For my activity points‚ I attended the Plate of the Union political event‚ a group that is focused on getting healthy‚ affordable food to all Americans. The Plate of the Union holds monthly meetings at various locations around the city‚ at a variety of restaurants‚ focused on getting healthier foods on the menu‚ ones that support local farmers. This organization needs the government to pitch in‚ especially the President‚ since they would help bring more awareness to the cause and allow more funds
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The Eatwell plate‚ originally designed by the Food Standards Agency‚ is the current food guide used within the UK to demonstrate the government’s dietary guidelines‚ using the visual representation of a plate to advise what constitutes a healthy balance diet (refer to figure 1). The plate is segmented into five food groups to assist in demonstrating the types of foods and the proportions which should be considered for a healthy balanced diet (Public Health England‚ 2014). Dietary Fats Dietary fats
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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE MECKERING AND AFTER NEWCASTLE by Charles Bubb BE‚ DIC (Eng. Seis.)‚ FIEAust‚ CPEng SUMMARY Earthquake Engineering in Australia‚ as elsewhere‚ has been formulated in the aftermath of damaging earthquakes. The first Australian Code AS2121-1979 was written and published after the 1968 Meckering WA earthquake. The second AS1170.4 1993 was published after the 1989 Newcastle NSW earthquake. Good quality Building Codes are a necessary basis for sound earthquake
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Streak Plate Isolation for Obtaining Pure Cultures Data Interpretation 1- In order to unsure that you get a pure sample. 2-pure culture: laboratory culture containing a single species of organism. A pure culture is usually derived from a mixed culture (containing many species) by methods that separate the individual cells so that‚ when they multiply‚ each will form an individually distinct colony‚ which may then be used to establish new cultures with the assurance that only one type of organism
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Concept Paper: The 1996 Lijiang Earthquake Lijiang is a prefecture-level city located northwest in the province of Yunnan‚ People’s Republic of China. It has a population of about 1.2M as of the 2010 census. The Old City of Lijiang is not so famous unlike the other well-known cities in China like Beijing‚ Shanghai‚ or Macau‚ but this city is known for having earthquakes throughout years. There have been around three to four recorded earthquakes in Lijiang and the one that I am going to talk about
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examples of earthquakes‚ assess the extent to which attempts at prediction and mitigation may have influenced the impact of the hazard. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquake is a major threat to the human and natural environments‚ in which people died‚ buildings collapsed and cities destroyed. Prediction and mitigation are usually conducted in order to reduce the impact of an earthquake on environment. Earthquake prediction
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proposed legislation Monday to create an earthquake-warning system that could give California residents up to 60 seconds advance notice when a temblor strikes. The initial cost estimate of $80 million would help pay for ground sensors and relays that could provide text and mobile alerts in the event of a quake on the San Andreas Fault‚ according to Caltech scientists in Pasadena and state Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Van Nuys). "California is going to have an earthquake early warning system‚" Padilla said
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The two Fridas or Los Dos Fridas was painted by Frida Kahlo in 1939 during the movement know as surrealism (Stokstad 1079). Kahlo ’s self-portrait reflects her emotions within her mind and body. It reflects the emotions that she truly feels. Frida does this in a way that others would interoperate as stuff of dreams and nightmares. It is how others see her work that makes it surrealism. Frida writes‚ "I never painted dreams I painted my own reality" (Stokstad 1079). Frida Kahlo did the surrealist
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This region in China has a long history as a thriving city prior to the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976. Humans lived and worked in Tangshan as early as 40‚000 years ago. It was a village during the Tang dynasty. After this dynasty‚ it was part of the Ming dynasty. During the Ming dynasty‚ Tangshan developed in agriculture‚ oil exportation‚ and ceramics. In 1889‚ this region was named Tangshan Town and later‚ it became known as the City of Tangshan. It is home to many "first" innovations in China’s
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Period 5 March 19‚ 2013 Essay The history of these earthquakes caused major damage in Earthquakes occur every day on Earth‚ but the vast majority of them are minor and cause no damage. Large earthquakes can cause serious destruction and massive loss of life through a variety of damages can occur including fault rupture‚ intensive shaking‚ tsunami‚ dam failure‚ landslide and fire or hazardous materials could realease. In a particular earthquake‚ any of these disasterious events of damage can occur
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