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- 8311: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... years ago? Over the past decade, A.D.D., or rather its diagnosis, has become one of the most rapidly growing disorders among children and adults, not only in the United States but throughout the world. Three to six percent of school age children and half that number of adults in the United States have already been diagnosed with A.D.D. Although the majority have yet to be diagnosed, it ... population in the United States(Merrow). Its most defining symptoms include distractibility, impulsivity, and restlessness(Hallowell). "A.D.D. is a breakdown of the filter systems of the brain," according to Dr. Edward Hallowell, a world-renowned expert on A.D.D. and author of several best-selling books on the subject. A.D.D. is not an indicator of low intelligence, nor is it a learning disability. The A.D ... going out. It is constantly bombarded with stimuli which can't be fully processed--resulting in unpredictable responses. When was A.D.D. first recognized as a neurological disorder? Although Attention Deficit Disorder has gained world-wide recognition in the 1990's, its discovery actually occurred in 1937. Dr. Bradley of Providence, Rhode Island, discovered while treating severely destructive children that by using amphetamines, a stimulant, these children would become ...
- 8312: Book Report on Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
- ... that man is too "savage and vicious" an animal to have conceived of an idea "so sacred" as the idea of God. Yet Ivan cannot find proof of God's mercy and love in a world of suffering and depravity; he cannot accept a God that allows cruel people to exist and innocent people to suffer. Ivan also believes that God placed an intolerable burden of freedom on man; God expects ... weakness. Ivan believes that man can only be happy if his freedom to choose between heaven and earth, between good and evil, is taken away; he argues that man should renounce God and that the world should be run by a totalitarian government that take's away man's freedom and forces him to be obedient. He feels that men will "submit . . . gladly and cheerfully . . . because it will save them from ... life without God can only lead to destruction. Dostoevsky develops the theme largely through the description of Ivan's struggle between acceptance and renunciation of God; Ivan is, in fact, a representation of the Western world, which has dealt with the same struggle for centuries. Ivan believes that man's suffering and unhappiness are caused by the freedom that God gave him to choose between material objects and heavenly rewards. ...
- 8313: Your Brain
- Your Brain Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way of looking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the two sides of your brain must do completely different things? The more we integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become ... thin" into the future. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we have become a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from each other as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controls the right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 ... relationships. "The left brain is too slow, but the right can see around corners." Dr. Eisenberg thinks that the preoccupation with the plodding left brain is one reason for the analysis paralysis he sees affecting world leaders. "Good leaders don't lead by reading polls," he says. "They have vision and operate to a certain extent by feel." There are ways of correcting out cultural overbalance. Playing video games, for ...
- 8314: Preaks Vs. Administrators
- ... Internet is just a new fad ("The More I Learn" A1). TheInternet originally began as DARPANET, a government-created network, which wasdesigned for defense communications. The Net structure is such that it couldsurvive a nuclear war ("Internet History"). The creation of the Net can not beblamed for the existence of hackers though, hackers are older than the Netitself, but the Net is the largest 'hacker haven' today (Spencer, "HackingMcDonalds" 6).The ... sometimes they can be obtained for free ("Internet History"). Although some of the original universities have droppedoff the Net for various reasons, every major university in the United States,and now, most others in the world, have a connection to the Internet (Quittner61).Although it isn't easy for an individual to get a direct connection to the Net,many private institutions are getting connections. This is mainly due to thefact ...
- 8315: Two Brains?
- Two Brains? Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way of looking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the two sides of your brain must do completely different things? The more we integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become ... thin" into the future. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we have become a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from each other as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controls the right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 ... relationships. "The left brain is too slow, but the right can see around corners." Dr. Eisenberg thinks that the preoccupation with the plodding left brain is one reason for the analysis paralysis he sees affecting world leaders. "Good leaders don't lead by reading polls," he says. "They have vision and operate to a certain extent by feel." There are ways of correcting out cultural overbalance. Playing video games, for ...
- 8316: The Ebola Virus
- ... al. 1271). Another fatal case was reported one year later in Zaire but nothing major ever became of it. The most recent case recorded was the infamous breakout in Kikwit, Zaire. This breakout had the world in an uproar about the possibility of this virus spreading out globally. This outbreak appeared to have started with a patient who had surgery in Kikwit on April 10, 1995. Members of the surgical team ... frequent symptoms at the onset were fever (94%), diarrhea (80%), and server weakness (74%); other symptoms included dysphagia (41%) and hiccups (15%). Clinical signs of bleeding occurred in 38% of cases (JAMA 274: 373). The World Heath Organization declared on August 24, 1995 that the outbreak of Ebola Zaire in Kikwit was officially over after killing 244 of its 315 known victims ("Ebola Outbreak Officially Over" 1). This outbreak had a ... be the reservoir (Le Guenno et al 1271). Thousands of animals captured near outbreak areas, are tested for the virus, but efforts have always been unsuccessful. The Ebola might never pose a problem to the world community but, the virus itself is armed with several advantages. It has the ability to mutate into new strains as we have seen over time. The fact that there are no know hosts, which ...
- 8317: Fascination Of Motorcycles 2
- ... entity. The designs were so useful that police agencies began using them to combat crimes. The U.S. military quickly realized the advantages of two wheels, and soon put them into service. Upon returning from war, U.S. service members soon began using their personal motorcycle as a tool for expressing themselves. This spread to many other countries and soon changes started coming about. The big brutish cycles of the fifties ... and '97 and soon their sales soared to over 750 billion sales to date. Now I admit, the figures are worldwide but they prove the need in the U.S. and the rest of the world for large public teams. Weather it's racing, rallying, or just out with friends and loved ones, there is a need that is fulfilled on these machines. The need could be attention, adrenaline, or just ...
- 8318: Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra As we inch towards the year 2000, we look back to the pre-dominant individuals of the 20th century. Time magazine voted Frank Sinatra as the world’s most influential vocalist of the 20th century. Frank Sinatra not only excelled but transcended music and became a true personality of our time. Whether you’re talking about recorded music, live performances, movies or ... success he knew he had to be a solo singer and make it on his own. During the late 30’s he played poorly paid gigs in musty, little dives having the title as the world’s greatest saloon singer. When he was working in a little nightclub in New Jersey he was discovered by the well known trumpeter Harry James. James loved Sinatra’s voice and told him he needed ... show they performed at would automatically sell out. In the mid 60’s Sinatra started his own record label called Reprise records and then began singing on that. He then recorded the songs that the world loved the most which were "Strangers in the Night", "It was a Very Good Year" and "New York, New York." This is when he was making the most money and was at the prime ...
- 8319: Kosovo 3
- ... Asuntos exteriores de Hungría. COMAS, José. 23 de mayo de 1999. “Tres cantos por Kosovo”. Diario El País de Madrid, pp.: 11 - 13 KADARÉ, Ismaíl. 30 de mayo de 1999. “International Law is dissolving the world´s borders”. Diario Herald Tribune, pp.: 6 ROSENBERG, Tina. Nueva York, 4 de julio de 1999. “The attack”. Time Magazine, pp.: 24 – 40. Nueva York, 5 de abril de 1999. “Are ground troops the answer ... York, 12 de abril de 1999. “The losers”. Newsweek Magazine, pp.: 10 – 29. Hollywood, 12 de abril de 1999. “Strike force”. Time Magazine, pp.: 26 –42. Nueva York, 19 de abril de 1999. “Albright at war”. Time Magazine, pp.: 24 – 40. Nueva York, 17 de mayo de 1999. Documentos de Internet Sitio oficial del Movimiento Democrático Serbio de Kosovo y Metohija. http://www.kosovo.com/ Agencia de Información de Estados Unidos ...
- 8320: Themes of Oliver Twist
- Themes of Oliver Twist The novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a tale of a young orphan boy who enters this world, according to Dickens as an “it”. For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble by the parish surgeon it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable ... All of this while trying to find out where he belongs . Monks, Fagin and Sikes are the antagonist of this novel. Throughout the novel, every action they take, is linked toward bringing Oliver into a world of crime, and evil. Their lives are filled with crime, and poverty. They are cold men, and Dickens writes about them in the most disgusted way. He seems to write that they bring Oliver ...
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