Specific Purpose: To educate my audience on sugar and its effects on the body. Central Idea: Many sugars have detrimental effects on our body and it is important that we pay closer attention to avoiding these foods. Intro: I. Did you know that the average American consumes around 130 pounds of sugar per year? I’m going to assume that you are surprised by this fact‚ as you should be‚ because this is way above the amounts that we should be consuming. II. Sugar is all around us in many different forms
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about the confrontations in Cuba and the Vietnam War. The confrontation in Cuba began as the result of the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. The Soviet Union was responding to President Kennedy ’s rearmament program. At the time‚ the United States (U.S.) was the dominant superpower and the Soviet Union wanted to restore the balance of power by placing nuclear weapons within range of every major American city. Only 90 miles off the Florida coast‚ Cuba was the perfect location to establish
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Forces Leading to Revolution in Cuba Background Cuba was discovered by Europeans in 1492. From 1511 it was a colony of spain and became a base from which Spanish exploration and colonisation took place. Numbers of indigenious Cubans dropped dramatically as a reuslt of European desieases and harsh Spanish rule. Those who remained were converted to Catholicism by missionaries. Cuba became a producer of tobacco and sucre due to its rich soil. The low numbers of indigenous Cubans caused problems for
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The U.S. Embargo Against Cuba Assessing Economic Performance Renee Rodgers The U.S. Embargo Against Cuba The relations between the US and Cuba has just recently changed since the president ’s State of the Union address. President Obama made the statement in December of last year that Americans can travel to Cuba and has plans to start opening trade and full embassies in both nations. Congress has stated mixed responses to lifting the embargo‚ with some from both parties—mostly
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CUBA Cuba has many special things about it such as but not limited to its beaches‚ the culture and the food. As of 2010‚ Cuba’s population was 11‚264‚141. Cuba is also famous for Fidel Castro‚ the countries leader who has been running the country for over 30 years. Unlike the United States of America‚ Cuba does not have a democratic government; Cuba is run as a communist country. Communist means the people do not elect its government. FOODS IN CUBA Some Cubans don’t lean
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Economic SYSTEM IN CUBA The Economic System in Cuba is known to be communism. Communism can be defined as a scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life. This system considers the termination of inequalities in the possession of property as well as the distribution of wealth equally to all individuals. Therefore‚ the means to achieve this is by the collectivization of all private property. By extension‚ collectivization is the process of forming collective communities where property and resources
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civilization is progressing‚ there are several kinds of political system appeared in the world. It seems that an important reason that results in some countries are democratic or some countries not. Therefore‚ this essay will discuss 2 countries America and Cuba‚ which are liberal democracy country and non-democracy (authoritarian regime) country respectively. What are liberal democracies and authoritarian regime? What class of politics system runs in those two countries? How does politics system runs in those
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Introduction of JDW S Group: JDW group has grown from sugar production into premier business group of Pakistan. JDW Group is the progressive industrial house of the country. JDW’s Group Diversification: Faruki Pulp Mill Ltd JK Dairies (Pvt) Ltd JDW sugar Mills Limited. Introduction of JDW Sugar mill Limited: Sugar manufacturing is the core business of the Group and is also renowned for support of innovative farming techniques which augment the core business. The Group takes immense pride
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Cuba Before and After the Cuban Revolution How would you feel if your country makes some drastic changes just because one person decides to do it? Since the Cuban Revolution‚ Cuba has had a lot of changes‚ starting from the economy situation‚ consumerism‚ education and employment. In the 1950’s Cuba was economically a relatively advanced country‚ but the economy since 1959 have been going down the scale like water from the Niagara Falls and never recuperated. Before the revolution the value of
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Long and Short Term Effects of Refined Sugar Refined sugar is made from sucrose extracted from raw sugar cane or sugar beets. Often added to processed foods and beverages‚ refined sugar has several forms such as granulated white sugar‚ brown sugar‚ fructose‚ sucrose‚ dextrose‚ high fructose corn syrup and malt syrup. The average American consumes about 22 tsp. of refined sugars each day according to the American Heart Association (Marina). Refined sugars have led to an obesity epidemic in America
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