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    waving goodbye, I knew I’d never see them again. The car was dead silent besides the sniffling and the sound of the car going over the bumpy road as we drove up the road until the house, my friends, and neighborhood were out of sight. I was born in Framingham Massachusetts and we lived there happily for years. My siblings and I had lots of friends there and we also had family close by. One day, we found out that we were moving to Sudbury, my dad’s hometown. My parents came to assent and had decided that

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    In the novel, “A Hope in the Unseen” written by Ron Suskind explains the journey of Cedric Jennings from the Inner City to the Ivy League. As a means of survival, having had to attend a high school in one of Washington, D.C’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Cedric Jennings has had to isolate himself from his peers so “he could stay on course and keep his sanity”(Suskind 293) in order  to leave the neighborhood behind and pursue his dream of attending an Ivy League school. When he does reach his dream

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    for the study of heart diseases and resulted in several studies including the Framingham Heart Study. The Framingham studies consistently showed that hypertension, such as hyperlipidemia, was associated with many cardiovascular morbidities such as stroke, heart failure, and heart attacks leading to premature deaths and the risk was clearly higher with higher blood pressure (systolic and diastolic). Even before the Framingham studies, many insurance companies had already begun measuring BP for policyholders’

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    test subject were unaware of the test he or she is more inclined to answer what’s natural to them. Then data could have been obtained more accuracy. In Lustig experiment he used a younger group of test subjects to test his hypothesis and in the Framingham Heart Study they used middle aged adults to test their hypothesis. With similar results; They both had some kind of scientific method for proving their hypothesis. But neither of them had enough information to accuracy proven their

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    As stated, Framingham State has shuttles that stop at multiple locations, which allows students to explore their surrounding community. Besides going to Natick Mall and Riverside Train Station, the Regis shuttle should include AMC Theater, Shopper’s World, and Target

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    I would like to congratulate your team on the various efforts and programs launched by the district authorities that have helped in obesity prevention. Reducing the growing obesity rates among school-aged children in Framingham is of utmost importance. In Framingham, 20.4% of children are obese while 38.1% of children are classified as overweight (1). As school administrators and district authorities, the health of our students is a top priority. Therefore, I feel it is critical to address the obesity

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    The novel Top Guns by Joe Foss and Matthew Brennan is a biography about many brave, extraordinary aces back in World War 1 and 2. One pilot, Arthur Raymond Brooks, was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1895. He graduated as valedictorian from Framingham Academy and High School in 1917 (Foss, 4). Arthur didn’t want to continue school, so he enlisted in the U.S Army Signal Officer Reserve Corps. Also, he attended the School of Military Aeronautics, with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada from September

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    Do you think your school system prepared you enough for the workforce you want to pursue. Their is a correlation between an area's income to education. Those in the working class have different attitudes of teaching children compared to the elite class. There are four types of schools based on income, working, middle, upper, and elite class. The attitudes these classes give toward knowledge and work teaching their students for the working class is teach information because it is required, middle-class

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    indescribable crimes are being released back into the community for a second chance.This is endangering the lives of other innocent people and is definitely not helping the juvenile in anyway.Kevin C Framingham has a very strong opinion in which he is agreeing with the way the JJS is ran. Mr. Framingham wrote an article For “Teen Ink” about how rehabilitating young criminals is an amazing idea. The article is called “Punishment or Rehabilitation?”. He answered the question many people ask “What

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    Knes260 Assignment 1

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    KNES260 Paper Assignment #1- The 10 Year Risk for Cardiovascular Disease By: Kristine Albanes Using the Framingham risk equation I was able to calculate the ten year risk of developing heart disease for myself, an older relative (my mother), and a case study whom we will call Danny. I first inserted my data into the equation (SBP of 115, DBP of 70, non-smoker, total cholesterol of 160, HDL-cholesterol of 50, age of 20, and no diabetes) and with that I calculated my ten year risk of 0.036%, approximately

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