like music, and sculpture will do the same. Medical professionals believe that right brain help to control medical problems like migraines to asthma, and to control high blood pressure. Some professors has found that by teaching someone to raise their temperature by imaging they are in sunbathing or in a warm ...
- 740: Causes Of Civil War
- ... Bleeding Kansas", California Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny, and the Mistreatment of Native Americans. The Louisiana Purchase was done by President Jefferson because he wanted to doubled the size of the United States and to get control of New Orleans. Wilmont Proviso was to ban slaves from territories that might gbe aquired from Mexico. Kansas- Nebraska Act was the result of Douglas wanting to build railroads from Chicago to San Franciso. Douglas ... many American Lives. The California Gold Rust occurred when gold was discovered in California and people rushed out to California.When California apply for statehood, it cause huge problems because North and the South wanted control of the gold in the state. Manifest Destiny was where Americans believe that they had the right to expand westward. The Treatment of Native Americans was hoorible because Americans believe they were superior to the ... to enter the union from the Louisiana Purchase and will give impications on the status of slavery west of the Mississippi. If Missouri enter the union as a free state, then the North will get control of the House of Representatives because they would have more representatives. If Missouri enter the union as slave, the South will get control over the House. Henry Clay saw this issue cause a huge ...
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