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    fat city

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    Fat City Frustration‚ anxiety‚ and tension the perfect storm for an underachieving student. In the video FAT city Rick Lavoie runs a workshop to help understand what a learning disabled child go’s through every day inside a classroom. Things that a normal student would be able to comprehend with minimal effort could be a colossal struggle for a student with a learning disability. It was an eye opener to people who haven’t been in the classroom and Lavoie used many exercises to put the average person

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    10/7/14 There are many different types of racial classification systems. The two most interesting to me are social Darwinism and ethnocentrism. These classification systems have made a significant difference on society over time. Social Darwinism is based on the “survival of they fittest” who ever is strongest to survive will have dominance in inferior races. Ethnocentrism is judging other groups by one’s own standards and values. This group views others groups with “otherness”. These groups discriminate

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    * Hindu Wedding A Hindu wedding is traditionally conducted at least partially in Sanskrit‚ the language of most holy Hindu ceremonies. The local language of the people involved is also used since most Hindus do not understand Sanskrit. Hindus have many rituals that have evolved since traditional times and differ in many ways from the modern western wedding ceremony and also among the different regions‚ families‚ and castes. The Hindus attach a lot of importance to marriages‚ and the ceremonies are

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    Trans Fats

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    I picked the second quote‚ “trans fats should not be banned. Consumers should make their own choices about what they eat. The government should educate the population about the risks of eating foods with Trans fats‚ but then let people make their own decisions.” The way I look at this situation is‚ we do a lot of bad things to our bodies. We eat fast food‚ sugars‚ drink alcohol and plenty more. Everything that we take into our body systems‚ has some type of effect on our bodies‚ whether it be causing

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    Simple Wedding

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    Adam and Beth’s Wedding *Introduce myself * Adam and Beth have asked me to do a little talk at their wedding ceremony. And they asked me to base the talk around one of his favourite quotes. It’s from the film “Good Will Hunting”. And the quote is: “You’re not perfect‚ sport‚ and let me save you the suspense: this girl you’ve met‚ she’s not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you’re perfect for each other.” Firstly‚ I was massively relieved that Adam gave me something to base the

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    The Fat Girl

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    My name is gkfsdhf hdskjvsd and I am 18 years old. I was born and raised in a large suburb in upstate New York. I live with my father‚ James; my mother‚ Deborah; and my younger brother‚ who is sixteen‚ Garrett. We live on a quiet street‚ and I have lived there all my life. We also have a puppy named Buddy‚ who is a very important member of our family. When I was very young I went to preschool and got involved in dance and gymnastics‚ which took up a great amount of my time and first got me involved

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    Muriel's Wedding

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    Muriel’s Wedding (1995)‚ written by P.J. Hogan‚ explores the central notion of relationships. Relationships can be defined as the connection between people and others‚ and it is these relationships that allow an individual to find and/or reaffirm their identities. More specifically‚ Hogan conveys that individuals will always seek out others who they can form positive relationships with‚ which in turn can reaffirm their sense of identity. He also portrays that the outcome of a relationship is not

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    Fat Tax

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    taking an unbalanced diet. It is not uncommon for us to take in meals which are often full of saturated fats. In order to alleviate this problem‚ one useful way is to introduce ‘fat tax’ on foods high in saturated fat. In 2011‚ Denmark has implemented the world’s first fat food tax‚ levying a surcharge to food with more than 2.3 percent saturated fats. According to the Associated Press‚ saturated fats may lead to cardiovascular disease and cancer. In an effort to reverse this trend in Hong Kong‚ it is

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    Fats and Oils

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    Fats and oils - 344 Iodine value of an edible oil INTRODUCTION Fats and oils known as triglycerides contain long chain hydrocarbons with carboxyl groups (COOH groups). These fatty acids are classified into the number of double bonds present in the fatty acid. When the carbon atoms in these chains are bounded to the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms‚ the triglyceride is said to be saturated. When one or more double bonds exist between carbon atoms in the chain‚ less hydrogen exists

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    I chose to take the Fat - Thin IAT. My data results suggested a slight automatic preference for thin people over fat people. I do feel that the results are correct because I do somewhat have a personal preference for thin people. I am not really sure why I have this preference. I do not think that fat people or nasty or bad nor do not think that all thin people are good. I just prefer thin over fat. I do not discriminate against fat people or chose thin people over fat people. There a several overweight

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