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- 3961: Biological and Chemical Weapons!!
- ... not reported of such attacks, is not an exception to terrorist threats. For instance, in December 1998 south California received about twenty threats at locations such as courthouses, department stores, nightclubs and even at a high school. At another instance vial labeled anthrax was found in U.S postal service mail center employing 1 800 people in Fort Worth, Texas. Last but not least, letter of threats were received by clinics in ...
- 3962: A Link Between Anxiety And The Performance Of Athletes
- ... nervous system. Trait anxiety can be thought of as a world view that in individual uses when coping with situations in his or her environment (Speilberger, 1996). Trait anxiety influences performances in that individuals with high trait anxiety will attend more information related to state anxiety (hardy et al., 1996). Now one of the earliest models that attempted to explain the relationship between arousal and performance was the inverted-U hypothesis ... had significantly higher levels of self-confidence (Perry & Williams, 1998). The same is said for gymnasts, and swimmers. All of these studies suggest the most powerful quality that elite performers and athletes possess is a high level of self-confidence which may act as a protective factor from cognitive anxiety (Hardy, 1996). In order to perform well, the athlete must believe they are capable of performing well. Scores on self-confidence, somatic, and cognitive anxiety tests are able to show successful athletes score low in cognitive, and somatic anxiety, but score high on self-confidence. Is that the trick to being successful, believing one is great? Another way to improve athletic performance is imagery and mental rehearsal. This has been proven to be effective with collegiate ...
- 3963: Should Athletes Use Creatine?
- ... player Wilson, youre just falling further behind the guy who is. Pressure seems to be on athletes on whether or not they should use it. During an interview with Dan Barner, he stated that, High School athletes shouldnt be so concerned with improving their body because they are still growing. Even though creatine is produced naturally in the body, the body does not produce as much creatine as Creatine products ...
- 3964: Gandhi
- ... Porbandar, in the modern state of Gujarat, on October 2, 1869, into a Hindu family, Both his father and grandfather having been prime ministers of two adjacent and tiny states. After a modest career at school, he went to London in 1888 to train as a lawyer, leaving behind his young wife, whom he had married when she was in her teens. In London, Gandhi encountered theosophists, vegetarians, and others who ... Gandhi showed determination and single-minded pursuit of his purpose, and accomplished his objective of finishing his degree from the Inner Temple. He was called to the bar in 1891, and even enrolled in the High Court of London, but later that year he left for India. After one year of a none too successful law practice, Gandhi decided to accept an offer from an Indian businessman in South Africa, Dada ...
- 3965: Commander In Chief Franklin De
- ... saw in him a man he could trust even when they did not agree. He wanted an inventive government rather than an orderly one
not a team of reliable work horses, but a miscellany of high spirited and sensitive thoroughbreds.(Pg. 65) He was not interested in men that would only tell him what he wanted to hear, but men that could give him insight to real solutions. In fact, he ... General Douglas Macarthur. Roosevelt once claimed that he was one of the two most dangerous men in America (the other a fellow politician within the same party). (Pg. 305) To Macarthur this is considered a high compliment and was delivered as such. Macarthur held a strong opinion that democracy had gone as far as it could and some of the liberty our nation affords would have to be sacrificed to a ... to the occasion, one must appear to rise. Through reflection of his time, the fact that America came out of the war a great nation cannot be denied. In my estimation, President Roosevelt rose as high as a person can be. Bibliography Larrabee, Eric Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987
- 3966: Pros And Cons Of Abortion
- ... to have an abortion. No one has studied the rape and incest victims needs; abortion is presumed to fill her needs" (Brown) Various studies and research show that rape and incest victims fall into a high risk category of abortion. But what happens after a victim has an abortion? Jackie Baker a victim states: "I soon discovered that the aftermath of my abortion continued a long time after the memory of ... 18 and a legal abortion at 28. Both times she primarily felt relieved for herself and all the family members for whom she was responsible. Another example is a newly married 27-year-old elementary school teacher had two abortions at age 18 and 21. She felt the same relief as the psychologist. There have been many studies that researched what the primary reaction to having an abortion was. One study ...
- 3967: Should Abortion Be Supported?
- ... change this law to rid our country of abortion. The Catholic church is one of the biggest Right to Life organizations in the country. They stress that people should think and behave with standards of high sexual morality. If we were all to practice high sexual morality, there would be fewer teenage pregnancies, illegitimate babies, and consequently no need for abortion clinics in our country. However, some special cases might still existed. For instance, a fetus may have a high chance of being born mentally ill, with a handicap, blind, or AIDS. In such cases, according to utilitarianism by which to produce the greatest happiness to the greatest number, then people should have the ...
- 3968: From the Menstral Cycle to Birth
- ... the remaining follicle cells transform into the corpus luteum. The corpus luteum secreetes estrogen and progesterone to incease the development of the endometrium and prevent uterine contractions. If there is no fertilization of the egg, high levels of estrogen and progesterone activate and negative feedback inhibiting the release of FSH and LH. Without FSH and LH the corpus luteum deteriorates causing uterine contraction to expell the endometrium. However, if the egg is fertilized the level of estrogen and progesterone must remain high so the endometrium is not shed. The outer layer of the egg mass(blastocyct) produces a hormone(HCG) to maintain the corpus luteum for the first 3 months of pregnancy so it can provide high levels of estrogen and progesterone. After the third month the placenta provides enough estrogen and progesterone to maintain the endometrium and also to inhibit further ovulation. Conception is when the egg and the sperm ...
- 3969: Contradictions To The Death Of
- ... left. Although many people dispute the single bullet theory, this may be true. To understand why, you must understand the trajectory of the bullet and the angles involved. The bullet,if fired from the Texas School Book Depository, should have hit Kennedy at a 21 degree angle, and, in fact, it did. (See the pictures on the subsequent pages.) Also, President Kennedy was sitting nearly six inches above the level of ... Thus, when the bullet left the President, it hit Connally, who was turned 15-20 degrees. When the bullet hit Connally, the hole in his back was 5/8 inches wide by 1/4 inches high, or more than twice as wide as tall. This means that the bullet was partially turned sideways when it entered Connally's back. Thus, the bullet must have hit something before it hit Connally. Also ...
- 3970: AIDS
- ... into contact with the blood of an uninfected person. Sex involving penetration of the penis into either the vagina of a woman or the rectum of either a woman or a man has a very high risk of transmitting the disease. It is felt to be about four times more likely for an infected male to transmit AIDS to an uninfected female in the course of vaginal sex than it is ... these children are able to understand that sharing blood can be dangerous. Not only is it the responsibility of the parents to discuss this concern with their children, but it is also that of the school system. As a community, we are all responsible for protecting ourselves and more importantly, others. It would be upsetting to realize that one of the more than 15,000 AIDS victims in the state of ...
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