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- 2811: Addiction: Its Causes and Effects
- ... ruined her life. Gaylon turned to prostitution, drove her recovering husband back into alcoholism and stole $30,000 from her children. Rafael Rios seemed to have everything going for him. He graduated from Harvard Law School and joined a prestigious law firm in Chicago. Yet, for 18 years he shot up heroin spiked with cocaine. What made him continue this dangerous addiction for so long? Why did the star of Grace ... t say "no". Addiction is considered to be a "chronic, progressive and potentially fatal behavior" (Griffin-Shelley 7). An addict will never be cured of the addiction for the rest of their life. Due to high rates of relapse, addictive behaviors are considered chronic. Addictions are considered progressive because it takes several months or years to become addicted and it gradually gets worse and worse. An addiction doesn't happen overnight ... responsible for these behaviors. What makes a behavior that may be classified as "enjoyable" to one individual and classified as addictive to another? What is in charge during the addiction? What is happening during the high? There is preliminary evidence now stating the source of some addictive tendencies is Dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical found in the brain between the cells. To understand how dopamine and addiction are related one ...
- 2812: Your 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 ...
- 2813: Making Utilities for MS-DOS
- ... SHARE, it accesses the DOS kernel variables by absolute offsets. I thought that unlike SHARE, REDIR is not tied to a specific DOS version. Unfortunatelly, I wasn't able to disassemble it, because as a high school student, I don't have a copy of Microsoft Network. However, Geoff Chappell says that it has separate versions for different versions of DOS, just like SHARE. Therefore, I turned to another utility again. My next stop was MSCDEX, the utility for accessing the High Sierra and ISO-9660 file systems used by CD-ROMs. Unlike SHARE and REDIR, MSCDEX is not tied to one specific DOS version. I'm using MSCDEX version 2.21 with MS-DOS version ...
- 2814: Memoirs Of Frank McCourt¡¦s Childhood
- ... him to his family. Frank¡¦s introduction to literature exposes him to a whole new horizon of knowledge; his ability to write creatively improves, and this gives him the courage to write a composition in school on ¡§Jesus and the Weather¡¨. This essay is naive, honest and entertaining and earns him a promotion to a higher class. This is one event that is on the up side. On the downside, Frank ... librarian for recommending this book to me. It has proven to be an excellent recommendation. Through reading the memoir, Angela¡¦s Ashes, I have learnt that the 1930¡¦s was a very difficult time with high unemployment in Ireland. The catholic religion played a very important part in the lives of the Irish people. Most people attended church every week, went to confession, and children took religious studies at school. They considered Limerick to be the holiest city in the world because everybody attended church on rainy days in order to stay dry. They also carried with them a strong bias against the Protestants ...
- 2815: Books; Life Long Friends
- ... laughter felt in my life. The large, shiny red poetry book my father read to me reminds me of all of these. It is probably my favorite. Then I recall my people friends that attended school with me through the years. What great fun they were! I doubt I'll ever forget the smell of my kindergarten class and my first meeting with Belle Hudson. As I get older, I realize ... my books have always reminded me a bit of Belle. Belle had a profound effect on me in childhood as well as later on in life. She was my finest friend throughout grammar and Junior High school. We fancied relishing our lunches together. Laughing about the boys' wicked ways and planning our revenge at the ensuing recess. This always made lunch go by so swiftly. It was hard to tear us ...
- 2816: Two Brains?
- ... 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 ...
- 2817: Mannerism Of Students From The
- Mannerism of Students from the East and West A U.S student comes home from school and watches television. Later that student copies the behaviors he viewed and learned from television. The media in our society has a huge impact on the behaviors of children. These attitudes and manners of students ... their house. The young of the family greet them, serve food and tea, to make them feel welcome. While this is admirable, it is partly because these cultures do not encourage freethinking. On an average school day, US teachers encounter harsh behavior and disrespect from the students. They put up with disrespectful behavior: cursing, talking back, and talking while they are speaking. For this type of behavior, an Asian student would receive caning and other forms of punishment. The student would not feel any resentment towards the teacher. Teachers are held in high esteem. On the other hand, students in the U.S say and do anything they want without any regard for elders. They are encouraged by the media to think they are the bosses and ...
- 2818: Theodore Kaczynski
- ... very reclusive, not playing with any neighbor children and rarely seen outside of the house. At a young age Ted started to show signs of being a gifted learner, he skipped a year in elementary school and his junior year in high school. Ted spent most of his early life studying math and science alone instead of being social in any kind of way. Ted had a different side to him though, he had a love of ...
- 2819: Hopes and Dreams
- Hopes and Dreams Science has been the backbone of my life ever since my high school days in Malaysia. Although I studied many science subjects like Physics and Biology, I was especially fond of chemistry. My fondness of chemistry was attributed to my chemistry teacher Mr. Ang, in the eleventh grade ... would be a great asset to my education and would greatly increase my chances of being successful in every class. The various seminars and guest speakers would give me knowledge that isn’t in the school syllabus, and help expand my view of the scientific world. Being accepted as part of the Center for Science Excellence will not only help me succeed as a student, but it would give me ...
- 2820: Prader-Willi Syndrome
- ... been reports of families with more than one kid with PWS, but it is not common. Fewer than a dozen families with more than one affected offspring have ever been reported. A blood sample for high resolution chromosome analysis is drawn on anyone who is though to have PWS.This will check out the chromosones. Chromosomes are packages of information found in the cells of our bodies. Each cell has a ... scratching and skin picking. Tantrums and unprovoked outbursts are common among children and youths with PWS. People with mild cases of PWS can do many things their normal peers can do,such as go to school,get jobs,and sometimes even move away from home.However they need a lot of help.Kids going to school would need to be enrolled in special education programs(Otherwise they’d be eating their pencil and paper).They need to be constantly supervised.
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