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- 2731: The History of the Automobile
- ... born July 30, 1863, in Dearborn Michigan. He was the son of two Irish imigrants. No one expected Ford to revolutionize the Nation or the world with his invention but he did. He had quit school at the age of 15 and by the age of 16 he had created a steam threshing machine. By the age of 17 he had moved to Detriot, intent on becoming a machinist and from ... automobile manufacturer, and that how my family has been supported for all of our lives. My dad origanlly worked for Gm in New York and was given the oportunity to move the Michigan with a high pay raise and bonus so that he would be able to start a new life here. Michigan being the motor state offers a lot of jobs to a lot of people. In fact there are ... With all of this going on I had nothing really else to do but to join in on the action. The summer of nintyeight I decided to convert my six cylinder Chevrolet Camaro to a high performance street strip v-8. To do this I had to switch the motor and this began my journey of working on cars. Today I have a wide knowledge of cars and I do ...
- 2732: Cinncinnati: Loveland: Paxton Woods
- ... square miles, gained 569 households and 1,370 residents between 1990 and 1995, increasing its college-educated, white-collar work force BY 13 percent. The population rise loaded 1,022 additional students into the public school system between 1988 and 1996, forcing the district to hire 85 more teachers and build a new high school to spread students out in the other buildings. The housing boom also increased average home values from $97,679 in 1990 to $109,694 in 1995, although the average sales price of a house ...
- 2733: Two Sides of The Brain
- ... In fact, many of us think we are our left brains. All of that non-stop verbalization that goes on in our heads is the dominant left brain talking to itself. Our culture- particularly our school system with its emphasis on the three Rs (decidedly left-brain territory) - effectively represses the intuitive and artistic right brain. If you don't believe it, see how far you get at the office with ... Betty Edwards developed a series of exercises designed to help people tap into the right brain, to actually see or process visual information, differently. She cites techniques that are as old as time, and modern high-tech versions such as biofeedback. An increasing number of medical professionals beieve that being in touch with our brain, especially the right half, can help control medical problems. For examplem Dr. Eisenberg uses what he calls "imaginal thinking" to control everything from migranes to asthma, to high blood pressure. "We have found," he says, "that by teaching someone to raise to raise their temperature - by imaging they are sunbathing or in a warm bath - they can control their circulatory system and ...
- 2734: Walter Johnson - A Pitcher
- ... only Yankees were the people in the north and there was an upstart franchise called the American League there was a pitcher, his name was Walter Johnson. Known as the 'big train' because of his high powered fastball which was unequaled in all of baseball Johnson was a poor Kansas farm-hand who became one of the best pitchers baseball has ever been lucky to have ever seen, and he was ... a small town called Humboldt,Ks. As a teenager his interests turned from working on a farm to baseball; as he soon found out, he had a natural calling for pitching. As he went to high school he became one of the nations best pitchers and it was just a matter of time before he would be drafted for the majors. He was drafted by the Washington Senators in 1907 for $ ...
- 2735: Louis Pasteur
- ... sisters, mother, and the river that ran by his home. During his youth, he developed an ambition to become a teacher. While still in his teens, he went to Paris to study in a famous school called Lyc e St. Louis. During his studies to become a teacher, he was fascinated by a chemistry professor, Monsieur Jean-Baptist Dumas. He wrote home excitedly about these lectures, and decided that he wanted ... of additional organisms like bacteria. The souring of wine and beer had caused a major economic problem in France. Pasteur helped to solve the problem by proving that heating the starting sugar solutions to a high temperature would eliminate the bacteria. Pasteur then extended his studies of this subject to other problems like the souring of milk, and proposed a similar solution, which consisted of heating the milk to high temperatures and pressure before bottling. This process kills disease-causing bacteria and viruses and became known as pasteurization. After his studies on fermentation and pasteurization, Louis was convinced the microbes were useful for many ...
- 2736: Steroids
- ... Growth hormones help our bones grow longer, and thyroid hormones are testosterone, the natural male sex hormone, and estrogen, the natural female sex hormone. Most of scientists research shows that most steroid use is by high school athletes trying to get into college. Most sports activities are weight lifting, power lifting, and body builders are the primary steroid users. Over 50% of male and 10% of female bodybuilders report using steroids. Some ... always making and breaking down tissue. This is true foe muscles as well. Steroids can increase the production of protein, but they also block the tarring down of the older tissue. Our bodies make both high-density and low-density lipoproteins. These substances are in our blood aned move fats from different parts of our body. The low-density lipoprotein cholesterolar the bad ones and deposit fat in our arteries. ...
- 2737: Biography of Arthur Clarke
- ... was 13 years old, he constructed his own telescope, and changed a bike light to transmit sound along the path of light it gave off. Arthur made his first literary connections by writing in the school newspaper. He attended elementary, Middle, and high school in his home town, and then later went to King's College in London, where he made honors in Math and in Physics in 1948. After Arthur had finished college, he became a member ...
- 2738: Personal Writing: The Dangers of Drinking and Driving
- ... about three and a half years ago. Kyle was at a party; he was drinking heavily that night. He decided to go for a ride; so a few friends came along. They were driving at high speeds and he was taking an exit for a very curved road. Well, Kyle lost control of the car and hit a telephone pole. The telephone pole broke in half and fell on the car ... my eyes to life and how unpredictable death can be. I know now to live life to the fullest because you never know when youre going to go. Kyle affected all of us at school. The next day after the accident the whole school as grieving. I knew then that Kyle was a part of us all and when he died a little part of us all died with him. Kyle was really smart and talented; he wrote ...
- 2739: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- ... does not lead to heroin addiction" and that "there is no evidence that [can- nabis]...is producing in otherwise normal people con- ditions of dependence or psychosis, requiring medical treatment." [7][10] The HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH LETTER [11] reports the findings of other major cannabis studies: In three major studies conducted in Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Greece, researchers have compared heavy long-term cannabis users with non-users and ... nontoxic. For example, in the journal FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED TOXICOLOGY [16], Dr. William Slikker, director of the Neurotoxicology Division of the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), described the health of monkeys exposed to very high levels of cannabis for an extended period: The general health of the monkeys was not compromised by a year of marijuana exposure as indicated by weight gain, carboxyhemoglobin and clinical chemistry/hematology values. When THE ... 73, pages 269-280. [9] The La Guardia Report, reprinted in "The Marijuana Papers," Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. [10] The Consumer's Union Report: Licit & Illicit Drugs. Mt. Vernon, New York, 1971. [11] HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH LETTER:Marijuana. L. Grinspoon, vol. 4, no. 5. Nov, 1987. [12] Ganja in Jamacia: A Medical Anthropological Study of Chronic Marijuana Use. 1975. Anchor Books, NY. [13] Cannabis in Costa Rica: A ...
- 2740: Personal Writing: My Mom
- ... could be the man that I am today without her. She is known by many as Ms. Cowan, but to me she is just mom. She has her head on straight and her goals set high. She lets nothing stand in her way while striving to achieve her goals. She has had to raise my brother and I by herself for almost fifteen years and I think that, that is a ... letting us down, she had things to tend to herself. She works a full-time job with the Huntsville City Schools. Never giving up or letting anyone give up, she helps students who underachieve in high school succeed in achieving a General Education Degree (GED) so that they may, too, further their horizons and expand their future. She helps many students who think that they cannot, think like The Little Engine ...
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