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    mortality and morbidity in Australia, responsible for 53,791 deaths in 1996 and 21.9% of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) (Mathers et al., 1999). This burden is dominated by coronary/ischaemic heart disease (CHD), accounting solely for 57% of the DALYs for CVD. Ischaemic heart disease alone had a financial healthcare encumbrance of $894 million in 1993-94 (Mathers et al., 1999) . The significance of CHD is so fundamental that the NHPA publication stated as its primary goal, “Improve cardiovascular

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    advocate for their freedom. Cotton Mather’s account of “The Trial of Martha Carrier” gives insight into this dark period in American history, including the root of the conflict that sentenced so many women to execution in one short year. In his work, Mather details the trial of a woman named Martha Carrier, facing the allegations that she tormented several other citizens with her

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    Transcendentalism, the belief that nature could better oneself, emerged during the early 1800s and became very popular shortly after. It was a growing trend for many who wanted to regret from conformity, and focus on themselves rather than the rules that society had already set up for them. During the mid 18th century to late 19th century, those who grew up in a religiously involved family or in an industrial area created their lives based on the virtues of Christianity while those who spent time

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    The quality of life today for most Native Americans is drastically lower than that of the average non-Native American. Why? The United States federal government failed to continue the upward economic trajectory of the Native peoples. The aid and reconciliation Calvin Coolidge desired were not continued successfully. Instead, it is evident that while the Department of the Interior and the Presidential administrations after Coolidge have have had empathy and a desire for the Native Americans’ good

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    of the world’s farm land was being used for GMO agriculture (genetically modified organism 1). The use of GMOs has increased the productivity of agriculture, by increasing yield, requiring less pesticides, and making crops immune to pesticides to increase pest control ability. However, there are questions as to whether GMOs are safe and healthy for humans to consume. Similar questions about whether these foods should be labeled have also been raised. The debate on GMOs has various perspectives both

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    Jacobsen, Kent, Lee, & Mather (2011) stated, “Since women live longer than men in the United States, women will continue to make up a majority of the older population in the foreseeable future” (pg. 3). Whereas, this age distribution among men and women are expected to remain approximately the same between 2009 and 2030, there will be notable changes in the age and gender gap by 2050 as the gap grows smaller (Jacobsen, Kent, Lee, & Mather, 2011). Furthermore, according to Vincent

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    There is much one can learn about this tragic blemish on our history as the United States of America. The Salem Witch Trials have been sensationalized as of late, becoming a highly popular television show, and an event that many movies have been loosely based upon. Without doing the proper research, one would think that the trials were more violent than they became. There were no witches burning at the stake, or daily hangings, or drownings, but people of the time were frightened nonetheless. The

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    There is much one can learn about this tragic smear in our history as the United States of America. The Salem Witch Trials have been sensationalized as of late, becoming a popular show, and an event that many movies have been made of. Without doing the proper research, one would think that the trials were more violent than it became. There were no witches burning at the stake, or daily hangings, or drownings, but people of the time were frightened nonetheless. The acts of just a few key people drove

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    Fly By Night Fly By Night International was founded by Douglas C. Mather in the mid 1970's. He started the company as a pilot training school. Then he branched out into government contracting. He used his “rent-an-enemy” fleet to the Navy and Air Force for use in fighter-pilot training. The company experienced great success during the first five years of its operations and the stock price almost doubled. However, in year 14 the company started a rapid descent. The company did not have enough

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    defined as “the movement of skeletal muscles, resulting in energy expenditure exceeding the resting state” and it is different from physical fitness (Blondell, Hammersley-Mather, & Veerman, 2014). Several things are thought that early-life physical activity is positively connect cognitive performance in old age (Blondell, Hammersley-Mather, & Veerman, 2014; Laurin, Verreault, Lindsay, MacPherson, & Rockwood, 2001; Lautenschlager, Cox, Flicker, Foster, Bockxmeer, Xiao, … & Almeida, 2008). In the present

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