India did not experience any food price spikes during 2007–08 when global food prices erupted. It was partly due to India’s ban on exports of wheat and common rice India resorted to. But the fiscal stimulus that the government of India provided in 2009 in the wake of G8 countries’ and other major economies’ call to avert economic recession‚ coupled with one of the worst droughts India experienced in that year‚ led to rising food prices in India since mid- 2009. Food price inflation has hovered between
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Fast food restaurantA fast food restaurant‚ also known as a quick service restaurant (QSR) within the industry itself‚ is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service. Food served in fast food restaurants typically caters to a "meat-sweet diet" and is offered from a limited menu; is cooked in bulk in advance and kept hot; is finished and packaged to order; and is usually available ready to take away‚ though seating may be provided. Fast food
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Junk Food In today’s fast-moving world‚ people have less and less time to spend eating‚ let alone cooking. It is probably for this reason that junk food has become so popular‚ and there’s no doubt that it’s here to stay. In fact‚ it seems that you simply can’t get away from it. One British hotel group recently announced that its guests are able to order fast food through room service‚ a move which is seen by many as signifying a new era in the couch potato lifestyle. So what exactly is junk food
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Book Review - In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto In the book‚ In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto‚ author Michael Pollan commences his tale with a few straightforward words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. In his introduction‚ An Eater’s Manifesto‚ Pollan discusses how the dietetic wisdom that was passed down from older generations has been heavily tainted by “nutritional science and food industry marketing” (Pollan‚ 2008). The first volume of the book entitled‚ The Age of
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The Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is not a violation of the Eight Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty is when a convicted criminal is put to death by the court. The execution method may not inflict unnecessary pain on the criminal. The criminal sentenced to death can wait several years or sometimes decades on death row before being executed. The juvenile death penalty is a controversial issue all over the country. Studies show that the characteristics
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w.sparknotes.com › ... › Poetry Study Guides › Tennyson’s Poetry The poem tells the story of a brigade consisting of 600 soldiers who rode on ... The poem glorifies war and courage‚ even in cases of complete inefficiency and ... WILFRED OWEN - DULCE ET DECORUM EST‚ Text of ... - War Poetry www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html Wilfred Owen’s poem - Dulce et Decorum Est - with notes - the Gas poem - about a ... other war poems that need special explanations are similarly annotated. Poem Analysis of
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3. Potential Energy- the energy which an object possesses due to its position 4. Kinetic Energy- the energy which an object possesses due to its motion 5. Friction- what stops your car; When you hit your brakes‚ it stops the tires‚ and that dragging is created by friction. 6. Traction- a force that makes heart and helps keep the tires on the road 7. Centrifugal Force- the apparent force that draws a rotating body away from the center of rotation; caused by the inertia of the body as the body’s
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side of fast food Nowadays a problem of fast food is widespread all over the world. Fast food restaurants are situated almost in every country. The most popular of them are McDonald’s‚ Burger King’s‚ KFC restaurants. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap‚ the health risks outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food brings. One should carefully think before they eat fast food because there is disadvantages in the fast food. The health risks that come from eating so much fast food are life-threatening
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Genetically Modified Food Introduction Advancements in the understanding of genomics in the past century has allowed scientists to make use of their findings to improve lives of human beings. Yet‚ more and more drawbacks of such applications have been discovered‚ in addition to ethical issues that have been raised‚ many governments are urged to put a ban on the use of such technology. Genetically modified food is a good example of such case. In the recent years‚ the production of genetically
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Food Waste? Too valuable to waste! According to statistics from the Environmental Protection Department‚ in Hong Kong‚ solid waste generated daily weighs around 17000 tones‚ of which around 30% is organic matter (2700 tones) which is roughly equal to 120 double-deck buses in size. Compared this to the US where‚ revealed by the Environmental Protection Agency‚ only 12% of waste stream was scrap of food in 2005. Extra care in disposal is required for these putrescible wastes‚ otherwise nuisance
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