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The Epidemic of Childhood ObesityThis year, for the first time in history, more people will die from overeating than starvation (Lee). Obesity is causing a wide range of health problems to our children that previously weren't seen until adulthood. These include high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and elevated blood cholesterol levels (Overweight in Children). If these rates do not stop increasing our children may not have much to look forward to. It is our duty to understand some of the leading causes of child obesity to be able to prevent it because prevention is always better than needing a cure. Mothers these days do not typically stay at home anymore, especially single moms, they now have extremely busy lives, most of which involve being away for a career. Due to the fact that mothers work out of the home, they have less time to plan low calorie, well balanced meals. They also have a lot less time to supervise their child's diet and exercise programs. Children usually tend to be less active and snack more when they are unsupervised. One convenience that mothers often over use |
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What is Meant by Economic Growth?Economic Growth is the most important indicator that tells a country and government if they are advancing their economy. Economic growth, in the short run, is the rise in real GDP due to the rise in aggregate demand, and in the long run, it's an increase in productive capacity-the maximum output that the economy can produce. There are many factors that can cause economic growth, but it occurs in mainly two different ways: the increased use of labor, land, capital and entrepreneurial resources by using better technology, or by management strategies and increased productivity of resources through capital productivity and rising labor, thus meaning greater material welfare and a rise in living standards, However, it does not equate to having higher levels of well being for individuals in that nation in general. Economic growth can, in fact, have negative impacts on a nation including environmental degradation, crime, and how economic growth is unsustainable as it can't continue on fo |
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My Vacation to VenezuelaIn 2004, my family and I took a trip to Venezuela to visit our family and to give our respects to my mother's grave-site. When our plane landed, the weather was breezy and a warm 85 degrees - much different from the Vermont weather I'd become accustomed to. We proceeded by collecting our luggage and we walked towards the gates, where my Venezuelan family was waiting. What a beautiful site they were. Four years had passed since I'd been home to Venezuela. It was good to everyone. The children had all grown up and there were new additions to the family - infants and toddlers. They were all so happy to see us. We hugged, we laughed and even cried tears of happiness. Outside, the cars were waiting to take us home, a place I had become a stranger to. We arrived at the house and there were a lot of people there waiting with smiles and wonderful hugs. We spent our days reminiscing, laughing and learning about each other. I went to the markets, the mall, and visited friends' houses. These things |
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Honesty and FriendshipSince childhood, we have been taught the importance of honesty and why we should be honest. Almost all adults will tell us that lying is wrong. Therefore, we do try our best to be honest with our parents, teachers, friends and almost everybody with whom we meet. However, when it comes to avoiding trouble, saving face in front of the boss, and especially protecting someone's feelings, many of us find ourselves lying. The definition of honesty becomes vague and abstract at this point. An interesting question comes to my mind, "Is it better to keep a friend by not speaking your mind or risk losing a friend by being honest?" I believe that honesty is always the best policy while facing our friends and ourselves. Initially, honesty is an important quality of every individual. It's a personal commitment to live with honor in one's life. For example, in a third primary relationship, I believe that honesty is my pride, and I am proud of being myself. If there is a conflict between friendship |
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The Legacy I Want to Leave BehindI have often asked myself what kind of valuable bequest or inheritance I can leave my children, family, and friends. I feel that it is very important to leave some type of legacy behind, so that they will always have something personal and useful to remember me by. Education and life lessons I feel are sometimes more beneficial than money. I would like to leave behind the lesson of how important it is to obtain academic success. Even at the age of forty four, I have made several attempts to go back to school and complete my degree, so that I could financially better myself and my family. I was unable to succeed at my previous attempts, because my children were very young, which made it difficult for me to study. My goal is to leave behind the legacy that I believed I was never too old to learn, never to old to allow anyone to say I can't, and to instill a quality of humanitarianism in them. Since I graduated from high school, I have been back to school three times. First, I went bac |
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The Mysteries of 9/11On September 11, 2001 the United States experienced an attack that shocked and affected each and every person in the world in some way or another. Two airplanes were flown into the world trade center, one into the pentagon and another crashed in Pennsylvania. Thousands died that day and many more deaths followed. September 9/11 will forever go down in history as one of the most tragic disasters to hit the United States of America. The supposed mastermind behind these attacks was Osama Bin Laden. The FBI and Bush administration were quick to respond and tell the media they had no signs of the oncoming attacks with airplanes. After looking at facts and the evidence it is very obvious that the pieces of the puzzle just are not fitting correctly. Too many coincidences linger and such lack of evidence has been released to the public to state that members of our government had no involvement or prior knowledge of the attacks on September 11, 2001. One of the theories i |
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The Importance of Safe and Walkable CommunitiesSidewalks are an essential part of each community. They allow walking to be our basic form of transportation. Jane Jacobs, author of 'In Life and Death of Great American Cities', comments that streets and roads in our communities "serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and sidewalks the pedestrian parts of the streets serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians" (Chris Eaker, 2008). Jacobs believes that if people think their community "is dangerous place to live, or is a jungle", it is because people of that community do not feel safe and comfortable on the sidewalks (Chris Eaker, 2008). Why do we need sidewalks? The majority of us use streets for walking, jogging, bicycling, or other physical activities. There are people, though, who would say that sidewalks do not carry any significance at all. A national survey of 9,616 adults of pedestrian activity in the nation and the public behavior and attitudes regarding walking was conducted in the summer of 2002 by the Bur |
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Irony, Themes and Symbolism'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and 'Young Goodman Brown' are both stories that convey irony, theme, and symbolism. The irony in A Good Man is Hard to Find is that the grandmother reads about the Misfit in the newspaper and tries to stop the family from driving to Florida because she wants to go to Tennessee. She goes on and on about the Misfit and warns them that he's on the loose. When she does not get her way she tells them that if they run into him it would be nothing but trouble. Which is exactly what happens. The family is in the worst possible situation and the grandmother just makes in worse. After her whole family is murdered she continues on with her rant. The irony is that she seeks to save the Misfit and save her own life. In the end she realizes |
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Sample Memo for a Stand by Letter of CreditIntroduction This memo is made to identify the general terms of the standby letter of credit from the contracting parties, the seller who is issuing the letter of credit is Nueva Vision in favor to the buyer which is the Spanish government. Nuvie vision signed a contract with the Government of Spain to use the technology in training simulations for search and rescue missions. Description of the Goods and Services NV will manufacture the handheld devices, provide training and set up mobile telecenters to lease or sale handsets. NV will be making small computing handheld devices, having a display screen with touch input and a miniature keyboard and weighing less than two pounds. NV will be also provide training and setting up mobile telecasters, where people can access computers, the Internet, and other digital technologies that enable them to gather information, create, learn, and communicate with others, for the Government to lease or sale these handsets. Quantity Under the contract between NV and Spanish government, NV will manufacture 40.000 handheld devices for the Government. It is agreed by NV |
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The De Beers Group"You are, at this moment, standing right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds'". Earl Nightingale said that aforementioned quote and I would like to think that this is exactly what the De Beers Group thought when they started their company over a century ago. In this essay, I will focus on the The De Beers Group's efforts to help governments, their global dominance, and why they would be better off using a global strategy over a multinational one when it comes to their business. The mission statement at De Beers is, "Together with our joint venture partners, De Beers mines for diamonds across Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. As part of the company's operating philosophy, the people of De Beers are committed to living up to diamonds by making a lasting contribution to the communities in which they live and work. In the countries in which we have mining operations, this means carrying out profitable business, while at the same time helping governments achieve the |
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Mary Rowlandson - Sovereignty and GoodnessMary Rowlandson was a woman who lived in the 1600's during the Colonial Age. She wrote a narrative to document her life through the war between the white settlers and the Indians from 1675 to 1676. Mary Rowlandson's narrative has been so appealing to American readers because it is a first-hand insider's look on what it was like to be a Puritan woman who was captured by Indians. Mary Rowlandson was born in England around the year 1636 (we do not know the exact year she was born). She was the youngest of five children and in 1639 she moved with her family to Massachusetts. There, in 1656, she married her husband, Joseph Rowlandson, the local minister. Years later, the Indian population started decreasing (mainly due to diseases from Europe), but the colony population was increasing rapidly. In 1975 King Philip (Metacomet) of the colonies declared war on the Indians. The war itself only lasted about a year, but around 2,500 colonists and 5,000 Indians were killed. 5 percent of the colo |
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Postive Influences in My LifeIn my nineteen years of life, I have had a lot of people influence me, but the three who stand out are my mom, my high school coach and my grandmother. Growing up, I wasn't always the good kid. I did a lot of bad things that caused me to get kicked out school. Every action that I was taking was leading me down the wrong path - and I was heading to either jail or an early death. With the help of my positive influences, I made it. It started in elementary school. I grew up in the ghetto where all I knew was people who bought, sold and used drugs. My mom dated a drug dealer so that the environment I was around. Although my mother knew how she needed to raise me, I continually made bad decisions. I failed the fourth grade because of bad conduct even though I was an honor roll student. That's when things became serious. My mother then transferred me to a private school where it was more diverse and offered a wide variety of sports. My last school didn't have sports so I |
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The Seven Deadly Sins of ConsumersI. consumers life A. consumer defined B. daily routine II. "seven deadly sins" III. sloth IV. greed V. anger VI. lust VII. gluttony VIII. envy IX. pride X. weaknesses of a consumer The Seven Deadly Sins of Consumers We live in a world of consumers. Every man, woman, and child has purchased goods for personal use. Like Thomas H. Benton in his account of the "seven deadly sins" in "The Seven Deadly Sins of Students" (377), consumers, too, suffer from a weakness that faces them in everyday life. Consumers, aware or not, are overcome with the "seven deadly sins". Thomas H. Benton describes the traditional view of the "seven deadly sins" as when a person, "choose self- indulgence instead of self-denial, and self- esteem instead of self- questioning" (377). The "seven deadly sins" are those transgressions that are fatal to spiritual progress. In the Bible, Paul reminds us "But now you must put them all away: anger wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth" (Col. 3:8, NIV). The "seven deadly sins" helps in categorizing and simplifying the everyday experi |
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The Phenomenon of PerfumePerfumes are known to exist since the earliest human civilizations. Both ancient texts and archaeological digs present us with the original samples and recipes of perfume making. However, the modern age of perfumery dates back to the late 19th century when perfumers commercially synthesized aroma compounds, such as vanillin and coumarone to compose perfumes with smells that could not be previously obtained solely from natural ingredients. Thus, perfume presents a mixture of aroma compounds (fragrant essential oils), solvents and fixatives used to provide a pleasant scent. Odoriferous compounds used to make up a perfume can be made naturally from plant or animal sources or manufactured synthetically. Thus, many of today's perfumes are made of synthesized odorants. This is because synthetics provide fragrances that cannot be retrieved from the purely natural compounds. For instance, synthetic aromatics are often applied as alternate source that cannot be easily retrieved from natural ing |
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A Case Study: Sunshine Shirt CompanyThe Customer Profitability Measurement Group (CPMG) has taken a deep analysis of Sunshine Shirts' performance measurement system. With four main factors recognized, there are related recommendations provided. Storage: not enough storage space SS always produce each order in advance so that there is a shortage for manufacturing space to store the finished products. Thus, a just-in-time system is recommended. According to the extra cost needed for this system, CPMG recommended a partial Just-in-time process to provide the shop customers to make sure a zero or low stock. Delivery: delivery not on time unsatisfied customers By reviewing SS, CPMG found that SS has an extension of the production cycle. However, the large amount of inspection could delay the accuracy of time delivered to customers. Therefore, CPMG recommends SS to improve its efficiency to reach a higher inspection and reputation and make the delivery on time at the same time. Besides, the shortage of storage space costs |
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Sociology Study Guide1. Sociology: the study of human behavior in society 2. Conflict Theory: emphasizes the role of coercion and power, a person's or groups ability to exercise influence and control over others, in producing social order (Karl Marx) where fragmented groups compete for social and economic resources/domination/inequality (strife and friction) 3. Controlled experiment: 4. scientific method: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem; collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses 5. dependent variable: a mathematical variable whose value is determined by that of one or more other variables in a function 6. independent variable: a mathematical variable that is independent of the other variables in an expression or function and whose value determines one or more of the values of the other variables 7. Functionalism: a theoretical perspective that interprets ea |
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Oliver Sacks and HallucinationsNeurologist Oliver Sacks was called upon to help an elderly lady who had been visually impaired for 95 years and had begun to have hallucinations. Worried that she was becoming mad, the old woman called upon Oliver Sacks for help. She began to share details of her lucid hallucinations - most involving colors, moving shapes and deformed people or faces. Sacks began to explain to his patient that she was not going insane but that she was experiencing something called Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which was fairly common among the visually impaired. "About ten percent of the hearing impaired experience musical hallucinations and about ten percent of the visually impaired get visual hallucinations." (Oliver Sacks) Charles Bonnet Syndrome was identified in 1800, due to a grandfather who had poor vision and had begun to experience these sudden and rarely repetitive images. Sacks than elaborates during hi |
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The Impact of EmailHow often are do you stay connected with your classmates, family, or friends overseas? I assume most people will say "most of the time." The invention of email changed the way that people live dramatically. Electronic mail's purpose originally was to directly transmit a message from one user at one computer to another user at another computer. For the original email to work, both computers had to be simultaneously on and ready to receive and send email. The new technology has literally changed people's lives. Now, people can be offline and still receive email in a brief amount of time. Usually, the electronic mail is used to store, forward, and deliver messages. An email is formed by the message header and the message body, the email address, and one or more recipient addresses. In ancient times, the only way for people to transmit a message to another people was b |
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Gatsby's Daisy: Good Girl Gone BadDaisy seemed to be the perfect girl as she was growing up. She was pretty, well-behaved, and every young boy wanted her. You could say she was "Ms. Popular." But as she grew into a woman, her stunning looks and dazzling personality caused her many problems. These problems eventually led to the death of her best friend and the love of her life, Jay Gatsby. Throughout the whole book, Daisy is made out to be this perfect girl who gets caught between two men, both of whom she swears she loves. But maybe Daisy is not everything she is made out to be. Once she becomes a woman, she turns into something other than the angel she once was as a young girl. Daisy came from a wealthy family. She was expected to marry a rich and prosperous man because of the class of lady that she was. If she were to marry anything but that, it would be considered down-grading herself. Daisy had these standards to live up to, and she fit into them perfectly. She was not the type of girl who was in a relatio |
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"Figure Who Defines His Own Horizon Line": The Art of Jose BediaI had the pleasure of discovering Jose Bedia's work of art entitled, "Figure Who Defines His Own Horizon Line" in the Miami Art Museum. Even though the whole floor was populated with art work created by the same artist, which something that I was not expecting, this piece of art in particular caught my attention. Maybe this was because of the size of the art, as the piece covered pretty much an entire wall. I started to read about the significance of the art and the history behind the figure which was really interesting. Once I began reading the plaques around the room and learning about Bedia's life and work, I discovered that he is well-known for that particular kind of exhibition. One of the reasons why I enjoyed of this piece was because of its astounding and encompassing size. I also enjoyed trying to figure out the meaning of the art without reading the story. At first I thought that the figure represented evil or maybe destiny. I also thought that the flags at the end of the composition were some kind of representation of blood and that the face of the person painted on the wall represented a regular human who tries |
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Immigration Affecting AmericaImmigration is an event that has been occurring in the United States since the 1620's when the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to our country. Like the Pilgrims, many immigrants came to our nation looking for opportunities that their country could not provide for them. Through the years, immigration has played a key role in the development of our nation's economics and culture in both positive and negative ways. From Europe and Africa, from Canada and Asia, from Mexico and South America, people have come to the United States. Here they have found work, opened shops, raised families, built schools and churches, and formed social clubs and sporting teams. Their history illustrates the common experiences and the shared realities of all the immigrants who have worked, worshiped, lived and died, laughed, prospered and sometimes failed in our country. (Bassett J.F., 2010) From the first settlements of the Quaker, Puritans, and Catholics, Americans have welcomed immigrants with opened arm |
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The Reality of Global WarmingIn this day and age, global warming is an unquestionable fact, which proves that our planet and its climate are in trouble. Global warming affects all areas of our life whether it's politics, economics or socially. The study of global warming involves many sciences in order to look at the causes of global warming and try to find the best solutions to reduce the impact of our civilization on the planet. An interdisciplinary research in this field is important, because global warming is caused by many factors and has an impact on different circles of our life. For instance, climate science is said to look at the changes caused by global warming. Geology examines the impact of human activities such as drilling on climate. Economic science helps to understand economic benefits and material losses caused by terrible weather conditions ,not forgetting results obtained by Climate science and Geology. Economic science observes and develops measures to help reduce negative effect of economic ac |
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The Unfamiliar Territory of Going to CollegeThe road one must take to receive a higher education today is filled with many obstacles. Starting college is no easy task. Everything that I thought I knew was gone in an instant and I was left isolated, to fend for myself. I felt overwhelmed, lost, and unsure of what the future had in store for me. There are many serious problems a new college student faces, but the most common are self-discipline, financial stress, and independence. One of the first obstacles I ran into when starting college was self-discipline. I had never been expected to learn things completely on my own; this took initiative that I never knew I had. For example, I was expected to know all the material in a given chapter without the instructor lecturing on it. It seemed as if no matter how much drive I had, the workload was overwhelming. I had to wa |
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Book Review: Monique and the Mango RainsMonique and the Mango Rains is a story written by Kris Holloway about her experience while volunteering with the Young Peace Corp in Mali, Africa. The author was playing the role of an assistant to Monique, who was an excellent midwife in Namposella, a town commonly known for women giving birth on concrete slab and after a few hours, they return to their normal roles. However, the author claims that this was not a good idea because it increased the rate of maternal and infant mortality in the region. The book is an essential and effective approach towards meeting the needs and preferences of women interested in the concept of healthcare or friendship in West Africa. In the book, the author claims that the region lacked running water; they did not have any trained doctor, thus not being able to access any medical equipment or procedures. Apart from that, the people within the region also encountered dissimilar problems such as inadequate food, flies were common making the incidences of |
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A Doll's House, Act INora Helmer enters the house with a Christmas tree and other packages. She asks the maid, Helen, to hide the tree and pays the porter more than the regular fee. She takes some macaroons out of her pocket and eats them. Torvald Helmer, her husband comes out of his studio to greet his wife. Nora is excited to show Torvald the things she just bought. Torvald makes comments about Nora's tendency to spend money unnecessarily, to which she argues to have the means to do, since Torvald had just been assigned a higher position at the bank. Mr. Helmer expresses his strong feelings against borrowing money to make up for the expenses of that month until he gets paid. Nora's disappointment drives Torvald to give her money to make her feel better. Her attitude changes to a positive mindset again, and she insists on showing the gifts that she purchased for the kids to her husband. Torvald asks her what she would like for Christmas, and after a few hesitant words she confessed she would prefer to |
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