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- 331: Iron Absorption from the Whole Diet: Comparison of the Effect of Two Different Distributions of Daily Calcium Intake
- ... meal, were served under supervision in the lab. A precise measyre of the iron content of each meal was required to enable the homogeneous labeling of the nonheme iron with radioisotopic iron. One wheat-rye roll served as the carrier of the radioisotope, and this was eaten throughout the course of the meal. Before starting the 4-wk absorption study, a blood sample was drawn to determine hemoglobin and serum ferritin ... laboratory kitchen. All the amounts of food were weighed and prepared for the subjects. Subjects with higher energy requirements than provided by the meal served were allowed to eat more of the special unlabeled wheat roll. Each whole-grain roll was labeled from the radioisotopic iron standard solutionjust before serving I amounts that gave exactly the same specific activity of nonheme iron in all meals. Fresh samples of raw and boiled vegetables and potatoes ...
- 332: Extinction of Dinosaurs
- ... extinction of the dinosaurs on a large celestial body which hit the Earth 65 million years ago. According to them, an asteroid five miles across blasted through the Earth's crust, and threw up molten rock, ash, and dust. Adding to the support to this theory is the discovery of a layer of iridium in New Zealand, Denmark, and Italy. This layer became known as the iridium anomaly. Remarkably, this layer of iridium was found in sedimen tary rock that is abundant on other celestial bodies. This was too remarkable to be a coincidence, so the research team decided that the layer of iridium must have been caused by space debris which resulted from ... have caused extreme and immediate havoc, includ ing, a blast wave which would have incinerated everything in its path. Tsunamis would occur in oceans all over the world and would affect vast areas. Water and rock would evaporate. The impact of the asteroid would cause massive earthquakes all over the Earth, and these earthquakes would increase volcanic activity. The power of the collision would have also caused global wildfires. Scientists ...
- 333: Gun Control
- ... believe there is already enough. Although many people are killed or seriously injured by firearms which are improperly stored, statistics show that assaults with firearms have been progressively lowered since 1975. Therefore, Justice Minister Alan Rock, the person imposing more restriction, is running on scare tactics. I thoroughly believe that if more gun control laws are imposed upon Canadians, there will be more havoc than necessary. One of the problems that ... if they suspect an illegal gun is being hidden there. These new laws conflict with the existing laws and most people make a decision on only what they are told. The proposed law that Alan Rock has created has many people upset. Anti-gun lobbyists believe that more restrictions breach personal freedom. In 1993, statistics were taken in Edmonton concerning assaults. The statistics showed that firearms were used in six percent ... is more important than the freedom of the individual. therefore, they believe that more laws should be made. These fun lobbyists are usually people who have lost loved ones due to firearms. Justice Minister Alan Rock has no proof that more restrictions are needed and is running from his personal opinion. Gun lobbyists and anti-gun lobbyists have opposite opinions on gun control. Even though gun control is a touchy ...
- 334: Knute Rockne - Coach and Legend of Notre Dame
- ... NW. "Eight years later, as the Irish battled a seemingly invincible Army team, Rockne shook his team with quiet locker room speech that was immortalized by sport writer Grantland Rice. "I've got to go, Rock," said Rockne, Imitating the dying man's gestures. "It's alright. I'm not afraid. Sometimes, Rock, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win one just for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock, but I'll know about it. And I'll be happy." The Irish ran out of the room and played hardnosed football. The final score was 12-6 in Notre Dame's favor, and ...
- 335: Siddhartha 2
- ... waterfall and there with them at all times and yet it is always going, always flowing. Later, when Siddhartha again meets Govinda he tells Govinda of what he has learned. He first shows Govinda a rock, and explains how the rock is not just a rock now and maybe something else later, but that it is all things now; that it is everything it will ever be at this moment, because these different forms are only separated by time, which ...
- 336: Guitar History
- ... the Fender Company introduced the broadcaster, shortly after to become the telecaster. It pioneered the latest design of bolt on neck and a solid body, electric design. This began a new type of music called Rock and Roll. And so the birth of the electric guitar changed music, but what the people didnΉt know is that it would only get better. In 1954,in addition to the telecaster, which was still being ...
- 337: Colorado
- ... spectacular mountaintop fireworks display sets the skies ablaze. Another natural attraction in the areas is the Garden of the Gods, a 700 acre park studded with immense, red sand stone formations that are good for rock climbing. One of the regions most amazing sights is the Great Sand Dunes National Monument; a landscape of shifting duns that sometimes stand as high as 1,200 feet. In 1947, Chicago businessman, Joseph ... paper-thin, 6-inch rounds. Place tortilla on hot, lightly oiled griddle and cook until brown. (Your tortilla isnt crispy yet, but you can still eat it. Spoon some dip on it and then roll the tortilla up to eat it!) 3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 4. Place the cooked tortillas on a cookie sheet and brush each one with oil. Then cut them into strips with a ...
- 338: Lord Of The Flies: Comparison of Movie and Book
- ... thought. The movie and the book start off on the same foot, so to speak. The story starts out with a exploring. "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered ... beach and they stab him to death. In the book and the movie Piggy dies also but, in different ways. In the book he was getting taunted by the other group and Jack threw a rock at him. He fell down a cliff and landed on a rock and he split his skull open, then the ocean swallows him. In the movie Piggy was already at the bottom of the cliff. Both groups were disputing over something and Jack gives the signal ...
- 339: Concentration Camps
- ... end of 1943, Rudolf Hess was head commander of Auschwitz. Under his leadership, Auschwitz quickly became known as the harshest prison camp in the Nazi regime. Polish prisoners were forced to stand at attention for roll call for hours on end naked in the cold, snowy tundra of Polish winter. Following its first year of existence, Heinrich Himmler visited Auschwitz and told Hess that its labor resource was to be expanded ... with the arrival of 999 Slovakian women. Since the crematoriums had not yet been built, women were housed in a newly established women's section in Auschwitz I, placed to work, and beaten daily at roll call. By the end of March there were 6,000 women prisoners in Auschwitz I. A third section of the camp, called Auschwitz III or Buna-Monowitz, was established to provide forced labor for the ... hair shaven, and they were given striped prisoner garb. Most people only survived a few weeks in the quarantine and a few months in the labor camp itself. Every morning these prisoners had to endure roll call whereby they would stand for hours at attention outdoors in the cold, wind, and rain or snow. Anyone who fell was gassed. By the time the Auschwitz was destroyed and liberated in the ...
- 340: TV Shows and Real Life
- ... the shows apart and examining them like this has only cleared up my mind, now whenever I watch TV, I tend to think, "What is this show really trying to say?" MATERIALS READ Brubach, Holly. "Rock and Roll Vaudeville". St. Martin's Press, Signs of Life, 1994. Faludi, Susan. "Teen Angels and Tart-Tongued Witches". St. Martin's Press, Signs of Life, 1994. Kirn, Walter. "Twentysomethings". St. Martin's Press, Signs of Life ...
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