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- 3991: Depression
- ... of being. Some symptoms are disillusions and hallucinations, failure to eat or drink, and thinking seriously about suicide. Depression is not just for adults. Teenagers with manic-depressive illness have an ongoing combination of extremely high and low moods. Manic-depressive illness usually starts in adult life, before the age of 35. Although depression is rare in young children, it does occur in teenagers. This illness can affect anyone. There are many symptoms of Manic Depression. Some symptoms are severe changes in mood (unusually happy or silly or very irritable), high energy, increased thinking, getting distracted easily, jumps from one extreme to the next, and high risk-taking behavior. Depressive symptoms also include persistent sadness, depression, frequent crying, very low energy level, and complaints of boredom, poor concentration, and a major change in sleeping patterns, and eating disorders. Teenagers often ...
- 3992: Maya Angelou
- ... and dance. In 1940 she and her brother moved to San Francisco to be with their mother, who had remarried. She gave birth to her son Clyde Johnson, just a few month after graduating a high school in 1945.At 22, she married Tosho Angelos, a former sailor of Greek descent, but she left her marriage two and half years later and set out to become a professional dancer. Maya Angelou spent ...
- 3993: Business In Ancient China
- ... riding in carts and chariots and also from wearing silk. Huo Kuang sponsored a conference to inquire into the grievances of his emperor's subjects. Invited to the conference were government officials of the Legalist school and worthy representatives of Confucianism. The Legalists argued for maintaining the status quo. They argued that their economic policies helped maintain China's defenses against the continued hostility of the Hsiung-nu and that they ... agricultural production together with poor transportation means made a typical de-centralized market pattern. A rural market center and its surrounding villages within walking distance formed a unit that could live by itself, with a High degree of inertia in spite of wars, invasions and great social changes in the administrative centers where history was recorded. Regardless of the form of tenure, the farm was managed as a unit, and the ...
- 3994: A Report On The Fundamentals Of Dyslexia
- ... language center of you brain cracks. In some experiments done by the University of Montreal, they are comparing good adult readers to dyslexic adult readers. In most cases the adult dyslexics were at about the high school level. When the adult dyslexics were compared to third graders in matching sounds with letters, they scored below the eight and nine year olds that were tested. It's not just a visual problem, actually ...
- 3995: Teen Pregnancy
- ... to their first child. As a result, the United States now has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western World. The costs of teen pregnancy are staggering. Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school, less likely to get married, and more likely to go on welfare than their peers. The odds are stacked against the children of teen parents from the minute they are born. Their health is poorer ...
- 3996: Tobacco: Opposing Viewpoints
- ... famous for is giving rise to organized crime. During alcohol prohibition there were many gangs and “crime families” distributing liquor to make money. Big money. Many of the gang members became filthy rich from the high demand for alcohol. These gangsters, many affiliated with the Maffia, were much more dangerous than the gangs of street kids before and after prohibition. Some even boasted killing hundreds of men. This just goes to ... others. How many times have you been traveling down the road to see the person in front of you flick a lit cigarette out of the window? Lit cigarettes can cause automobile explosions. New York school commissioner Charles Hubble gave the following address: “Many and many a bright lad has had his will power weakened, his moral principle sapped, his nervous system wrecked, and his whole life spoiled before he is ...
- 3997: Buddhism
- BUDDHISM Buddhism is recognized as one of the great religions of the world. To call Buddhism a religion by itself would do injustice. Buddhism is a school of moral thoughts and principles as well as a religion to worship. Unlike other religions Buddhism's' sole purpose is not to worship a god or gods, it is only to preach the thought of ... popular culture today: even though they may have never studied Buddhism at all. This goes to show how far reaching Buddhism has become in our society. In conclusion Buddhism is a very fascinating religion with high positive and moral values. In this religion suffering is known as ignorance and should quickly be released from your soul in order to continue with the positive aspects that life has to offer. Doing good ...
- 3998: What Is PMS?
- ... It usually appears in women in their early twenties through thirties. *PMS is reported by mostly women who- -have had children -had pregnancy complications (such as toxemia) -report minor pain and cramping with periods -eat high in sugar or salt -don't exercise regularly -live a high-stress life How Can A Woman Tell If She's Experiencing PMS? A woman knows she is experiencing PMS when their symptoms get in the way of their daily routine. Right now, researches have no ... suffer insomnia. This can be followed by PMS symptoms which were listed above. Post Partum Depression After birth a women may go through special for of OMS. Because women experience a "let down" from the high hormonal levels during pregnancy, there is a feeling of depression right after delivery. But the severity of Post Partum Depression is way deeper. These women can't handle the hormonal change that bothers their ...
- 3999: Cholera: Virulence, Origin, and Pandemics
- ... on the V. cholerae pathogen and the significance of its presence on Earth. I will examine virulence patterns of various strains of V. cholerae, and what they are inclined to do. Come (from) Hell or High (risk) Water? Cholera’s origin is a topic that has been widely debated over the years. Some think that it dates back thousands of years to the first human civilizations that obtained water from public ... as if the V. cholerae pathogen has naturally selected for a trait that is dominant, at least the most common, to its host. Darwin can rest peacefully. Cholera, like most diseases, tends to have a "high season." It starts with when the average temperature is at its highest during the year. This usually coincides with moist weather. Its low point occurs with the cold and dry conditions—usually winter (4). The ... to come. First, with population in undeveloped third-world countries (where pandemics usually begin) growing exponentially, there is no way they can eliminate V. cholerae from their respective surroundings. Water resources are at an unbelievably high risk for contamination from sewers. Crowded living conditions bring hundreds, even thousands, of people in close proximity to each other around the clock. Also, on a worldwide scale we are doing a terrible, or ...
- 4000: British Castles
- ... logs was a wooden keep. This was used as a lookout tower and a last refuge or keep (Farndon 7). The only way to get into the motte was across a sloping bridge, placed on high pillars. The bailey was next to the motte, and wooden palisades also surrounded it. A ditch of water protected the bailey. The motte and bailey were connected by a flying bridge that could be torn ... motte and bailey castles. This keep was so much stronger and larger that it took longer to build than a motte or bailey. A Masonry Tower was a square that was 30 or 40 feet high. This tower was made of paste and stones, but brick and rubble were often used to fill walls at times. These towers were freestanding and the stone led to a better defense if needed. A ... wall that allowed archers a long field of fire and made him hard to hit. On the top of the wall crenellations served a purpose of arrow loops. A crenellation is an alternating pattern of high a low spots that affords an archer a place to hide (Mfeinberg, siege warfare 1). Instead of an archer, a crossbowman was used but a second assistant was needed to reload a second crossbow. ...
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