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- 2301: Fast Food Reality
- ... but most of them are obvious. We are what we eat. This is one of the simplest reasons, and this writer believes it is right. Most of obese people have bad nutrition habits such as high fat level food intake. According to the United States government, the number of overweight Americans is higher than ever before. A 1991 study found that one-third of U.S. adults are obese. One of ... is that millions of cows, chickens, and pigs are killed every year to satisfy hungry people. Fast food is not good for our health and for our environment. Most of American fast food is unhealthy, high in calories, fat, sodium, and cholesterol, but generally low in the nutrients a growing body needs. Do you know how many grams of fat a burger contains? No, right? The reason is because fast food ... for your health? The response is No. This does not mean fast food is bad. But it does mean you should fit fast food into a balanced healthy diet. "Research shows that eating too much high-fat foods contributes to high blood cholesterol levels. This can cause hardening of the arteries, coronary disease and stroke. High-fat diets may also contribute to a greater risk for some types of cancer, ...
- 2302: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... ways to catch a glimpse of their weird neighbor Boo Radley. Boo is mysterious to them because he always stays in the house and they have never seen him before. After the summer is over, school is about to start and Dill goes back home to Mississippi. This is Scouts first year of school and on her first day she gets into trouble with the teacher because she already knows how to read and write, and gets into a fight with Walter Cunningham. While walking home from school one day Scout finds a stick of gum in a hole in a tree by the Radley’s yard. Later on Scout and Jem find more gifts in the tree, but then suddenly Mr. ...
- 2303: Personal Biography of Sean McEndree
- ... and there, but never stayed mad for a long time. They cared for each other sincerely. They both joined soccer teams at the age of six or seven. And when it was time to begin school, they shared a special bond. Sean went to first grade through fourth with his sister at Glenwood School. He still played soccer with his friends. But then they changed to Saint Joseph School before fifth grade. Sean's younger sister named Casey was attending First grade at this school. Here, Sean clicked with his classmates and soon became well known. He accepted everyone for who they were, ...
- 2304: Explain Why Cultural Diversity Is Important In A College Education
- ... no-good niggers,” stay away from those “half-breeds” and give hell to anyone “ nigger-lover” who refuses to believe the truth. It sickens me. Last year, we had an issue to address at our school. It later became known as The Cowboys vs. The Blacks, and never has our school been more involved. The newspapers screamed of the hate, violence, and threat of gangs that were corrupting our schools; the halls rang with the lastest gossip on the next big showdown. This problem slapped a school full of apathetic kids into a lively bunch ready to get involved. Involved in what? A controversy that all had opinions on, but how could you not have an opinion? It was the talk ...
- 2305: Elizabeth Blackwell
- When Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical School in 1849, she became the first woman doctor in the United States. When she enrolled in the Medical Register of the United Kingdom, this made her Europe’s first modern woman doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell was ... and forced the family to move to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1838. Her father died shortly after this move and meant that the boys now needed to find work and the girls now needed to attend school. The Blackwells made contributions in aiding escaped slaves and in the Intellectual movement. In 1844, Elizabeth determined that she wanted to become a doctor. At first, she had trouble because no medical school would admit her because of her gender. Because of this, she studied privately with doctors in Philadelphia and in the South. In 1847, Elizabeth was admitted to the Geneva Medical School of Western New ...
- 2306: Dancing And Ballet
- ... is best known for her three minute solo of "The Dying Swan". Pavlova traveled all over the world and could often make people cry when she danced this piece. She studied at the Imperial Ballet School and then joined the Imperial Ballet Company. In 1906 she became prima ballerina of the company. She later formed her own company and took it on tours until the time of her death. Enrico Cecchetti ... Cecchetti is best known for his leading male role in "La Scala" and the Bluebird role in "The Sleeping Beauty". He was born in Rome and began teaching in 1890. He taught at the Imperial School of Ballet and later became an instructor for the Ballets Russes de Diaghilev in Milan, Italy. In 1918 he opened a private school. He was the last great dancer of the strict Italian tradition. George Balanchine (1904-1983) Balanchine was a Russian choreographer who developed a new trend in American and European Ballet. His ballets usually weaved ...
- 2307: Response to Susan Horton's Article "Mothers, Sons, and The Gangs"
- ... how much the neighborhood could mean. She states '"Here the neighborhood, it is family."'(Horton233) She claims to understand the loyalty to the neigborhood because "her whole life,...is wrapped up ...in it" (horton233) During school her son gets into a fight with a rival gang member because each claimed a different neighborhood. Her son was expelled and she says '"The principle at his school was upset because my son said 'I'd die for my neighborhood.' If he's said 'I'd die for my country,' the principal probably would have given him a medal."' (Horton233) Garcia knows that ... to Jamie and he found gang life more attractive so he ran away from home. "Jamee started seeing these guys out there who were wearing expensive clothes and they didn't have to go to school or ask their parents for money." So to be like them he began to sell drugs. When he tired of life on the run he returned home and Kary still expected he abide by ...
- 2308: Five Imporant Events Of The 19
- ... are used to drill holes in diamonds, shape machine tools, cut microelectronics, and create semiconductor chips. Lasers are also being used in an attempt to create controlled nuclear fusion. The short laser pulses allow for high-speed photography, and laser beams are also being used for accurate alignment on construction sites. Lasers are being used to study the movement of the earth to study earthquakes and are also very effective detectors ... 15, 1963 when Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper said that while orbiting the earth he could see ships, roads, and smoking chimneys. When the Discoverer satellites were launched and sent over the Soviet Union it took high quality pictures of the country. In 1966 satellites were launched that could stay in orbit for weeks at a time and did have to be recovered to get the data collected, it was beamed back down to earth instead. The satellites had high-resolution cameras and infrared detectors. As technology and equipment has improved spying from space has become less expensive and recovered better information. Satellites are also being used to detect submerged submarines that would usually ...
- 2309: Colorado
- ... first atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima had been mined in Colorado. In 1957 Colorado Springs was chosen as the site of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a vast underground fortress where high-ranking military officials stand ready to monitor and respond to any air attack against the United States. In addition to the military, many major corporations moved to Denver and its metropolitan area. As a result ... Pike’s Peak in Colorado. Plants and Animals Native to Colorado In the 1890s, the last of the herds of wild buffalo that once thundered over the grasslands of eastern Colorado were killed. But the high plains are still home to the pronghorn antelope and the jackrabbit. The lively, sociable rodent knows as the prairie dog still lives in some areas. Yellow sunflowers nod in the breeze, and great creamy-white ... Colorado’s cash crops are corn, potatoes, dry beans, lettuce, spinach and cabbage. Although about two-thirds of Colorado’s farm income is from beef cattle, today quite a few steers graze freely on the high plains. Farmers try to protect the fragile land while they get its yearly rewards. About one-third of Colorado’s mining income is generated by petroleum. Also oil wells operate chiefly in the northeastern ...
- 2310: Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel
- Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel Chapter 1 Another day another school...I thought about this new school they placed me in. They said I will like it. Well I'll be the one to decide that. Next thing I know I'm on a 6:30 train to Windsor, CT. It was a Thursday and I received a call from Mr.Spencer, well it wasn't really for me but for my parents. I immediately new who it was, you can just hear it's a school teacher. One can just hear that over the phone. After the phone hangs up I hear a yell, “Holden, front and center!” Then we go throughout that whole, we had a discussion with, and ...
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