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  • Obesity in Usa

    Obesity in Usa

    The dramatic growth in obesity and over weight among Americans can become a hot topic, receiving widespread attention in the media. In a recent article in science magazine said that the national obesity rate will be 39% by 2008. Obesity has risen dramatically in the past 10 years. It is estimated that as many as one in five Americans is obese, a condition defined as being more than 30 percent above the ideal weight based

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Max
  • Team Working Management Assignment for Cadbury’s

    Team Working Management Assignment for Cadbury’s

    Introduction The task set was to ‘Evaluate the effectiveness of the management of a branded product or service of your choice’. This task was to be carried out in groups of people 10 people from the AEF117 students, who could work together to interpret the task how they wished. These groups were put together by lecturer Stuart Challinor, based on our results from completing an individual Belbin profile, which was comprised from a series of

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    Essay Length: 360 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Obesity in America

    Obesity in America

    Obesity in America” “Welcome to McDonald’s, may I take your order?” “I would like a double cheeseburger with everything, a large fry, and a Coca-Cola.” “Would you like to super-size your meal for an additional thirty-nine cents?” “Yes, please.” This dialogue is an example of how many Americans prefer to eat at highly caloric fast food restaurants because they are too tired to cook fresh food. This is one of the many factors that can

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Obesity: An American Epidemic

    Obesity: An American Epidemic

    Obesity: An American Epidemic "Hello, Sir Welcome to Wendy's what can I get for you today? Yes I would like a Triple Cheese Burger with large fries and a large Dr. Pepper, Oh yeah and could I have that Biggie Sized." This is something that is heard all over the United States, everybody wants to have the biggest thing they can get. From our cars to our houses Americans want the biggest there is. Yup

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: regina
  • Does Palm Reading Actually Work?

    Does Palm Reading Actually Work?

    Does Palm Reading Actually Work? Palm reading has been around since as early as 2000 B.C. when it was introduced in China. We have all seen the small stands in urban areas, usually advertising “Your future for only $5, have your palm read today!” How many of us actually stop is a completely different story. Most people through deductive reasoning decide that looking into the future and predicting it accurately is impossible, even with the

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Why Martin Luther King’s Campaign Was Not Working

    Why Martin Luther King’s Campaign Was Not Working

    Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the crucial leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement. King was known for his non-violent views and protests. He established with other members of the clergy the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), a campaign involved in non-violent protest in the form of boycotts, demonstrations and marches against the denial of civil rights to African Americans. In 1964 in Mississippi the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) asked young people,

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Research Paper Devil in Joyce Carol Oates Works

    Research Paper Devil in Joyce Carol Oates Works

    “The greatest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist” -Verbal Kint “The spirit that I have seen may be a Devil, and the Devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape […] as he is very potent with such spirits, abuses me to damn me” (William Shakespeare). The Devil has been a theme in writings for decades; authors have played with the symbolism of the Devil in their characters to add

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Jon
  • Does Echinacea Really Work?

    Does Echinacea Really Work?

    Many people believe that the herb Echinacea is a very quick and natural way to treat and reduce the risk of colds and flu’s. Many scientific studies have been done to see if this is a true treatment or just another old wives tale. I found such a study conducted at the University of Alberta in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. In the experiment, a common pill was used called Echinilin, which according to Echinilin’s web site

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    Essay Length: 475 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • McDonalds Obesity

    McDonalds Obesity

    McDonalds Obesity In this day and age Americans increase their awareness towards obesity, which is commonly experienced by adults who consume lots of fast food as their daily meals. The awareness of unhealthy living is later driven to the obesity in children. Children are the easiest targets for misdirected, fault influence from the television commercials. American culture allows the television viewers including children to worship convenience in watching TV and enjoying snacks, so that both

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Reductions in Work Force

    Reductions in Work Force

    Reductions in Work Force The following synopses of seven (7) academic journal articles were collected from the last five years. They are relevant to a variety of business practitioners from human resources management, internal and external legal counsel, as well as core management on the subject of workforce reduction. 1. “Legal Considerations of Workforce Reduction” The first step toward minimizing legal risk in connection with a RIF is careful planning. To begin, think long and

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Max
  • Obesity in African American Women

    Obesity in African American Women

    Review of Literature Introduction Despite the well-publicized health and emotional consequences of obesity, a successful weight-loss industry, and a high rate of voluntary dieting, the prevalence of obesity in African American women continued to increase. For the most part, African American women are aware of the serious health risks related to obesity. Honest attempts to diet and exercise properly usually resulted in gaining of the weight loss and additional pounds in the process. A limited

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    Essay Length: 1,281 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Steve
  • Do Literary Works Have an ‘unconscious’? Discuss with Reference to Any Two Works Studied This Past Semester

    Do Literary Works Have an ‘unconscious’? Discuss with Reference to Any Two Works Studied This Past Semester

    Do Literary Works Have an ‘Unconscious’? Discuss With Reference to Any Two Works Studied this Past Semester. Although the notion of a human unconscious preceded Freud, his work is certainly most useful for explaining what it actually is. With an understanding of a human unconscious we can apply some of its characteristics to the literature studied thus far. Much of Freud’s work on the unconscious is contained within his book ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ but

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Top
  • Working in Teams

    Working in Teams

    Team Members’ Roles Working in teams can be a very effective way to accomplish a large project with less effort on each individual person in the team. The use of teamwork is beneficial because it brings different people together along with their different thought processes, which can bring many different ideas to the table. “A structurally diverse work group is one in which the members, by virtue of their different organizational affiliations, roles, or positions,

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Top
  • Disability Management: Return to Work Plans

    Disability Management: Return to Work Plans

    Introduction When an employee is injured and can no longer work, it can cost an organization both in lost time and compensation. What the organization does to aid the employee determines not only when the employee will return to work but also whether they will return at all. Workers often are hesitant to return to work due to various reasons; pain, fear of re-injury, prolonged activity, job performance anxiety, lack of communication, and job dissatisfaction.

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Yan
  • Working Girl: The Obstacles Within Corporate America

    Working Girl: The Obstacles Within Corporate America

    Working Girl: The Obstacles Within Corporate America Introduction In the movie Working Girl, the star Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a hard working woman who is determined to reach the top of the stock market world by hard work. As she turns 30 she is still stuck in clerical work so when she starts working for Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) she is glad that Katherine is willing to accept input and ideas from her. However,

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Obesity in America

    Obesity in America

    Obesity in America America is one of the richest, most progressive countries in the world. Shouldn't it be one of the healthiest too? Maybe it should be, but the sad truth is that Americans are some of the unhealthiest people in the world. Even though we are living in a country with great economic power and technological advancement, we are also living in a country with the smallest fund of practical nutritional knowledge. We are

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • What Works by Michael Pressley (2000).

    What Works by Michael Pressley (2000).

    Comprehension Instruction: What Works by Michael Pressley (2000). Reading is central to learning in school, in the workplace and in everyday life. This article talks about skills that increase student understanding of what they read. Reading is often thought of as a hierarchy of skills from processing of individual letters and their associated sounds to word recognition to text-processing competencies (Pressley, 2000). Fluid articulation is required for skill comprehension. It began with the sounding out

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Monika
  • How to Improve Your Work Efficiency

    How to Improve Your Work Efficiency

    1) Don’t Check Your Email For Update Every Other Minute This is extremely disruptive and you are better off checking your email Inbox once every hour reading the Subject of the email only. Open only those that are important at work and KIV the rest till the end of the day. Take action only on those that requires immediate action and KIV the rest until you have completed all the essential tasks of the day.

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: David
  • A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Working with Students with Depression

    A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Working with Students with Depression

    A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Working with Students with Depression Introduction The position of depression as a disability is ambiguous. Though early definitions of emotional and behavioral disabilities included depression, more recent definitions seem to leave depression as a possible side effect of the primary emotional and behavioral disabilities (Gearheart 367). Our primary textbook lists depression and suicide under “Related Considerations” along with adolescence and Substance Abuse (413). Despite this apparent backpedaling, Gearheart, et

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Bred
  • Obesity

    Obesity

    Lisa has been suffering with obesity since she was 12 now at 17 she weighs approximately 440 pounds. She was known as the freak of every school she attended. Due to depression, anxiety and agoraphobia (The fear of wide open spaces, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions.), caused by the rest of her classmates she was forced to drop out of school. Children like these are all across America. Food industries are provoking them to eat

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Can Continental Airlines Continue to Work Hard, Fly Right and Fund the Future

    Can Continental Airlines Continue to Work Hard, Fly Right and Fund the Future

    History of Continental Airlines Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines, named after one of its initial owners, Walter T. Varney operating out of El Paso, Texas and extending through Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico to Pueblo, Colorado. The airline started with Lockheed Vegas, a single engine plane that carried four passengers. The airline later flew other Lockheed planes, including the Lodestar. It was renamed Continental on 1 July

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Top
  • Work, Play, and Worship in "whose Life Is It Anyway?"

    Work, Play, and Worship in "whose Life Is It Anyway?"

    In the film Whose Life Is It Anyway? we are introduced to the character of Ken. Ken’s life is changed after a life-altering car accident leaves him a quadriplegic. Ken, being unable to live the life he is accustomed asks to be released from the hospital and refuses medical treatment. Throughout this paper I will delve into the roles that work, play, and worship played in Ken’s life both pre-accident and post-accident. The roles of

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Real Estate Really Works

    How Real Estate Really Works

    Real Estate is the primary investment resource for retirement and quality of life. DID YOU KNOW ? When buying or selling, most consumers choose their Realtor simply by chance, because they think ANYBODY would do. ************************************************ ANYBODY WOULD DO? In their last real estate transaction consumers have... 54.0% - Randomly called the name brand real estate office because ANYBODY would do. 19.5% - Interviewed only one Realtor because ANYBODY would do. 11.5% - Used

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Bred
  • Work Place Fishbowl

    Work Place Fishbowl

    Workplace Fishbowl xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx Workplace Fishbowl In recent times our right to privacy has been under fire, particularly in the workplace. With the fear of terrorists in today’s world, we have been willing to sacrifice some of our individual rights for the rights of a society as a whole. A majority of these changes have taken place since September 11, 2001, in an attempt to prevent future terrorist attacks. New legislation, such as

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Scarlet Letter Work Journal

    The Scarlet Letter Work Journal

    Whatever the people of Boston take pleasure in seems to interpret as sin. If heaven is supposed to be a placed of paradise, isn’t it pointless to say that all that brings pleasure and happiness is sin? It’s almost like they’re making whatever part of heaven given to them in life into a living hell I think the people of Boston hypocrites because they are trying to build a place of the bible and a

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Fatih