Diet 1310 650 Brenda Speight‚ Instructor Vitamin K Vitamins are a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism‚ found in minute amounts in natural foods or sometimes produced synthetically. Vitamins help our bodies metabolize nutrients and grow cells. They come in two forms: those tat dissolve in water (vitamins B & C) and those that are absorbed and stored in fat (vitamins A‚ D‚ E‚ and K). Vitamin K named for the German word for clotting "koagulation"
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The letter K comes from the letter Κ (kappa)‚ which was taken from the Semitic kap‚ the symbol for an open hand.[2] This‚ in turn‚ was likely adapted by Semites who had lived in Egypt from the hieroglyph for "hand" representing D in the Egyptian word for hand‚ d-r-t. The Semites evidently assigned it the sound value /k/ instead‚ because their word for hand started with that sound.[3] In modern-day English slang‚ the word "k" is used as a substitute for the abbreviation "O.K."‚ or "Okay." In International
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Searching for Bobby Fisher is based on the true life story of Josh Waitzkin‚ a seven year old boy‚ who fell in love with the game of chess. Although this film isn’t just about Josh’s life‚ he’s always being compared to the chess genius Bobby Fisher. For many chess players Bobby Fischer is as much a rule model to the game of chess as Roberto Clemente is to the game of baseball. Josh Waitzkin is faced with multiple challenges that he must over come to become one of the best chess players of all time
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beauty. Amidst the border tension‚ presence of the military and internal disturbance‚ the state of Jammu & Kashmir has never failed to attract tourists from around the world. Those who have visited Kashmir have become its lovers and those who have not; J&K is their dream destination. The lush flower valley‚ snow clad mountains‚ natural lakes‚ the Moghul and Tulip Gardens have all added up to the untainted beauty of Jammu & Kashmir. This northern state of India is blessed with many well -known beautiful
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Bobby Seale was born on the 22nd of October 1936 in Dallas‚ Texas. He was the first born in a family of three. Seale grew up dug in destitution with an injurious father‚ and the family brought their battles with them when they moved the nation over to California. Seale went to Berkeley High School‚ and it was amid this period that he began to end up politically minded. Seale served in the United States air force and later joined the Merritt College in Oakland‚ California. His radicalization was fueled
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one another‚ caught in what we didn’t know then was a line of love. * Bobby is speaking‚ he is speaking to the render‚ and he is speaking about his mother and father and him. * This is the day of or a few days before Harold’s mother left and Bobby’s father is moping around and when bobby went to his room him and his mother and father were all reflected in the mirror. * The significance of this passage is Bobby and his family are feeling a lot of emotion during this time‚ and when they
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Capturing Requirements Meeting Customer Intent: A Structured Methodological Approach Markus K. Gröner Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Applications Approved: _________________________ James D. Arthur‚ Chair __________________ J.A.N. Lee __________________ Richard E. Nance __________________ Linda H. Rosenberg __________________
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Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is required for blood clotting and to prevent hemorrhaging. It also plays a role in bone formation and repair. Deficiencies can occur with inadequate dietary intake‚ malabsorption syndrome‚ chronic liver disease and in patients taking antibiotics. There are several forms of vitamin K‚ including K1‚ K2 and K3. K1 is the form found in plants such as spinach‚ broccoli‚ cabbage‚ and cauliflower. Vegetable oils such as olive and soybean also contain small
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Experiencing life as a knight is better than experiencing life as a samurai for the reason that the rules that knights had to follow were less strict than the rules that samurai had to follow. The samurai bushido code stated that a samurai had to live by honour. If a samurai was to lose his honour he would have to commit suicide. Samurai could lose their honour by failing to protect their daimyo‚ losing one of their swords‚ or losing in battle. This meant that samurai had to be on guard at all times
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A Literature Review of K-12 Virtual Learning Communities Virtual learning environments‚ often referred to as online learning or e-learning‚ have proliferated both at the K-12 and the adult levels. Formal virtual learning communities (VLCs) at the K-12 level however‚ are relatively new phenomena. Traditionally‚ literature regarding online learning has focused largely on technology and learner-computer interaction. These isolated computer-mediated environments where the need for community and human
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