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- 3901: Nutrition And Health
- ... a day or several days (Ibid. 11pp). These misconceptions tell us that consumers need further guidance in balancing individual food over time to create sound eating patterns, said Sara C. Parks, RD, President of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). People need to be shown that foods are not good or bad .... [and that] one s overall diet, not individual foods, should contain 30 percent or less of calories from fat. One ... materials in the arteries, causing the arteries eventually to clog. When the coronary artery around the heart becomes clogged in this manner, blood supply to the heart is interrupted and a heart attack occurs. The American Heart Association recommends restricting the total fat in a diet, reducing the intake of cholesterol-rich foods, such as milk and butter, and replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats (Encarta Microsoft Encyclopedia 8pp). Encarta Microsoft ...
- 3902: Multiculturalism 2
- ... society, everyone seems to have a different opinion on what will work. Since education is at the root of the problem, it might be appropriate to use an example in that context. In 1980, the American school, Stanford University came up with a program - later known as the "Stanford-style multicultural curriculum" which aimed to familiarize students with traditions, philosophy, literature and history of the West. The program consisted of fifteen ... In a nation that's growth rate is 50% made up of immigration from other countries, multiculturalism has a lot of meaning. Canada has always been a diverse country stressing the mosaic rather than the American ideal of the "Melting Pot". Diversity builds strength, but it also can be hard to manage given the hate that sometime results when inter-racial communities are mixed. The Canadian governments of past histories have ...
- 3903: Media Effect 2
- ... live news via a satellite. From simple text to attractive graphics. From variety shows to teen oriented programs. Media has changed a lot since it started. II. Kinds of Media Television The fossils found in American garbage dumps clearly show the evolution of the radio into the television set. Layers of fossil garbage from the WWI era (10 million years ago) contain fragments of radios that use vacuum tubes. The first ... in public debates that I have given it a nickname: "Berra's Blunder." The evolution of television from black & white to color was very difficult because of the need for "backward compatibility". The number of American television sets grew from 137,000 in 1947 to more than 7 million in 1957. Broadcasters had to figure out how to transmit color signals that could be displayed on the existing 7 million black ...
- 3904: Meat Packing Industry And The
- In our American history we have come across many debating issues. Many issues have been dealt with on small scales but other issues have become very serious. A lot of serious issues were dealt with during the time period of industrialization. With many debates such as monopolies and trustbusters of big corporations, working conditions and techniques often became unrecognized in the politically debating time period. Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968), was an American writer and social and economic reformer, born in Baltimore, Maryland, and educated at the college of the city of New York and Colombia University (Upton). The author of 90 books, Sinclair became well known after ...
- 3905: Missouri Fox Trotter
- ... across the Mississippi River to settle in the Ozarks came mostly from Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.(Hendricks, p285) Naturally, they brought horses that were popular in those areas: Thoroughbred, Arabian, Morgan, and Plantation horses. Later American Saddle horse, Standardbred and Tennessee Walkers were added to improve form and disposition. ("History of the Fox Trotting Horse") A studbook was opened in 1948 and within thirty years it contained more than 15,000 ... are shown in Performance and Model Point Classes as well as Versatility Point Events such as Driving, English Pleasure, Western Pleasure, Trail Classes, and Jumping. ("Winning Combination") The Missouri Fox Trotter, one of the oldest American breeds, has both a gentle disposition and smoothness of gait for the comfort of both horse and rider. That is why this common man's pleasure horse lives up to the breeds' motto, "To ride ...
- 3906: Law Enforcement
- ... and easily accessible, police should be hired on a probation basis, police records are necessary for the correct distribution of police strenght(2). According to the book, Opportunities in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Careers, American colonists in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries brought to America the law enforcement structure with which they were familiar in England. The transfer of the offices of constable and sheriff to rural American areas, which included most colonial territory, was accomplished with little change in the structure of the offices. Generally speaking, the constable became responsible for law enforcement in the town, while the sheriff took responsibility for ...
- 3907: Learning Is For Everyone
- ... be accepted at a community college even years after high school is over. These institutions also tend to accept students who obtained only average grades and therefore did not qualify for more prestige universities. For American society, the big lie underlying higher education is akin to that everyone can be above average (The Museum of Clear Ideas, 147). Not all students are above average, but that does not mean that those ... social class or income level. Everyone should have the chance to be more educated and to increase his or her possibilities of a better future. References: Spatt, Brenda Writing from Sources. Massachusetts. 5th Edition Scientific American/St. Martin s College Publishing Book 1999
- 3908: Locomotive
- ... Rocket (see model). This boiler gave power enough to maintain a speed of 25-30 miles per hour, and the rocket won a speed, pulling, endurance contest held by Liverpool and Rochester railroad. The first American-built locomotive was the Tom Tub, constructed by Peter Cooper. In 1830 this locomotive lost a famous race with a horse drawn car on the newly laid tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. American-built locomotives that were placed in operation in 1830-1831 were the Best Friend of Charleston, West Point, York, and DeWitt Clinton. In conclusion, I picked the Rocket for my model because it was one ...
- 3909: Talcott Parsons
- Introduction Of his time, Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) was considered the most admired American sociologist. Parsons was bread into a well-to-do family and was given a strong educational foundation as a child. Starting as a biologist, Parsons felt out of place and transferred to economics and sociology ... he formed an in depth analysis of the Freudian theory. In 1946, Talcott helped create the department of social relations, in which he was nominated as chairperson. To add, he became the president of the American Sociological Society in 1949. By the 1950's, he became the most celebrated sociologist in academic life (International Encyclopedia of Social Science 616). Parsons' second book, The Social System, looked at his theses on a ...
- 3910: Cosmetic Testing On Animals
- ... used and enforces federal laws regarding treatment and care of the animals. Biomedical scientists have also taken action to prevent the abuse of the animals, mostly because abused animals may not provide reliable data. The American Physiological Society, the National Institutes of Health, and many other scientific organizations have joined to lay down guidelines for the use and treatment of experimental animals. Now, there are also many universities with animal welfare committees. In the United States survey by the American Medical Association, it was found that 75 percent of Americans are against using animals in cosmetic testing. Hundreds of companies have responded by switching to animal-friendly test methods. To help put an end to ...
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