... Out of those 616,008 restaurants, 50,000 of them are fast food chains. The average wait time for a fast food restaurant is 219 seconds, which is about three minutes and 39 seconds. No wonder one out of four americans eat fast food every day, it’s so convenient! Not only is fast and convenient, it’s also very cheap. Most fast food restaurants have a dollar menu. But do you ever wonder what could possibly be in those hamburgers that make it only a dollar versus the average sit-down restaurant hamburger that charge you nine dollars and take about 20 minutes to create? Spam. Glycerin. Mechianchally separated meat. Propylene glycol. Silicon dioxide. Just to name a few. Some of these chemicals are used very heavily in soaps and sexual lubricants. So why are they in our foods? They make cheap preservatives and help the food look fresh. But are they healthy for you? There has been roughly 96,000 reports of e. coli and 3,643 of salmonella from 1973 to 2011 from ground beef. Unfortunately, several fast food companies and restaurants don’t properly cook their meat at 160 degrees, which is the lowest your food can be cooked at so bacteria gets killed. Food can be sitting out under infrared lamps for hours, losing heat and growing all different types of bacteria, much worse than e. coli. If your delicious McDonald’s hamburger doesn’t stay at least 140 degrees, it could be growing more and more bacteria. And you want to know what’s worse than bacteria? Maggots and flies in your yummy delicious...
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...few healthy choices for you gym nazis and health food hardo’s. This isn't your typical Rachael fuckin’ Ray cookbook, this shit is way more legit. It’s so legit that a lot of the recipes don't even have measurements. Thats because the recipes suck and I want YOU to be your own Vulgar Chef. You call the shots in your kitchen. If I use six handfuls of bacon the fuck sprinkles, I want you to use 10. If I use bread....you use a sprinkled fuck doughnut. Ya dig? ! The instructions might be shot as fuck because I wrote this shit drunk as fuck with my hand in my pants. These recipes are here to inspire. I don't care what skill level of a cook/chef you are. Food shouldn't be boring and thats the fuckin message I’m sending with this bitch of a book. ! 2 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kyle Marcoux was born and raised on the rugged as fuck streets of Western Massachusetts. As a child, his mother never let him have the laser back drop in his school photos...and that fucking sucked. He spent the majority of his teen years smoking pot out of sockets with his boys. Shortly after graduating High School, his band landed a record deal which led to full time touring of the US. This is where he developed a strong passion for shitty fucking value menu food. Forced to live life on dollar menu’s he wanted to see how far he could stretch a dollar. Trolling fast food menu’s and items across the continental US and changing the fast food game before the worlds eyes. Fast forward some years later and he’s still a fat drunk...
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...The Water Bar ........................................................ 13 • The Tea & Coffee Bar ........................................... 14 Multivitamins: ActiVit for Active You .................................. 15 Calorie Charts ........................................................................ 18 Container Food Groups ........................................................ 20 • Replacement Food Container Groups ............... 38 Recipes ..................................................................................... 41 • Seasoning Mixes ................................................... 42 • Container Recipes ................................................. 44 • Green Container ................................... 44 • Red Container ....................................... 46 • Yellow Container................................... 52 • Dressings ................................................................. 56 • Treats........................................................................ 60 • Shakeology ............................................................. 64 Restaurant Food and Mom’s Favorites: The Fix Mixed Food Guide...
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...1332–1338 Research Fast-food consumption among US adults and children: Dietary and nutrient intake profile * Sahasporn Paeratakul, MBBS, PhD, , * Daphne P. Ferdinand, MN, RN, * Catherine M. Champagne, RD, PhD, * Donna H. Ryan, MD, * George A. Bray, MD Abstract Objective To examine the dietary profile associated with fast-food use. To compare the dietary intake of individuals on the day that they ate fast food with the day that fast food was not eaten. Design Cross-sectional study design. The dietary intake of individuals who reported eating fast food on one or both survey days was compared with those who did not report eating fast food. Among the individuals who reported eating fast food, dietary intake on the day when fast food was eaten was compared with the day when fast food was not eaten. Weighted comparison of mean intakes and pairwise t-test were used in the statistical analysis. Subjects/setting Data from 17,370 adults and children who participated in the 1994-1996 and 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. Dietary intake data were collected by 2 non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls. Results Fast-food use was reported by 37% of the adults and 42% of the children. Adults and children who reported eating fast food had higher intake of energy, fat, saturated fat, sodium, carbonated soft drink, and lower intake of vitamins A and C, milk, fruits and vegetables than those who did not reported eating fast food (P<.001). Similar...
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...INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY BTEC HND DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCES) ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET 2014/2015 UNIT TITLE & CODE | Unit 7: Business Strategy | LEVEL | 05 | | | CREDITS | 15 | STUDENT NAME | | STUDENT ID | | ASSESSOR | R.A.R.G. Ranaweera | IV by | | ASSESSMENT | | Word Count | | ASSIGNMENTISSUE DATE | 19.02.2015 | ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DATE | 22.03.2015 | ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSION DATE(s) | | | ASSIGNMENT RESUBMISSION DATE | | | | | | | | | FINAL GRADE | ORIGINAL SUBMISSION | | RESUBMISSION | | ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO BE ASSESSED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT (Identify all criteria to be assessed in this assignment) Achieved Pass Criteria | LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | LO4 | | | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Original Submission | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re submission | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grade Achieved | Merit Criteria | Distinction Criteria | | M1 | M2 | M3 | D1 | D2 | D3 | Original Submission | | | | | | | On resubmission | | | | | | | AUTHENCITY STATEMENT I certify that the attached material is my original work. No other person’s work or ideas have been used without acknowledgement. Except where I have clearly stated that I have used some of this material elsewhere, I have not presented it for examination / assessment in any other course or unit at this or any other institution ...
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...TeA M YYe PG Digitally signed by TeAM YYePG DN: cn=TeAM YYePG, c=US, o=TeAM YYePG, ou=TeAM YYePG, email=yyepg@msn .com Reason: I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Date: 2005.07.04 23:45:43 +08'00' ������������ Want to learn more? We hope you enjoy this McGraw-Hill eBook! If you’d like more information about this book, its author, or related books and websites, please click here. HOW TO ACE THE BRAINTEASER INTERVIEW JOHN KADOR M C G R AW- H I L L N E W YO R K MADRID C H I C AG O SAN FRANCISCO MILAN SYDNEY LISBON TO RO N TO LONDON S A N J UA N MEXICO CITY SEOUL NEW DELHI SINGAPORE Copyright © 2005 by John Kador. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-144606-0 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-144001-1. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special...
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...Acclaim for Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke “Just as dark and outrageous as his previous work. … His voice is so distinctive that he exists as a genre unto himself.” —The Washington Post “Palahniuk’s language is urgent and tense, touched with psychopathic brilliance, his images dead-on accurate. … [He] is an author who makes full use of the alchemical powers of fiction to synthesize a universe that mirrors our own fiction as a way of illuminating the world without obliterating its complexity.” —LA Weekly “Puts a bleakly humorous spin on self-help, addiction recovery, and childhood trauma. … Choke’s funny, mantra-like prose plows toward the mayhem it portends from the get-go.” —The Village Voice “Oddly, defiantly, addictive.” happily —Daily News “[Choke] shines a flashlight into America’s dark corners. … As darkly comic and starkly terrifying as your high school yearbook photo.” —GQ “Palahniuk is a gifted writer, and the novel is full of terrific lines.” —The New York Times Book Review “[Palahniuk’s] most enduring trait … is that marvelous quicksilver voice of his. … The exuberance of his language makes it still worthwhile to brave these often chilly and dark waters.” —The Oregonian “Choke is another welcome antidote to antiseptic consumer life, and you can’t blame it for grabbing you by the throat.” —Maxim “Palahniuk is a cult writer in the truest sense.” —Entertainment Weekly “His subversive riffs conjure a kind of jump-cut cinema of the diseased imagination, resulting...
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...CHAPTER 6 Specification: Choosing the Independent Variables 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Omitted Variables Irrelevant Variables An Illustration of the Misuse of Specification Criteria Specification Searches Lagged Independent Variables An Example of Choosing Independent Variables Summary and Exercises Appendix: Additional Specification Criteria Before any equation can be estimated, it must be completely specified. Specifying an econometric equation consists of three parts: choosing the correct independent variables, the correct functional form, and the correct form of the stochastic error term. A specification error results when any one of these choices is made incorrectly. This chapter is concerned with only the first of these, choosing the variables; the second and third will be taken up in later chapters. That researchers can decide which independent variables to include in regression equations is a source of both strength and weakness in econometrics. The strength is that the equations can be formulated to fit individual needs, but the weakness is that researchers can estimate many different specifications until they find the one that “proves” their point, even if many other results disprove it. A major goal of this chapter is to help you understand how to choose variables for your regressions without falling prey to the various errors that result from misusing the ability to choose. The primary consideration in deciding if an independent variable belongs in an...
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...Ad Credits Copyright About the Publisher Introduction Welcome to the most unconventional weight loss book you’ll ever read! Wait—let’s stop there. To be honest, I kind of cringe at the thought of this being a weight loss book, because I firmly believe that we are so much more than numbers and that what really matters in life is who we are, not what we weigh. But I understand that you probably picked this book up because you’d like to be healthier and weigh less. I get it! I am very grateful that you are here, and I am excited to share my story and what I’ve learned from working with thousands of women just like you. So even though we’re not calling this a weight loss book, it definitely is a book that will help you release weight. What’s so unconventional about it is that it will tell you to stop dieting, to eat what you love, to ignore the numbers on the bathroom scale, and to change the way you think about controlling your weight. And, unlike most books about weight, we won’t be spending tons of time talking about what to eat. Instead, you’ll learn about balance, which will help you kick dieting and self-loathing to the curb. Listen, I know what you’re thinking: Balance, schmalance. You don’t care about balance. You just want to get rid...
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...Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen More praise for FLIPPED: “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” —The Chicago Tribune “Delightful! Delicious! And totally teen.” —BookPage * “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “A wonderful, light-hearted novel.” —Library Talk “This is a wry character study, a romance with substance and subtlety.” —Booklist “A highly agreeable romantic comedy.” —Kirkus Reviews Dedicated with infinite love to Colton and Connor, who make me feel like so much more than the sum of my parts. Special thanks to… my husband, Mark Parsons, who helps me feel the magic, and my excellent editor, Nancy Siscoe, for her care and insight (and for making me stick to a reduced-filler diet). Also, eternal gratitude to Tad Callahan and Patricia Gabel, who were on the ball when we needed it most. Finally, thanks to Jeanne Madrid and the staff at Casa De Vida—may you keep the spirit. CONTENTS Diving Under Flipped Buddy, Beware! The Sycamore Tree Brawk-Brawk-Brawk! The Eggs Get a Grip, Man The Yard Looming Large and Smelly The Visit The Serious Willies The Dinner Flipped The Basket Boys Diving Under All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone. For her to back off — you know, just give me some space. It all started the summer before...
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...2 States THE STORY OF MY MARRIAGE Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In India, there are a few more steps: Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy. Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl. Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family. Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married. Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it? From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern India. This may be the first time in the history of books, but here goes: Dedicated to my in-laws* *which does not mean I am henpecked, under her thumb or not man enough PROLOGUE “Why am I referred here? I don’t have a problem,” I said. She didn’t react. Just gestured that I remove my shoes and take the couch. She had an office like any other doctor’s, minus the smells and cold, dangerous instruments. She waited for me to talk more. I hesitated and spoke again. “I’m sure people come here with big, insurmountable problems. Girlfriends dump...
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...The Social Network screenplay by Aaron Sorkin BASED ON THE BOOK “THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES” BY BEN MEZRICH 1 FROM THE BLACK WE HEAR-- 1 MARK (V.O.) Did you know there are more people with genius IQ’s living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States? ERICA (V.O.) That can’t possibly be true. MARK (V.O.) It is. ERICA (V.O.) What would account for that? MARK (V.O.) Well, first, an awful lot of people live in China. But here’s my question: FADE IN: INT. CAMPUS BAR - NIGHT MARK ZUCKERBERG is a sweet looking 19 year old whose lack of any physically intimidating attributes masks a very complicated and dangerous anger. He has trouble making eye contact and sometimes it’s hard to tell if he’s talking to you or to himself. ERICA, also 19, is Mark’s date. She has a girl-next-door face that makes her easy to fall for. At this point in the conversation she already knows that she’d rather not be there and her politeness is about to be tested. The scene is stark and simple. MARK How do you distinguish yourself in a population of people who all got 1600 on their SAT’s? ERICA I didn’t know they take SAT’s in China. MARK They don’t. I wasn’t talking about China anymore, I was talking about me. ERICA You got 1600? MARK Yes. I could sing in an a Capella group, but I can’t sing. 2. ERICA Does that mean you actually got nothing wrong? MARK I can row crew or invent a 25 dollar PC. ERICA Or you can get...
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...A Painted House John Grisham Chapter 1 The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop." They were farmers, hardworking men who embraced pessimism only when discussing the weather and the crops. There was too much sun, or too much rain, or the threat of floods in the lowlands, or the rising prices of seed and fertilizer, or the uncertainties of the markets. On the most perfect of days, my mother would quietly say to me, "Don't worry. The men will find something to worry about." Pappy, my grandfather, was worried about the price for labor when we went searching for the hill people. They were paid for every hundred pounds of cotton they picked. The previous year, according to him, it was $1.50 per hundred. He'd already heard rumors that a farmer over in Lake City was offering $1.60. This played heavily on his mind as we rode to town. He never talked when he drove, and this was because, according to my mother, not much of a driver herself, he was afraid of motorized vehicles. His truck was a 1939 Ford, and with the exception of our old John Deere tractor, it was our sole means of transportation. This was no particular problem except when...
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...AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE FEATURES IN ENGLISH ADVERTISEMENTS Abstract This paper presents an analytical study of the language features of English advertisements at lexical, syntactic and discourse levels. In order to conduct a data-driven study, the author builds a corpus of 60 English advertisements. It is hoped that through the detailed survey of three types of advertisements: namely, daily consumer goods ads, technical equipment ads, service ads, similarities and differences in advertising language features can be summarized and possible reasons will be given in the light of the meaning, and function of language. This paper will be presented in five parts. The first part is the introduction and the last conclusion. The focus of the paper is laid on the three middle parts which respectively analyze language features at lexical, syntactic and discourse levels. The conclusion of this paper is drawn from the data analysis. In the analysis, examples from the corpus will be given; figures, tables and graphs will also be offered to make the paper understandable and persuasive. It is hoped that the study can shed light on the language features of advertisements and also provide help to copy writers and advertising English learners. KEYWORDS: English Advertisements, Lexical, Syntactic, Discourse, Similarities, Differences Contents |1. |Introduction ……………………………………………………………… |1 | |1.1...
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...SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE AN AMERICAN YOU ALREADY SPEAK ENGLISH... NOW SPEAK IT EVEN BETTER! DELUXE BOOK & CD SET A M Y GILLETT Copyright © 2004 by Language Success Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher. First Edition ISBN 0-9725300-3-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2004102958 Visit our website: www.languagesuccesspress.com Bulk discounts are available. For information, please contact: Language Success Press 2232 S. Main Street #345 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA E-mail: sales@languagesuccesspress.com Fax: (303) 484-2004 (USA) Printed in the United States of America The author is very grateful to the following people for their collaboration and advice while preparing this book and CD set: Vijay Banta, Jacqueline Gillett, Thomas Gillett, Marcy Carreras, John McDermott, Natasha McDermott, Cat McGrath, Patrick O'Connell. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amy Gillett has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in Stamford, Connecticut and in Prague, Czech Republic. Her essays and humor writing have appeared in many publications, including MAD Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Family Circle. Amy majored in Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University and holds a Master's degree from Stanford in Russian and Eastern European Studies. Amy has studied and worked abroad in many countries...
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