If your mental image of an older person is someone frail and thin‚ it may be time for an update. For the generation currently moving through middle age and beyond‚ a new concern is‚ well‚ growing: obesity. Government figures show that Americans in their 60s today are about 10 pounds heavier than their counterparts of just a decade ago. And an even more worrisome bulge is coming: A typical woman in her 40s now weighs 168 pounds‚ versus 143 pounds in the 1960s. "People used to start midlife [at a lower
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Are you ready for a quick and easy 5-step crate training plan for your pup? Repeat each of the following steps for one day or one week‚ depending on how well your puppy takes to crate training. Move onto the next step once your pooch is confident with the previous step. Day 1/Week 1: Introduce your puppy to his new crate by opening the door so it won’t close on the dog accidentally. Be prepared to spend some uninterrupted time with your puppy and sit down next to the crate for a few minutes. Put
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How sports can help you to upgrade your academic level Gonzalez 1 How sports can help you to upgrade your academic level In the world today‚ there is a prevalent view that everyone is extremely different from one another. We hear that each individual is like a snowflake “extremely unique‚ in their own right . In recent years‚ however ‚ there has been research that indicates that‚ perhaps people can be categorized into two basic
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English 2 Honors course for my sophomore year at The Philadelphia High School for girls. First‚ I like an academic challenge. When things are too easy or not keeping me busy enough‚ I tend to be more inattentive and relaxed about that class. I like when I am constantly brainstorming and working hard. Thinking and learning at a faster pace is suitable for me because English is one of my stronger subjects. Next‚ I feel that I should be accepted into the English 2 honors course because I have reason
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3. Marketing 4. Sales Support Activities – Inputs that allow the primary activities to occur 1. Information Systems 2. Logistics 3. Human Resources Global Expansion Practices 1. Expand the market for your domestic products by selling internationally (Export) • Requires a company to tap into their core competencies 2. Move production to the most efficient countries to realize location economies • Some countries have a comparative
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CHANGE YOURSELF‚ TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD Often times I hear people say “if I am in his position or status‚ I will do better and change things for good”. This statement is made when people feel that their boss (es)‚ employers‚ leaders and government officials are not performing or living up to expectation. They expect so much from these people and get less than they thought or envisaged. There is this axiom that says “you cannot give or offer something that you don’t have”. The gross indiscipline
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news that he has heart disease. As myself and the patient have been in contact many times before it was appropriate to speak and use informal body language‚ by this I had a good but relaxed posture when I came in and sat down (legs crossed). I made sure to sit at an angle as this would be an informal visit to make the service user feel relaxed and comfortable so that he could share sensitive information with ease. So when he told me he had some bad news my eye contact with him became stronger and
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“Gatsby’s world is corrupt but ultimately glamorous” How do you respond to this view of the novel? Gatsby built is fortune through criminal activities‚ as an ‘associate’ of Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim connection to Gatsby is the corruption of the American dream. Gatsby is labelled as “new money” in Fitzgerald’s novel‚ from building his fortunes‚ Gatsby almost fulfilled the aspects of the American Dream. Gatsby’s dream is corrupted by society that he does not realise‚ that glamour and wealth will ultimately
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‘So this is Nebraska’ is a poem by Ted Kooser in the postmodern age. The poem had been written in present tense‚ probably to emphasize the current state of rural Nebraska‚ which is a small village in America. The poem describes a Sunday afternoon in July in Nebraska and this is mentioned in the third stanza of the poem all the other descriptive language in the poem is used to explain this setting. The very first paragraph is a compound complex sentence. The purpose of this is to slow the pace of
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How to think for yourself Have you ever heard a saying which says "Plato is dear to me‚ but dearer still is truth"? That’s what I want to talk about today. Nowadays less and less people are encouraged to think for themselves. However‚ it should be. Try to imagine a world where everyone shares the same style of thinking. Can you really tolerate it? So I intend to remind of you to learn and think for yourselves. Students have shown that the students in China have little encouragement for thinking
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