Mark Bittman said “One result (of fast food): and unprecedented rise in obesity levels and a not-unrelated climb in health-care costs” (780). McDonnell ’s Big Mac is 550 calories‚ and 29 grams of fat (“Nutrition Facts”)‚ and has less vitamins than a third of cup of Florida’s Natural orange juice ("Florida ’s Natural "). “12 million Americans are considered severely obese‚ defined as more than 100
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The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage
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September 8‚ 2014 P. 2‚ AP Lang. Rhetorical Analysis Frederick Douglas In the autobiography‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas‚ an American Slave‚ Douglas reinforces the universal human condition of freedom through syntax‚ figurative language‚ and selection of detail. This is demonstrated in the third paragraph‚ which makes it stand out. The stylistic elements used in the third paragraph clearly depicts Douglas’ emotions toward freedom. This is peppered with metaphors
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Key Points of Tony Blair’s Premiership Blair was born in Edinburgh and studied law at Oxford University to become a barrister. He joined the labour party in 1975 and successfully gained a seat in Sedgefield in 1983. Tony Blair was considered as new age Labour’s golden boy and beat John Major in the elections. He won a landslide majority in 1997 by gaining 63.6% of the seats in the House of Commons. He was the youngest Prime Minister since 1812 and had three consecutive terms in office‚ making
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08 Fall 08 Fall Mary Douglas and the role of Dietary Restriction in Judaism Many scholars have attempted to explain not only the reasoning for the existence of Jewish dietary restrictions but how not conforming to them can be perceived as evil. Some have said that a hygienic component was the most important reason for these restrictions. Others have stated that it was a result of an attempt to preserving the Jewish culture from foreign influences. While others argue that
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excessive plastic bags usage. Plastic bags levy has proven its worthiness in some countries. Since Ireland implemented a “Plastax” in 2002 to charge 15 Euro cents tax per plastic carrier‚ it successfully reduced plastic usage by 90% (Convery & McDonnell & Ferreira‚ 2007). The levy was targeted at changing consumer’s behavior and charged at a right amount to stimulate consumers in bringing their own reusable bags when shopping to evade paying tax. However‚ we should note that the use of product tax
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Running head: ANTITRUST PRACTICES AND MARKET POWER Antitrust Practices and Market Power A slight inkling of antitrust by the consumers can easily destroy a company’s reputation; bring down years of hard work and dedication. This paper highlights the case of Apple Inc. There was a recent case US vs. Apple‚ that has been on news media. “The Justice Department today released some of the comments it received regarding the ongoing Apple e-book price-fixing case‚ and many of those
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Term Paper Frederick Douglas By: Elijah Strickland Elijah Strickland A.P. World History December 7‚ 2012 Frederick Douglas Timeline 1818 Feb Frederick Douglass is Born 1824 Douglass Moves to Plantation on Wye River 1826 Douglass is Sent to Baltimore to Live with Hugh Auld 1827 Sophia Auld Teaches Douglass to Read 1829 Douglass Begins Work in Shipyard as General Assistant 1831 Douglass Learns of Abolitionist Movement
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Fredrick Douglas and Benjamin Franklin are two memorable individuals who have had a remarkable impact on their nation and time period. Even though Douglas and Franklin came from two completely different backgrounds they both faced many obstacles throughout their lives. Despite being from different time periods the two shared many things in common like the fact that they were both self-made‚ both Franklin and Douglas were able to turn nothing into something against all odds. While these two shared
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based on the main character‚ Douglas‚ who lives with his father‚ his mother and his brother Skip. The family is an ordinary middle class family‚ which is shown because they don’t have any kind of extraordinary luxury. The family fits right into the old traditions where the mother cooks‚ cleans and takes care of everyone. The father is more concerned about what is going on in the world and is not very involved in his two son lives. In the beginning of the story Douglas seems to be a normal young kid
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